E61 Touring Discussion The touring is also known as the wagon version of the 5 series.

Pics of my new E61 530xiT Touring

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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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Hey all!

This is my new wagon. It appeared at the last Norcal Meet 'n Greet, but there's been some mods since then!

Options the car has:

Nav
Premium Sound
Satellite
Active Cruise
Premium
Xenon
Buncha other stuff I forgot

Here's the mods list:

--19" Rial Nogaro wheels w/ General tires
--Carbon roundels
--Blackout Grille
--Painted calipers and rotors
--H&R lowering springs
--35% tint
--K&N (whatever--it actually SOUNDS better w/ the charcoal mod though!)
--Ipod OEM adapter
--//M pedals
--Progman V25.x (I gave my Service Advisor 4s once because he's bad about communication and guess who gets treated great now?)

Still want to do:

--Dinan chip, intake, exhaust (when they become available)
--M-Tech (or M5, make me a deal, Busta!) front bumper and side skirts

What do you guys think?

Oh yeah, I put my stock set of 17s and snow tires on with my rack setup in the winter....

Your thoughts/comments are appreciated!
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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Get the M-Tech and you are done!
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Bambi' post='415520' date='Apr 18 2007, 09:22 PM
Get the M-Tech and you are done!
Agreed...it does need the kit!
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Jed Peter' post='415599' date='Apr 19 2007, 08:07 AM
Agreed...it does need the kit!
Looks great!!! I'd go for some aggressive looking exhaust tips too (quads?)
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:42 AM
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Silver tourings with tints always look great, its just a great combination.
good choice of mods and I like the sound of the future mods
Seeing as you have already tinted the windows and put on carbon roundels, what about also adding the Shadow Line - it could round it off nicely...?
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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HI!

Nice car...

"--Progman V25.x (I gave my Service Advisor 4s once because he's bad about communication and guess who gets treated great now?)"
I also want that Progman version... to bad that I have to bring my car to the dealer for one day and pay a lot of money... :thumbsdown:

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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 04:34 AM
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Ahh, Rial - one of my favourite manufacturer of high quiality wheels... Great car, but go for the M-sport outfit!
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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Very nice!
With H&R springs in the front, how did you lower the rear?? I've been trying to get a practical answer to that for over a year!
Your 19" Rials - what's the offset on those? Can us 530xiT'ers assume that anything 38-43 works?

I'm tempted to order these, but want to make sure they will fit properly:

http://www.modbargains.com/product.aspx?pf...w-e46-wheels006

Thanks for you help and congrats on great car.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by HUK' post='416873' date='Apr 23 2007, 10:33 AM
Very nice!
With H&R springs in the front, how did you lower the rear?? I've been trying to get a practical answer to that for over a year!
Your 19" Rials - what's the offset on those? Can us 530xiT'ers assume that anything 38-43 works?

I'm tempted to order these, but want to make sure they will fit properly:

http://www.modbargains.com/product.aspx?pf...w-e46-wheels006

Thanks for you help and congrats on great car.
Those will totally work and be sick on your ride.

Buy the H&R fronts from allsprings.com

How to lower the rear--using a GT-1, select the vehicle. It will say "cannot do that with this vehicle" under "adjust air suspension".

Then just run all diagnostics on the GT-1, going through the motion on FLAT ground. The computer will check aspect ratio and the car will lower itself in the rear.

Call me for more info.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 10:57 AM
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My first post in the E61 forum

Your E61 looks awesome.

"--M-Tech (or M5, make me a deal, Busta!) front bumper and side skirts"

You have a pm.
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