2013 X5 M-Sport (with some minor mods)

[M3Inline6]

Originally Posted by muddycharles

Hey - Im also thinking about the X5M front spoiler and I know its been done and Id love to hear your experience if you do it.

As far as I can tell

1) You need the M front spoiler
2) You will need the side arch inserts left and right and you will need to cut them to fit the X5M bumper.

Go park next to an X5M and youll see what I mean by #2 above

3) There are several X5M bumpers (2 I believe) and I for the life of me cant figure out which one is the one that makes sense.

4) You will need to figure out what to do with the fog lights (in this mod you dont need to change headlights) - perhaps a LED strip in the air intake of the new bumper might work?

Keep us posted as there are a few of us whod like to do this.

Alex

I will definitely detail my experience with this because the other member from Germany who performed this retrofit is non-responsive as are the guys over at PSI who performed this on the 5.0. Nobody wants to provide any detail, so I'll trail blaze for the forum myself so that you guys know what you're in for. I'll have my shop take pics of whatever custom work needs to be completed.

As for cutting.....I hope that's not the case, but if it needs to be cut so be it. The X5M arches are shorter than my/our M-Sport arches, so I don't really think cutting will be necessary. PSI nor the member from Germany needed to have the X5M's fender extensions cut. About the only thing that might need some altering are the corners of the bumper (..see pics below; the X5M's bumper line near the reflector is a few millimeters inward/off line). I also don't plan on connecting my fog lights (...I'm assuming they can be detached). If it throws a code I will have EAS fix it.

[muddycharles]

Your picture describes perfectly what I said.

I think it will require buying two of those arch inserts (not sure what they are called) - and have them cut and painted. Thats the only major issue I see and I dont think thats a big deal

Just be careful as there are two X5M bumpers and I dont understand the difference

Good luck and keep us posted

Alex

Originally Posted by M3Inline6

I will definitely detail my experience with this because the other member from Germany who performed this retrofit is non-responsive as are the guys over at PSI who performed this on the 5.0. Nobody wants to provide any detail, so I'll trail blaze for the forum myself so that you guys know what you're in for. I'll have my shop take pics of whatever custom work needs to be completed.

As for cutting.....I hope that's not the case, but if it needs to be cut so be it. The X5M arches are shorter than my/our M-Sport arches, so I don't really think cutting will be necessary. PSI nor the member from Germany needed to have the X5M's fender extensions cut. About the only thing that might need some altering are the corners of the bumper (..see pics below; the X5M's bumper line near the reflector is a few millimeters inward/off line). I also don't plan on connecting my fog lights (...I'm assuming they can be detached). If it throws a code I will have EAS fix it.

[M3Inline6]

Originally Posted by muddycharles

Your picture describes perfectly what I said.

I think it will require buying two of those arch inserts (not sure what they are called) - and have them cut and painted. Thats the only major issue I see and I dont think thats a big deal

Just be careful as there are two X5M bumpers and I dont understand the difference

Good luck and keep us posted

Alex

Thanks Alex! I think the differences in the bumpers are with and without PDC or cameras. The bumper and flares should arrive sometime this week, so I will be able to confirm that I have the right part(s).