also installed H&R lowering springs & replaced front shocks with Bilstein b6. Wont post pic of car yet till I get the 4.6/4.8 front and rear flares and bumper along with running boards installed. pic of b6 installed

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Installed new water pump/thermostat. While in there, I installed the Bimmerfix stint kit (I did have the dreaded leak). Also installed new hoses, idler pulleys and alternator.

Tomorrow I will be back driving my e53 and I am wondering what its going be like after driving the e70 I bought the wife for the past 3 days.....

@Crowz, you gotta love the Torque on the E70...

Well so far after driving my e53 again today I was very surprised how much peppier the E53 is over the turbo e70. No doubt in a drag race my e70 will smoke my e53. Heck from the numbers it would probably smoke everyones e53 but my e53's throttle is so much more sensitive than the e70's.

The e70 does have gobs more torque feel to it. Its very strange the way the e70 stays around 1100 rpms or so most of the time around town where the e53 stays up around 2k or better all the time.

The 8 speed automatic is much nicer shifting wise too. Still it felt like home being back in my e53 :)

Rechargeable batteries came in today for both remote key fobs. I sliced them open, replaced the batteries and glued them back up. What do you know they both work. I even heard the air compressor come to life for the first time! Is that weird or not? It has never come on using the key to unlock things. Anywhoo, one down, a few more to go. CCV is next.

Re-calibrated the EHC-II. It was out of whack after the compressor took a dump. Indy set it but to the non sport measurements. Looks so much better now. :woot:

I tested the brake fluid in my X5 with my new brake fluid tester and it came back at 3% moisture content so I will have to flush it.

Wife's pacifica came back at >4% so I will have to do that one too.

Havent tested the 2013 x5 yet.


Also I washed the e53. Looks a million times better.

Also installed amazon prime music on the stereo in the e53. Sounds great and gives me over 2 million songs to chose from for free. I went with it over spotify or the others because it allows me to download music into its player for free to listen to offline.

I'm researching replacement heads right now. This thing has got to go. Seriously the biggest weak point on my 4.4i. I can't believe how reasonably priced these android units are.