BMW parts reviews

Castrol Edge 'Euro Car' 5W-40

Used to get a big white plume on cold starts but no more. Still burn a lot, but not as much

Best oil I've used

Put about 300K on two different M54's so far. Originally Mobil1/Castrol 0W30 (that was the original BMW recommendation in early 2000s), eventually switched to Pennzoil Euro 5W40 for oil leak reduction.

Shell Rotella (Rimula) 10W40, mines on 165k, 6 months ago I did the O2 Pilot mod and started to use the above oil as it's fully synthetic and made for Buses, Heavy Trucks etc, and so has extremely good cleaning abilities. My oil consumption has dropped almost 4 fold and the cams, rockers, oil filter housing have all been cleaned of the varnish type coating they had too.

My local BMW shop suggested the OEM replacement Sachs and I agreed. Im very happy with them. Made the bumps much more manageable while still retaining that BMW stiffness we love about these cars.

I went with Sachs dampers which are OEM but sportier than my stock zhp dampers. I don’t regret it one bit

I had good experience with Kumho as affordable tyre option

I used peak when I changed my rad, no issues so far

Did you upgrade to drilled and slotted rotors? I did brembo metallic pads and brembo drilled n slotted in my e46 and they felt like that from the rip. Keep in mind if you’re upgrading to something that is meant for tracking then u kind of sacrifice comfort.

So about 2-3 months ago I got my starter replaced at a BMW dealership and of course they installed in an OEM starter. However, I’m currently having issues with starting my car right now since it’ll intermittently start. There’s been two separate occasions (not back to back) where I would try to turn on my car and it wouldn’t turn on the first attempt and would give me a starter/ignition light. Then on my 2nd attempt on (both seperate occasions) it would turn on with good crank.

2024 X5, yes same issue. Replaced due to a rock from a truck that was at least 5 - 7 car lengths ahead of me in the right lane. As soon as I got it back after full replacement it was hit again and cracked on the bottom passenger side. Hard to see since so low. The. My husband drove this past week and also endured a chip. I don’t believe the windshields on these are very durable. I’ve owned many cars/SUVs (we lease and trade regularly every 2-3 years). This has by far been the worst.