Is the X5M bumper vs X5 M Sport bumpers identical?

[CatalinP]

He fabricated all season out of summer tires.

[OFFWHITEX5]

So what was the total price for the conversion with parts and labor? Also, why was it a nightmare and why so many fabrications if it was a OEM swap?

I just love the M kit. vs all the others

Pic Of My Vision (Similar). Awesome Shot (Not my pic)

[sbinshihon]

A list of all OEM parts and the needed modifications would turn this thread into a sticky material.. please ask your guy and get back to us!

[tkelley86]

Originally Posted by CatalinP

He fabricated all season out of summer tires.

lol, today is not my day... yes, they were summer tires...

[tkelley86]

Originally Posted by sbinshihon

A list of all OEM parts and the needed modifications would turn this thread into a sticky material.. please ask your guy and get back to us!

I'll flip him a note now and ask. He said the biggest headache was going back and forth with the BMW dealership as they kept sending him the wrong stuff.

[sbinshihon]

Originally Posted by tkelley86

I'll flip him a note now and ask. He said the biggest headache was going back and forth with the BMW dealership as they kept sending him the wrong stuff.

Yea, I understand. But if he still have the parts numbers, ordering now would be the easy part.

Ask what modifications he did too!

[daytonaviolet]

Originally Posted by r33_RGSport

Now you need the Side Mirror Retrofit to X5M style.

dont forget the rear bumper, diffuser and quad exhuast i'll leave the link here

[daytonaviolet]

wow.. this looks awesome. i would love to do this mod.. but front and back

can you list all the parts used? also explain a bit more on the fabrication. if all oem parts were used, then why fabricate? or are some f85 parts not used and thus fabricated the f15 parts?

thanks

Originally Posted by tkelley86

So my guy did it. He said it was a nightmare and took lots of fabrication but it looks 100% OEM at this point. Pics below and thanks to Ben for hooking it up with an affordable front lip![IMG][/IMG]

[tkelley86]

thanks! I have the ACS exhaust and the rear diffuser in the back painted black, pretty happy with that setup considering the rear bumper mod would break my bank

[9mmkungfu]

Originally Posted by 9mmkungfu

What fabrication was needed? Do you have a part number compilation?

Still interested in this info and would probably be helpful to any other members looking to swap.

[DuSh]

Originally Posted by 9mmkungfu

Still interested in this info and would probably be helpful to any other members looking to swap.

That's one of the deepest mysteries in x5 world. People who have done it - they show up, post delicious pictures of their new M bumper and disappear No one hears anything about them anymore. It's like a secret society or something. I myself am very interested in a list with part #s and tips or DIY of what exactly is needed to modify to fit M bumper

I think this mystery will remain unsolved many more years. Maybe 20-30 years later our descendants will stumble upon a forgotten thread where that secret part list was posted

[fosterelli]

My vote is they are too busy staring out the window at the refreshed ride in their driveway. That and they don't want anyone copying them...they want the only faux ///M on the block.

BTW if we get the list, I'm first in line to get rear-ended and pushed into another vehicle (so my front and back get ///M love on someone else's dime). No way I'd pay thousands to make mine more ///M-appearing.

[euro-r]

Originally Posted by tkelley86

So my guy did it. He said it was a nightmare and took lots of fabrication but it looks 100% OEM at this point. Pics below and thanks to Ben for hooking it up with an affordable front lip![IMG][/IMG]

Nice !!

[euro-r]

Originally Posted by tkelley86

So my guy did it. He said it was a nightmare and took lots of fabrication but it looks 100% OEM at this point. Pics below and thanks to Ben for hooking it up with an affordable front lip![IMG][/IMG]

Does the front camera need to recalibrate or code after you swap to the x5m front bumper? Cause the front camera on x5 mount higher than the x5m

[DuSh]

Originally Posted by fosterelli

My vote is they are too busy staring out the window at the refreshed ride in their driveway. That and they don't want anyone copying them...they want the only faux ///M on the block.

BTW if we get the list, I'm first in line to get rear-ended and pushed into another vehicle (so my front and back get ///M love on someone else's dime). No way I'd pay thousands to make mine more ///M-appearing.

[tkelley86]

Okay peeps, here is the scoop. Not going to be exactly what you all wanted to hear but it was the best I could get out of Tony the owner. He said a parts list would have been tough as he went back and forth with Inskip BMW a LOT (news flash, they suck and insisted this was impossible). So I get it and I'm unfortunately not savvy enough to generate a parts list myself. From the conversation that we had, three main items needed to be modified.

First up, he said that he couldn't even get the bumper close to the car (like within 6 inches) before it bumped into the intercooler housing. He modified that housing first so that it could get the bumper to touch the fenders. He then tried to mount the F85 brackets (bumper to fender) and said they would not fit on the F15 fenders. So he modified the existing F15 brackets (bumper to fender) so that they would connect properly to the F85 bumper. The next piece was the splash shield underneath the car. The F15 shield was not large enough so he fabricated it to make it larger. He admits that he could have used the F85 splash shield but was sick of all the back and forth with BMW. So modified F15 brackets, a modified F15 splash shield, a modified F15 intercooler housing, and then all F85 front end parts.

I hope this helps, I'm more than happy to ask more questions of Tony if anyone has intentions of seriously attempting this.

[Studntloan]

Im going to tackle this over the next 6 months,

Ill update with part numbers when I eventually get to it

[taseal]

Gotta say, that M50d bumper looks pretty sick

[MizikeTSK]

I think another question was which was it a 35i/d or 50i. I don't know if the intercooler is located in the same location so that might help with some of the extra fab work. I wanted to do this conversion also but decided to not want to have to deal with the extra work. I've seen one done locally and it was done nicely, he kept the rear m sport and just added the cf m sport stuff.

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by taseal

Gotta say, that M50d bumper looks pretty sick

It's just two cheap pieces of plastic that you can order yourself from bmw or Ben at RGsport

[Maverik259]

Originally Posted by MizikeTSK

I think another question was which was it a 35i/d or 50i. I don't know if the intercooler is located in the same location so that might help with some of the extra fab work. I wanted to do this conversion also but decided to not want to have to deal with the extra work. I've seen one done locally and it was done nicely, he kept the rear m sport and just added the cf m sport stuff.

Well 50i doesn't have an inter cooler so that would be a big difference over the 35i/d.

[TheRealSterCity]

Originally Posted by tkelley86

Ben has been my X5 life coach for the past 6 months or so, I can't tell you how helpful it's been having so many SME's on modding these cars around.

Who is ben? I meed to ask questions sbout my x5