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Post by deckie77 » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:02 pm

Hi all,

New E53 Silver 3.0d Sport owner (December) from NE Scotland, been looking through the forum for inspiration, doing homework, taking notes, justifying splashing money on a 7 year old BM, Had a couple of BMW's in the past, 94' 318i sport, 98' 323i sport, but more recently a Lexus IS200 Sport. I also own a 1993 Mitsi Pajero SWB for dragging trailors & dogs around in.

The X5 has Sat Nav & analogue TV that i would like to upgrade, DVD & rear headrests with the wireless headphones, which are ace, but remote control for dvd has a mind of it's own.

I have plans, Deffinatley new wheels, just not too sure yet which ones yet & fit a Removable towbar.

I know how these forums work, you all know i'm going to want to fit to mine what everyone has done to theirs
:lol: & i've allready found the performance section.

Just ordered loads of cleaning gear since the weather seems to have broken, will get to work when i get home in a weeks time, the running boards is the first thing & yes i know about taking the gromets out to make life easier, found that post too :thumbsup:

Will upload pics once cleaned, (everyone loves pics)
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Re: Nother noob

Post by Rusty » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:14 pm

Hi deckie77 and welcome :thumbsup:

Of course you can justify spending on an X, whatever the age.
Running boards - Hmmm - will it be wonder wheels or elbow grease?

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Post by pvr » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:53 pm

Welcome, good to see you have done your homework with regards to the demands :thumbsup:
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Post by x555 » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:20 pm

Hi Deckie and welcome along :thumbsup: sounds like you already have plenty of plans for the x :D
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Post by Minda » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:22 pm

Welcome!
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Post by X5Sport » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:38 pm

Welcome to the Club.... :D
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Post by Sanj » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:48 pm

Good man! Welcome to the forum and 'oh how we'll help you spend your money'!!! :rofl:

Welcome to the forum :thumbsup:
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Post by pvr » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:52 pm

[quote=""Sanj""]Good man! Welcome to the forum and 'oh how we'll help you spend your money'!!! :rofl:

Welcome to the forum :thumbsup:[/quote]

You already said that - you drunk again? :D
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Post by Sanj » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:57 pm

Hick.... :drinking:
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Post by deckie77 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:51 am

Thanks for the welcomes & drunken welcomes also folks,

I have a big tin of Peek metal polish / sealant for the boards, missed the post recommending wonder wheels :x
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Post by Turks » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:33 am

Welcome to the forum mate, get some photos up of the X and also get some up of the running boards once you have treated them!


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Re: Nother noob

Post by Jalf » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:57 pm

Welcome along deckie77 :)
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Post by AW8 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:38 am

Welcome aboard.................Not best weather for detailing a car at moment but I have prior learned its best to keep on top of boards in winter washing same regularly & so as to avloid many hours later to remove unwanted marks...........Re my boards I'm an autosol and toothbrush man followed by wash & dry then a wipe of WD40- such joy seeing pasengers slip off the boards & serves them right for stepping on them excessively.
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Re: Nother noob

Post by deckie77 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:51 am

So WD-40 is used as a polish / sealant, now i'll get oily marks on the back of my jeans instead of dirty marks, pitfall of being short on the ar$e!!!
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Post by Lee4.8is » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:03 am

Welcome Deckie,hope you enjoy your new motor & look forward to seeing your upgrades develop.

Happy motoring.
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