[neilvan]

Well I got another one. For someone who's not much of a BMW fan we seem to be collecting them lately. Its not an E90 but there is not much of a forum for these and it is close enough so I hope you guys don't mind.

07 E61 530xi 6spd. Also one of the oddest colour combos I've seen (Amethyst grey on Amethyst dakota) and non sport . Needs a bunch of cleaning and TLC and as much as I should keep it stock(It's a winter beater car)... I cannot; It will get a bunch of oem+ kinda mods.

$_59

[CTinline-six]

E61's are pretty cool. I pass a 535i E61 daily on my commute into work.

Also passed 50k miles this morning.

[vilord]

Stopped for gas and the starter refused to crank a couple nights ago. Not the first time either.
After about 20 minutes of waiting for it to cool, I gave up and put it in reverse, rolled back off the curb onto the street and popped the clutch. Vroom. Ended up hitting the worst of rush hour as a result of that delay. It got me home, though I was in a ripe mood about it.

Called the parts store today. The starter is still under warranty 2 and a half years later, *and* they'll do a swap for a new one based on my description of the problem alone. Doesn't cover the labor time of pulling off the intake again, and I think I am supposed to replace bolts while I'm in there, but what can ya do.

[MTK24]

ceramic coated my forgestar wheels.

putting my carbon fiber lip and spoiler later to complete the set

[dcorn]

New Continental ECS tires, M3 front control arms, motor mounts, and transmission mounts installed, full alignment done, CDV removed. The car shifts so much smoother now.

I really don't notice a difference with the M3 arms and non-RFTs. If anything, the steering feels a bit less precise now than it did with stock arms and Michelin PS2 ZPs.

[Seattlesquash]

Originally Posted by dcorn

New Continental ECS tires, M3 front control arms, motor mounts, and transmission mounts installed, full alignment done, CDV removed. The car shifts so much smoother now.

I really don't notice a difference with the M3 arms and non-RFTs. If anything, the steering feels a bit less precise now than it did with stock arms and Michelin PS2 ZPs.

For the DWS-06 tires, I agree as well, they never ran well/did not track well on the bmw for me with similar setup... whereas the Michelin's are perfect. However, on the Audi they work great. Great setup, wheels, and car looks sharp!

[1BAMF]

Originally Posted by Vampire335i

ceramic coated my forgestar wheels.

putting my carbon fiber lip and spoiler later to complete the set

Love those wheels with the red! Nice set up!

[MPOWER5266]

Installed my Lux V7 angel eye bulbs and some whiter fog light bulbs.

url=https://flic.kr/p/2htpWpD][/url]Untitled by Nick Wood, on Flickr

They arent really that blue, they were just messing with my camera a bit.

Untitled by Nick Wood, on Flickr

[mashimarho]

Originally Posted by mweisdorfer

Nice, where did you get it & how much !

Costco has a sale!

[Soden82]

Valve cover gasket completed. Wasn't too bad of a DIY.

[N54Twin]

Backup camera.

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Installed a VRSF 5" FMIC and upgraded to MHD Stage 1+! The install process was, admittedly, a bit more frustrating than I expected. I am not a fan of the clamping hardware provided by VRSF. I first had a boost leak at the outlet connection but was able to resolve it by redoing the clamps. They're just not very user-friendly. That's my only gripe.

[Fritzer]

Originally Posted by dcorn

New Continental ECS tires, M3 front control arms, motor mounts, and transmission mounts installed, full alignment done, CDV removed. The car shifts so much smoother now.

I really don't notice a difference with the M3 arms and non-RFTs. If anything, the steering feels a bit less precise now than it did with stock arms and Michelin PS2 ZPs.

Interesting, I rarely see people run the ZPs, what sidewall ratio are you at? I would imagine on the lower end. Too stiff for my taste, as well as the performance downsides.(i.e. increased unsprung weight, rotational weight) Also expensive as heck.

Originally Posted by Seattlesquash

For the DWS-06 tires, I agree as well, they never ran well/did not track well on the bmw for me with similar setup... whereas the Michelin's are perfect. However, on the Audi they work great. Great setup, wheels, and car looks sharp!

Continentals are essentially 9/10 the performance of Michelins for roughly 3/4 the price at retail. You can get some really great rebates, I get 50% back. Michelins are superior but you can't go wrong with Continental pricing/performance.

[Welcome to NBA Jam]

Lower charge pipe connection popped off. When I was fixing it, I accidentally snapped the upper radiator hose nipple and sprayed coolant allllllll over the wall. Autozone had a new one in stock. Easy fix.

[colorado.e9x]

Painted my disgusting, stained calipers

[Fritzer]

So many things I want/need to do with my car, just not enough money. Had to spend part of the day writing down everything I am looking to do with my car to help quell all my thoughts tumbling around in my head. Anyone else dealing with this?

I think I'm going to try to aim to do at least one thing on the list per week. One step at a time.

[unrulyteach]

Originally Posted by N54Twin

Backup camera.

Which one did i install

[N54Twin]

Originally Posted by unrulyteach

Which one did i install

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F263251010761

[unrulyteach]

Originally Posted by N54Twin

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F263251010761

That one makes mine lol like shit

[mweisdorfer]

Finally added the missing piece to the puzzle 🧩.

Now my underseat subs can finely be mids, as they were designed to be!

All I can say is that the system sounds fantastic, almost unreal.

I got the enclosure from Visual Ice. They are located in England I believe. It only took 6 days to get to my house once they shipped it.

The box is solid & heavy. Fitment is spot on. I put a JL Audio 10w1v3 sub in the box. It's powdered by an Alpine 300w amp. I only have the gain turned up about 4O%.

Cost of the box was $190.00 US dollars.

It's made 100% out of Fiberglass & the box came with Polyfill already in it.

[N54Twin]

Originally Posted by unrulyteach

That one makes mine lol like shit

Like this?

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by mweisdorfer

Finally added the missing piece to the puzzle 🧩.

Now my underseat subs can finely be mids, as they were designed to be!

All I can say is that the system sounds fantastic, almost unreal.

I got the enclosure from Visual Ice. They are located in England I believe. It only took 6 days to get to my house once they shipped it.

The box is solid & heavy. Fitment is spot on. I put a JL Audio 10w1v3 sub in the box. It's powdered by an Alpine 300w amp. I only have the gain turned up about 4O%.

Cost of the box was $190.00 US dollars.

It's made 100% out of Fiberglass & the box came with Polyfill already in it.

Digging that box! For the exception of the 15" alphasonic I pushed with a 1500 watt MB Quart amp in an SUV, all my subs have always been JL's. My favs were the W3's. Nice install! I bet that sounds fantastic.