DSC unit ?

[chris g]

Hi - can anyone tell me where in my car the DSC unit is ?

 

[Bing]

Down between the engine and the brake fluid reservoir, back of the engine bay on the drivers side - square box IIRC with thin metal pipes going into it. Says 'DSC' on the top

 

[chris g]

thank you - and good morning to you !

 

[krusty]

... suspect he is going to do evil things to it ... :?

 

[Bing]

I was wondering, but thought it rude to ask

 

[chris g]

nah - although it does make me think about bashing it with a hammer (the dsc - not the car)

mine has the dashboard lights on to say its broken, my local garage says it cant be fixed, I got another one from on here (it turns out to be the wrong one) the garage has since given me the correct model number im looking for , I cant find one anywhere - they are £1600 at BMW ....

when the garage had the car on friday - the power steering, brakes and speedo are no longer working properly

oh and the new roof motor fitted last week - sounds like its a million years old and the garage is now saying it may need another new one ...(?)

so i wanted to have a look at it in situ - i have an auto electrician coming to look at the dsc some time next

 

[Bing]

Feck, that is a pile of bad luck happenings

Really hope you find a way to get it all sorted...

Mine is in for a potential new rear hub this week - no idea what that will cost, but I am frightened

 

[chris g]

thanks - hopefully it wont be too much

which eibach springs did you buy - how much did they lower the car and do they rub ?

 

[Bing]

The pro kit (black) - though I got them second hand. I had the M Sport suspension already (15mm lower than standard) and the Eibachs Dropped the car another 15mm or so. Maybe a bit more - didn't measure before and after :roll:

 

[chris g]

do they rub at all ?

 

[Bing]

On the front - passenger side not much, drivers side has gradually worn through the edge of the arch liner. I just gaffer-tape it up every two weeks and it doesn't get worse

I have 15mm spacers on ; suspect if I only had 10mm (or none) I wouldn't get any rubbing. Some have solved it by putting the arch liner behind the bumper instead of in front of it.

 

[chris g]

hmmm - thanks - i want lowered - spaced out a touch and no rubbing - just everything ....

 

[Bing]

Some, if not most people, have no issues at all. I have a theory that the wing on mine has been damaged at some point and when it was re-shaped it was completed a few mm out of whack which is why the drivers side rubbing is so much worse than the passenger side. My brother reckons I am just a fat b*stard... Though he has a slightly less scathing theory that people take left hand corners harder than right, and so the suspension takes more of a beating on the drivers side.

I am probably just unlucky though, and the springs were used when I got them anyway. Give it a go