What have you done to your car today?

Big Andra said:
True-Blue said:
Bought it :thumbsup:

Not sure why the roof looks like it does in the photo as it doesn’t look marked in reality, anyway.....

Welcome home :D

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That looks like a nice zed you bagged yourself there 👌🏻
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Cheers :thumbsup:

It’s very clean for a 15 year old car, very pleased with it I have to say.

The previous owner contacted me through the forum as a result of my wanted add, delighted that he did :D
 
Wheel alignment done today, my trusted wheel aligner said it was all perfect even after new bushes so o didn’t have I pay a penny. Result
 
Took the front bumper off (much easier than expected) and took the headlights out due to one of the ballasts being shot. The amount of water that poured out of my passenger-side light was astounding - at least half a pint! The connector for the ballast was soaking also so disconnected that and unscrewed the lid to the ballast - no wonder it wasn't working, it was full of water too :rofl: Drivers' side was completely dry but I took it off to make sure. So now my headlights are sitting in the kitchen drying out, waiting for a new ballast to arrive.

Whilst the lights were out I took the opportunity to unscrew the xenon projector housing and take it out to inspect. Just like similar posts on here, my lenses were caked in dust/muck, especially on the passenger side with all that water. They now look as good as new; hopefully there will be a difference in light performance once everything goes back together.
 
I fitted a DISA valve repair kit a few days ago but was unhappy that I could not get the valve to swing freely, even with backing of the screw a great deal. I ran the car and it seemed not quite as it should be. So I bought a new unit from BMW and fitted it today. I went for a 15 mile drive with the roof down at 7.5 C. It goes great now :D
 
Funnily enough I've just acquired an 06 3 litre (66,000 miles) and checked the DISA fully expecting it to be a bit fed up. Turns out, its
working fine, springs back nicely and no wear on the spindle so well pleased with that. I've removed the Japanese ETC card reader
without any problem and solved the dead cigarette lighter by cleaning the centre contact at the bottom of the lighter socket so SatNav now working fine. Then I checked the roof drains and they are all clear. Good productive afternoon. :driving:
 
Sludgepump said:
Funnily enough I've just acquired an 06 3 litre (66,000 miles) and checked the DISA fully expecting it to be a bit fed up. Turns out, its
working fine, springs back nicely and no wear on the spindle so well pleased with that. I've removed the Japanese ETC card reader
without any problem and solved the dead cigarette lighter by cleaning the centre contact at the bottom of the lighter socket so SatNav now working fine. Then I checked the roof drains and they are all clear. Good productive afternoon. :driving:
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How did you check the drains? Sometimes they can be clear at the bottom but blocked at the top :o
Rob
 
Today... I had a lambda sensor and s couple of gaskets changed !
 

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Sludgepump said:
Funnily enough I've just acquired an 06 3 litre (66,000 miles) and checked the DISA fully expecting it to be a bit fed up. Turns out, its
working fine, springs back nicely and no wear on the spindle so well pleased with that. I've removed the Japanese ETC card reader
without any problem and solved the dead cigarette lighter by cleaning the centre contact at the bottom of the lighter socket so SatNav now working fine. Then I checked the roof drains and they are all clear. Good productive afternoon. :driving:
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Where was your ETC card reader? Mine's built into the rear view mirror so I can't do anything about it. It only pops up with a quick warning on the RVM that the card is missing then disappears so not really a worry for me. My son's E92 has a warning on the iDrive that wants acknowledging (or it times out after a while as well, I think).Wonder if I can code out his iDrive warning? Couldn't see anything in Carly, but I could try NCS I suppose.
 
Cars milsage is around 88,000

Doing them now as it is now SORNED for winter

Looks like I will be adding a lot of other bits to the list. Due to the ball joints resisting removal they will all need replacement (rubber covers damaged.) including the track rod ends. So all the front suspension bushes and ball joint and ARB bushes will be changed while it is in bits

Engine mounts perishing (starting to perish)

Cross member paint or powder coat, light rust in the exposed places

Oil pump as recommended my Mr Vanos
 
enzed4 said:
Sludgepump said:
Funnily enough I've just acquired an 06 3 litre (66,000 miles) and checked the DISA fully expecting it to be a bit fed up. Turns out, its
working fine, springs back nicely and no wear on the spindle so well pleased with that. I've removed the Japanese ETC card reader
without any problem and solved the dead cigarette lighter by cleaning the centre contact at the bottom of the lighter socket so SatNav now working fine. Then I checked the roof drains and they are all clear. Good productive afternoon. :driving:
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Where was your ETC card reader? Mine's built into the rear view mirror so I can't do anything about it. It only pops up with a quick warning on the RVM that the card is missing then disappears so not really a worry for me. My son's E92 has a warning on the iDrive that wants acknowledging (or it times out after a while as well, I think).Wonder if I can code out his iDrive warning? Couldn't see anything in Carly, but I could try NCS I suppose.
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My ETC reader was an aftermarket one and simply needed to be disconnected and removed. It was glued to a panel under the steering wheel so a quick wipe over with cellulose thinners and it's gone. The wiring harness for it was tucked away out of sight. If it's built-in I guess it's more difficult
 
PDJ said:
Cars milsage is around 88,000

Doing them now as it is now SORNED for winter

Looks like I will be adding a lot of other bits to the list. Due to the ball joints resisting removal they will all need replacement (rubber covers damaged.) including the track rod ends. So all the front suspension bushes and ball joint and ARB bushes will be changed while it is in bits

Engine mounts perishing (starting to perish)

Cross member paint or powder coat, light rust in the exposed places

Oil pump as recommended my Mr Vanos
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Great work. Those bearings look alright for 90k too - only a tiny bit of copper visible.

I’d love to sort the surface rust on the front crossmember - it looks horrible when you hang shiny new bits off it! The only concern would be that it’s a box section with quite complicated internal shapes around the welded mounting points. Are you getting it internally coated or treated too? Might be worth seeing how the likes of Redish etc do it as I’d imagine this is routine for them.

I can recommend Vibra-Technics mounts if you’re going to replace yours. :thumbsup:
 
My Alcantara project is well under way. Re fitted the headlight switch trim today and fitted a DAB antenna.
the long passenger side dash piece is almost ready to go back in but will have to wait until next weekend now :roll:

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Gave it a good clean and polish having covered a good few miles during the last week on wet and quite dirty roads. That was before any winter salt went down. I’ll not be taking it out on damp roads again this side of spring now that gritting has begun. It’s all clean and shiny again now and tucked up in the garage hooked up to the solar Optimate.
 
That looks great, have you done the dash yet?

Silverzedtom said:
My Alcantara project is well under way. Re fitted the headlight switch trim today and fitted a DAB antenna.
the long passenger side dash piece is almost ready to go back in but will have to wait until next weekend now :roll:

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