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[tkatz2214]

Originally Posted by blue dragon

So I keep seeing that BMW says you can't use the rear diffuser with a hitch. There is tons of clearance. Just took my seadoos in for winterization, car is dirty because of the rain

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So I thought this too, and it wasn't until I mounted up my square adapter did I find out why. I cut a quarter of an inch off or so and now it clears find. The bike rack I mounted doesn't get close to touching the bumper either with it shortened.

[blue dragon]

Originally Posted by tkatz2214

So I thought this too, and it wasn't until I mounted up my square adapter did I find out why. I cut a quarter of an inch off or so and now it clears find. The bike rack I mounted doesn't get close to touching the bumper either with it shortened.

Can you post a picture?

[jmack123]

Def tested my patience and not 100% perfect but def well worth the trouble:

[jmack123]

Originally Posted by DenBel

Finished my alcantara project:

This looks awesome. If I had the patience for removing the door trim I might do something similar.

[Revie19]

Originally Posted by da_bears

LOL.. I just ordered mine too

Best of luck, if you have patience you'll be fine.

[CT335xi]

Originally Posted by Subiemmer

Its been awhile since the last time I posted here. Keeping my X5 clean and neat all the time. Always have a safe day everyone!

Is that a wrx and a mini in the garage? Looks like it from the fenders .

[Subiemmer]

Originally Posted by CT335xi

Is that a wrx and a mini in the garage? Looks like it from the fenders .

WRX and a GTR.

[DenBel]

Got a carbon fiber trim out of wrecked x5m, all scratched up, and cracked dash piece. Started restoring it today, so some progress:

[tkatz2214]

Originally Posted by blue dragon

Can you post a picture?

Here you go! If you can't tell from the pic, it has to be shortened to clear the diffuser during install

[blue dragon]

Originally Posted by DenBel

Got a carbon fiber trim out of wrecked x5m, all scratched up, and cracked dash piece. Started restoring it today, so some progress:

What's the restoration process? Resin plus hardener, then sand and polish?

[DenBel]

Originally Posted by blue dragon

What's the restoration process? Resin plus hardener, then sand and polish?

Sanding and polishing for the door trims, epoxy and polishing for the dash trims, aluminum pieces will be wrapped or painted as they are all scratched, and will wrap black parts on dash pieces with alcantara

[yewlock]

Originally Posted by hufington

Last clean days before fall season rains begin

How do you like your vented hood? Any link?

[hufington]

Originally Posted by yewlock

How do you like your vented hood? Any link?

I like it. It is press on, not the whole hood. I am not that crazy to pay a truck load of pennies for a new hood.

[CT335xi]

Originally Posted by Subiemmer

WRX and a GTR.

Nice !!

[Breezer88]

Tahoe trip...

[DJ PocoYeno]

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[achinnac]

How do you get red shade on that side-view mirror?

Originally Posted by hufington

Last clean days before fall season rains begin

[hufington]

Originally Posted by achinnac

How do you get red shade on that side-view mirror?

Pinstripe.

[1norseman]

I use the same wheels for my winter set up. I assume you had your rears bored out also, or are you running custom spacers?

[///d]

Originally Posted by hufington

Last clean days before fall season rains begin

How do you like those little yellow fogs? Got a link to them?

I am not a fan of the OEM driving lights or their placement. I bought some yellow Laminex to see if covering them makes me feel any different about them, but I've also contemplated getting the open side grills and finding a small yellow fog that I can mount behind the grill. I don't want it to be **BLAM! HERE I AM!!** when looking at the front, so looking for something small that I can hide decent, but still has enough output to function.

[hufington]

Originally Posted by 2one8

How do you like those little yellow fogs? Got a link to them?

I am not a fan of the OEM driving lights or their placement. I bought some yellow Laminex to see if covering them makes me feel any different about them, but I've also contemplated getting the open side grills and finding a small yellow fog that I can mount behind the grill. I don't want it to be **BLAM! HERE I AM!!** when looking at the front, so looking for something small that I can hide decent, but still has enough output to function.

Those are Baja Design S1 spots (https://www.bajadesigns.com/Products/S1.asp) with VViViD Air Tint yellow headlight tint on them. They are very strong at 2,400 lumen each and light up the road ahead extremely well for their size. They were white originally but I wanted something to use during rain and fog and this is a very fine solution for my purposes.

First, I too have done the open grill on the driver side (right hand side is open OEM) and placed the larger Baja Squadron Pros behind the grill but the angle and the design of the grill blocks 80% of the light and it was not uniform at all and not any better than the stock LED fogs despite the fact that each light has an output of 4,900 lumen and light up to quarter of a mile. I don't think the S1 would be able to penetrate the grill.

Besides, even behind the grill, the lights were pretty visible and did not look good.

[jiggz]

Originally Posted by hufington

I like it. It is press on, not the whole hood. I am not that crazy to pay a truck load of pennies for a new hood.

Are they functional?