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Originally Posted by semcoinc (Post 1096703)

I'm running 6smd festoons in the footwell and lower door panels and I believe they are 36mm.

Check your housing to be sure they will work for you I may have stretched the contacts in my housing to fit the 36mm but no harm was done to the connector

20X White 36MM 5050 6SMD Festoon LED Dome Map Interior Lights DE3423 6418 12V | eBay

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xR0AAO...vu/s-l1600.jpg

Here is an SMD spec guide to see what wattage and lumen ratings the various SMDs have

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMD_LED_Module

Mike

Those 6smd are not bright actually! I am.using in footwell 18leds at the front! Same can be used in the trunk! With 18leds in one bulb trunk is very bright! I am using something strange at the back footwell:) and I love blue interior!

It was time for new Bosch Evolution wiper blades today. Sad that nothing seems to last more than three months in the Texas sun.

2002 X5 3.0 314,500 miles
2014 428i 24,300 miles

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

1970 Firebird - Under restoration

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Originally Posted by srmmmm (Post 1096789)

It was time for new Bosch Evolution wiper blades today. Sad that nothing seems to last more than three months in the Texas sun.

I hear that. :rolleyes: Though I do typically get at least a year out of wipers.

Installed oem rear bumper step protector.

Time for 3D wiper blades!

What did your X5 get for Christmas?
Mine stayed warm under its cover as the rain fell then tuned to ice as the temps fell. Meanwhile the minivan ran holiday errands and went on tacky light tours all weekend. See Holly's tacky lights for viewing tips in the Wash D.C. Area Hollys Tacky Christmas Lights in Fairfax County, Virginia

Why can't power steering lines be easy like the E39 :(

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Originally Posted by StephenVA (Post 1096803)

Mine is sitting quietly in the drive, enjoying it's new water pump and various fiddly bits. Tuesday it goes back in for suspension and interior tweaks.

Started the holiday maint sessions by removing the cabin air intake system, all the engine acoustic covers and the engine air intake system, to get at the engine breather (CCV) assembly.

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Before removing the breather, I vacuumed up all the dead bugs etc. in and around the intake. You can see where the breather sits, towards the back of the engine.

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The old breather was the filter type - despite the listing at realoem indicating that the 2005 cars have the newer vortex type breather. It's well documented that this part was changed in the assembly line about August 2005 and my February 2005 build car backs that up, by having the old type part. It was shot...

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The old one is at the top, the new one below (as if you couldn't tell... ;) )

Buttoning it all back up, I added a new air filter, since I had to remove the old one and getting at it is "tricky". The air filter in these 3.0d engines is HUGE! :confused:

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Not a difficult job - took about 90 minutes and that was taking my time.

I can breather easier now - as can the engine - and not be quite so worried about cooking a turbo.

Next up; oil change.