Random X5 shot of the day... Add yours - let's make this an ongoing thread!

[alphaod]

Originally Posted by sam3535

Picked it up today. 2016 xDrive50i.

Congrats. Now hit the highways!

[Carlos Davila]

X6M Sport

[alphaod]

X6 with M sport styling ≠ X6M…

[copello]

Frozen... Morning on the slopes

[Thawke]

Originally Posted by Carlos Davila

X6M Sport

You need to leave a gap between the X6 and the "M" to avoid having people think you're mistaking it for the actual X6M.

Also, I have no problem with the M badges that BMW stick on their cars themselves, if it's from BMW then fair enough, and whether you choose to keep or remove them is up to you, but...and a matter of personal preference.... I wouldn't go sticking extra M badges on either, like the one next to the X6 emblem on the tailgate.

Cheapens the whole look of an otherwise great looking (and premium) car.

[P1]

Originally Posted by Carlos Davila

X6M Sport

A lot of posing going on here...

[X5M50D]

Originally Posted by copello

Frozen... Morning on the slopes

Just back from the Swiss slopes and our drive through the French motorways saw plenty of X5 configurations, specs, and colour.
Counting down the days for my new arrival

[IvanLZ]

Originally Posted by Carlos Davila

X6M Sport

One of a kind X6M Sport. The sport version of the X6M.

[Kzang]

That ass...

[breal1028]

The 5

[P1]

Originally Posted by Kzang

That ass...

Is that a fake, poser, M badge on the back???

[IvanLZ]

Originally Posted by P1et

Is that a fake, poser, M badge on the back???

What a poser lol just messing with you kzang

[Kzang]

Originally Posted by P1et

Is that a fake, poser, M badge on the back???

Haha... got a good discount on the plate
frame from a BMW car show.

[P1]

[Alan l.]

Helping the engine breathe

[alphaod]

Does the Dinan filters actually do anything?

[bond77]

Salty roads!!!

[Kzang]

Originally Posted by P1et

Modern version of Smokey and the Bandit

[iconoclast]

Originally Posted by alphaod

Does the Dinan filters actually do anything?

I believe you're buying a carbon fiber air box cover for aesthetics. DINAN does not have any stand-alone dyno plots showing before and after and typically when that's the case it's because there is no substantial difference between before/after. (They claim 23hp gain with tune and exhaust which I believe are the main factors in the 23hp.) The odd thing is that DINAN designed the filters to tilt upward so the airbox cover from them is needed. Otherwise you could achieve the same thing with the BMC drop-in filters at a third of the price.

[Alan l.]

I was not expecting much gains with the intake and purchased it mainly for some additional sound and engine aesthetics. I didn't go with the BMC drop ins simply because the filter area increase is marginal over stock filters and I didn't like how they used oiled on the filters that could possibly faul the MAF sensors which has happened with then M5 guys using bmc.

Dinans design uses dry filters with an increase surface area of nearly 230% and increases the intake box area by 15%. None of this might matter on a stock car running stock boost but it might for a tuned car running higher boost. According to the Dinan rep stage 2 upgrade is worth 23hp combined with the intake/exhaust/map change. After people asked the question he went deeper into saying that the exhaust nothing more than a sound upgrade and doesn't produce any hp worth noting by itself and if you get just the stage 2 mapping alone you should only expect 5-7hp gain. That to me is enough to conclude that when running higher boosts there are gains with this intake.

Either way I'm happy with my purchase and noticed a slight increase in sound and throttle response. As for power it's hard to notice 15-20hp when you have over 600 but my butt dyno seems to feel something (maybe just my wallet being lighter)

Here's a quote from Dinan.

Originally Posted by Dinan_Engineering

Technically, stage 2 doesn't require either hard part but you will not be garnering the advertised gains without them. In reality the exhaust only contributes a slight bit of power at the top end of the power but nothing that is really noteworthy. The exhaust for all intents and purposes is a sound only upgrade. The intake and stage 2 are where you are getting the power from although again you could run stage 2 without the intake and you would still get a minimal gain from over stage 1 due to a slight boost increase in the stage. You will be running slightly richer however as the stage 2 tune is expecting more air from the revised intake that isnt there. The intake also helps with drivability as the throttle response is improved.

Since it will be the next question....Without the intake and just stage 2 you may get another ~5-7 HP over stage 1 (peak).

[WheelsBoutique]

Happy Monday fellas

[Kakalika]

My new to me 2014 35i Sport came with this M badge on the back. I quickly removed the sacrilegious item !!!!


And the one below the tail light as well