Did the rear pads and rotors on my '11 X5D the other night.

ABSOLUTE SHIT SHOW. I couldn't believe how hard it was to get the rotors off. So much rusty corroded gunk. Ended up using ratchet straps around a tree to pry one of them free, as no amount of human force and hammering could get it off.

Hoping the fronts go smoother. Temps have taken a dip here in MN, so I'll likely wait another week or so before I do the fronts. iDrive says I've got 10k left on those, but was -600 on the rears before I got them done.

What have you done to your E70 today?
 

That's a lot of work guys. I have sometimes had luck of loosening the rear lug bolts and driving in the driveway hitting the brakes hard. Some times that is enough to break the rust free.

Oh yea and it seems the rear is always the worst.

Repaired Active Seat Function... New Pump & Valve actuator.

Next up, Power Tailgate Retrofit.

This is from last weekend but interesting to some perhaps. Had my X5 on the lake. Drove around a couple miles.

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I did a power tailgate retrofit last weekend. Was actually a lot easier than others made it sound. Got my spindle drives & latch with micro switch off eBay for around $300 shipped. Got the hkl module & a wiring harness from a guy in Russia for $300 shipped. Because my module came from a Russian car it was already programmed to open and close using the dash button, the key fob, the exterior tailgate switch & the interior tailgate switch. It also came off an E71 X6 which doesn't have a lower tailgate so it will open and close without the bottom being closed. Will just bounce back if the lower tailgate is open, but in hindsight I didn't have to deal with swapping out the bottom latch & could have saved myself some money. It's also 1 less switch to worry about going bad & needing to be replaced. I had to cut 1 wire from going to the hkl module from the interior switch. My harness had 2 wires going to the module & 1 ground. This switch is simply run in parallel to the exterior switch & the wire color even match. Grey/yellow wire & brown go to same colors on exterior switch. The grey/blk wire was simply to power the red led on the interior switch & that's the only wire that actually needs to be run to the hkl module from the interior switch.
With the grey/yellow wire run to hkl module the trunk would open itself if the doors weren't locked. Once this wire was cut all was good.
Go for it......it really isn't that difficult

"90c" thermostat and replacement of parking brake controller. Oil change, coolant and break fluid.

Ordered a new coolant reservoir to replace the cracked and leaking one.

Power tailgate retrofit.

Fresh Liqui Moly oil change and air filters too. Just received the bull bar and preparing to install this coming weekend.

I added a quart of oil...