Well, I like the BMW Aero kit....its whats on mine and makes it look a good deal different to std E53's....



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Well, decided to buy a pair of Arnott Industries front air struts rather than go down the coilover route.
Struts came to just over $1000 (inc shipping) and were delivered with exceptional speed even though I went with the cheaper courier option. Fitted them yesterday and job was a doddle...although ...

Thanks Neil. Would you have a link to the US forums where they make reference to the coilovers. i have looked but cant for the life of me see any.

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I was a mechanic many years ago so I'm pretty handy with spanners. Looked at Real OEM and my BMW TIS disk for hints.
Seems like a straightforward enough job to replace the bags and/or struts but Im seeing a lot of folks on forums who have had bags go again and again and again........

I was looking ...

Go on, give me a hint....

BMW want £620 for a strut as they dont do just the bag!!!!

The Arnott industries bags are $315 each with the full strut being $360. Seen a few reports of blown bags even with the Arnott replacements although their full struts seem to be OK. I am very tempted although i ...

Hi folks, have my 4.8is at the dealers due to another " SLS inactive" warning. No problem,i thought...still under warranty..they replaced the compressor last time it was in. Turns out an airbag is gone on OSF but BMW Warranty are saying NO because its over 60k AND they're saying airbag is a wear and ...

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They are fantastic wheels and suit the X5 down to the ground. One question tho....do you rears have spacers on them??? I have spacers on mine but cant fathom out ...

Just had mine MOT'd too...damn thing failed... :(

They picked up:-
- Parking brake inefficiency
- front balljoint worn
- cracked NSF wheel

Suspension arm being done under warranty and have just changed shoes and adjusted handbrake myself. New wheel will be in the region of £1100ish but local ...

Seems mine is doing it too!!!!
N/S/R door won't open from inside OR outside despite door pins going up and down. All other doors are fine...

Any thoughts??

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Well, to end this story I managed to buy a set of 19" type 63 rims with nearly new General Grabber tyres. Bought from Ebay for a great price. Would have preferred some Wintrac rubber but hey, for the price I paid I really cant grumble.

Hopefully these will do the job for the coming winter.

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Hi, are these still available and do you have any pics?.

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Lex, out of interest how much do you charge for hire?. I ask as I will probably require this myself at some point.

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Well done to BMW for doing this.
Lots of potential there to do some good business as long as they can get the pricing right!!

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Right, now I'm REALLY confused..

Downloaded a PDF with, seemingly genuine, BMW 4.8iS brochure dated 2006. Near the bottom it shows wheel options. Guess whats in the list...style 63 19"..
Heres the link..
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=96030&d=1169070658


Go figure ...

Surely someone must be running a set of 19's on their 4.8 as winter boots..???

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