New e53 owner checking in
 

Just wanted to say hey! Wife and I picked up a 2003 4.6is with about 100k on the clock a few days ago. Blk ext with black/check alcantera int. We are a pretty huge BMW family although sometimes I think the lady won't admit it. This is the newest BMW I have owned (unless you count the new MINIs). In our current BMW stable we have a 1989 M3 and a 1991 318is. I have owned about 8 e30s and an e46 and the wife once daily'd a grey market e23 745i turbo. Looking forward to participating in this community although in general I'll tend to lurk more than post.

One thing I noticed and have yet to see other than in our e53...does anyone else have the mtech steering wheel? Smallish diameter with the ///M color stitching and one piece bottom/mid spoke with ///M emblem. When we were searching I never came across another example with it.

I will get pics up as soon as I can, holidays putting a crunch on my car time.

A few pics i was able to take today.
http://stevedu.com/FSpics/X5/X5side.jpg
http://stevedu.com/FSpics/X5/X5rear.jpg
http://stevedu.com/FSpics/X5/X5int.jpg
http://stevedu.com/FSpics/X5/X5int3.jpg
http://stevedu.com/FSpics/X5/X5intrear.jpg
http://stevedu.com/FSpics/X5/X5cluster.jpg

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Some of us have retrofitted M steering wheels. It's one of my favorite mods. I got the M Sport version with black stitching that was used in the E39 Sport Package.

Thanks for the welcome! Yeah i was starting to think that it had to be a retrofit. i sure do love it, such a nice feel.

Congrats and welcome to the forum!

Paddleshifts (for this wheel that you speak of) can be retrofitted to the E53 as well. Unsure on the proceedure as the previous owner fitted it. Wish I had a how-to link to include. :/

mrpaddleshift.com has these steering wheels. you can also call ecs tuning and they can order one for you
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/IMG_0215.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/DSCF0522.jpg

Welcome :) E30 M3 drooolllll post some pics... with the X5 :)

Thanks! got a few pics of our E30 M3 here, soon to come, a family portrait. But for now you'll have to just look at the M3...

http://stevedu.com/pictures/image2610.jpg
http://stevedu.com/pictures/image2612.jpg
http://stevedu.com/pictures/image2608.jpg

Nice M3!!!! Congrats on the 4.6, you'll love it as you do all of the others.

finally got a chance to take some pics, see first post.