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Yea, I am a big sucker for OEM forged 5 spoke wheels and 21" fill out the wheel wells nicely. The tricky part is tire options since ideally I am trying to "upsize" to 285/40F 325/35R but it looks like I will be needing to compromise is some way. Quote:
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I reinstalled mine since the TC output flange is only held in place with a retaining clip and one owner who did the same thing had his flange fall out. This potential risk was enough for me to reinstall the shaft. --------------------------------------------------------- Purchased a used rear upper console trim off ebay to replace the DVD monitor and got a new phone delete plate for the the inner storage (from ECS Tuning).
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05-21-2019, 10:55 AM | #46 |
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Putting "the truck" to use....
Shipping wheels Found a $1,200 radiator setup at the salvage yard. Transporting a panoramic roof cassette for my E61 License plates arrived. The original hardware was 2 rusty Philips head bolts, I replaced it with some black allen bolts with washers. This will look real clean once the personalized plate arrives. With the X5 debadged this will help enthusiasts know what motor is under the hood, common civilians will have no idea what's going on which is just the way I like it. If you know, you know. Adding a wireless charger. What's slick about this setup is the charger is mounted to the ash tray which can easily pop out if needed. Weekend projects: Transmission service Cleaned manifold (again) Swirl flap delete. I was going to do vacuum lines as well but I will save that for when I do the downpipe. Fluid, pan, mechatronics sleeves, bridge, and connector seal. Yummy RealOEM FTW Cleaned the trans support (and other splash panels not pictured). WTF is this sorry excuse of a transfer case bushing? I was surprised to find out the X5M bushing is nearly identical. With all the TQ of the M57 motor and this offset mount only on one side this seems like it would be a good item to reinforce with a solid rubber mount. Inspected the transmission wiring connector to confirm pin locations, I will be adding an X5M wheel with paddles and need to run wiring from the wheel all the way to this connector. Still have to crack open the filter but magnets looked fine with what I understand as a normal amount of metal powder/paste. New bridge seal and sealing sleeves installed. Patiently waiting for the trans fluid to get up to temp during refill.... Used a WiFi endoscope to peak down into the valves. All things considered they look great, the only CBU I need to address is on the plastic portion of the valve cover. I will wait to clean that once I have another excuse to pull the cover since it should be and easy task and won't require walnut blasting. Manifold cleaned, power washed, dried w/ compressed air, and reassembled with swirl flap deletes. Some quick snaps while running errands. I have a black kidney grill on the way.
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I have been debating with which trans fluids to go for. Any reason for going with Mecron SP?
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Went with the Mercon since Shell makes the fluid for Ford and VF, both are Shell M-1375.4, with the same specs, and made at the same factory in Houston (so the internet tells me). That is good enough for me!
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06-19-2019, 09:53 AM | #55 |
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With the exterior theme of the X5 getting darker the rear lower valance (Titanium color stock) got Dipped. Upgraded the rear sway bar to an Ultra Racing bar, this is the beefiest sway I could find for the E70. This is 24mm compared to my OEM 21mm. Endlinks were also replaced with Meyle HD units. Nav screen and the anti-glare coating has seen better days so I hit it with a 3" DA polisher and some Chem Guys V38 People on FB (apparently those who have never done this mod) were in an uproar saying this was super dumb and they would never do it as the glare would be unbearable.... mmmkay. Like a GLOVE.... OEM style 167 M6 wheels fit nicely in the rear. Picked up a M Sport steering wheel. I am on the hunt for a clean heated M Sport/X5m wheel but in the meantime I came across this nonheated wheel for a great price so I will run this in the meantime. I also prefer the M sport paddles over the X5M paddles so I can keep these paddles and make a hybrid wheel if I end up with an X5M wheel, which I probably will. I am always shocked at how careless dismantlers are with parts considering they plan on selling them. This wheel has a tiny little cut up top and a few dents on the left side of the wheel. I have already used a heat gun and some finger massaging to relieve some of the creases and are about 50% better, I will see if I can find a local upholstery shop that can maybe fully release them. Stud Conversion in the works, waiting for spacers and fender flares.
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Are you trying to sell that heated sport wheel? What would you want for the whole thing?
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Coming from the N54 world one of the aspects of the M57 that gets me really fired up is strength and reliability.
This is what happened to cylinder #3 on my first N54 motor. Direct injection + port injection + misfire + some extra PI spray = detonation. It was a wild ride when she let go, fire and skidding out of control. Oil pan almost blew completely off and there were punctures all over the block 1 doggo power 15F 20R H&R spacers While installing fender flares I also popped off the front bumper and did a quick Morimoto xb LED fog light retrofit. Here is the evolution of the front end. REALLY liking the black fog lights. Time for a wash. Here are some pictures with the new flares, spacers, wheel studs, and LED fog light retrofit. In regards to fitment the next item will be running taller aspect ratio tired to fill up the wheel wells, after tires I will lower as needed to eliminate excessive wheel gap. Next project, OEM trailer hitch.
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Great job on the fog retrofit! Do you have a pic of the back of completed housing? How is the beam pattern?
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Here is a pic of the back of the fog housing. No, they are aftermarket from eBay. Fitment is great but they arrived squished from poor packaging so I am working with them to get it resolved. If they arrived undamaged I would have no problem recommending them for the price. We will see how they hold up to UV damage, etc.
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I replaced worn Start/Stop and AC fan speed (not shown) buttons.
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. Details Before During After In my eyes this is a nice sporty/classy touch to the interior. Getting back to the OEM hitch install These are all the goodies included in the kit 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 Paid a local welder $20 to mount it back on OEM crash bar vs OEM hitch, the hitch is real beefy and weighs about 55lbs 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. Moving onto the wiring Previous owners had little kids, I have now collected about 10-12 Lego pieces from the interior. Battery area got a vacuum. Wiring ran to fuse block and module installed. Trimming was a little tedious but I am happy with the results. In this photo the 4 pin connector/adapter is installed, some people inquired if it would sit too low in the new position, no. Clean! Added +AHMU to the vehicle order and then followed that up with some additional module coding Some module coding included rear view camera zoom for aligning a trailer 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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Excellent work!
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wow..your work is meticulous... love it!
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