The terms and pricing are fine to me, let's just round up our 10 guys.

The problem is finding non iS people to buy it

Kristophe

Kesslerbmw

StephenVA

SammyD? All posted interest I believe so far, I'd start pm'ing members and seeing if they want one.

What about ol uncle motordavid? Would look sharp on his 01

CW, will these be exact reproductions?

It will not have a part number or car manufacturer logo stamped onto it but rest will be same. Yes ive edited my first post so people may want to see it again.

Hey I'm in.

I appreciate all the legwork you've done on this, CW

My pleasure. Slimmbones should be a great gateway for us e53 owners to get other parts manufactured too by him. He offered his services. :) im glad to take him up on this.

Ricky Bobby pm'd me. I've now read the thread. I'm a tentative 'in,' pending a crawl under the front of mine to eyeball the existing bare-bones post-facelift 'sport' package vis the decorative skidplate. Since mine is sapphire black, I would probably leave it unpainted. ABS plastic, right? Clockwork, it might help to post comparison 'with and without' pix. At this pricepoint, looks good .......

Sport package changes nothing about the front end Riggo, it attaches to your bumper. If you own a 2000-2006 E53 non-iS model this piece will fit your car and was made for it.

I would paint it Black Sapphire if I were you but you could leave unpainted.

A better pic of it with:

http://www.xoutpost.com/attachments/...-xx-small-.jpg

Without (used your picture so you can see there is nothing there):

http://www.xoutpost.com/attachments/...-bmw-x5-2-.jpg

On the possible infringement issue: to quote [sort of] the inimitable Admiral Grace Hopper, "Its better to ask forgiveness than permission." I think that applies to this run of 10-20 parts no longer made by bimmer and possibly not protected by law.

Obligatory disclaimer: This is not legal advice. Proceed at your own risk.:thumbup:

Thanks for the pix, RB. It may be that unpainted will 'match' [sort of ....] the flat/grey ABS bumper trim on my ride [pictured in your post!]. If there is a choice of ABS 'color' when the run is done, that might be a selling point for doing a color that matches the standard BMW trim. If not, I can always have it sprayed black sapphire, as I had to do with my replacement driver door handle. Don't ask me why I had to replace the door handle ........:)