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From: Indiana, USA
My Ride: 2007 530xi: Sport, NAV, PDC, HUD, Cold Wthr, CA, Logic 7, HD Radio, SAT, Custom NCS coded options 2008 535xi: Sport, Night Vision, NAV, PDC, HUD, Cold Wthr, CA, Logic 7, SAT, Custom NCS coded options, Rear Seat Heat Retrofit, Passport 9500ci
Model Year: 2008
Engine: N54
It doesn't look like it will fit a 535. Looks like the bar is flat and straight and the airbox is in the way. Anyone know different?edit: just looked at their product list and they call it an E60 530 bar. Didn't see a 535
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From: 626 & 909 (Rowland Heights, CA)
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the cusco bar is 240 from modbargains. so its twice the price of the UR bar but i prefer the design better. i also like how to cusco bar isnt a single hollow bar. if i remember correctly it was 2 smaller hollow bars placed side by side with a aluminum jacket around it the cusco bar should be just a little bit heavier cuz its technically a 3 in 1 bar.
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From: Hong Kong
My Ride: Mini Cooper
Initial impressions are friggin fantastic!!!!! 
After I installed my coilovers I started to hear creaking from the windshield over bumps and dips as the chassis flexed more due to the stiffer suspension. That creaking is gone!!! The front of the car feels more planted. I really have to look into the rest of the UR bars and some sway bars and the car would probably handle perfectly. 
Looks? Don't care, it's under the hood, if it ever bothers me I'll remove it, sand it, and paint it a satin black.
Engine work? I can still do oil changes and spark plug changes without removing it (I checked), if the car needs more serious work than that the difficulty of removing it would not be my biggest concern.
After I installed my coilovers I started to hear creaking from the windshield over bumps and dips as the chassis flexed more due to the stiffer suspension. That creaking is gone!!! The front of the car feels more planted. I really have to look into the rest of the UR bars and some sway bars and the car would probably handle perfectly. Looks? Don't care, it's under the hood, if it ever bothers me I'll remove it, sand it, and paint it a satin black.
Engine work? I can still do oil changes and spark plug changes without removing it (I checked), if the car needs more serious work than that the difficulty of removing it would not be my biggest concern.
I always say no point in have alll the power and the chassis is like jelly.
get the rest you will love it.
for any car I buy this is the 2nd mod.
I like you guess the 1st mod must have.
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Hong Kong
My Ride: Mini Cooper
the cusco bar is 240 from modbargains. so its twice the price of the UR bar but i prefer the design better. i also like how to cusco bar isnt a single hollow bar. if i remember correctly it was 2 smaller hollow bars placed side by side with a aluminum jacket around it the cusco bar should be just a little bit heavier cuz its technically a 3 in 1 bar.
but need to test to see.
cusco cost more because it Japanese and the yen is way high
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From: SoCal
My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Update: After one days driving I am very pleased. The front of the car feels waaaaaay more planted, the understeer is still there but greatly reduced (which means it's time for a rear sway bar). The creaking I had in the windshield is gone. Me likey, me likey very much
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From: FT. Bliss Texas
My Ride: 2008 528i, Space Grey, Nav, PDC, Premium, Sports, Grey Leather, Xenon, Cornering...
Great to hear bro. They make some good quality items. Aesthetically, they need help but they do what they advertise!
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Agreed, but this is one of those mods where function is way more important than form anyway. I'm glad I did it. Only thing is now the rest of the bars are on the mod list
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From: Hong Kong
My Ride: Mini Cooper
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Initial impressions are friggin fantastic!!!!! After I installed my coilovers I started to hear creaking from the windshield over bumps and dips as the chassis flexed more due to the stiffer suspension. That creaking is gone!!! The front of the car feels more planted. I really have to look into the rest of the UR bars and some sway bars and the car would probably handle perfectly.
Looks? Don't care, it's under the hood, if it ever bothers me I'll remove it, sand it, and paint it a satin black.
Engine work? I can still do oil changes and spark plug changes without removing it (I checked), if the car needs more serious work than that the difficulty of removing it would not be my biggest concern.
After I installed my coilovers I started to hear creaking from the windshield over bumps and dips as the chassis flexed more due to the stiffer suspension. That creaking is gone!!! The front of the car feels more planted. I really have to look into the rest of the UR bars and some sway bars and the car would probably handle perfectly. Looks? Don't care, it's under the hood, if it ever bothers me I'll remove it, sand it, and paint it a satin black.
Engine work? I can still do oil changes and spark plug changes without removing it (I checked), if the car needs more serious work than that the difficulty of removing it would not be my biggest concern.
This proves just once again that all the people that say "the E60 is soo solid, it needs no strut brace" or "the E60 has strut brace from factory, buying another one is pointless and stupid" are just talking f****ng BS!!
And +1 to Pingu on the "chassis like jelly" comment.
Don't take it personally with the look and stuff - I was just thinking and comparing loudly. To me the function is also the key thing about a brace.