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      10-18-2018, 08:59 PM   #1
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Space Gray X5M build

So a couple months ago (July) I was browsing cargurus as I usually do and came across a great deal on an E70 X5M. Things escalated rather quickly and next thing I knew I had a one way flight to Miami. Clean title, no accident car with me being the third owner and about 112k miles. This will be my sixth BMW and third M car.

Overall, the car was pretty clean, especially being the cheapest example on car gurus! It came tastefully modified (didn't know until I saw it) with H&R springs, muffler delete, spacers and some cosmetic things like black grilles and color matched reflectors. It also looks like the injectors have been taken care of under the recall. The car was a beast to drive and made it back to Austin without a problem.

Upon arriving I took a closer look at the car and found a couple things that needed to be addressed. The tires were pretty old and starting to rot, leaky turbo coolant lines, passenger intake needed to be replaced (failed PCV), thrust arms were bad and the rear brakes were due. All things to be expected at this age. Fast forward to a couple days ago and I've discovered a leak from where I think to be the rear coolant sealing plate on the back of the engine This means the transmission will be need to dropped. I'll likely be tackling this in the next few weeks and also doing the rear main seal, both oil pan gaskets and motor mounts "while I'm in there".

Future plans for the car include;
-paint correction/ceramic coating/engine bay detail
-polishing headlights
-powder coating calipers yellow
-window tint
-whatever else decides to fail next
-I'd like to get a BPC stage 1 tune but am trying to resist

If you'd like to see what else what I've got myself into, check out my E92 build thread.

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1456773

Untitled by jake ellegard, on Flickr

Enough rambling, onto some pics. I'll have much more later, I know these suck.

Picking it up in Miami;
Untitled by jake ellegard, on Flickr

At home with my E92;
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X5M will be my wife's daily once we turn in her X3 next year;
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New tires;
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Getting the coolant lines replaced. Not my duct tape job, its on the list;
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That's all I have for now. Still have the passenger intake duct, CCV hoses and thrust arms waiting to go on.
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      10-19-2018, 07:25 AM   #2
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Congrats, looks like a fun rig! Are you going to do new engine partitions in the back there as well?
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Congrats, looks like a fun rig! Are you going to do new engine partitions in the back there as well?
noob question but can someone explain what is this engine partitions that people are talking about?
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noob question but can someone explain what is this engine partitions that people are talking about?
https://www.xbimmers.com/forums/show...ght=partitions
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      10-19-2018, 12:09 PM   #6
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congrats and welcome to the family
Thanks!

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Congrats, looks like a fun rig! Are you going to do new engine partitions in the back there as well?
Thanks! Yes, they’re on my to do list. Should probably get a new engine cover as well.
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My twin. I'm from Miami and flew to Austin to pick up my space grey x5m. And I've got a Jerez black m3. 👍🏽
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My twin. I'm from Miami and flew to Austin to pick up my space grey x5m. And I've got a Jerez black m3. 👍🏽
What are the odds!
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Welcome to the club, im also a new owner (June 2018). Have got a lot of little things done. Looks like you are on the right track with the maintenance. Make sure to change the trans, diffs and transfer case fluids. Overall it looks great. I have a plan to get a tune from TTFS or Alpine MSS. TTFS own an E70 X5M so the tune they have have been developed on their dyno
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looks good man!!
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      11-21-2018, 07:12 PM   #12
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Welcome to the club, im also a new owner (June 2018). Have got a lot of little things done. Looks like you are on the right track with the maintenance. Make sure to change the trans, diffs and transfer case fluids. Overall it looks great. I have a plan to get a tune from TTFS or Alpine MSS. TTFS own an E70 X5M so the tune they have have been developed on their dyno
Thanks! Not sure I'll do the transmission fluid as the miles are pretty high on it and I don't have a history of it previously being done.

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looks good man!!
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look sick
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Progress has been slow as I recently had a kid and also picked up an E46 M3 project (I need to stay off CL). This weekend I'm at least going to get the transmission dropped to fix the coolant leak from the end plate and replace the tension arms. I have the oil pan gaskets, bolts, rear main seal and motor mounts in hand as well depending on how motivated I'm feeling.
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Welcome to the club, im also a new owner (June 2018). Have got a lot of little things done. Looks like you are on the right track with the maintenance. Make sure to change the trans, diffs and transfer case fluids. Overall it looks great. I have a plan to get a tune from TTFS or Alpine MSS. TTFS own an E70 X5M so the tune they have have been developed on their dyno
Thanks! Not sure I'll do the transmission fluid as the miles are pretty high on it and I don't have a history of it previously being done.

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looks good man!!
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Progress has been slow as I recently had a kid and also picked up an E46 M3 project (I need to stay off CL). This weekend I'm at least going to get the transmission dropped to fix the coolant leak from the end plate and replace the tension arms. I have the oil pan gaskets, bolts, rear main seal and motor mounts in hand as well depending on how motivated I'm feeling.
Excellent. Congrats on the E46 M3, I have one myself for more than a decade
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Excellent. Congrats on the E46 M3, I have one myself for more than a decade
Thanks! This will be my second E46 M3.
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Mpower04 I'm in Round Rock; flying to Seattle to check out and purchase a 2010 X5M then drive it back.

Would love to meet up one day with the trucks.
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Mpower04 I'm in Round Rock; flying to Seattle to check out and purchase a 2010 X5M then drive it back.

Would love to meet up one day with the trucks.
There's a white X5M at advantage BMW of Houston with less than 60k miles. Check it out!


https://www.momentumbmw.net/used/BMW...a9f0edc689.htm
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Bought the one in Seattle, 55k miles
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