Our first ever BMW (X5 35d)

[Craney]

Hi, we have had our X5 for 4 months now and absolutely love it.  There are a few things i have in mind that i would like to do to it.  Thought a good place to start would be joining here to see what you guys have done with yours. 

Looking forward to having a good nosey through the forum.  Steve.

[Horizon]

Hi and welcome to the forum. Nice looking X5

[X5Sport]

Hello and to the Forum. 

[gmc15]

Hi and welcome What sort of things did you have in mind that you want to do to it? Did you have the towbar fitted? are you going to use it?

Graeme.

[Craney]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

The towbar is factory fit from new.  It is the optional extra package with increased towing capacity and an additional oil cooler.  The tow ball looked like new so not sure if it was used before?  Our son races so we use it to tow to the car/trailer to each meeting.  A massive improvement on our old Freelander. 

I am looking at remapping it, refurbing the wheels and changing to non run flats for now.

[gmc15]

The wheels look in prety good nick from the photo's.

Certainly a big improvement from a Freelander

If you search on here there is quite a bit on tyres and non RF's

[X5Sport]

Look at Realoem (copy of BMW Parts database) for all the bits you need for the extra cooling capability.

Use the last 7 characters of your VIN in 'Serial Number' to pull up your exact model.

There is no official retrofit kit meaning you will have to find all the parts.  Cooling and Bodywork sections will cover most of it as you need extra plumbing, radiator and front left lower grill insert for the bumper.  Dealers won't fit it as it has no 'official' kit - which will give you warranty issues too if under AUC.

[Craney]

The wheels are a bit chipped and have been painted before at some point.  Just looking to get them powder coated in the oem silver.  The BMW tows a million times better than the freelander.  I had a tuning box on that which did help but not a patch on this

It has the complete tow package.  3.5t towing capability.

[X5Sport]

Build sheet should show an option like SA233A on it if you have, and left grill will be 'open' to let air into the aux rad.

[Craney]

It does have the open grill on near side front bumper.

[graemeX5]

Hi and welcome to the forum

There's plenty of ideas and help on the forum.

Graeme

[Craney]

Thanks graemeX5