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      02-08-2019, 04:31 PM   #23
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Nice review and articulated perspective - thank you.
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The X5 50i is was louder, deeper and if either woke my neighbors this would be the one. I always back into my garage so the noise is only amplified

Here's a cold remote start of my car

Sounds great!

That is one reason I didn't go with the 50i. I get up early and my neighbors would be after me. I needed something a little more stealth.
That's not a good reason to avoid the 50i, they'll get over it my neighbor down the street has a Mustang GT 500 with what sounds like straight pipes so I'm the quiet one
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Are these available BMW OEM Shadowline exhaust surrounds through the dealership?
they can order them but I bought mine online, cheaper and faster than the dealer
Thanks. Where did you get them? I get a pretty good discount from my dealer. If you've got a part number that would help. I've got a couple of months before ours comes in. We order the Sapphire Black so looking to do the tips and grill. I wonder if the dealer had access to the Grill.
IND before the price went up, I paid $260 or so last I recall. Installing them took a while at my dealer for the record. There's a few places selling them online, try one of the BMW parts sites bmwparts.com bmwpartswholesale.com etc
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I see those dusty midland plains in the background! Nice review android and of course nice whip!
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I see those dusty midland plains in the background! Nice review android and of course nice whip!
Indeed, it's something you learn to dislike pretty fast. I suppose the backdrop is pretty good, I have pictures of my past few cars in the same exact spot.

Thank you, perhaps sometime soon I'll be leaving this area and actually live towards civilization!
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I see those dusty midland plains in the background! Nice review android and of course nice whip!
Indeed, it's something you learn to dislike pretty fast. I suppose the backdrop is pretty good, I have pictures of my past few cars in the same exact spot.

Thank you, perhaps sometime soon I'll be leaving this area and actually live towards civilization!
Go where the money goes my man. It actually is a good back drop. Kind of Clint Eastwood movie scene vibe 📽
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I see those dusty midland plains in the background! Nice review android and of course nice whip!
Indeed, it's something you learn to dislike pretty fast. I suppose the backdrop is pretty good, I have pictures of my past few cars in the same exact spot.

Thank you, perhaps sometime soon I'll be leaving this area and actually live towards civilization!
Go where the money goes my man. It actually is a good back drop. Kind of Clint Eastwood movie scene vibe 📽
true, the backdrop is actually nice, I have some others area that make a better one but I get enough weird looks taking pictures in that spot.
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The X5 50i is was louder, deeper and if either woke my neighbors this would be the one. I always back into my garage so the noise is only amplified

Here's a cold remote start of my car

Sounds nicer than the X3 M40i.
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The X5 50i is was louder, deeper and if either woke my neighbors this would be the one. I always back into my garage so the noise is only amplified

Here's a cold remote start of my car

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Sounds nicer than the X3 M40i.
you should hear it with the valves open in sport, it sounds like a proper V8 should. There's a nice deep growl through your rev range and upshifts are satisfying
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Nice!

How do you like the B&W sound system so far?

And another thing I wanted to ask: Does the G05 actually display the value of the current individual tire pressure on the screen?
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Nice!

How do you like the B&W sound system so far?

And another thing I wanted to ask: Does the G05 actually display the value of the current individual tire pressure on the screen?
B&W system is bar none, you don't listen to music, you only experience it granted I used FLAC 32bit files so that helps really bring out the best of things.

yes it does, for some reason it doesn't show temperature for each tire like my X3 did
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B&W system is bar none, you don't listen to music, you only experience it granted I used FLAC 32bit files so that helps really bring out the best of things.

yes it does, for some reason it doesn't show temperature for each tire like my X3 did
Thanks!

I got the B&O system on my 2017 Audi Q7 and although it cost $5K, it puts a smile on my face every day. Once you got such a system, there is no way back.

Nice to know that there is a "real" tire pressure display. You don't get that too often on German vehicles. My Q7 lacks that feature.
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B&W system is bar none, you don't listen to music, you only experience it granted I used FLAC 32bit files so that helps really bring out the best of things.

yes it does, for some reason it doesn't show temperature for each tire like my X3 did
Thanks!

I got the B&O system on my 2017 Audi Q7 and although it cost $5K, it puts a smile on my face every day. Once you got such a system, there is no way back.

Nice to know that there is a "real" tire pressure display. You don't get that too often on German vehicles. My Q7 lacks that feature.
I completely agree, while I've never heard that B&O system I doubt you'll be disappointed with the cheaper but still great Bowers and Wilkins. I mean how can you not love the beautiful beautiful speakers and how they light up (either white or whatever your contour color is)

here's an example
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I completely agree, while I've never heard that B&O system I doubt you'll be disappointed with the cheaper but still great Bowers and Wilkins. I mean how can you not love the beautiful beautiful speakers and how they light up (either white or whatever your contour color is)

here's an example
Yeah, I love how THAT looks!

While the B&O has the tweeters that are moving out of the dash, the B&W certainly offers more for your eyes as well...

BTW, nice to know that you can also set the B&W to change colors to match the rest of the interior lights on the G05. To my knowledge, there were some variants of them on other models where you were stuck with white.
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I completely agree, while I've never heard that B&O system I doubt you'll be disappointed with the cheaper but still great Bowers and Wilkins. I mean how can you not love the beautiful beautiful speakers and how they light up (either white or whatever your contour color is)

here's an example
Yeah, I love how THAT looks!

While the B&O has the tweeters that are moving out of the dash, the B&W certainly offers more for your eyes as well...

BTW, nice to know that you can also set the B&W to change colors to match the rest of the interior lights on the G05. To my knowledge, there were some variants of them on other models where you were stuck with white.
I've seen the B&O tweeters, they look really good. BMW doesn't use the signature center circular tweet from B&W but who cares when it sounds this good. They match your interior lighting's contour. so the first pic above my contour is white. here's and example of the orange contour. So if the bottom is orange and top is white the speaker copies that.

note some of the colors may seem of due to my phone

This was after getting out of the gym so I blame that for the blurry pics
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I've seen the B&O tweeters, they look really good. BMW doesn't use the signature center circular tweet from B&W but who cares when it sounds this good. They match your interior lighting's contour. so the first pic above my contour is white. here's and example of the orange contour. So if the bottom is orange and top is white the speaker copies that.

note some of the colors may seem of due to my phone

This was after getting out of the gym so I blame that for the blurry pics
Looks awesome!
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I've seen the B&O tweeters, they look really good. BMW doesn't use the signature center circular tweet from B&W but who cares when it sounds this good. They match your interior lighting's contour. so the first pic above my contour is white. here's and example of the orange contour. So if the bottom is orange and top is white the speaker copies that.

note some of the colors may seem of due to my phone

This was after getting out of the gym so I blame that for the blurry pics
Looks awesome!
Thank you, there are a lot more combinations but I didn't take pictures of them. Hopefully someone will be figure out the coding so we can use any color accent with them too!
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Your build is fantastic. Appreciate the input on the shadow line exhaust tips as well. I am curious how hard they’d be to install without going thru the dealer/ shop...
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How difficult is it to remove the rear badges?

How has your ceramic coating worked out so far?

Great build and insights!
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