My BMW E60 build in 5 minutes - Highly modified and fully loaded!
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2021
- This video shows the full transformation of this 05/2004 build BMW E60 525d from 2011 to 2016. This vehicle started out as standard, without M-sport, but almost fully loaded with options at the time. The car had Dynamic Drive, komfort seat with heating and ventilation, navi professional, TV, integrated phone, active steering and a lot more from the factory. Since I love retrofitting of equipments, I got a lot to do with this as well.
Modifications/retrofits:
- Individual alcantara headliner
- Individual full merino leather dashboard
- Individual full merino leather door panels
- High gloss piano black interior trim
- Illuminated BMW door sills in stainless steel
- Comfort seat headrest for rear seat passengers
- F01/F30 B-pillar ambient light
- Soft close doors
- Heated steering wheel
- Sport steering wheel
- CIC with DAB+ (very rare!)
- Combox with all available medias - Apps, Online, Internet, Plug-in
- Shadowline in satin chrome
- Original M5 trunk lid finisher
- Original M5 mirrors
- OEM M-sport package
- Chrome grill / high gloss black grill / chrome surrounding with double slat (I couldn't decide)
- Original Style 101 in 9x20 255/30-20 and 10x20 305/25-20 summer setup
- Original Alpina Softline 9x20 245/30-20 and 10x20 285/25-20 summer setup
- Original Style 121 in 8,5x19 235/35-19 and 9x19 235/35-19 winter setup
- High beam assist
- Integrated garagedoor opener
- LCI light conversation
- LED turn signals in front and fender
- LED corona lights
- Original LED license plate lights from F10 5-series
- Sport button mode
- H&R 35/35 sport springs (fully working in combination with Dynamic Drive)
- 6FL AUX/USB interace
- AUX socket for rear passengers
- LCI center console with leather stitching
- OEM E90 stainless steel pedal set
- LCI climate control panel
- LCI fresh air vents for dashboard and rear of the center console
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Build thread: bimmers.no/forums/topic/70825...
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Tags: BMW 5-Series 5er 5series build building loaded highly modified e60 e61 e90 e91 e92 e93 e87 e88 e81 e82 e84 e70 e71 e65 e66 e63 e64 f01 f02 f30 f31 f10 f11 ambient light alpina individual
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music choice makes it feel like im watching a 2007 youtube video
@CallMePreY umm no? This car still look like modern in these days
@CallMePreY ООО ми до до хх
Thought basshunter was gonna kick in
As a e60 owner. Wow. I am so impressed!
Thanks!:)
Here's my e60 in Cape Town, South Africa:
ua-cam.com/video/Wc8EMgtH5OM/v-deo.html
@@saltkjelen535 hey bro nice work are you interested to selling the car
It looks the best with the Alpina wheels!
Lovely transformation 👍
Rotile astea de le a pus pe urma cred ca sunt cele mai urâte posibil 😆
i've never seen such a full optional E60...great work love your car
Thanks! :)
I think it’s only missing ACC retrofit. That would be super.
@@dorikamberi and night vision camera? Logic 7?
He needs new head unit with touch screen and Lci interior door panels
one of the very best conversion of E60
Thanks! :)
I love these Alpina Wheels.They fit so perfectly on any BMW Even though they not originally from BMW. If im gonna own a BMW im gonna put the Alpina Wheels on it.
Thanks. Yes, Alpina is a success on every BMW.
Are you sure your car is full option? "Hold my beer"
That's an amazing car! Nice work!!
Unbelievable man. Perfectly edited video and the car is mint. 👌
the amount of work put in this is amazing 😮
Wow. Every possible option. Wow again Wow 👏
Amazing build!
Impressive build man! Good job!
Thanks! :)
A very beautiful movie and super modification 👍
10/10, great work!
Thanks! :)
You went innnnnnnn 👌
The f01 ambiant Light is amazing!
very very good job.... thats great man
Thanks! :)
Nice work dude! 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks! :)
Wow beautiful. Good Job 👍
Thanks! :)
So clean bro
Thanks! :)
Den ble meget clean! Godt jobba!
The best BGM ❤️
Awesome build and what a transformation!!!
Love the Alpina wheels on it!
Thanks! Yes, the Alpinas was my favorite too.
@@saltkjelen535 I'm actually during the search for E61...im a Touring guy. Found few in Germany but Corona...so I need to wait few months to be able to import one to DK. Cheers and keep up the good work!
I bet it would have been cheaper to buy a highly specced one to start with. Nevertheless, very very nice build, and everything doesn't have to make perfect economic sense. Good job man!
Very nice!
Thanks! :)
this is exactly how im going to build mine, my mom is getting a 08 535xi and in 3 years it'll be mine 🤞
best car bro
Very nice! I don't even wanna know how much you've spent 😖 loads of great work gone into that car! Still one of the best lookin motors to this day 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Thanks. I agree, E6x is one of the coolest cars today. I love the design and how modern it feels.
Nice and Clean 💪👍
Thanks!
@@saltkjelen535 I bought a bmw 535m sport last week ☺ BMW 4 life 😁
Top job
Amazing!
Thanks!
Very nice job bro 😍🙈💙 One of most coolest and nicer “old” bmws in the world. I like it soo much that E60’s
Thanks. I really like the Chris Bangle generation. Im looking for an E63/E64 M6 project var now. :)
@@saltkjelen535 yep thats true, my friend had one of those 645i e63 or 64
@@branodzurovcin2396 Dream car. Cant wait to put my fingers on an E63/E64 :)
Great video. I have a 2008 E61 LCI 535d which is pretty well equipped to start with (m-sport, Pano roof, Sports Automatic, Adaptive Xenons, Comfort Seats, Pro Satnav etc) but I’ve already done the CIC retrofit and would love to do a few more. It’d be great to get an idea of the comparative cost vs benefit of the retrofits you’ve done on your car. No need for full bill of materials for each but just a rough idea of the retrofits in order of best bang for buck. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool modifications. Everything with good taste and without exaggeration. The only thing I don't like are the rims you have. Much better would be Styling 135, Styling 172 or Styling 246 (only my opinion, if you like them, do not change)
Thanks! I like to use Style from other series, and my favorite are the Style 218 in 19". I like the options you have listed too. :)
You have nice taste 👍 first one i saw that didnt disgust me lol
Woah this is crazy. I didn't even know you could retrofit have half the things you did. beautiful car man!
Thanks! :)
Goood job👍
I'm proud my 550i came with all that already
I can guarantee that it did not.
- Combox (was never an option on E6x)
- DAB+ (was never an option on E6x)
- Comfort seat headrest for rear passengers (7-series option)
- B-pillar ambient light (F30/F01 option)
- Two AUX for both front passenger and rear passengers
- M5 mirrors (off course, since you not have an M5)
- M5 trunk lid finisher (same as above)
Beautiful build! I am on a similar path with my e61, no panorama unfortunately, but i have hud, active steering, piano black, lci tails, logic7 and now adding individual sepang bronze m5 cooled,heated seats soon, have to figure out how to put the leather from the sedan to touring seats now ;D got them for a great deal, and no e61 seats in that spec are sold anywhere. I wanted to ask, where did you connect the ambient light in b pillars?
🔥🔥❤️
what did you need for the facelift retrofit in the interior? are all the cables and stuff the same?
Dette var virkelig rått. Får bare mer og mer interesse for e60 for hvert år som går og din gjorde lysten bare større. Veldig flott arbeid du har utført på den.
Tusen takk for hyggelige ord! :)
Man you lived out my dream. When I had my E60 I planned on doing all of these mods but never went through with it. Great job by only using OEM parts and no crap from eBay.
How much did this whole thing cost vs purchasing a car with most of these options with LCI?
Thanks!
Actually, its not bad. I have sold all the old parts (for example, I bought the new interior for 10 000 NOK (1000EUR) and sold the old one for 15 000 NOK (1500EUR), so it haven't been that much. Since many of these mods was not even available at LCI and I love to do this things, I would start to mod an LCI as well then it would be even more expensive. :P
amazing build, was waiting for automatic gear stick change from prelci to lci. i guess it would be cheery on top, but not sure how it would work with pre-lci computer brains ( have in mind pressing P so shifter would move).
That would be awesome, but expensive. :P
Amazing build! Did you use spacers on any of those wheel fitments?
Hi! Sorry for late respond. I used 20mm spacers on the Alpinas. The Style 101 was without.
have you done anything engine wise? a must upgrade to do for a diesel are AGR & DPF delete coded out and mapped, high flow cast exhaust manifold, straight pipe & back box delete, upgrade from the old tube filter to new style crankcase filter breather, upgrade a limited slipdiff, thën maybe go further with high flow injecters, bigger turbo so on and so forth.. should have gone with a 6 speed manual änd the m57 engines 530d or 535d, they are built like a tanks wïth stock internals just know there are limits for power gains until the stock parts will need upgrading.. but those blocks have made a 1000hp when built properly. oh and love what you have done with äll nice upgrads... must say it looks so much better dropped with the Alpinas... but then BBS's suite it to. hope tõ see more plus you have given me some great ideas for my E60 thanks..
veldig fin!
Takker! :)
Looks awesome! What bulbs are you using for your angel eyes with the lci headlights?
Hi!
Its this type: www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_nkw=H7+72W+LED+Car+Headlight+Fanless+Headlemp+Car+White+Conversion+Bulbs+6000K+Kits&_id=323926391693&&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l46251
Amazing job!
Can you explain me please how you retrofit the soft close please ? :D
Thanks! You need new door locks and +/- to the rear right fuse box.
One of the best transformation videos of E60… can’t wait to put comfort seats to my E60… btw how did you get done the combox? My friend who does coding said he can only do bluetooth, not other stuff you had (like spotify / internet). And also how did you get the comfort headrests in the backseats? Thanks
Hi, thanks! Comfort seats are highly recommended, you will love them! You have to code the CIC/CBX as a E90 and add all the "ConnectedDrive" options. It was a custom job since i also used a CIC from E90 to get DAB+ option (E60 did just have DAB without +).
For the rear headrest, you have to disassemble your OEM rear headrest and the new headrest and put them together. Its too difficult to explain am i afraid. :(
Your car looks amazing, what idrive system did you have before? Did u retrofit another bmws or went with something like bimmer tech?
Thanks! I had CCC. I do a lot of this types of retrofits here in Norway.
Woow nice job! How did you find most of the parts for retrofit? For example I can’t find that middle piece where the heated/ventilated seats and parktronic sensors are? Did you make it yourself? I tried doing this myself after not finding the parts on ebay 😔. Keep it up
Sorry for late answer. I find the parts at car wreckers, ebay, BMW ++. The center switch control are OEM so you can buy it at your local dealer. I can provide part number if you want.
Amazing job! Sadly most E60 manuals are lacking these features. Would you buy one without PDC? Is it hard to install? The car I'm talking about has the exterior M-Sport Package, but no PDC... So I'd have to drill holes, is it reasonable?
BTW what color is your car? BMW confuses me with the titan silver and the silver Grey. Thanks!
Thanks! The worst thing about retrofit PDC is the wiring harness trough the body, but its doable. Your paintshop will drill holes for the PDC in your bumpers, and you can buy the mount/brackets for them from BMW.
I was wondering where you purchased the piano black interior trim kit? i can’t find one.
You can order new from BMW Individual (expensive), eBay or paint your existing trim in piano black finish.
Renault 4 👍💪
how did you upgrade your CCC to CIC iDrive? I've read in many forums that upgrading the iDrive from CCC to CIC is super hard if not imposssible.
Hi. Not impossible at all. Its many ways to do the retrofit. :)
hi, how did you retrofit hud? thanks :) did u also replace the windshield with the hud version
You have to replace (or cut) in the dashboard, HUD, some wirings, screews, nuts, new windshield and new RSL (it depends, sometime your RLS supports HUD).
I am in schock 😍 it looks georgius , how much did everything cost and did you build it yourself or in a garage?
Thanks for those words. Im not sure, but it havent been so expensive. Maybe 5k EUR after sold all the old parts? Yes, did almost everything by my selg in the garage.
Hello I was wondering if you got the BMW aero kit they have on their website and did it come pre painted?
Hi! Its the OEM M retrofit kit with all parts included. The set came primed.
Hi, really nice car, i have quick question from where you take power to soft close? All i find just for lci cars
Hi!
I dont remember the position, but i took power from the rear fuse box.
Did you get the m bumpers and side skirts your color or you had to paint it after purchase ?
Nope, you have to paint. This was the OEM M-sport retrofit kit from BMW.
Where did u buy all of these mods?
Jeg har en helt likt e60, fyfaen for en utrolig bra tansformasjon! Respekt! PS- Vet du hvordan man "bleeder coolant system"? Er det manuelt eller elektrisk? xD
Tusen takk for det! Blender kjølesystemet? Hvorfor er det ønskelig?
Ser brutal ut!
Takker! :)
It would be great with night vision camera.
Супер
Bro how does your cigarette lighter in the back are illuminated around those caps? If you know what i mean 2:32? Can you tell me ? Thanks
Hi. Those lighter sockets has LED light. All orange/amber lights in E6x are connected trough the grey/red wiring, so you can connect it to everywhere you find this wire.
This is so impressive I am looking to buy an e60 3.5d myself soon if I may ask how much did the modifications all together cost if you counted it up (already has a lot of equpiment but just curious)
Sorry for late respond. Unfortunately, i have no control of how much i have spent on the car. Overall, I do not think it's that bad, as I've sold parts as I've retrofitted, and some I have sold at a higher price than what I bought for.
@@saltkjelen535 well done no problem a response is a response
Kjøper en E61 525d 3L til uka. Morro å se du tar vare på bilen og gjør den til din egen uten å fylle den opp med en menge unødvendig drit haha. Bra jobba, håper bilen min blir halvparten så fin som din 😉
Gratulerer! Er ikke så mye som skal til for at ting blir bra, og i mine øyne er det de små detaljene som utgjør den store forskjellen. :)
Hi , you have done an amazing work here
May I ask you for the b pillars is there is any video for installation? Have you changed all the b pillars from f01/30 or you just retrofit the lights ?
Thank you
Hi! Other B-pillars than E60/E61 won´t fit. I have cutted in the OEM pillars. I may have some pictures in my BMW build thread (its for the E60, F01, i3S and M550d, so its many pages).
Take a look if you want. Unfortunately, its all in norwegian, but the pictures may help. Let me know if you have any questions.
bimmers.no/forums/topic/708256-min-biltråd-f01-730d-i3s-120ah-f11-m550d-individual/
@@saltkjelen535
Thanks a lot for taking the time to answer me,
Really amazing job , I have a E60 and I’m trying to add some mods .
@@saltkjelen535
Hi , for the door sills where can I get them
Thank you
@@ase826 Hi! They are original, but they are out of production. They went out of production in 2012 or something. :(
@@saltkjelen535
Thanks man
Always replying and helping
Can you share your email for more info about some modifications it’s not on your UA-cam channel ?
Thank you
Was it easy to do rear lights to lci, I’ve got lci lights sitting at home I just don’t know how to install them
You have two solutions;
1. Use PnP Bruce adapters
2. LCM2, wiring for LCI tail lights and coding
Where did you get all the parts from? I struggled to even get my mirrors replaced which where a bit crusty. Had to order them from the other side of the world. Cant even get M Performance Grills these days. BMW almost has nothing in stock left for the E60.
Its many years ago, but i bought parts new and used. I think the best thing is to look on scrap yards etc. :)
@@saltkjelen535 Thanks for the hint, sadly no scrapyards near me. Awesome build tho!
Glad you didn't go with the carbon fiber inserts although it's cool but it's so over done, the piano black is classy 👌
I don't like the CF interior trim that everyone puts in it. I like the classic, luxurious feeling,
@@saltkjelen535 hi there. Where did you get the piano black trims. Can’t find the anywhere for pre lci. Thanks
Which led corona ring bulbs are they ? I haave the same headlights with led bulbs fitted but look very dulll during the day only look good at night yet all these new bmws 2016+ have nice crisp white led rings for DRL .. 🙂
Hi, sorry, its too many years since i bought them. Unfortunately, I can´t find the link anymore.
kor kjøpte du side speilene fra? bra video
Tusen takk! De ble kjøpt fra Koed for en del år siden. Det er originale M5 speil.
For me, I am trying to modify my car on a budget and it has to be below what my car’s worth in good condition with the amount of miles it has on it
This black trim is the best, i dont understand how people like the silver
100% agree :)
nice work you think it would better if it was 545 SMG 2.0 super rare cars to find
That would be awesome, but ill think I prefer automat and not SMG. The SMG transmission is cool, but not for a daily.
I know I'm late but how did you retrofit mirrors? Please?
Hi. Yes, i can do retrofit. Wich mirror are you thinking about=?
omg who coded all that stuff
is it hard to make the car stream bluetooth audio? mine hss no aux and bt doesn’t play music
You need CIC navigation, and then replace your MULF/TCU with an Combox.
What SaltkjelenBMW suggests is the OEM option. The easier way is to get a Bluetooth dongle from Ebay that you pin into the plug at the back of your DVD player. Then simply have someone code in the AUX function. Or do it yourself with NCS Expert. That's what I did. Cost me €50 and I'm very happy with it.
Where did you buy the m body kit
It was bought at my local BMW dealer
Is it a lot of work to put in the LCI headlights?
The E60 look amazing btw
You have to do some work with the wiring. If your har have AHL, you have to wire all cables from the old AHL module under the glove box to the LCM II as well.
Holy shit i can imagine how much these retrofits cost. Do you still own this car?
Unfortunately, i have sold the car. I drive an M550d Individual and an custom i3S "Individual" now. I planning to start building an E83 X3 3.0sd, with specs the world never have seen on an X3 before. :P
Where did you buy all those parts?
Scrapyards, part retailers, eBay etc. :)
Just aesthetically changed.
I came here for turbo, ecu remap, brakes, inter cooler, intake and down pipes, fuel injectors, suspension, tyres....
The suspension and tires was changed, but I did not want to have a car without DPF because of the smoke and the smell.
why not upgrading to lci door panels? and styling 128 rims
Actually, i preger the pre-LCI door panels over the LCI door panels. They are 100% symmetric, and the trim has a nicer finish with the trim.
I hate the difference between the right passenger door panel and the drivers door panel (the handle for closing the door).
@@saltkjelen535 i really get what you mean, understandable. But still i think it‘s so empty when there are no trimlines going thru the whole doorpanels idk
Shit i need an e60 lci again in my life, mine had style 101’s on as well, and was titansilber, almost identical to yours.
Thanks! E60 is such a great car. Ahead of its time. :)
Great job on the interior 👏wouldn't go bigger than 245/18/40 tyres as the e60 was made to drive as a luxury sedan, not an M3...though the updates must have cost u triple the amount you paid for the car ;)
Thanks. The car had plenty of comfortness even with 20s. It definitely depends on the tires.
is it PNP for the lci lights?
Not at all. The pre 03/2005 cars is way more difficult too. You´ll have to rewire a new harness from the AHL module under the glove box and route it to the LCM. Then you have to do wiring jobs for head- and tail lights.
I've been looking to modify my 525i 2007 & how much did u spend on ur car in total bro?
I´m not sure. Never calculated it.
@@saltkjelen535 thx but even a rough estimate would help like 5k or 10k or 20k or 30k lol
@@manmeet4804 hmm. The car was already well equipped from the factory, so i sold many of the old parts for a good prices.
F.ex, i bought new interior with all options for $800, and sold the old one for $1500. $300 for the LCI headlights and got $500 for the old AHL headlights. Sold the CCC completly retrofitted in another car for $1200 and spent just $450 for the CIC.
So roughly estimated, i guess i spent between $4000-6000 over six years.
@@saltkjelen535 wow bro thx man that helps a lot!!!
Looks nice ! But still few options are missing. :) Night vision, adaptive cruise control. :) But I've never seen so many options in E60 before. :)
Yes, I know. It also miss 6 CD changer / DVD changer. :)
@@saltkjelen535 CD Changer retrofit is easy compared with those 2 😀
@@MrTomas9511 indeed😂
Do not forget the audio. I think the top was the Dirac unit with EQ on settings, its sound is very good. Unfortunately this audio was never used on other models as far as I know, HK, Bose and BW overtook this market after 2008. Do not miss one of the most important extra: the cupholders in the dash. If you do not have than you should change the complete dashboard.
What about dynamic drive, keyless go, webasto, Logic7?
How did you make Combox Internet, Apps work?
Combox requires CIC. You have to do some special codings to get it work.
@@saltkjelen535 i have combox, cic, but i'm not able to code it to work.
@@whaipas Since E6x never came with combox from factory, you have to code it as an E90 3-series.
@@saltkjelen535 already coded. Everything is working, except internet, bmw live
where did you find the interior ?
I bought it from Koed.dk for some years ago.
100%
what headlights were they?
They are OEM LCI adaptive headlights.
What about paddle shifts? Adaptive cruise control? Night vision camera, reverse camera, power folding auto dipping wing mirrors? Power boot opening and closing? and I'm sure you can update to NBT system.
But still. Alot of good options
It has the power fold mirrors. I know its more to retrofit. Personally, I do not like NBT in the E-series, as you lose functionality in HUD and poor climate display (was it when I retrofitted CIC and Combox at least, maybe there have been some new and better adapters).
I was planning to do the E65 rear seat entertainment, but I never came so long. :P
What percent tint on windows?
Hi. They are OEM Individual tinted windows, but the rear door and window has sun blind as well.
its possible make start button ?
Yes, I think everything is possible, but it will make hassle if you need to order new keys from BMW in the future.