It was an impulse buy because the price was good. But I don't think the 4.6 intake is like the M5 or 5 series intakes where the tube goes down into the fog light area? I could be wrong, but the pictures show the intake up top in the engine compartment, I don't think i'll have any issues with water. And no this vehicle won't be going off road anytime soon :rofl:

Looking forward to it :thumbup:

The LEDs are bright, I drove this morning to work and no issues of glare at all. Maybe it looks uber bright due to the cellphone picture? Here is another from this morning. I think the white also is such a different brightness compared to OEM standard yellow that it may come off "too bright" from the pictures:

:thumbup: have to admit it looks really really good - although I'm usualy not a fan of led tweaks ;)

Just an idea: maybe changing the amber leds at the bottom to yellow ones (like the original cluster color was) would look even better/up-to-date

I dont think the bottom led ribbon was changed? Even the original was amber color

I meant the original yellow leds behind the upper gauges :)

The bottom line was amber on all, correct...

You're right. Dinan filter sits where the OE filter box is. No problem with water whatsoever.

TMV is right about the Dinan intake set up no worries on where it picks air from. I run it on my 4.6is and I love it. The one thing/modification that I made on it was to the turn the air intake hose for the air pump up to where the air filter resides so that it would not sit lower than the air pump. There is a small 2" air filter that is in the Dinan kit for the air pump. Once you do this you should have no worries about picking up water. Enjoy.

Thanks for the tip Jay. I may be PM'ing in regards to that later on. It comes with instructions but we'll see how intuitive they are

Its an easy install so you should have no problems. As always I am here to help so feel free to drop me a line anytime. Now that I got all the major maintenance squared away on the X5 4.6is I need to do a thermostat change on the E39 M5. BMWs are definitely a labor of love but once you get them straight there is no other vehicle experience that compares with them.

Ah, gotcha. Well thanks for clearing that up! My experience with the Dinan intakes is mostly from the E39— my M5 had the carbon fiber Dinan intakes and they sat super low to the ground. I'm glad that Dinan designed the air intake to work with the X5 properly.

That's the one that is from the BMW dealer, I think in California?