New MOD by Mrbmwx5.
 

ahhhhh finally got rid of the clothes hangers ( roof rails deleted)
and the silver gauges + chrome rings.

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cool mod, i think the imola red guy from seattle did the roof rail delete before. How hard is it to remove it? Cool gauges! very nice!

to remove the rails it take 10min.used 10mm socket and T40 tox and the cover plugs got it from LOWES hardware.

total cost $ 6.49 + 10min of my time.

pretty bold looking X! i like it...

mrbmwx5, is your flag the wrong one?

you mean the flag on my avatar? or the one on my dastboard?

Thats what I am talking about!! Great looking cluster!! That makes me you and Krunk.....in the past month with this same mod......so it is proven....!!! man that looks hawt!!

The rail removal looks great! Is that all done from the outside....in otherwords.....you did not have to pull the roof liner on the inside??!?!?

RR:thumbup:

it done from the out side ( on top of the roof )
get your self up there and pop out the plastic cover the nuts and screws then use the T40 tox and 10mm socket it can be done in 10min. - 15min.:thumbup:

one of my favorite X.... good job once again...

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Tom,

I have been researching the roof rail delete way back when alpinem6 did his with the imola red......one pic i have not yet seen is the actual close upof the top of the roof with the plugs in it.....when you get a chance could you post a few pics of close up of what it looks like with the plugs in from ontop.......Since I have titanium silver I want to be sure that the plugs look ok or I might go with what Justin did on his (he used the plastic adhesive covering they use so your paint will no chip due to road rash....)

Thanks!!

RR:thumbup:

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Looks great, Tom. I'll have to check them out in person sometime soon.

you more then welcome JEFF.
come by any time.

sweet!!! Very nice man.. I can never get a free weekend.. geez.

you can not take a free weeken when it come to MOD.LOL

Tom,

Thanks for the quick reply with the Pics!! You are the best!

Looks good!!

RR:thumbup:

That looks very nice. I'm thinking of doing it as well now. Can you post a before and after pic from one side. Don't gotta but if you could it would be great. thanks.

i did the same with the roof rails long time ago :)
it gives the X a completely different look

Very nice. I must say though, that the roof rail delete looks better with your ACS style roof spoiler. :thumbup:

My rails are all dull looking after 6 years in the sun. Maybe time to delete them. :dunno:

I really like the roof rail delete, what size are the plugs needed to fill the bolt holes and what are they made of rubber or plastic?

Do you need to seal the plugs or do they fit well enough that no water will leak through?

You need 8 of 11/16 and 2 of 5/8 and put some silicone around the plugs and snap it in

to the OP: not feeling it...sorry...now your truck looks like a station wagon =)

I did this on my 4.8 and it really changes the character of the car... I prefer to think that it looks LESS like an SUV than 'more like a station wagon'. When the suspension is at full drop, it does look like a bit like a cross between a 5er wagon and an X5 though. Maybe it does have an identity crises.

If you like the utilitarian look, then leave them on. I prefer the sleeker Euro look myself.

where do i get these plugs? what exactly are they?

what is T40 tox and what are they cover plugs for?

Beautiful inst. clusters...... how long did it take to swap ??? on a scale 1-10 how difficult was this swap ?

not thing is hard for me. it took me about 20 min. to turn it to this look. on scale 1-10. I said 2.

thanks for the quick PM Tom! im going to delete them this week..ill post shots

What you think about painting rails in Car color?

how can i install m5 shift knob like the one in your car?

nice x5..can you elaborate on the instrument cluster..where did you get the guages and degree of difficulty to install..thanks rob

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eBay Motors: 00~06 BMW E53 X5 CLUSTER SILVER GAUGE FACE 3.0/4.4/4.8 (item 120384621751 end time Mar-29-09 18:03:29 PDT) Get it here.
The installation is very simple 20minutes job.

Cool, gauges, where can I get a set of those.

Check ebay link in posted #34

Did this years ago on the first X5, did it recently on the current X5. Finding this exact post though took me forever. Mods,, can we get this tagged/moved to the how-to section so people can know exactly what they need to delete the roof racks from a-z.

Very nice, is that an AC Schnitzer wing spoiler?

its the rep spoiler, no one spends 450 bucks for the real thing unless you're crazy! 100 bucks pre-painted from Ebay, can't go wrong with it!