Recent content by BeardyJon

Not able to help with whether the drive shafts are the same on both sides or not, but just had mine replaced for the same issue. Shafts had corroded and wore the ABS sensor down and caused it to fail. OEM Drive shafts took 6 months to be delivered as they were on back-order from BMW. If you find...

For those of us not on Facebook, or remotely interested in ever joining, can you share recommendations here pls?

They are gonna be a PAIN to clean. But look good!

Did a standard wash at the petrol station wash bay (since I live in an apartment and don’t have a driveway to do it properly). Used Meguires Alloy Wheel cleaner on the wheels. Dried them then sprayed them down with Meguires Hybrid Ceramic spray (no rinse, just wipe off - gives a more robust...

Spent a long time yesterday detailing, cleaning, claying, and waxing the car up yesterday and got it shined up nicely.

I don't think I'd find that screen on RealOEM... :poke: We all know about RealOEM at this point. I'm referring more to the more interesting aftermarket stuff people are doing to their cars but sharing nowt more than a few pics of it.

Feel free to share WHERE you're getting all these parts and trinkets, lads. (Links etc.)

It's a nice car, but you can't honestly expect that kind of premium just for the colour of the car. It's not something people care to pay that much extra for. Rarity of colour isn't that valuable. A 2011 23i with 75k is at most a £8-9k car in my view. Go back to Autotrader and take the average...

I traded up from an E85 because the E85 was too small for me. I wanted more room and comfort. I think the E89 is better looking too.

Any ideas on how to force the reset to work? Is it just a case of leaving the warning until it goes red and then giving it a go? Seems a bit stupid to not be able to reset the brake service indicator when you have actually replaced them, and to have to wait until the car's counter goes low...

Well, I'm sad to say it didn't hold up for long. I think that could be due to the curing time for the Epoxy and not letting it cure for long enough. It pretty soon broke off again. I suspect it might have survived longer if I'd given it 24 hours. The next solution was to get adhesive magnets...

£14k for a 2011 23i with no iDrive. He's bonkers.

What it says on the tin. I'm fed up of being scalped by the stealers. £170+VAT per hour to investigate an issue that somehow magically only started after they did some work to my car. They're claiming it's nothing to do with that, but can charge me for the privilege of finding a new problem...

I have no problem with my polarised glasses, but then I've also been told by BMW that my windscreen isn't OEM...

Sounds like you're talking about the exhaust burbles? I think that's pretty normal.