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tmv 09-24-2013 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TiAgX5 (Post 957296)
That coming from someone who keeps their X as clean as mine means a lot, seeing your X at Cars and Coffee Dallas I was suprised there was another spotless X in the D/FW area (most have a thick accumulation of TX dust/mung in the wheelwells/tight spots) . Thanks.

Going to FL this weekend to look at an estate sale, 1 owner, '03 540 M-Tech 6spd MT with under 20k miles (climate controlled garage queen, ALL OE, even tires and wheelweights), family friend, I have 1st chance to purchase. Same silver/black as the X, should make the X pics look even better. :thumbup:

Go get it, TiAgX5 :thumbup:
X looks great too.

bcredliner 09-24-2013 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TiAgX5 (Post 957296)
That coming from someone who keeps their X as clean as mine means a lot, seeing your X at Cars and Coffee Dallas I was suprised there was another spotless X in the D/FW area (most have a thick accumulation of TX dust/mung in the wheelwells/tight spots) . Thanks.

Going to FL this weekend to look at an estate sale, 1 owner, '03 540 M-Tech 6spd MT with under 20k miles (climate controlled garage queen, ALL OE, even tires and wheelweights), family friend, I have 1st chance to purchase. Same silver/black as the X, should make the X pics look even better. :thumbup:

That sounds like one you should not pass up!

TiAgX5 09-24-2013 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bcredliner (Post 957309)
That sounds like one you should not pass up!

The flight is booked and I'm out of DFW on Fri AM. I know the car well and even drove it when it was around 6 mos old.

TiAgX5 09-24-2013 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tmv (Post 957308)
Go get it, TiAgX5 :thumbup:
X looks great too.

I'm all over it. Thanks

Ricky Bobby 09-24-2013 03:27 PM

Go get it TiAg! Awesome to hear and can't wait to see pics of your new beast (I'm sure you'll end up with it from what you're saying!)

TiAgX5 09-24-2013 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 957321)
Go get it TiAg! Awesome to hear and can't wait to see pics of your new beast (I'm sure you'll end up with it from what you're saying!)

Yeah, already looking into getting a set of staggered wheels visually identical to the set on the X. I'm a sucker for polished aluminium lip, narrow spoke, lightweight wheels on BMWs.

gatster 09-24-2013 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TiAgX5 (Post 957250)
Did you have them re-brushed or just strip the clearcoat and clean with metal polish?

Any clearcoat was well gone so I just used Autosol metal polish, some very fine wire wool and a kitchen scourer. Once done I washed them down and sprayed with WD40. Very happy with the results and I'll make sure to keep on top of them now.

TiAgX5 09-24-2013 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gatster (Post 957329)
Any clearcoat was well gone so I just used Autosol metal polish, some very fine wire wool and a kitchen scourer. Once done I washed them down and sprayed with WD40. Very happy with the results and I'll make sure to keep on top of them now.

That's the best kind of DIYing, not much cost/effort with stellar results! Well done.

Russianblue 09-25-2013 11:26 AM

well...not all 'today' but in the past couple of weeks! witness the carnage. or simply witness a portion of the preventive maintenance (other than the compressor) which will hopefully get this 3.0 another 40-60k miles.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../hosted/x5.jpg

X5SND 09-26-2013 07:59 PM

After getting the roof rail holes filled in and roof re-sprayed, I shipped it off this morning for a comfort climate glass windscreen.

IMO, the only real way to rid those pesky holes left over from the roof rail delete.....:)

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...f.jpg~original


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