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Hi everyone, I just recently (yesterday) purchased a 2003 M5 (Jet black with Imola red and black interior) sitting next to the cooperS of my girlfriend. It's super dirty which shows up in the pictures pretty well. The car has some miles and I've picked it up with the express intent to put a lot more on it. My goal is for this to be the nicest possible "not quite daily" driver. The long term plans of the vehicle include a supercharger, but I'm going to spend a year or two bringing it back to "like new" and making sure the car is in as good mechanical shape as I believe it is. Right now the only major modifications are the KWv2s and exhaust (which sounds really nice... It's amazing how quiet it is in the car, and then you open the window and get a raw v8 symphony)
So I've done quite a bit of searching which has highlighted a few things I need to be aware of and I've started my to-do list.
This also leads to having to know what I have on the car in the first place. So for example windshield wipers... Have these been modified?
Will the OEM replacements work? Like these: 61-61-9-070-579-M78
Even though it's a 2003, it looks like I have the bakeable headlights, but they're in decent shape right now so need to replace the lenses yet.
I've seen some threads on replacement components of the shifter mechanism and I have a decent amount of slop in mine so that's a must. Also need to get the dash pixels repaired which it looks like is relatively easy.
I'm also curious about the foglights. Mine look like this: I was hoping to just eliminate them completely and have decent sized brake duct in its place but I haven't found anyone who's made a piece like that. My belief is that foglights are almost entirely useless anyway, but I am concerned about resulting in error codes. Has anyone done this, and if so, is it just an inline resister to eliminate the code? I've seen the combo brake duct+fog light but I'm not particularly interested in keeping the foglights. If there isn't a solution available, I'll probably just go with cheap replacements.
Also, in the right trunk cavity, there is a box that says parking sensor with 3 missing inputs, as well as this strange device completely unplugged (looks like an IR receiver or something?) The rear bumper has the parking sensors in place, but I have more searching to do on this topic.. I haven't even tested whether it's functioning or not at this point.
Still need to read up on the best options for modifying the stereo, specifically whether it's easier to just go with a complete aftermarket Nav/headunit versus dealing with the OEM system. So much to learn!
So I've done quite a bit of searching which has highlighted a few things I need to be aware of and I've started my to-do list.
This also leads to having to know what I have on the car in the first place. So for example windshield wipers... Have these been modified?
Will the OEM replacements work? Like these: 61-61-9-070-579-M78
Even though it's a 2003, it looks like I have the bakeable headlights, but they're in decent shape right now so need to replace the lenses yet.
I've seen some threads on replacement components of the shifter mechanism and I have a decent amount of slop in mine so that's a must. Also need to get the dash pixels repaired which it looks like is relatively easy.
I'm also curious about the foglights. Mine look like this: I was hoping to just eliminate them completely and have decent sized brake duct in its place but I haven't found anyone who's made a piece like that. My belief is that foglights are almost entirely useless anyway, but I am concerned about resulting in error codes. Has anyone done this, and if so, is it just an inline resister to eliminate the code? I've seen the combo brake duct+fog light but I'm not particularly interested in keeping the foglights. If there isn't a solution available, I'll probably just go with cheap replacements.
Also, in the right trunk cavity, there is a box that says parking sensor with 3 missing inputs, as well as this strange device completely unplugged (looks like an IR receiver or something?) The rear bumper has the parking sensors in place, but I have more searching to do on this topic.. I haven't even tested whether it's functioning or not at this point.
Still need to read up on the best options for modifying the stereo, specifically whether it's easier to just go with a complete aftermarket Nav/headunit versus dealing with the OEM system. So much to learn!
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