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Aug 17, 2009 | 08:59 AM

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CWS530

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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Coversï¿½ from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).

You got your money's worth on those tires! Those Hankooks must be strong. I suspect lesser tires would have failed under that kind of force. $45 sounds like a great deal on a rim repair also.

Aug 17, 2009 | 09:09 AM

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advancedlogic

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My Ride: 04 545i - Titanium Silver/Black, Sport pkg, Comfort Seats w/ Lumbar, Premium Sound, power rear sunshade, Adaptive Xenon Headlights, Steptronic, Park Distance Control, Fold down rear seats w/ski bag, Aux jack, 6-disk changer, puddle lamps... Engine: Custom Remus cat-back exhaust w/chrome square tips, K&N Air Filter, Charcoal Filter Removed, Sprint Booster :-), 50/50 mix of 91+100 Octane, EuroRev ECU Remap (coming soon lol), Dinan High-Flow Throttle Body (coming soon...maybe lol) Interior: Portable Sirius Stilletto 100 w/car kit, Garmin Nuvi 680 mounted below rear-view mirror, LCI-style I-drive knob, Dark Poplar Center Dashboard Trim. Exterior: E60 forum clings, 5% rear tint, ACS roof spoiler (painted black for distinct look against limo tint), ACS trunk spoiler, ACS add-on front spoiler and rear apron (awaiting installation), "18 Black Staggered BeBeS Style OER (emergency replacement for cracked sport 124 rims), black kidney grill, white accessory lighting (including license and trunk lamps), Angel-eye upgrade, AIB xenon-matched fog lamps, AIB V3's on order, red rear reflectors

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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='979364

OUCH, sorry to hear that Bro. Good luck, hope it's nothing serious.

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Originally Posted by BMWRINO' post='979386

Damn that's a hugh bent. Time for some new rims.

Thanks guys! I agree theXman - it's time for an upgrade lol. Had I lost control, I would have either taken out the Ford F150 on the right or the Veedub Touareg on the left. If it was a Merc or Audi, the decision would have been easier

(j/k of course!)

Aug 17, 2009 | 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CWS530' post='979395' date='Aug 17 2009, 09:44 AM

EEESH! Glad you're OK. Man that's a horrible feeling when you're waiting for the crunch and there's not a damn think you can do about it. Good thing you're an experienced driver and just ate it or it could have been a lot worse. Like you said, at least you got off relatively cheaply.

BTW: Not to make light of the situation, but why does the increased emissions warning pop up no matter WHAT happens? Flat tire--increased emissions, airbag deployment--increased emissions, tail light out--increased emissions, 007 blows up your car--increased emissions. ???