I have picked up a 2012 x5 500 with 199 miles and have been reading about at the 1st service dealer removes the rev limiter? i guess in comp, i doubt this has ever had a service at its age and miles, can someone one tell me if this old of a model has this in the comp

ugh , no tool bag, im gonna go kick rocks in the driveway now

2012 x5 500 lwb so what is the magical special tool i need to change it? removed left side panel and wobble socket extention cussing blaming engineers for not making an easy access panel and what i would have done blah blah blah. so now i am rested do i need to lift fuel tank? there is just no easy way to hit it, odd angle and the fender plastics, feel better just complaining

Many thanks, this gives me a direction to start studying

i have a 2012 x5 500 without power steering, is it possible to add power steering?

Finally got shocks on, put 1 1/2 spacers in, tires on and way happier, still has some flex in coils and no squat  some lift in front but i can live with it, gonna live with the crack in swaybar just keep an eye on it. put some white fingernail polish on both end of crack to see if it changes

yeah but you would think they would have some info on parts, i can find lots of pics of these shocks when i google the part num but no real info im afraid it could turn out to be chineesium but they do have a cfmoto part num on package, in the process of all this i found that the right side of the rear sway bar has an almost 3/4 in crack longways where it tapers to meet the link, we dont really trail ride most all in town heel my ride is a 2012 and we just turned 200 miles

Alpha sports said they have no idea on info of shocks

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big difference

I have been sending emails to alpha sports and no response from them on info in the difference between the shocks, they have the same part num but appears to be thicker coils and less wraps. it has adjustable collar rings with a threaded body so i guess thats for adj preload. google hasnt yielded any serious info about the shocks only pictures  i pulled the trigger on a pair from ebay and i am debating putting on apipe spacer to get the preload up more. the squat is rubbing my tires, i just flipped my rear hubs and put 1 in spacers on with a set of kanati mongrels on, may take the spacers off

Does anyone know the difference in the red coil shocks as compared to the black coils, like spring rate

Oh boy i am looking to find a heavier pair of rear shocks, i have 500 lbs of humans and im getting too much squat. There isnt much space between the coils as it is, so i am considering doing a pipe spacer. Any suggestions?

already have a manual, i finally just tapped into the factory 6 pin plug so as not to damage wiring

is this normal, my center brake light cover has a clear panel on the bottom i assume to light up a number plate but it only lights when you hit the brake  but nothing with the lights on even tho it has a dual element bulb