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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1046928)

LMFAO AT THAT QUOTE

Find another shop man. So they are certain that ALL 4 of your shocks/struts are blown, as well as out of the entire front and rear suspension that only 2 (out of 8) control arms and 2 (out of 4) ball joints on the front/rear are needing replaced? And, your steering rack needs to be replaced?

Find a BMW specialized indy man, the quote is hilarious. If you are looking for an excuse to lower it then I'm sure you could do so with a Bilstein shock/H&R spring combo quite easily, but for the shaking, you need to replace suspension parts. The shocks/struts/springs IMO are not contributing to the shake, and the shop is trying to take your wallet for a ride.

Start with getting this kit, and getting it installed, cost is less than just the 2 ball joints and 2 control arms they quoted you LOL, and I can probably guarantee that this would resolve 90% of the vibrations. Even without touching your shocks/struts.

https://www.fcpeuro.com/#/products/b...bmw5x10piece-l

Also, I highly doubt your rack needs replacing, you probably just have a leak from the high pressure hoses if anything.

Haha unfortunately this is the only shop where I'm at that has a guy who works on imports. Even crazier this is the shop on the military base that I'm stationed at. The nearest BMW dealer is 8 hrs away in Minneapolis let alone an Indy shop. This is why I bring anything quoted from a shop to this forum so ya can pick it apart. The struggle of being in North Dakota. All these BMWs coming up and not one Indy shop in the state that I know of.

I will go ahead with that kit and get that installed and go from there. Appreciate the help.

2002 BMW X5 E53 3.0i

"If you ain't first, you're last"

It all starts AFTER you paid the X off.......

Nothing is ever easy with a BMW.....but extremely worth it when it's done.....correctly

Nothing listed in ND or SD yet, or even MN (I just submitted one I know of there), but this is a great resource, if you find someone close to you that does a good job, please submit it.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ationwide.html

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Originally Posted by mrcarter20 (Post 1046937)

I will go ahead with that kit and get that installed and go from there. Appreciate the help.

I guarantee it will help, especially if your suspension is original. You would notice if your shocks/struts were blown.

I would also try and get a second opinion or ask why they quoted you a new steering rack? Do you leak ATF at all?

x2 on the steering rack. the hoses break down over time, are accessible and not hard to replace incident to replacing the power steering reservoir. The hoses/PS reservoir are a common age-related fix - the actual rack, not so much.

RE: the PS rack, when I was in having motor mounts replaced, mine cracked when they were trying to loosen some things up (subframe sound right?) to deal with the mounts. They covered it, since it was their error...

Perhaps something similar happened while they were looking at your truck and they're trying to offload the cost onto you by saying you need it?

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1046961)

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08...84810df9be.jpg

Yeah I believe I am.

2002 BMW X5 E53 3.0i

"If you ain't first, you're last"

It all starts AFTER you paid the X off.......

Nothing is ever easy with a BMW.....but extremely worth it when it's done.....correctly

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Originally Posted by mrcarter20 (Post 1047184)

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Yeah I believe I am.

Are you sure that's not just condensation from the AC? One thing I've noticed with my X5 is that it drops more condensation than any other vehicle I've owned in 27 years of owning vehicles.

Hmm I'll have to really check it out. It's does look and smell like water when I touch it. Hopefully it's just condensation. I haven't had any performance issues with the X. Stills drives the same before it starting shaking. No problems with shifting

2002 BMW X5 E53 3.0i

"If you ain't first, you're last"

It all starts AFTER you paid the X off.......

Nothing is ever easy with a BMW.....but extremely worth it when it's done.....correctly

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrcarter20 (Post 1047184)

Yeah I believe I am.

2002 BMW X5 E53 3.0i

"If you ain't first, you're last"

It all starts AFTER you paid the X off.......

Nothing is ever easy with a BMW.....but extremely worth it when it's done.....correctly

That looks like the two AC drains.

^^^Agreed. You'd know if you were leaking ATF, because ATF STINKS