I sold it after 6 months of ownership!

 

i gave it a full tank of gas....

 

How much is gas over there?

 

I let it go to 140 MPH and back down to 0...the car was just asking me to let it do that!! :dunno:

 

Sounds like she's running well!

 

I unfortunately messed my wheel up in a really bad pothole.

 

I unfortunately messed my wheel up in a really bad pothole. View attachment 542190

Shhshhhh wat size are u running I can hardly see any sidewall , gotta be very careful when driving

 

Hi TX! I recently installed the M Sport steering wheel and the sport switch. Only took me 177k miles!! What can I say? I'm still a sucker for for my 550i.

 

177K miles...you might have one of the highest mileage 550i here on the forum! Mine is just shy of 140k.

 

There won't be any high speed runs for me any time soon as my wheels need to be redone and the thrust rod arms are in need of replacement...it'll all be done eventually.

 

I blew my low tone horn going throw a deep puddle of water so i replaced my stock with a PIAA 400/500 htz super tone horn. Its sounds amazing.

 

Put on a new M5 front bumper on my 535 sedan. The 4th or 5th one in 4.5 years. People who borrow my car don't grasp the concept of lowered stance on coil overs.
Received RB inlets, to be installed on Monday.

Bought a set of ISC N1 coil overs for the e61 wagon. Also a used set of M6 sway bars. Updated MHD Stage 2 to v6 (Beta tester.)

This weekend will be testing a 128GB SSD HDD for the CIC. Hoping to expand the audio partition to 60GB so I can load all my tunes.

 

Put on a new M5 front bumper on my 535 sedan. The 4th or 5th one in 4.5 years. People who borrow my car don't grasp the concept of lowered stance on coil overs.

You're a good friend for letting people borrow your car

 

Oceans10 - how's the ride comfort and quality on the ICS C/O?

btw - I got gas for my car today and it was under 40bucks for the fill up. I haven't seen gas price this low since 2008.

 

Oceans10, is it really that easy to swap out the drive? I know technically it should be easy but would the CIC software recognize the larger storage?

 

The ISC COs arrive next week. There's a thread on 5series.net about them by Island Road. He was the guinea pig for them over the summer and gave favorable review.

Re SSD I have not done it yet. Just tested that the conversion would work. It's possible that the OS will not recognize larger partition, will have to see in a few days.

 

I installed a Mishimoto oil catch can last night. Found some materials at the shop where I work at, stainless steel lines and swagelok connectors, those things will outlast the car! HA HA!

 

Replaced brand new Yoko 580's for Michelin AS3's only after 5 mos and 6k miles due to slight drifting/sliding during exiting/entering off/on ramps (wet/damp surface--rain).

Buuuut...after install, I was able to get rear tires to spin out a little so don't know if I spent extra coins for better wet surface grip for nothing. :dunno:

 

New tires need about 100-500 miles to break in and lose the coating its covered in due to vulcanizing process. Iirc it's basically a non-stick coating so the tire doesn't stick to the mold. After this the tires will grip better and be more predictable.

 

I think booy was referring to giving your new Michelins some time break in. Once that happens, go try them out.

 

^What he said.

 

I wet sanded the entire car, compounded, polished then waxed the whole thing. 12 hours later a whole new car. Then shampooed the interior after removing all the seats, conditioned and cleaned the leather seats. Now time for the Christmas party. Happy Holidays!!

 

Now that's a serious workout for one day!

 

I put in a new coolant reservoir cap since the original one had actually begun to rot and was allowing some coolant to escape.

After that, I pulled off the flaking, completely deteriorated rear window seal and put in a fresh one.

On a separate note, today the warning light for the license plate lamps came on. I put in some LED bulbs about a month or two ago and everything had been running fine until today. I might have to slap in the old ones again.

How difficult is it to replace the rear window seal, is it stickily a compression fit?

Carbon Schwarz Metallic - 416 - One of the best looking colors!

 

It's not terribly difficult. It's easier to pull the old one out that it is to put the new one in though. I had a hard time making sure that it was all seated correctly and not kinked up.

 

I put gas in it

 

I cleaned the water spots off all my windows with Barkeepers Friend, followed by a good washing and treating the windows with Nanoskin Rain Glass Sealant. Located and hand polished some scratches/swirls out after a washing.

Santa's bringing me a DA polisher, so a complete detailing comes shortly after Christmas.

And yesterday go the car back from getting a new starter, replacing the coolant reservoir vent pipe (line b/w reservoir and radiator), and fixing/replacing a fuel leak in the driver side fuel filter housing, and leak diagnosis pump.

Due for a complete paint detailing/rewaxing soon.

 

I just looked at it ..

 

I drove it down to the Mall to see Santa

 

I took my car to Dealer last week for minor rough idle very minor hardly noticeable but it to be nice and smooth. I have New Injectors index12 new plugs and new coils and walnut blast was done about 15k ago and no change, picked up my car from dealer and was told they cant find any problem not only they didnt find the problem but also reprogrammed my car so all off my Coding was gone lol so i ordered Vanos Solenoids from ecstuning i changed them took like 15min to do and guess waht my car runs like new no more light rough idle. I also ReCoded my car with Ncs expert and I flashed my transmission software with SAT flash.

 

Good info , will make a note of the solenoids effecting a rough idle . Thanks for letting us know .

 

Just put the snow tires on. Bought these off of Craigslist for 300 including tpms, rims and tires. Almost like new.

 

Put in my old license plate lamps as the ones that I got off of Amazon started throwing a code. They were fine at first but that only lasted about two months or so. Don't know if I'll order anything replace them with yet.

 

I got from eBay for 5$ no codes and holding very Gud soo far