Sweet. Hopefully that's all it is.

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Finally got my roof rails powdercoated. I bought a used set off fleaBay for $50 and had them coated for another $50. A nice $100 improvement. They had been looking so faded and old after 15 years.

Smoking deal OB, looks great! Wish I could find a coater that cheap here.

These are local boys on a NASCAR team. One is a spotter and one is a tire changer for (insert favorite team here) and since both of them only fly in on race day, they have started up a nice little business with a large prep booth and huge oven for coatings during the week. They could bake an entire chassis in there. :thumbup:

139k Fuel pump is failing. Ran into the same issue with a 2003 155k 530i.

Alternator failed. Noticing the red battery light lingered on just slightly longer.
The very next day it was on steadily. Took a short trip hoping the light would extinguish. The only thing that went out was everything and the car was going to stop. AAA brought me back.

Someone on here said that they usually fail around the same number of miles. I see a nice Bosch reman at 140 amps.

Oil consumption has recently increased so considering CVV replacement at the same time?

What will happen next is anyone's guess.

Will plan repair after a time for me in the warmer weather.

For now the X5 will remain on a tenderizer.

Brad

Nothing new to report except for the 2nd front transfer case gear replacement a couple of weeks ago. First one got weird due to incorrect front tires at time of purchase unbeknownst to me. This one just sort of died all at once. Currently at 114k miles.

Success. Swapped out that headlight ballast. Left headlight works again. I could not remove the bumper. The 2 main bolts holding on the bumper cover just frikin snip. Left side is lose, but they do don't come out. :(
I remove all the other screws and was able to pry the bumper enough to slip the headlight out.
The adaptive headlight module was looking a lot rougher, I think I'm gonna swap that too and see if that will make those work again.
Otherwise the headlight looks good. I was able to secure the back cover properly, hopefully that will keep moisture bout of it.

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With a few days off work, it was time for the annual wax'n'polish and since yesterday was warm but overcast I washed the car, chamoised it dry, applied a full coat of Turtle Wax Super Hard Shell and then used 303 on all the black items. Wow - it came up looking good.

Today it's raining... :rolleyes:

Here ya go...

https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/...?itok=X1HXORFG

Merry Christmas, OB... ;)