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Member ID: Merzbow42

Location: Sunnyvale, California

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2005 BMW 5-Series

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Last updated: May 09, 2009

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Nick’s BMW 5-Series:
“5.45 Gigawatts”

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Page 1: Overview
Page 2: Exterior, Engine, Interior
Page 3: Audio, Car PC
Page 4: System Buildup, Part 1
Page 5: System Buildup, Part 2
Page 6: Bimmerfest '06

Updates:

5/16/06: If you saw the previous version of this car, look again. Everything is redone and reinstalled (by myself this time), with lots of new goodies.

Intro:

May I not-so-humbly present the best-sounding E60 on Earth. Full aftermarket audio system, car PC, plus other exterior, interior, and engine mods. 3000 watts of aural goodness. Here's a full picture set and a list of mods:

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Stock:

- 2005 BMW 545i
- Sport Package
- Black Sapphire Metallic exterior
- Beige Dakota Leather interior
- Sirius satellite radio

Exterior:

- 19" SSR-GT3 wheels with satin finish
- 19" Bridgestone Potenza S-03 tires
- Brembo Gran Turismo Big Brake System (Front and Rear)
- B&B Exhaust
- OEM spoiler
- 35% Charcoal tint
- AngeliBright fiber-optic headlight bulbs

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Engine:

- Dinan High Flow Intake System
- Dinan High Flow Throttle Body

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Interior:

- Bimmian Xenon interior bulb kit
- Bimmian aluminum sport pedal kit
- BMW M5 aluminum iDrive knob

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Audio:

- Alpine DVA-9860 head unit
- Alpine PXA-H701 audio processor
- Arc Audio 4150XXK amplifier (front tweets+mids, 85wx4)
- Arc Audio 1500XXK amplifier (front midbass, 250wx2)
- Arc Audio 2100XXK amplifier (rears, 100wx2)
- SoundStream PCA2000D (subwoofer, 2000wx1)
- Morel Elate 6 comps (front)
- Morel Elate 5 comps (rear)
- RE Audio XXX 15" subwoofer (2005 model)
- StreetGlow Blue Xenons
- Dynamat Extreme

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Subwoofer Pron Video

Car PC:

- Xenarc MP-FL8 car PC
- Xenarc 700TS 7" LCD touchscreen
- Carnetix CNX-P1900 power supply
- Edirol UA-25 USB sound card
- Behringer ECM8000 pro audio mic
- GlobalSat GPS adapter
- Kensington Bluetooth adapter
- Belkin 802.11g wireless adapter
- Logitech cordless gamepads plus adapters (2)
- ThinkOutside Bluetooth keyboard

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