Bit late on this one as I only just got myself an e53 for the winter but this might be helpful for those of you wondering what bulbs to go for in the future. My factory dipped beam xenons were very dim although a decent white colour. The halogen high beams looked markedly different -twice as bright ...

Yes I've got all the books and docs. I had the 'Telephone' booklet and the passkey written in that is the same as the one on the Visteon ULF unit in the side of the boot. I wondered it there was something obvious that had been disconnected when the previous owner fitted the Android nav, but I can't ...

Amazing! What a great reply and welcome. I’ve tried to fix most other stuff I’ve found so for example I know my rear centre right pdc sensor is done for, found the radio had been unplugged in the boot which was why the nav audio wasn’t working, display that keeps switching to french, and nav voice th ...

First post so hopefully won’t ask too many obvious questions. I can’t find working answers to any of these issues to do with my 2003 2.9d X5 sport I just bought... any help much appreciated so I can crack on this weekend. Biggest mission is refitting the factory widescreen nav to replace the glitchy ...