My X5 - Project Thread

petert · Post by **petert** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:18 pm

Nice job!
Peter T

n1k85 · Post by **n1k85** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:35 pm

Thanks Peter

dirtymonkey29 · Post by **dirtymonkey29** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:36 pm

And satisfying too eh

Lee4.8is · Post by **Lee4.8is** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:36 pm

Great work, it looks so much better, bet your really chuffed with the results.
Thanks for sharing your progress.

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:53 pm

Great job - well done. Colour really that far off??? Looks good in the pics...

Well done mate!

n1k85 · Post by **n1k85** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:11 pm

Thanks all!

Sanj - the pics were for your benefit

The colour match is actually really good, you would never know it was from a different car. I did clean the door within an inch of its life before I fitted it and the rest of the car was dirty, but even then it still looked a great match!

The only reason I'm thinking of spraying the new door again (and that's me being fussy) is that it has a few marks on the very bottom edge where it has been stored, but apart from that, it's actually near mint condition.

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:15 pm

The amount of satisfaction from a job like this is off the scale! If the scratches don't show then treat them to rust remedy and leave it at that, but sit on it for a few days before committing... Easy to keep spending on the new toy!

5wany · Post by **5wany** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:56 pm

[quote=""n1k85""]...The new one is as straight as an arrow. I might still get it painted again since they are already doing the front wing and rear qtr..[/quote]

Well worth the effort,

as Sanj says sit on the final decsion for a few days

Though if your paint guys are good at the masking etc I would recommend a full side paint as you potentially have three shades (new rear door / original front door / repainted front and rear). That way he will blow in the front pillar and rear pillar and whole side will be same.

Nothing worse going to all this effort and you skip afew quid on paint for it to stick out in some lights (street lights etc), seeing how enthusiastic you r on ur new ride, it would be a shame to be dissapointed at the last hurdle

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You could always stick in an old single din push button radio out an old maxi or allegro, get the new stereo l8tr

n1k85 · Post by **n1k85** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:08 pm

Thanks again for all the comments guys, appreciate it!

Here are a few pics from today, though it'd be rude not to post a few up:

I also got bored with constantly distorting my number plate on the pics, so I haven't bothered this time!

Hopefully my private reg will be back on soon!

My Boy

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shadrack · Post by **shadrack** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:35 pm

blimey you look pretty young! bet you get pulled up all the time!

n1k85 · Post by **n1k85** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:42 pm

[quote=""shadrack""]blimey you look pretty young! bet you get pulled up all the time![/quote]

Another car update today.

I'll keep this one short since I already did a big write up on the other thread: http://www.xdrivers.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... 209#p34209

Today I drove over to car-vision in Driotwich to buy my Hualingan 4th Gen (Latest Model) Headunit

My X5 now has Bluetooth/Digital TV/DVD/iPod/Nav/USB Inputs/SD Slots etc etc etc. To say i'm happy is an understatement!

Here are a few pics of the Install!

Before:

During:

After:

jaynana · Post by **jaynana** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:31 am

looks like a fantastic piece of kit!!

damn i should have considered this approach before i spent on gettin an aux input fixed, satnav upgraded etc on my oem head unit..

n1k85 · Post by **n1k85** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:04 am

Thanks, I know what you mean.

I spent hundreds of pounds and hours of installation just getting my old E46 Nav screen to play Videos through my iPod, I also installed a DVD player. Along with my Intravee kit I easily spent over Â£500 on it, and it was still not great

The TV Tuner I had also was useless after the Digital Switchover!

If I'd had known about these units at the time I would never have bothered!

The SatNav alone is worth the upgrade from the outdated factory one with '4 digit postcode input!' and no touchscreen...in 2012!! My factory E46 Nav also had a habit of coming up 'disc read error' mid way through a journey and it would take several hours before it worked again! This is not what you want when you're 30 mins into a 5 hour drive to Newquay...

x555 · Post by **x555** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:33 am

Great stuff fella

and thanks for sharing the pics. Always good to see other projects/jobs etc

You must be from the cold part of wolverhampton then judging by them temp stats in the pics

Great job and keep the pics coming never mind how long the threads are that's what this forums all about

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:32 pm

[quote=""x555""]
You must be from the cold part of wolverhampton then judging by them temp stats in the pics

[/quote]
Christ, 29.5, isn't that the temp you expect on holiday, not in an X?

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