I replaced worn Start/Stop and AC fan speed (not shown) buttons.
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Got some pedals from Ultimate Pedals, I have ran a pair on my old E39 M5 and am on my second set on my white E61, they are extremely well made and I am a big fan or brushed metals in interiors.
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Details
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Before
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During
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In my eyes this is a nice sporty/classy touch to the interior.
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Getting back to the OEM hitch install
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These are all the goodies included in the kit
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I wasn't going to put up with the excessive bumper trimming required to fit the OEM hitch so I decided to modify the angle of the plate that mounts the trailer wiring connector. I cut it off and ground it flush with an angle grinder
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Paid a local welder $20 to mount it back on
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OEM crash bar vs OEM hitch, the hitch is real beefy and weighs about 55lbs
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Hitch bolted up, you can see the nee vertical orientation of the connector ....and all the scratches the welder added to the hitch while moving it around. I used some Duplicolor semi-gloss paint which matched the OEM finish very well.
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Moving onto the wiring
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Previous owners had little kids, I have now collected about 10-12 Lego pieces from the interior. Battery area got a vacuum.
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Wiring ran to fuse block and module installed.
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Trimming was a little tedious but I am happy with the results.
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In this photo the 4 pin connector/adapter is installed, some people inquired if it would sit too low in the new position, no.
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Clean!
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Added +AHMU to the vehicle order and then followed that up with some additional module coding
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Some module coding included rear view camera zoom for aligning a trailer
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The setup with the new 1UP Super Duty bike rack installed. It is the only rack would fit my monster 1360mm wheelbase Pole Evolink.
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Awesome work, may I ask what benefits U get from changing the Sway Bar? Was the OEM broken?

The sway bar is thicker than OEM. A thicker sway bar = less body roll.

I guess kinda like the E39 guys who use the M5 rear sway on a NON M5 I would think. I might give this a try since my E39 felt a lot better in the curves after I swapped it out.

It took me a couple months but I finally realized I live a few miles from a Proper station that has HPR, I go to the same station to fill my wagon with E85. It's nice that they don't over charge for the "performance" diesel, same price as Shell, Chevron, etc.
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A fellow X5D owner lend me his JBD to try out until I get deleted/tuned. Running it at 100%. It offers a nice bump in power.
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Since I have multiple BMW key fobs from the same generation I had some custom keychains made to keep them organized.
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Personalized plates arrived.
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Happy to report it is centered, I haven't had great success in the past.
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Some pics racked up.
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Looks great! I've never heard of high performance diesel before....I'll have to look into that.

Question: does the rack and bike make your rear squat that much or is it just a weird camera angle?

No squat ever since I have rear air. Might be an illusion with my ultra high OEM non-sport suspension.

Nice! What cetane number does this fuel has ?


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Wow! Im from Romania, and the best diesel fuel we got is 55. I bet there s a huge difference when you top up with hpr.


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