I got new Valeo wiper blades and a BMW All-Weather rubber liner in preparation for winter.

Nice score. They look like they will clean up just fine. I find if you install them with a dab of silicon on each of the locking "tabs" you will NEVER have a problem again. It's what I have been doing to each of the ones that comes off.

Unfortunately the wife found a couple of the failing caps before I did. The vacuum's impeller wheel did a nice job of pulverizing them I found after searching through the dust bag. :(

Replaced driver side regulator just cuz it was old...

All easy peasy until the top stud / bolt decided to not loosen up. I guess somehow it broke free from being fixed and became freely moving (Lock nut & bolt)...This prevented loosening of the lock nut since there was no providing feedback.

1 hour of dremel grinding at the back of the stud later, I finally counter held it to free the bolt.

I put it back together today after a long drug out Tcase chain replacement. Ordering a late model DS, then nearly getting scammed on a second driveshaft, and waiting to get my new spline piece welded to my old driveshaft ended up taking a week and half. But I got it all put back in and took the X5 for a spin. No more chain popping and no worries about stripping the driveshaft. Ready for snow.

I also replaced the Tcase carrier mount (it also serves as the trans mount). I filled the voids with urethane and it really helped shifter feel. The old one appeared to be original and saturated in oil thanks to a leaky shift rod selector seal.

I need to get the TC chain ordered to fix my popping issue.

Did you get the chain from Cobra Trans?

I finally ordered a Conforti Shark Injector for my 5MT 3.0 - thank you to Turner Motorsport for the 25% off Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale I couldn't resist - looking forward to pairing this up with my AFE and 4.8iS exhaust

I'm sure you will like it RB.

I got the Conforti Shark Injector and Conforti Intake from Turner for my 6MT perf pkg '05 330i, paired them up with the UUC Corsa RSC3 catback full twin exhaust system.

Loved that setup!

The extra 200rpm kept me off the rev limiter (or shifting) approaching braking points on the Sebring track.

I got it off of a vendor on eBay. I lucked out and it shipped from my same city and was there the next day.

BMW x5 NV125 NP226 NP126 Transfer Case Chain 1 Blue Link HV 059 | eBay

Thanks.

I'm ordering it today.

Always available to help.

No problem. The free shipping is what did it for me.

Thanks Brian.

I plan on doing it the week prior to Christmas week.

I'll let you know if I need a hand.

Are you going to Cars and Coffee Dallas this Sat?

Have you called Turner MS and asked what the hold up is? It could be as simple as your order was flagged if your phone numbers on your credit card didn't match up to what your order information was - I'd call and ask

UPDATE: I got my order confirmation last night, and an email this morning saying my order was shipping soon and being packed - I would call Turner MS as I'm sure its not their issue if I got mine that quick

Won't be there this month, too much going on and lots of leaves calling my name.

I ordered with uuc. I called them. They must have forgotten about my package. I ordered about a month ago and when I called said that I'll get a conformation and shipping tracker tomarow.

Order new Sharp monitor for the Nav.

Can you add a link to the monitor?

Order it on eBay last week actually. Just receive it today.
LQ065T9BR51U LQ065T9BR52U LQ065T9BR53U LQ065T9BR54U for BMW E38 E39 E46 E53 X5 | eBay

Sigh. About 20 LED's on one of my angel eye rings was out, almost made it a year on the set I bought from China - Guess its time to go with Umnitza rings for long term reliability - emailed Lightwerkz, will have to have them do the labor for the refitting, as I have zero time for retrofitting nowadays

Did you order as a replacement or is it better in what ways?

That blows wang dude.

Received my new radiator, o-rings, water pump, etc. to fix a small coolant leak from the short pipe to the water pump. Radiator is preventative since I just ticked over 100k miles and had to do a coolant change anyway... Hoses have all been done.

Will be doing the changeout this weekend if things go according to plan (do they ever?).

You're telling me - these friggin rings were so bright and fit perfect too

sorry to hear brother :(

at least one of your headlights seems to be in good condition

the outer plastic of mine is all scratched on my driver side from letting someone try to polish them :( fml

no way really to fix that issue other than buy a whole new headlight

As a replacement. The original one has dead pixel in the center and it's spreading rapidly.

Did you bake open the lights or send them out for install first time?

Do you know exactly what that someone used on headlight?If is scratched ,then you can confidently use 600 grit wet sandpaper,800,1200 ,1500 and finish off ith 2000!Then apply a medium polish ,followed by a fine and to protected it,use a good wax ,to finish!Will last you the life of the car!

3M kit I believe so probably used the drill bit and applied too much pressure to the headlight, think I found a seller on here that will give me a good deal on a pair of OEM 2005 heads

I brought them to a retrofitter and supplied the rings - he was also upgrading the xenon projectors on mine so I had him do the rings while they were open (the lights originally came with CCFL's)

Is it possible some solder joints broke on the rings?

What is the link to those rings again? I haven't made any moves on my headlights yet and need to assemble them eventually.

Sent from my Sero 7 Pro using Tapatalk

These were the brand I bought from Cheena - I got the 145mm semi circle for the high beam and the 125mm full circle for the low beam (I believe, it may have been 120mm)

Hot selling 4*131mm e36 angel eyes lighting led SMD 3014 led angel eyes ring E46 E38 E39 with projector-in Angel Eyes from Automobiles & Motorcycles on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group

Doubtful the solder joints broke, they were encased pretty good and actually really well made, Lightwerkz was happy with the looks/quality when installing - been my experience with LED's in headlights that they will eventually all fail to some degree and especially with the newer styles that they are spaced so close together (too much heat) that the heat will kill them - oh well, I'll unplug them for now, and revisit doing them over the winter. The angel eyes really made the truck stand out, even when used only as parking lights.

going to install BSW stealth sub next week and side markers :)

http://www.xoutpost.com/attachments/...x-imag0134.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31icgCQKXYL.jpg

Was your radiator showing signs of corrosion or leakage? I'm on my original with no evidence of problems, but I stick with OEM coolant.

2002 X5 3.0 291,600 miles
2014 428i 13,000 miles

2004 325i sold at 123,600 miles
2001 325i sold at 66,000 miles

You're on your original rad with close to 300k on the clock? That's amazing.

Impressed yours has lasted so long!

Nope, but 'while I'm in there' going to replace it. I don't screw around with the cooling system longevity living in Vegas and regularly driving to Socal through the Mojave in summer. It was ~$220 iirc, so not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. It's had BMW coolant it's entire life as the PO had the maintenance done at the dealer and all I use is BMW coolant. Plus, I'm keeping this for the foreseeable future.

With the colder weather that has descended upon Chi-Raq I noticed that it was taking the X a lot longer to reach the middle of the temp gauge. Remembered that last winter I had a DTC that said that the thermostat was stuck open, and because of the Polar Vortex I decided to wait until Spring or Summer to change it out. Unfortunately, Spring and Summer came and went and I completely forgot about the thermostat until now. Well with the temps in the upper 40's lower 50's I decided that the weather is not going to get any warmer so I changed the thermostat. Took about an hour to change. Had to remove the splash shield so that I could collect most of the antifreeze that came out of the engine. Even removing the fan clutch was fairly easy. Started the engine and looked for leaks but there were none. Took the X for a drive so that I could get it hot and not just let it idle on the driveway. The temp got up to 95C according to my app Torque on my tablet. So I would call this an FIX.

Check the bulb contacts and consider installing new bulbs in that tail light. It is inaccessible with the BSW sub enclosure installed in there. Ask me how I know... :D

I charged my 01 and 03 x5 with my very expensive, but very wet weather friendly extension cord. Used a Stanley 8amp charger through the cig lighter. It is very nice that the 03 and older e53s have always hot/on cig lighters.

I do this every 7-10 days to keep the batteries topped up since they hardly get used sitting outside. Gets cold and snowy out here to.

thanks for the suggestion lol :bustingup

how did you like your BSW btw?

- Changed my heater valve
- Started prepping for my drive to Tampa end of the month. Going to replace the vacuum pump, oil pressure switch, left front axle (GKN warranty which has baffled my mind), go get it aligned, and go through it one last time at some point this week.

Cleaned and greased the sampling fan in the HVAC. Although that doesn't appear to have fixed the whining noise. On to the next option for what the noise is...

It sounds decent. I am coming from a ported 10" setup (200w) in one of my e30's and a sealed 12" setup (900w) in another so you have to take that into consideration. I also have it paired with the factory DSP/headunit so I don't have all the adjustability I would like either.

But that said, it is decently punchy and can keep up with the mids/highs of the factory setup. Low end is a little lacking, but anywhere north of ~60hz it's pretty solid. For the amount of space it takes up, it is a great option for sure. I am glad my truck came with it, though it was tuned so badly at first, I didn't even know it was there. If you are interested in how I re-installed it check out my thread... I redesigned the factory CD changer/BT/etc brackets to hold the BSW amp so it looks like a factory piece.

thanks bud I'll def check it out

Today I changed all of the cooling hoses to fix a leak. Since I am going in for one hose change might as well and do all the others.

Just replaced Hänsel's battery. Didn't start after 3 days of non use. Got a new Bosch platinum AGM battery.

Wrapped my trim, changed the oil, replaced the grilles with Matte black ones from ECS.

have mine ready to go as well, gonna put it on in the spring though

cold Chicago weather is approaching :(

Oil changed today
odo 123811 miles
Motul 5w-40 xcess

I'm in NY, so its like 25 degrees here too. I put mine on after the drive home from work, and idling in the driveway for a few minutes. The residual engine heat warmed it up enough that the clips on the old ones were pliable. New ones had been in the house, so they were already warm. Snapped right in!

http://i.imgur.com/Eg3aFOt.png

good idea and looking sharp :thumbup:

my current grill is dipped and has lasted well over 2 years now without any wear and tear but they had a sweet deal on ECS for matte black grill so it should turn out like yours!

And these things are really high quality, thick durable plastic, uniform matte finish and a perfect fit. I was really surprised, I've gotten hit or miss chinese junk from ebay before.

very nice, I should probably put the box in my house now since it's been sitting in my garage so when I do install them it'll clip right in

this is my first replacement for a grill and glad I chose it from ECS

Installed Syncro Design Works (only on Facebook, no real webpage yet) spherical thrust arm bearings in my 3.0L. Night and day difference over the well worn stock thrust bearings. Swapped in new factory lower ball joints as well. I've lost a little of the low level NVH dampening (which is that that factory fluid filled bushing does), but they are in no way harsh or jarring like some poly bushings I've used. Handling is much better. Turn-in in sharper and quicker and much less understeer when pushed to the limit. The suspension is otherwise stock "sport" settings.

Swapped out a right front CV joint after finding a torn boot. Installed the front PDC sensors, and will add the rear ones this weekend.

Well, over the last month, I've been slowly buying (and minimally installing) various bits on the new-to-me 4.6is.

So far I've swapped to Sypder Auto smoked non-LED Tails with LED bulbs (yes, I did this intentionally), LED smoked side-markers, and gloss black kidney grills.

I've purchased, and have in possession, but have not yet installed: Evox-R Bi-Xenon Projectors, Umnitza Opaque Orion V2 Halo Rings, and a Dynavin N6 unit.

I've not yet purchased / received: Sub and Sub-enclosure to replace DSP sub box, and Mono Amp


....and just so it's semi-relevant for a "what did I do today" thread, I fabric taped the Dynavin Fakra Cable so it looks OEM when installed.
http://i.imgur.com/Mak89Ue.jpg

Aspherical mirrors

How is that? Is it your first time having them? How big of an adjustment is it to get used to?

^I've had mine almost 4 years, absolutely worthwhile upgrade, takes a slight bit of getting used to but not much. I love the extra blind spot visibility.

Cleaned and lubed my sampler fan on the IHKA today - its the little things.

Replace the Nav screen last night. Not as hard as I thought it would be. Need a little adjusting to center the display.

I'll let you know when I replace them, even let you drive my beast to experience yourself :D

:wow:
SWEET! Thanks, Tam!

Getting rear camber bolts installed and alignment tomorrow.

Yesterday I hooked up my Schumacher battery charger on manual mode and loaded up the Conforti Shark Injector onto my 5MT - took about 15 mins. Do I feel a difference? Heck yes, throttle is snappier, more torque down low and midrange, throttle response between gears is much better (drive by wire delay is almost nonexistent now)

Is it a night and day supercharged tune? Absolutely not, but I wasn't expecting that at all. I've had an APR tune on my previous 2.0T VW GLI and yes that was night and day and balls to the wall power for the money, but you won't get that on an NA motor.

For all the 3 pedal guys (and probably the AT guys too), if you are putting in an intake or high flow filter, and/or exhaust, I definitely recommend the Shark upgrade - I got mine on sale for $270 which I was comfortable with paying (Black Friday sale at Tuner MS), sometimes they are on sale for $300 or so, but even at $350 it should be a worthwhile upgrade.

:thumbup: :thumbup:

No shark available for 4.8is

^Nope - for 4.8iS you'd have to go with Dinan, ESS, or Active Autowerke -

Well I hope my set won't do that.

I messaged that seller to see if they can put together a kit for me. Tired of seeing my headlights in 100 pieces in the basement. Also doing a retrofit on my E36 as I hit a tire recently, and part of the reason was that the stock candlelight just isn't sufficient.

Miniz - I just double checked my sizes on my Aliexpress order, the low beams were 125mm full circle - I will probably be ordering a backup set to have spares and just replace the one that has a few LED's out. The other 3 rings are still great, so I'm chalking it up to one dud ring for now

Hi Jay,
Sorry to hear about your faulty SMD leds,especially as that ring only lasted less than 4 months , since August ,when you fitted it :(
I also bought an X5 SMD kit (161mm +131mm) from same supllier as you, but opted not to fit it as I could notice the individual leds ,so I sold it:D
Are you still buying from the same supplier or have you found another with better quality?

^I planned on the same supplier and chalked it up to one faulty ring as the other 3 are fine, and the LED's are spaced very close and look uniform, plus the fitment is great - I was going to give it another month or so before I ordered from the same supplier - or I was going to go with the Umnitza LED's since supposedly they do not fail

Good. :lmao:

I just bought 145mm semi-circle and 125mm full-circle angel eyes last night. Doubt they'll get here before January 10th, so I'll wait until Easter to finally put together my X5 headlights.

PDC install complete. Had to piece everything together since you can't buy the retrofit kit anymore (I think). Front mudflap install complete too. Parking is much easier and my wife will actually want to drive it now.

The spherical bushings in the thrust arms are amazing. Still amazed at the difference in handling.

Do you have any info on retrofitting this? I have been thinking about doing this.

I used this guide -> http://www.bmwmotorsports.org/pdf/e53/X5_pdc_retrofit.pdf

However you do need to piece everything together. Which actually wasn't too bad. Worst / longest part for me was finding original BMW sensors that people didn't want insane amounts of money for.

The other step that wasn't clear is that there is one small section of rear bumper wiring that you do need to locate that was included with the "kit". I got lucky on a parts X5 that was local to me on craigslist. About the only useful parts left on it was the rear pdc bits that I needed.

As long as you have xenon lights from the factory, you likely have the PDC wiring in place. I have a list of P/Ns that should be useful. Just let me know and I'll post them.

Any reason you used BMW sensors and not the aftermarket ones? I replaced 2 dead sensors with aftermarket a year ago and they seem to work fine.

I probably could have just bought a set of generic ebay chinese generics, but decided I wanted original ones.

buffed out major scratches, bodyshop actually removed most of my brake dust too on my stock rims complimentary, and when I get back I will replace the OEM plastic trim piece right above the windshield (starting to peel) which I heard is a common issue with the E53's

*still looking for a new set of rims and tires for the spring too

This morning I found out some dbag rubbed one out on it. I have no idea when or where this happened. Pretty disappointed though.

http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/v...psaljxjkc1.jpg

^That would piss me off to all hell - says the guy who still hasn't visited a PDR guy to get some dents pulled (on my to do list before end of the year)

I bet it was while parked at the mountain.

Sorry Josh. :( Always sucks having that happen.

People never cease to amaze me. Or disappoint me maybe is more appropriate?

Yeah it blows. The mountain was the first spot I thought of too, but the past two times I went I got there after and left before the people parked next to me.

Pretty frustrating regardless. I don't know what I want to do. I'm leaning towards waiting until after winter, or I found a semi local silver 4.6is being parted. They want $500 for the rear bumper assembly (won't sell just the cover) with rear parking sensors. Do I just sack up and get the rear IS bits? The front had an electrical fire so the bumper is melted but it looks like the lower IS lip may have made it unscathed, maybe I could get a good deal on it.

Replaced the vacuum pump, oil pressure switch, vacuum pump seal, flushed the coolant, and balanced the wheels. Alignment this weekend and then off on its 3500 miles road trip to Miami next week.

It was an oil change and CCV inspection - checked out clean after 120,000 miles - thank you Texas heat! But discovered leaking power steering feed line and split CV boot. Still got out for under a thousand on the visit for a total maintenance cost of about $2000 this year over 26,000 miles of driving.

2002 X5 3.0 292,300 miles
2014 428i 13,000 miles

2004 325i sold at 123,600 miles
2001 325i sold at 66,000 miles

I still havnt gotten my shark. It hasn't even shipped! Terrible service

Howith are the camber bolts?

Alternator bracket oil leak fixed. New sway bar bushings. New orings for everything that was in the way. New axle nuts. Oil change. Write up on the alternator housing bracket coming up shortly.

I will enjoy reading up on your post about the alternator bracket.

This past month:
- Installed phone TCU, Bluetooth and mic
- Oil change, Air filter replaced, Micro filter replaced
- Replace right rear passenger window regulator
- Replaced rear window shade clips
- Debadged

This weekends project:
- Replace rear brake pads and rotors.

Blue Loctite on the wiper motor bolts and new wiper relay.

^ why new wiper relay?

@102,24xx miles

- Replaced (all 5pcs) Instrument cluster Bulb (12V 1,5W) PN# 62111391260
- Engine Oil top off after the last oil change (1 quart every ~2400 miles)

Been busy with fitness, biking and running (using my kick ass 920xt and forerunner 620) - I am @ 15% body fats, target 2016 less than 10%

Earned $300 2015 , Wellness programs
On Target on for another $300 this 2016... Not BAD right? for staying in shape

Bought an 18" winter tire and wheel set from a local bmwcca chapter member. Will get it balanced just to be sure and get them mounted.

SPC 82120, I bought. Didn't fit. Returned it. The hunt continues, not willing to buy a 300$ kit.

Replaced the plastic intake snorkel, aka intake resonator, between MAF and intake boot, and the rubber gaskets. MAF side is deformed and kept popping apart.

4 wheel alignment and 2 new front tires, Blizzak DM-V1s, next week.

Got some brand new tires and a lifetime 4 wheel alignment.

Got nitto terra grappler g2 this time. Going to make some 400 mile trips to tahoe soon to let the x play in some snow for the first time.

Very nice! you'll have a blast. I probably passed 100 cars today on the way up to the mountain (safely mind you).

Today I installed a new torque converter and thicker sway bars to improve the handling of the X5 4.6is. sweet

:thumbup: Good for you! It's more Bowflex time for me next year.

2002 X5 3.0 292,500 miles
2014 428i 13,900 miles

2004 325i sold at 123,600 miles
2001 325i sold at 66,000 miles

What bars did you go with and how do you like them?

I went with an eibach rear and felt a small improvement.

May the force be with you as well.

I am glad my company have a rewards program for getting in shape.

Man! I am jealous with your CEO's 4 series ride, we are scheduled to get one 2017 or 2018 (once my eldest finished college and pony out some cash) - Euro Delivery this time..

Removed the roof rack and plugged the holes. Had my friend Alexander P. Mann take some photos for me. Check him out on ig @ cranemann

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps3scekybg.jpg

So Last night I went got this silver X5 from a customer an 3.0 manual. He did'int want to spend more than 500 on it... Total cost of parts around 900. Plus tires. So i ended buying it from him. Happy to say that I am a proud owner of another X5 these one manual yay! Lol

Learned the MKIV DVD navigation drive does not like DVD-R disks
 

Updated my MKIV DVD navigation computer with the V32 firmware and replaced the BMW 2004 map disk with my own disk I burnt with the 2015 map data but the navigation system would return intermittent errors about unable to read the map disk about 30% of the time. Tried Verbatim DVD-R, Magnavox DVD-R and Memorex DVD-R all causing read issues. Thought my MKIV DVD lens was on its way out...

I then decided to try a Memorex DVD+R disk and works like a charm!
Have rebooted the navigation system many times and no disk errors are seen.
Have never experienced a DVD drive favoring one format over the other (DVD-R vs. DVD+R) until now...

Wow. Nice scoop

I know!!! I'm a bit excited.:yikes:

New water pump and radiator, as well as the requisite coolant flush. All the other wear items in the cooling system had been replaced and the wp was leaking by the smaller of the two tubes that slide into it...

The N62 is so easy to work on with the electric fan. Old radiator had 100k on it and had a lot of crap between it and the condenser.

Trunk punch

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...e-springs.html

Headlamp upgrade
Fits Black 01 03 E53 x5 CCFL Halo Projector Headlights Lights Lamps Left Right | eBay

LED Interior Lights
18x BMW x5 E53 White LED Interior Lighting Kit | eBay

^Nice work.

I have used those LED bulbs in the past. Let me know if you get flickering. I bought a different kit for my "new" X5 and it does not flicker at all. It's not quite as bright, but that's fine as the flicker was killing my OCD.

for trunk springs they work awesome, they pop the trunk up to full open, realy cheap nice upgrade, make sure you use both of the springs ,don`t just try 1, it just won`t work.

Oil change with a mix of M1 0W-40 and Rotella T6. And I also used the extra filter from my 328i. This "spare parts" car is still kicking after 128k miles.

Washing with dish soap and clay-bar. Ready for polishing and interior detail this weekend.

Santa brought me 1200+ pages of stuff to do.

http://i.imgur.com/bY3u6ls.jpg?1

thats a must have manual , santa knows whats best for the X :)

Put on my snow boots. Picked up a set of Style 74's with meaty blizzaks. Notice the obvious lack of snow..... wtf thanks Obama.

http://i.imgur.com/WBlCq7C.jpg?1

aFe Intake Kit

It makes noise, not so much power.

http://i.imgur.com/BQBfmV4.jpg?1

cleaned the bonnet alarm switch , then tackled the rear wiper.
stripped plastic trim off the tailgate, to find nothing wrong with the motor to look at, apart from in the past I've had a reversing camera fitted, (left over wires,) wiper still wouldn't work ,
out of frustration at wasting my time I hit the wiper motor on the nut on the outside with my screwdriver and it worked :)
go figure

On a 3 ton truck no you probably won't notice much with just the intake - I noticed the most gains after I flashed with the Conforti Shark Injector, in addition to the 4.8iS axle back exhaust.

I also prefer the Dry filters from AFE, no oiling is awesome

When nothing else works---it's hammer time.

CDV Delete
Rear End Links

http://i.imgur.com/tqhwZRb.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/fsBxrzq.jpg

Very nice. For CDV was it difficult? I noticed while doing uuc ssk that out CDV is on top of tranny rather than e46 is on bottom side... and did you order a CDV screw from ess or did you just take out the stock and hook up the line?

All of 10 minutes while on a lift, maybe 15 minutes if you need to jack it up. There's nothing in the way, plenty of clearance.

Removed the CDV and just rehooked up the line. Gravity bled for a few. Did the same on my E39 - love the pedal feel and behavior now. No more 1st to 2nd bounce.

Removed the CDV and just rehooked up the line. Gravity bled for a few. Did the same on my E39 - love the pedal feel and behavior now. No more 1st to 2nd bounce.[/QUOTE]


Great, can I do the bleed by myself or do I need a partner to help?
I'll be doing this soon.
I just have to tackle my alternator.

You can do it yourself. Make sure the bleeder will crack open first - then close it, remove CDV, rehook up line, crack open bleeder again, and let it drip away for a few.

Did this Monday, but replaced the engine inlet to water valve hose. Ordered some filters and new HID's, and will be doing those this weekend along with the 3M lens cleaner.

R&R'd my driver's side CV axle today and while I was at it had a new wheel bearing installed. Just as I did when my bearing went out on my passenger side, I removed the hub and took it and the new Timken bearing to a local shop to R&R for $65.

If I have some spare time the rest of this week I will R&R both my AC and Alternator/Accessory tensioners, idler pulley plus new belts. I'm upgrading the Alt/Acc to hydraulic.

Washed, interior detailed, clipped on the battery tender, installed a new car cover and now it ready for winter! :thumbup:

Thorough detailing. Will snap some pictures after the sealant cured completely.

I cleared my check engine light today and it came back after a few hours. The message from the reader was "1B Multiplicat. mixture adaptation, bank 2, control limit reached" Does anyone know what thie problem is?

^How new are the pre-cats O2 sensors?

Replaced the air filter (it was horrifying), and the cabin air filter. Also pulled out the headlights so I can refinish them with the 3M kit and replace the HID's.

Lighting upgrade
 

Retrofitted Morimoto XB Type-N LED fog lights into my '05 face lift.
Surprised what little hacking was required to get these put in...

Installed Osram Night Breaker H1 bulbs into the high beams.

Ordered D2S Night Breakers for the xenon headlights as well.

Replaced the HID's with standard OSRAM 66240's. Also replaced turn signal bulbs and high beams.

The prior HID's I thought were dying as they were dim and a blue color. NOPE. Some stupid git PO had put crap 10000 K bulbs in there! WTH?! I have no words for what some people do...

Deets please

The only thing you do to your X is detail it and clip on battery tender clips, lol... :thumbup:

A Ski Rack... a ski rack. I don't even own a ski, let alone many skis that would necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do with a ski rack?

http://i.imgur.com/k4DqZYS.jpg?1

^ Gives it added Yuppieness

Perfect.

http://i.imgur.com/Z0ZKTNh.jpg?1

I was able to change out my belts and tensioners this weekend. I hate to admit that it took me over 30 mins to figure out how to install the new hydraulic version. The mech version has two mounting bolts and the hydr has three. I almost gave up surmising I must have been shipped the one for the M62 by mistake. But after a new round of flipping the tensioner sideways, upside down, angled left, right, left, left again, I f i n a l l y matched up the needed bolt pattern. If I had know if would be such a mental exercise I would have taken pictures for any DIY attempts.

Didn't help that the oil filter housing was right in the way.

That's awesome! :rofl:

I love it. What kind of rack is that?

Thule Aeroblade - guy I bought it from gave me the set, new in box. Got bored this weekend and tossed it on.

Just wondering if I can go through the car wash with it on, have my doubts.

I played around with Carly on the X5. ;)















Get your mind out of the gutter guys, it's just a car app similar to Torque. Been popular with the newer chassis and they are now developing it more towards the older chassis too. Check out my video showing all the modules Carly can access on our E53's!

There is a really big thread on e90post where e9x owners had tons of problems with this app, and some guy even fried his FRM module using Carly.

I certainly hope that's not the case for e53, but I would think twice before using it. We both know how sensitive BMW electronics are.

I know the early revisions were pretty buggy, back when it was called BMWhat app, so that's why I didn't adopt it that quickly. However, I've been meaning to upgrade my diagnostics laptop (Dell D630 loaded with INPA/DIS) and stumbled upon a compelling thread using Carly as a new substitute to INPA/DIS because of the speed of it. What would take me 10 minutes to do takes 2 minutes, and the UI is so much more friendly.

I think there is a place for Carly. As always with coding, connect your car up to a charger so you don't brick your modules; in my case, I left the car running so the alternator could keep the battery charged.

Just wondering if I can go through the car wash with it on, have my doubts.[/QUOTE]

I go with my Thule on with my snowboard racks on.
Car wash should be fine

Upgraded my Nav software to V32.2
I also ordered the new 2015 map disk just in case we ever want to try and use it:thumbup:

put the mercedes tail light harness on my left tail light during my lunch break. used the instructions here:

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...t-fix-diy.html

aside from losing the white connector retainer down into the bowels of my hatch area somewhere, it only took 5 minutes and works just fine. my dash light would come on each time I'd drive the car until I held the brake pedal for about 5 seconds and it would go off. got tiring to watch/do.

Now I'm just curious if I can find that white retainer on another bmw at the u-pull since the crushed the only x5 last month.:rolleyes:

I got a car wash, and picked "Cherry" for my air freshener.

Now my truck smells like Luden's.

I just got this tail light problem on a trip two days ago. Found the lower right lamp had a bad burn mark etc. It had been getting VERY hot too - thank goodness for the CC warning me! :confused:

Cleaned it up and used a small piece of aluminium foil to decrease the contact resistance but I'm going to make a more permanent repair (to all the lamps) soon - either this wired mod. or silver solder on the contact points. I'll remove the tail light assemblies to do this, as it will make it a LOT easier to do.

just fyi. the mercedes mod only cost $16.88 shipped off ebay and I didnt have to pull the housing out to do it. just popped the plug out after removing the interior panel and used one of the small precision flat blades and an 8mm socket to bolt the ground wire to one of the tail housing bolts. you literally pop one wire out of the tail harness and click it into the middle of the mercedes harness and swap your bulb and done.

much easier than fiddling with solder and such and its done forever. but thats just me.

If I can get them to NZ for US$16.88 ea I might do it that way but with the exchange rate and freight, it'll still work out at over for NZ$30 each lamp
holder and there's four to do. NZ$120 to fix this is more than it's worth, so silver solder it'll likely be! :dunno:

ahh gotcha. too bad you cant find any of the several models of mercedes they come from in a junkyard there.

edit: wow you're right, cheapest I could find on ebay australia was $25 shipped.

really makes me wonder what the exchange rate really is? like $1 US = $1.50 au??

I will be looking... :D

Just spent 2+ weeks in NZ could have hand delivered from the states had we know :)

BTW NZ is NOT Australia and right now the exchange rate is not good for the US its like 1USD is 1.5NZD that trip cost me a lot of $$$

but at least I found a lot of good micro beer

Glad you liked the beer - we have a TON of great beers down here! :D

I've just done a 2,000km lap of the South Island in the X5 - had a great trip - no issues (the tail lamp thing happened an another trip) and only paid NZ$120 for diesel. Loving that 3.0D! :thumbup:

Radiator, upper and lower radiator hoses, alternator bracket, and engine mount bracket which somehow managed to break in half.

Nice start to 2016

Perfect scent for cold and flu season. :D

So what was the damage?

In parts around $400 because I bought my own.

In Labor I have no clue yet because I haven't paid him. Its a good friend who does a lot of business with me as exchange work so we'll see. I'm sure I'm still in for an easy $500. His tech would of done it in 8 hours (he timed himself) had the bracket not been broken and tied up the job.

Yesterday, ATF gushed out of after parking the car (60miles from home).. initially thought was, transmission cooler since it was coming out of the front of the engine. Towed it to the closest bmw indy and after diagnosing the issue, turns out the power steering pump crapped out. I was somewhat relieved until he told me it'll be ~$900 to change it, $450 parts and the rest is labor... I usually budget about $1k per year for repair which barely use half, but this year i maxed it in one shot and it's still first week of January :-)... Talking to my parts guy locally, the power steering bumps on bmw's rarely go out but they are expensive to replace. If i wasn't too far from home, i would have towed it home and changed it myself but at this point, towing 60miles is going to cost $$ and my savings after doing it myself will be minimal.

almost time to rotate tires after 5K miles

hitting 115k soon :)

Might consider AAA road service for the future, small price to pay for getting it home or to someone you know and trust.

:iagree:
i have tow with my insurance, but they only tow to the closest dealer or shop. They don't tow it to your house (bs reason) because i wanted to tow it home initially..

That's sucks, when I tow they recommend me to take it to local shops but I always say no I need it at my house.

I have tow with insurance as well as AAA. I have never used the insurance one. AAA works really well.

:iagree: +1 on AAA

Yeah, I tried that... considering i was 60miles away they refused. Luckily i was able to take it to a bmw indy, place had 2 X5, a couple 5series and a few mini's they were working on. And they did a 6speed (manual) swap on a 7series (according to their facebook page) so it's a legit place and not some random shop.

Nice! I like finding shops like that.
Still looking for one that actually wants to work on my 850ci and who appriciates it.

Isn't Dinan in your neighborhood?

The main one is from where I live but they shut down in morgan hill and the next closest is not to far... but I'dk I went there with my x5 once and talked about the twin charged 850ci they built.

But they were dicking me around and I ended up not getting software installed because they had me sit there over 2 hours and told me to come back a week later Cuz they had made a mistake.

Today, I started my X!
I've put on less than 500kms on it since October :( / :)

Checked my receipt from last oil change. Im around 10k miles since August. Didn't even realize, will be getting oil change soon.
Also cleared codes yesterday I'm new to the obdII scanners.
I just drove over 200 miles today and no check engine light came on...
Does that mean I'm fine?

It might. You may not have replicated the same circumstances that caused the codes. It is more likely they are old stored codes that won't come back. If they do post the codes if you need help as to their meaning. It is not unusual that codes are misleading.

So, I found Carly's website to be abysmal at telling me all the things it could do. It was like a phone tree...bad design imho.

Soooooo, can Carly do things like reset the xDrive adaptations, cycle the DSC/ABS pump when bleeding the brakes, etc. like DIS? I couldn't tell from their website. All I could tell from their website is it can code and reset my battery (for an extra charge, of course...).

Today I polished my headlights with the 3M kit with the protective sealant for the headlights. Worked pretty well and took me about one hour +/- ice tea breaks.

No it can't. It has much more functionality on newer chassis. On the E53 is is a fault reader, limited coding, and I believe it does live data for certain parameters. I will try and hook mine up over the next few days or will add a video for what it can do for the e53. I thought someone already had but I guess not.

I only have the free version so far, so I can't tell you much. I want to go back to STL and see what it can do on my E36 before I spend $60 for the full version.

I did a brief video showing what it could do, but didn't go through each module. I don't have an xDrive E53 to test on and didn't bother to test it on my parent's E71.

From what I see, with Carly, on e53, only lighting module and CAS can be coded, some bulb check, DRL, seat belt alarm, etc.

Miniz, go ahead and use it on the e71, I coded a e71 with Carly yesterday, and its got all of the important options. I put together a list for my customer yesterday. Here it is.

BMW E71 (X6 2008-2014) Coding options.

 Disable Legal Disclaimers (for cameras and idrive start up menu)
 Disable Seat Belt Chimes
 Disable Door Chime
 Close Windows & Sunroof With KeyFob
 Fold/Unfold Side Mirrors With KeyFob
 Fold Side Mirrors when The Vehicle Is Locked
 Disable Window Safety (Allows One Touch Up Window Operation While Door Is Open)
 Unlock Doors When Car Is Turned Off
 Eject KeyFob When Car Is Turned Off
 Start Car Without Braking
 Wipers End Cycle (Wipers Return To Start Position When Car Is Shut Off)
 Disable Headlight Washers
 Enable Brake Force Braking – Flashing Taillights Activated With Heavy Braking
 Double Hazard Flashers/Eurohazards
 Run High Beams & Fog Lights Simultaneously
 Disable Angel Eye Dimming (When low beam is on)
 Disable Fogs From Turning On When You Are Turning Left & Right
 Remove Light Errors (Caused By Aftermarket LED Lights, etc.)
 Digital Speedometer
 Close Hatch From Key & Interior Button
 Increase Angel Eye Brightness
 Instrument Cluster Lighting Always On
 Disable Sidemarkers (Still Work As Turn Signals)

finally found a second hand upper tailgate grab handle as my switch was broke . fitted it to find out my right licence plate bub was gone , after a bit , found out one of the little pins inside the connector had broke , very fiddly but do able,

any whoo , I can open my boot with the switch now :)

"Check low beam lights"

Ordered:

Part #16 For vehicles with Xenon Light
S522A=No Longlife bulb 12V 55W H7

Headlamp Bulb - H7 Halogen Longlife, (12-volt, 55-watt)
Part #: 63-21-7-160-781

Neat.

http://i.imgur.com/QZKk4FQ.jpg?1

Too bad X6SPD Doesn't work. Thinking about X FUNF...

Aren't the Xenon lights the D2S HID lamps? This diagram is confusing! :confused:

Now you made me think twice :)

Headlamp Bulb - Low Beam - D2S Xenon (12-volt, 35-watt)
Part #: 63-21-7-160-806
@ ~150 a piece!

Will double check at the Dealership, I just did a phone order (I will let you know what part I end up bringing home)

Had to fish my driver's side window out of the door today... I'm sure the clip broke that holds the glass to the regulator. I'm guessing the PO had the regulator replaced and they either reused the clips that were on it, or it's a non-OEM regulator. I knew it was a matter of time as it always made noise when closing the door. Poor repair-job most likely, but I'll know for sure after I open it when the OE replacement arrives.

FYI, fishing it out is fairly simple... and keeps you from having to pull the door panel to raise your window. I used some 3M double sided tape (the stuff they mount body panels/trim with) and a small pair of needle nose pliers (the shorter stubby kind). Put a piece of tape on each side of the glass and use those as cushions and grip for your pliers while you lift. In my case I had to lift at the rear of the glass since that was the side that popped out of the regulator. Note: this will only work if one side of your window is still attached to the regulator. Will not work if the window has completely come off or regulator has failed.

Well... I did the dreaded 6HP26X trans service and Liqui Molly engine flush. F**K this B**L S**T is all I can say right now! I have had the parts and fluid sitting in my garage since September and finally had a buddy around to help this evening. I had a surging / slacking issue in fifth gear ONLY and after talking to ZF I went forward with this fluid change. The only redemption to my evening was that my 4 1/2 year old daughter wanted to "help" and "learn how to fix our cars." By the way do NOT go with the vaico filter for the trans... It kept falling out... I had to re-use the existing ZF filter seal to keep it from falling back out of the transmission. And the Febi trans pan gasket does not fit... I will be calling ECS in the morning and might freak out on them a bit... Updates will follow when I have them.

[QUOTE=bhennrich;1065638]Well... I did the dreaded 6HP26X trans service and Liqui Molly engine flush. F**K this B**L S**T is all I can say right now! I have had the parts and fluid sitting in my garage since September and finally had a buddy around to help this evening. I had a surging / slacking issue in fifth gear ONLY and after talking to ZF I went forward with this fluid change. The only redemption to my evening was that my 4 1/2 year old daughter wanted to "help" and "learn how to fix our cars." By the way do NOT go with the vaico filter for the trans... It kept falling out... I had to re-use the existing ZF filter seal to keep it from falling back out of the transmission. And the Febi trans pan gasket does not fit... I will be calling ECS in the morning and might freak out on them a bit... Updates will follow when I have them.[/QUOTE

When you can stick with the original BMW parts. We ave a enough BMW dealers on line that if you shop them you can get reasonable prices on replacement parts and save yourself and incredible amount of head aches.

^I agree with this. On a $2 oil drain plug, sure maybe go with the aftermarket and not notice a difference, but not on major seals, parts, filters etc

cursed mine quietly under my breath as I saw the oil leak again. valve cover gasket was replaced last Friday. Oil leak is back again.
Will take it to my indy and check what is leaking again.. and if it's the valve seal.. .may just get another cover and try again.

your valve cover may be warped slightly , you made need a new valve cover. they are just plastic.

Use a factory valve cover gasket. I have had bad experience on my S54 w/a non-factory VCG...PITA

thanks ! i should have done that when i did the seal... tired of this trial and error..

will do.
The indy used Victor Reinz...

^That may be part of problem

Replaced my water pump, changed out an idler pulley, replaced one of my broken PDC sensor mounts on the rear bumper and finally matched the tint on the front two windows :thumbup:

New video, how to remove stubborn hard water spots or light acid rain etching from your paint:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9UIjIHGRZM

Actually yesterday..... but....oil change....brake fluid change....and found out I need my oil filter housing gasket replaced....slow leak....which explains the quart I added a month ago and the oil burn smell when popping the hood.


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removed, drivers door card to find out why it sounded like something was loose when I closed the door , couldn't find anything, end up now where my drivers door doesn't turn the interior light on , other ones do ,
thing is , when I open any doors with the engine running it doesn't say "door open" any more

that switch is part of the door latch
it might have come off? hence the noise and now the lack of idiot light

look real hard at both the screw/clip that holds the bottom of the glass to the regulator and also the SLIDER that goes up and down the track. the screw/clip has a expanding nut kind of a thing and parts always brake off leaving the thing loose.

its does actually make more noise when the window is down , like the window bit is loose ,
but if that switch is disconnected would it take out all the other doors?

I discovered that my driver's side rear lower shock bolt is missing. WTF? :(

I rolled down the rear window and it made a loud pop. Luckily it rolled back up. I'm not touching it. Ordered a new reg right away! I just replaced the clip last year.

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