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It’s like saying: “The ultimate F10 is an F90 CS”

Hi! Thanks for the praise, appreciate it. I would definitely try to find a B47 but to be honest, N47 isn’t terrible. It’s just that B47 is better. As for the seats - they make or break a good 5 series. Base seats are terrible. Extremely uncomfortable, and make the whole experience awful. I had one F10 with sport seats and I really liked them. But you can’t get ventilated sport seats so your best bet is to find the ones with alcantara since it doesn’t heat up as much but it’s a rare option. Then come comfort seats. For my driving position they are less comfortable that sport seats (I sit very low) but still very good. If you get them with ventilation and/or massage they tend to lose some cushioning to accommodate for ventilators and pads for massage and thus become less comfortable 😅 ironically. But, i use ventilation all the time in summer. Even when it’s +20 outside but the car has been in the sun, the seats are hot hot. Plus on the long rides is saves by back from sweating. I did several 10,000km road trips in this car across Europe and it was fantastic (covering max 1450km per day).

That's the reality of living in Northern Europe. The only cars that cost close to 10k are from 2009-2010 with 300k+ km on them and zero options (not even sport seats).

No-one is buying a 5-series BMW because of the engine :) Furthermore - there were no good engines on F-series (nothing spectacular). Even the M5 is nothing close to the sports car. 5 series is the "sportiest" sedan out of its competition, but definitely not because of its engine :) It's all about the options. A 550i with basic seats and no options is a piece of crap that can go fast on a straight line and is loved by 20-year olds because it makes noises. A fully loaded 520d, on the other hand, is an amazing daily driver.

Happy to help!

How much money does it cost you to? . Im looking at one rn and theyre asking for £10,000

Hill descent control. Quite a useless feature but it’s there :)

yeah :)

@asking_for_a_friend i just retrofit it on my 2016 f10 along with night vision and i have a few questions: 1. Are your DLS fog lights always lit up 2. Do you see them working at night with the spotlight, if so under what conditions?

@@socommaster 1. Only when it's dark outside (when your low beams are on) 2. That's a mystery to solve. It works whenever it wants :D it always lights up people with dogs that walk too close to the curb in a well lit city but sometimes completely ignores cyclists on the highway that are right in my way.

@asking_for_a_friend 1. You mean the dynamic spot lights right? If they headlights are on, arent they turned on with it accordingly 2. Is it a solid tracking beam or a flash?

@@socommaster1. Dynamic spotlight only works when the lights are in “auto” mode. But they don’t light up when it’s light outside. Basically if you dials are white - the “fog/spotlight” are off. But do turn on when it gets darker. 2. Is flashing and following the subject

Everything in this video is stock

Sure, I’ll try to make it more clear. The wiring package came with the speakers I bought (aka all the wires I need). The signal is taken the following way: 1. You disconnect the cable from the under-seat bass units. Those take signal directly from head unit in base stereo. You connect a splitter (which is part of the wiring) to that original output cable and then you have 2 plugs: one is your input to the bass speakers and one goes straight to the amp. So in a way you take signal from the cable that was originally designed as input for the underseat bass, run it to the amp and then back to the bass speakers

Hey! Good catch! Outside of the 4UR I do miss those. Didn’t know F10 had 5DP but now I do 😅 as for the tires, I do run the largest “manufacturer recommended” setup for xdrive 245/40/19 front and 275/35/19 rear but they are indeed different model tires. When I got the rims I had to get the tires on those asap so I went with what was available and ran Michelin Primacy 3 at the front and PS4S at the rear. After 25,000+ km zero issues but I do plan to put same model tires next season as these would not last another summer 😃 UPD. Did the 5DP come with electric steering only? Cause if yes, then it’s a no-go for me. Same as turning rear axle and traffic jam assist (aka actual lane assist)

@@asking_for_a_friend You're right ! 5DP only available on RWD with electric steering, sorry about that. The best way to not miss anything is to find the original price catalog (sedan LCI in your case). I have it in french if needed, but i'm sure you'll find it pretty easily. If no issue, it means that the tire wear is similar between front and rear axle. If you ever start to feel a slight jolt (very subtle) when you accelerate, it's a sign that the wear is uneven and that the transfer case is under abnormal stress. In any way, next time you'll change tyres you'll have to swap the 4 of them or you'll have immediate trouble ;)

It is indeed an personal preference :) I’d be happy to exchange the black for brown if I find a person who want black interior instead of their own :)

@@TheButterflycurl which one is it?

@@asking_for_a_friend press an hold the "reset" button in the KI (which resets the trip computer) with ignition on until the service menue opens. Click through the menue until you find the correction factor. I think it is set to 1000 per default and is a multiplication factor. When the fuel consumptio is 5% to low the factor should be set to 1050.

Appreciate it! Hopefully next one is coming soon ;)

Appreciate the love! I’d highly recommend you to go for a custom setup instead of a B&O. With BO you can never know the condition of the system since it will be 7-12 years old and no way to tell if the previous owners abused it. But for half the price of a B&O setup you can get a brand new amp, speakers and processor that would shame B&O in almost every direction :) check what Match7 has. There are bolt-on systems for this kind of thing where you don’t have to re-wire anything, just add new components where old were

@@asking_for_a_friend yeah you r probably right. I'm still rocking this bad boy fairly new only a year since purchased. I need sthg comfy reliable and not crazy expensive and i got it for a fair price . My first plan for this car just keep it simple and mostly maintainance stuffs so i can have this car just to grind my butt off for planning to buy a second car in the future is an G06 X6 ( Pre-facelifted ) ... but after i watch your vid about building an ultimate F10 im like .... damn i need to do sthg to my car , atleast i can make it as half good as yours cus its really addicted. Anw thanks for the response and keep up the videos man ! looking forward to it.

@@oanphanlam408 join our discord (link in the description), I'm happy to help and share some useful links since it's easier there :)

@@oanphanlam408 if you have S676, hi-fi option, simply go for the Match7 BMW amp - it's plug and play, and let me tell you - amps matter the most when it comes to systems. You don't really need to hassle with the speakers (but you can)

@@LaimisMatas Wow thanks for the advice !

You are almost 100% correct :) There are a few, but not too many 😃 check out my “building an ultimate f10” video, I go over the missing options and what I plan to do with those

@@asking_for_a_friend Lmao... I feel like mine is a povo spec now.

@@asking_for_a_friendhowcome it doesn’t have alarm system and garage door opener option? I thought all F10s came with it

@@cairnhill64 alarms are actually market specific, whereas mirrors with buttons for the garage doors are an option. Mine does come with factory alarm, which I hate, but it's a German-market-specific car (it was originally imported to Finland from Germany). In Finland alarm is not a default option

Join my discord, show off a little :) always appreciate a fellow bmw owner in our small community

Almost :D missed a few, but he was persistent

Your E34 does sound like a fun project. I am lucky to have a diesel so oil pan gaskets are not an issue but diesel engines have their own stuff, usually coming up closer to 200tkm :)

Your comment doesn’t make any sense. All B&O systems in all F-series use the same components (except for maybe F01, but I doubt that). So using your logic either they are all shit or none of them are

@@asking_for_a_friend i have a 2016 bmw f10 and a 2016 bmw f06 The b&o system sounds better in the f06 Maybe due to the interior body shape

@@socommaster could be, as I said in the video - the "sound" is a result of cabin isolation and reflections, not the actual speakers. Thus same speakers may "sound" very differently in different environments.

yeah, it was one of the factory options, a rare one, yet it was. Called Climate-Comfort

@@asking_for_a_friend do you have the part number for the windshield?

@@socommaster I don't have the number itself by since I just renewed mine under insurance, the dealer ordered installed Saint-Gobain Sekurit DOT 617 AS1M560307, model 43R-010566. The OE glass from BMW was out of stock in Europe and Saint-Gobain is one of 2 (as far as I know) manufacturers who produces Climate Comfort glass for BMW. Hopefully this would help you find the original spare part number. Join my Discord (link in video description) to talk more, I can share more pics etc there

With NBT Evo comes a different HUD as far as I know. Better graphics, more info

@@asking_for_a_friend the 6wb gives a slightly different hud too

Add a massaged seat to that list... that one is a unicorn

@@asking_for_a_friend True! I'm in search for kind of a unicorn myself. F11 M-Sport with Pro Navi, at least Hi-Fi, Pano, Head-up, Leather. They are always missing something, either Head-up or Pano or Pro Navi.. Not particularly rare options, but a rare combo

BMW minds think alike :D

95% of the drive was highway, cruise control either 85 and 105 (almost 50/50 between the two speeds). Average speed for the whole run was 80.8 km/h.

@@asking_for_a_friend Interesting, I driver an 8 cylinder BMW 6 series, the quoted average on a full tank distance on the AutoBahn is around 480-600 something kms I think. I usually drive to Passau from where I live which is around 640 odd kms from where I put it on cruise control live it usually 120-130kms per hour with some short 220-230 kph sprints in the "keine Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen" zones and when I reach Passau I usually have petrol for another 30-40 kms left. I used to have a 6 cylinder before that interestingly consumed more on highways and long stretches.

@@sayedshaz I wouldn't be surprised. There are many factors that affect consumption. I know guys who have the same exact engine as me and their consumption is 5l/100 in very similar environment. Here I wanted to check the difference between what the car SAYS it consumes vs what it ACTUALLY consumes. This helps see if there is any bias regardless of the actual, absolute figures

thanks man! appreciate it. I do love the 540d G30 LCI but value for money it's not there yet. When a similar specimen would drop in price to similar levels (aka 70% depreciation) I might consider it, but for now it's just a waste of money :)

@@asking_for_a_friend totally agree with your opinion.

@@cairnhill64 I agree with you 100%. The irony of it is that when you buy “the most comfortable seat” (aka ventilated, massaged etc.) you are actually downgrading the level of comfort

What about the ones with ventilation only?

@@bojidarmartinov5949 as far as I know it's actually ventilation that takes away most of the comfort. They have to make room for fans so the foaming is not as thick

@@smiIingman before my first F10 I was very close to getting a 2010 XC70. Almost pulled the trigger on it but then tested an F10 (520d from 2010) and changed my mind immediately. I bought a V50 Volvo recently as a spare and I can say that it’s whoever designed it was not thinking of self-service. Basic maintenance of the BMW engines is super easy, anyone can do it (oil, filers, etc). On a Volvo it takes time and dedication :) as for the failure points, 95% of BMW owners never notice these. But if you want to really experience a car the way it was designed - these have to addressed. I’d say Volvo is a mean of transportation, BMW is a car I truly enjoy driving. It’s 100% subjective and my opinion might be the opposite of yours, but we are all entitled to have one :) PS. Mercedes is usually 50% more expensive in terms of spare parts since there are way less aftermarket producers and you are very limited in options for many of them

@@asking_for_a_friend Thanks for the reply, i never found the volvos i own to have been tricky to service tbh, ive a 940, -00 s70, 2005 v70 d5 and now the xc60 but i guess when you've been with a brand long enough anything on it starts to feel pretty simple so im likely just biased here. That is indeed one thing i was thinking of with the merc, they are far more rare and uncommon on the roads than BMW's. Theres a guy who lives just short of 20km from me whose whole job is to take apart BMW's and sell them for spare parts, guy makes a great living that way. The best volvo in terms of drive feel ive driven is my good ole turbo 940, the s70, v70 and xc60 all share similar characteristics, pretty basic at the end of the day, my xc60 does have a software update to where it theoretically has 240hp and it definitely is *fast* but the 4wd isn't working because the thing that converts power to the rear has had its splines sheared. But yeah, ive been eyeing high miler 5 series because my reasoning is that surely a high miler would've likely had many if not all type-faults adressed and i hear the diesels last just as much as volvo and merc diesel engines.

@@smiIingman You are 100% correct, live with something long enough and you will become an expert :) I never had a chance to drive an older Volvo, even though there are tons of them here in Finland, I assume heavily modified by young drivers (based on the turbo spooling sounds :) My ultimate goal is to get an old 635i and do a resto-mod with it. But that's a 50-60k€ project so I will have to wait for a while

@@asking_for_a_friend Only the ones with the turbos are actually fun to drive when we're talking older volvos, very simple to just up the boost pressure to just shy of 1bar and you got yourself a very fun car since you dont become blind to the speed of it like you do in newer cars, specially volvos. I too live in finland and one thing which bugs me about the things ive read about 2011-2014 bmw 5 series that apparently the webasto isn't actually heating the engine, only the cabin. I find that to be insanely weird design, my xc60 has remote function for the webasto which heats engine and cabin and man i do feel spoiled by it.

@@smiIingman there might be a slight misunderstanding of how webasto's work there. From what I know, webasto is only heating the coolant of the car and it is usually connected to the climate control so it heats up the interior, yes, but it also warms up the engine. I had a webasto on my 525xd and the coolant was always warm (which is very important since oil warms up faster). On my current 530d I have the "engine heater" but it's kind of useless since it takes 2-3 hours to warm up the oil due to its inefficiency and it has to be plugged in the outlet to do so. On a webasto-equipped BMW I warmed up the car in 30 minutes when it was -24 outside :)

I agree with you and thank you :)

@@asking_for_a_friend Definitely. I'm excited to follow your build and channel in general. Also, I've just bought a 2012 530i. Being in Ireland it was extremely hard to find a petrol Msport, which I did - but it's optioned in a particular way without driver aids, massage/cooled seats, without x-drive, and no Harmon Kardon. Otherwise, it has most all other options. Your build might inspire me to do some upgrades too :) keep up the good work!

@@jojo8555 hey man! I don’t have it, and even though it’s a cool option to have, I think my chances of finding heated/massages/ventilated mocca leather seats with RSE is zero 😂not minuscule but actually zero. I saw some in black/brown leather but my priority is original Mocca followed by an grey M5 seats :)

@@asking_for_a_friendhey, sorry that I didn’t answer you, I totally forgot 😬. You are right and to be honest I only used it twice in many many years 😂… someday I want to retrofit Alcantara headliner but it’s really hard to find for the F11… and the full leather dashboard would be nice, but again really hard to find and a pain in the a… to replace…

@@asking_for_a_friendoh and I forgot three things I want to retrofit: 1. full LED headlights (mine is from 03/2011) I’ll change them if my xenon ones go bad… 2. NBT EVO but it’s really hard to find the right parts bc it’s an early pre facelift and very complicated to do 🤦🏻‍♂️😬. And last but not least the facelift M steering wheel with paddle shifters. I wish you much luck with your build

@@DASSTADT ah, who counts how much you spend on the loved ones 😂 just kidding, I count. For every BMW I owned (3 of them) I spent on average 350-450€ per month. Some months I’d spend nothing, the others I may spend 1.5K. But on average around 4-5k per year

It seems that there is no real benchmark. Some engines suffer from it already at around 100k, some go 300k with zero issues so it's always a lottery

@@asking_for_a_friend Absolutely, it's just that the most cases I've seen are between 200 and 300. Like mine.

100%. It's easy to do it the lazy way with the screen popping out as in a G30, but to fit it in the original space is quite a hassle

Not really 😃 BMW had an option for digital dashboards and I was lucky enough to get the car with it

Appreciate it man. Will definitely reach out when we get to the parts. Join our discord. It’s slowly growing and I try to concentrate it around bmw maintenance, tips and tricks (link in description of the video)

@@asking_for_a_friend yeah would like to join but it says invalid invite for some reason

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@@mhabjoka6618 try again, updated the link now, previous one seemed to have an expiration date

@@thecodfather923 try again, replaced the link

Check Aliexpress, look for F10 comfort access handles

@@asking_for_a_friend thanks

Hey man! Thanks for the advice, will definitely look into these. The vibration damper is relatively new (can’t say when it was replaced but it looks brand new), it was one of the first things I checked as I didn’t want to dump a 600€ on an OEM part right from the start :) oil pressure is something I didn’t know about, will check!

Meinst du mit Vibration dampers die Motorlager? Meine sind ziemlich durch, hab im leerlauf vibrationen im lenkrad. Hätte das sonst erstmal ignoriert bis ich mal wieder in hamburg bin. Welche upgrade ölpumpe ist btw deiner meinung nach zu empfehlen? Mir sind nur die von ditupa und mik bekannt, wobei ich eher zu ditupa tendieren würde. Was kannst du sonst noch empfehlen? Bin jetzt bei 174tkm und überlege mal die pleullager tauschen zu lassen, sowie steuerkette etc.

@@mono9237 Moin, erstmal vorhab ich bin auch nur ein Hobbyschrauber und hab versucht mir recht viel Wissen zu dem N57/N47 zu holen von vorallem Ditupa, H2 Motors etc. ich meine damit die Riemenscheibe / Schwingungsdämpfer. Diese wird nach langer Zeit / hoher Laufleistung porös. Das kann dazu führen das die Kurbelwelle mehr schwingt was die Chance auf einen Lagerschaden erhöht. Wenn man in den Ditupa Videos schaut empfehlen die bei so ca. 200tsd. die zu tauschen. Ich konnte die bei meinem e90 mit N47 recht leicht kontrollieren ob die schon porös ist / Risse hat. Beim N57 im F10 kann das natürlich schwerer sein die einfach zu sehen. Ich würde den Öldruck einfach mal checken lassen. Kann man leider nicht auslesen da der N57 nur einen Öldruckschalter hat und kein Sensor 🤦. Wenn der über 0.9 Bar ist im Leerlauf muss man noch nichts machen. Laut H2 braucht man keine Upgrade Ölpumpe sondern eine Orginale ist auch ausreichend. Ditupa sagt auch ist kein muss kann aber auch nicht schaden und MIK vertraue ich auf keinen Fall die haben nur Schlechte Bewertungen und machen mehr Clickbait als Infomativen Content. An sich sind die Motoren ja sehr solide gibt ja auch viele mit 400+ tsd. KM. und solange die Steuerkette nicht rasselt würde ich die auch nicht tauschen. Pleulager sind ja leider bei dem ein Glückspiel selbst wenn man nen super neue Scwingunsdämpfer hat und eine Upgrade Ölpumpe kann das immer noch passieren. Aber mindestens. 8000€ für eine präventive Motorüberholung muss man auch erstmal haben ^^. Ich würde die nicht tauschen aber da müsste man wohl mit BMW Fachwerkstätten sprechen wie H2.