Welcome to the club. I, too, just picked up a '13 AW M-Sport X5 35i with the M Performance Software package. Loving it!

I was going to say spacers too. The mudflaps make it look too far in otherwise.

20mm fr and rear

I went 12mm front, 20mm rear for stock offset wheels. Your M looks a bit better with a larger spacer up front because you have a front bumper with much better proportions. Your ride is sweet, and it's one of the cleanest X5M's that I've seen.

thank you - you are on e46fan with the same screenname?

Thanks for the compliments! This car has more soul than the Acura for sure but I'll tell ya what... the Acura was an amazing care for the money. It handled quite well around tight turns going a decent speed and the interior was laid out in an ergonomically pleasing way for people of just about any size. The back seats were also comfortable and they felt a lot like the front seats. I'm still gonna miss that car, but I'm already have a great time with the new ride.

Does anyone know if the painted side markers are different sizes based on whether or not the vehicle has side cameras? The markers look a little shorter on my car than in the photo of the side markers on the site that was recommended earlier in this thread. I'm hesitant to order but I really dislike the yellow markers. They're bugging me now. My M3 had white reflectors as I opted to go with the white but they weren't shaped 100% to form so condensation got under one of them. It was too annoying for me to risk having the same thing happen again so I'm going with painted markers if I can find the right size for my car which has the side cams.

I'm not on E46 with same screen name but I've been on M3post and about 6 or 8 other forums with the same screen name. I might have posted in the E46 area previously but it wasn't because I had an E46. :)

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I am sorry - I meant M3inline6

You can go on realoem to look at the part numbers for the reflectors

or give us the last 7 digits of your vin and one of us can help

Yeah, I'm a long time member and moderator on E46 Fanatics, as well as the Ducati forums.

Congrats!

Try keeping my X clean :p I clean it almost everyday! Black is without question the hardest colour to keep clean and stay looking good. Also the hardest look to pull off if done right :p

White is easy... IMO the easiest colour to maintain.

I thought so