530 x-Drive with KW variant 3
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My Ride: 2008 Black E61 530Xd - M-sport - Comfort - Advantage
Hello
Washed the car and here are couple of pics...I had to lower the front 10mm since it didn´t settle as much as we thought.
Better pics will come after this weekend when we detail the car with Antti
And here are some late evening atmosphere shots from the shore of the Bay of Bothnia
Washed the car and here are couple of pics...I had to lower the front 10mm since it didn´t settle as much as we thought.
Better pics will come after this weekend when we detail the car with Antti
And here are some late evening atmosphere shots from the shore of the Bay of Bothnia
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My Ride: 2008 Black E61 530Xd - M-sport - Comfort - Advantage
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Hello
Washed the car and here are couple of pics...I had to lower the front 10mm since it didn´t settle as much as we thought.
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Better pics will come after this weekend when we detail the car with Antti
And here are some late evening atmosphere shots from the shore of the Bay of Bothnia
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Washed the car and here are couple of pics...I had to lower the front 10mm since it didn´t settle as much as we thought.
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Better pics will come after this weekend when we detail the car with Antti
And here are some late evening atmosphere shots from the shore of the Bay of Bothnia
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I think this looks spot on now, IMHO you were right to lower it some more at the front. Looks great
And pictures after a wash and some sun shine make such a big difference as well
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My Ride: 2008 Black E61 530Xd - M-sport - Comfort - Advantage
Last weekend we detailed my car with Antti (Anzafin) and I 
the result.
Yesterday we had a minimeet and finally took some better quality pictures.
And here are the rest of the pics from our meet
the result.Yesterday we had a minimeet and finally took some better quality pictures.
And here are the rest of the pics from our meet
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Your car looks awesome, very well done!!! Do you happen to know the clearance measurements from your wheels to the body of your car? I am puting my KW V3's on on Monday and I took a photo of your car to the installer and said here- this is the ride height I want! 
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All corners are 35cm from the middle to the fender. After the installation the front springs settled about 5mm...after couple of weeks when its settled its really easy to adjust to the height you want.
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I have a question..
Lowered my 05 530xd some days ago (only ca 2,5cm). The only problem i encountered is that when doing right turns I can some times hear a knocking sound. Found out that this is the front left axle knocking in the stabilisator bar. Just the top of the ring holding the driveshaft boot. (I punched this in now for more space)
Any of you had this problem?
Have ordered new bushings for the bar, but I do not think it will be that much better.
Lowered my 05 530xd some days ago (only ca 2,5cm). The only problem i encountered is that when doing right turns I can some times hear a knocking sound. Found out that this is the front left axle knocking in the stabilisator bar. Just the top of the ring holding the driveshaft boot. (I punched this in now for more space)
Any of you had this problem?
Have ordered new bushings for the bar, but I do not think it will be that much better.
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My Ride: Bmw 530d 2004
I have a question..
Lowered my 05 530xd some days ago (only ca 2,5cm). The only problem i encountered is that when doing right turns I can some times hear a knocking sound. Found out that this is the front left axle knocking in the stabilisator bar. Just the top of the ring holding the driveshaft boot. (I punched this in now for more space)
Any of you had this problem?
Have ordered new bushings for the bar, but I do not think it will be that much better.
Lowered my 05 530xd some days ago (only ca 2,5cm). The only problem i encountered is that when doing right turns I can some times hear a knocking sound. Found out that this is the front left axle knocking in the stabilisator bar. Just the top of the ring holding the driveshaft boot. (I punched this in now for more space)
Any of you had this problem?
Have ordered new bushings for the bar, but I do not think it will be that much better.
Search the forum, there are some posts about the issue.
And welcome to the forum!
- Antti -