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    I got about 15y from the OEM battery. Phenomal really. Of course Famously these days battery brand don't mean crap, they are all made by Exide or JCI or one of the other 3-4 major Primary manufacturers. There used to be tables and references to back track that but seems like they all mix and match sourcing now so you can't never be too sure anymore (aka "diehard platinum = JCI" kind of stuff isn't reliable anymore). At the moment I have 2 autocrafts myself... One an AGM. Seem good but I'm not fanboizing them yet. Let's see how they do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by auaq View Post
    The old Continental DW had soft sidewalls and were also known for flat spotting. Thus, causing imbalance issues. I didn't like mine when it was mounted brand new, but lived with it till it wore out and finally replaced it with Michelins.
    I did get the old style DW, I actually remember getting a really good deal on them because they were being discontinued at the time. I might go with Hankook Ventus V12 Evo 2 for the rears, that's what I've had in the front and I've been very happy with them. I always did notice that I got significantly more vibration in the rear tires right after doing a power slide or any kind of maneuver where I would drag the tires around.

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    I have already done the 6 speed conversion
    The M62B46 is did come in the X5 over here, but I'm not sure what I'll do yet. I'm looking at staying NA and not going down the FI route, so the M62TUB44 bottom end with M60 heads and cams is looking like an interesting path to walk at the moment.
    I'd get an M62B46 then, you get 340hp without doing any special work. Then if you want to do add more power through headers/intake/FI, you have a much hotter platform to start from.

    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Man, that's excellent. I usually get between 4 to 5 or 6 years out of my Interstates.
    Here in Arizona we're lucky to get 3-4 years out of any battery... the heat kills them, especially if your car sits outside in the sun all day like mine does (no covered parking at work).
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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    I got about 15y from the OEM battery. Phenomal really. Of course Famously these days battery brand don't mean crap, they are all made by Exide or JCI or one of the other 3-4 major Primary manufacturers. There used to be tables and references to back track that but seems like they all mix and match sourcing now so you can't never be too sure anymore (aka "diehard platinum = JCI" kind of stuff isn't reliable anymore). At the moment I have 2 autocrafts myself... One an AGM. Seem good but I'm not fanboizing them yet. Let's see how they do.
    Interestingly Exide's headquarters is located here in Clayton, NC. I was tempted to directly go there and buy one from them.

    Quote Originally Posted by dannyzabolotny View Post
    I did get the old style DW, I actually remember getting a really good deal on them because they were being discontinued at the time. I might go with Hankook Ventus V12 Evo 2 for the rears, that's what I've had in the front and I've been very happy with them. I always did notice that I got significantly more vibration in the rear tires right after doing a power slide or any kind of maneuver where I would drag the tires around.
    Yeah, same here. I bought them because they were significantly cheap compared to other brands with similar performance. Read a number of reviews and saw near 5 star ratings which convinced me enough to buy them. Sadly, just like the good old 'oil threads' or the 'akebono vs other brands' thread, I was left disappointed with its actual performance. I had vibrations at the typical 50-60mph range and sometimes above 70mph, having soft sidewall meant poor handling, not so excellent traction in the rain, and finally they didn't last for a long time.



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    Quote Originally Posted by dannyzabolotny View Post
    I'd get an M62B46 then, you get 340hp without doing any special work. Then if you want to do add more power through headers/intake/FI, you have a much hotter platform to start from.
    I'd have to do special work as my car is a non vanos one, and the M62B46 is dual vanos.
    I'm not so keen on rewiring the car to run vanos as I would be to build a hot engine by blending the best of two different engine types.
    However... If I could do a vanos delete, then I'd be more interested, but to my knowledge, that's something that hasn't been achieved yet.
    Putting the M60 heads on the M62B46 though could have merit.



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    Did most of my cooling system refresh and started putting her back together.

    Looked around for alternatives the the style 29s that are on the car and found slim pickings for my tiny budget. Might be fielding some style 5s too poor for aftermarket worst case the style 29s will get new tires.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mebjr12 View Post
    Went to the junk yard looking for some spare facelift tail lights and left with a front passeneger side comfort seat from a 740i in sandbeige with no tears in the leather and minimal cracking. Now I just need the drivers side.

    Also does anyone know what the string under the seat is for? I have looked yet but just thought I'd throw it out there.

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    Sand beige seats from a '01 740il.
    Took me a day, because I had to change the seat wiring harness for the new seats.
    Looks good, matches the interior and all seat functions work...except my airbag/seatbelt light is stuck on.
    Paid less than a $100 including solder & materials to do both front seats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jwwetzel View Post
    That's the first mod I did to my '97 540j.
    Sand beige seats from a '01 740il.
    Took me a day, because I had to change the seat wiring harness for the new seats.
    Looks good, matches the interior and all seat functions work...except my airbag/seatbelt light is stuck on.
    Paid less than a $100 including solder & materials to do both front seats.

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    Looks good. I recently went to the junk yard and found a passenger contour seat from a 740i sport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mebjr12 View Post
    Looks good. I recently went to the junk yard and found a passenger contour seat from a 740i sport.

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    Thanks, I got the 16 way comfort seats...the hardest part was researching & then cutting, splicing & soldering the new harnesses into the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jwwetzel View Post
    Thanks, I got the 16 way comfort seats...the hardest part was researching & then cutting, splicing & soldering the new harnesses into the car.
    I don't think I will have to cut anything since the car I got my seats from had a production date of after 3/99 which should fit my 2002.

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    I got the 16 way comfort seats out of a really clean '01 740, put them into my '00 wagon, everything works except for the heating, anyone have the same issue? I'll admit, I have not really bothered to look it up yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    I got the 16 way comfort seats out of a really clean '01 740, put them into my '00 wagon, everything works except for the heating, anyone have the same issue? I'll admit, I have not really bothered to look it up yet.
    Did the car you got them from have the heated function? Believe it or not, that's possible.


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    Quote Originally Posted by geargrinder View Post
    I got about 15y from the OEM battery. Phenomal really. Of course Famously these days battery brand don't mean crap, they are all made by Exide or JCI or one of the other 3-4 major Primary manufacturers. There used to be tables and references to back track that but seems like they all mix and match sourcing now so you can't never be too sure anymore (aka "diehard platinum = JCI" kind of stuff isn't reliable anymore). At the moment I have 2 autocrafts myself... One an AGM. Seem good but I'm not fanboizing them yet. Let's see how they do.
    Helps that it's a giant battery. Like twice the size of average auto battery. I'm wondering when mine is going to give up.

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    I thought the 7 series seats were 18 way adjustable, no?



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    Quote Originally Posted by auaq View Post
    I thought the 7 series seats were 18 way adjustable, no?
    There are 16 way and 18 way

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    Quote Originally Posted by fullthrottle540 View Post
    There are 16 way and 18 way
    the comfort seats are 16 way and the contour seats are 18 way if I'm not mistaken.

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    Quote Originally Posted by amancuso View Post
    Did the car you got them from have the heated function? Believe it or not, that's possible.


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    Yep, it had heated seats, I even powered up the 740 with my jumper box before I pulled the seats, heat worked. Everything else works great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mebjr12 View Post
    the comfort seats are 16 way and the contour seats are 18 way if I'm not mistaken.

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    This is correct, the leg extension bolster is the 2 extra ways, in and out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Yep, it had heated seats, I even powered up the 740 with my jumper box before I pulled the seats, heat worked. Everything else works great.
    did you connect your jumper box directly to the cables?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mebjr12 View Post
    did you connect your jumper box directly to the cables?

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    No, I powered up the whole car. The car was really clean, junked for the chain guides going bad, it even started right up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    No, I powered up the whole car. The car was really clean, junked for the chain guides going bad, it even started right up.
    I meant the battery connectors I'm new to Junkyard pulling and I seen a guy use his power drill battery connected to the positive and negitve cable to power a seat in order to get it out. So I was wondering if a jump box was the way to go for powering a car at a junkyard

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    Well, you need to slide the seat almost all the way back to get to the front bolts.
    if you don't have a jump box, pick up a motorcycle battery or something, but then you also need to bring jumper cables, I pack light, along with the basic tools I bring, I also have this, got it from the tool truck, a Matco VersaPower Pro battery pack, totally portable, it's a small lithium pack, but this one can start an 18 wheeler if I had to, it will start a car at least ten times, the book said twenty, I call bs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BimmrMeUpSnotty View Post
    Well, you need to slide the seat almost all the way back to get to the front bolts.
    if you don't have a jump box, pick up a motorcycle battery or something, but then you also need to bring jumper cables, I pack light, along with the basic tools I bring, I also have this, got it from the tool truck, a Matco VersaPower Pro battery pack, totally portable, it's a small lithium pack, but this one can start an 18 wheeler if I had to, it will start a car at least ten times, the book said twenty, I call bs.
    I will have to get one of those off Amazon or maybe harbor freight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RuskiE39 View Post
    Why is snotty banned?
    He's showing online for me?

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    Quote Originally Posted by StRaNgEdAyS View Post
    He's showing online for me?

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    Yeah but with "License Suspended" I think when I was banned I could still see the forum but not post.

    So, I guess he's with us in spirit... Snotty we <3 youuuuuuu!
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