Scottish Borders
My god…is it a re-cover of the same colour or a new colour ?..what’s the colour?
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What have you done to your E89 today
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Sometimes it seems its best and accept that BMW didn't do a bad job..in this case..car mats!
The original BMW car mats were a little worn and I felt that if I bought 'premium' car mats from one of the big suppliers that would be fine.
Two sets later from two suppliers and I'm not happy!
In both cases the mats slip around on the underlying carpet AND started to curl up at the edges.
So I've thrown in the towel and bought pukka BMW car mats..
These are without the 35is logo, since my 35is is bereft of all its 35is specific parts!
They have nice velcro patches on the reverse which mate up with plastic clips that are positively located into mounts set in the main carpet.
Not very exciting..but its the little things that can get really annoying!
First world problems..
The original BMW car mats were a little worn and I felt that if I bought 'premium' car mats from one of the big suppliers that would be fine.
Two sets later from two suppliers and I'm not happy!
In both cases the mats slip around on the underlying carpet AND started to curl up at the edges.
So I've thrown in the towel and bought pukka BMW car mats..
These are without the 35is logo, since my 35is is bereft of all its 35is specific parts!
They have nice velcro patches on the reverse which mate up with plastic clips that are positively located into mounts set in the main carpet.
Not very exciting..but its the little things that can get really annoying!
First world problems..
Ah…Yes re-cover of original, it was in terrible shape... Valencia Orange
Porthcawl
Perils of living and driving in the countryside on unmade roads..and just using it rather than cleaning it!
South Lanarkshire
Another one of those on my ‘not to be done’ list!
But..interesting strategy ref painting..
Ware, East Hertfordshire
£80 ish from Vertu via eBay !
That’s a no from me on both counts…but..we are a broad church up in Scotland..Well, it's a good job I'm not trying to impress you, Peter
Done them in the shrink wrap for ease of removal if i didn't like it.
Should I fit the stubby, too?
Quite why someone wants to highlight a minor structural member is beyond me…
Took the unique event of sunshine in 2026 to take the Yellow Peril for a follow up shakedown..
I did have a fault with the HVAC with permanent hot air on the windscreen and a no fix on the idrive unit..plus a minor yellow warning sign on the id4 motion digital cluster…
I repaired the plastic gps connector with epoxy and re sat the smaller of the hvac multi pole connectors…
So out today…
Really enjoyable…the hvac behaved nicely with warm air now blown over my hands as well as my feet..
Idrive map came alive..moved from Warsaw to Jedburgh!
Really pleased with the suspension rework..the much stiffer springs (80nm/96nm vs 60nm/70nm) suits the E89..sure a little jiggly at low speed over some stipple bumps but oh so much better at speed.
Steering felt very stable with great feel, not sure if a bit more camber is required for really serious bend swinging…will look at the at next winter.
Being cold +2c, salty and damp wasn’t the best conditions to unleash 550bhp through summer tyres so didn’t push it really hard.
Got a line 5 error fault on the electronic parking brake hence the yellow warning on the idrive / digital cluster..won’t clear do will check the connector ..most likely fault..system still works..
The brakes are really good, great feel, very progressive, easy to modulate…the two stage pressure bleed using ISTA made a big improvement…thought the master cylinder may not be up to the task with so much extra piston area on the front and rear BBKs , but not so.
Really looking forward to some serious hooning on the NC500 in March!🏎
I did have a fault with the HVAC with permanent hot air on the windscreen and a no fix on the idrive unit..plus a minor yellow warning sign on the id4 motion digital cluster…
I repaired the plastic gps connector with epoxy and re sat the smaller of the hvac multi pole connectors…
So out today…
Really enjoyable…the hvac behaved nicely with warm air now blown over my hands as well as my feet..
Idrive map came alive..moved from Warsaw to Jedburgh!
Really pleased with the suspension rework..the much stiffer springs (80nm/96nm vs 60nm/70nm) suits the E89..sure a little jiggly at low speed over some stipple bumps but oh so much better at speed.
Steering felt very stable with great feel, not sure if a bit more camber is required for really serious bend swinging…will look at the at next winter.
Being cold +2c, salty and damp wasn’t the best conditions to unleash 550bhp through summer tyres so didn’t push it really hard.
Got a line 5 error fault on the electronic parking brake hence the yellow warning on the idrive / digital cluster..won’t clear do will check the connector ..most likely fault..system still works..
The brakes are really good, great feel, very progressive, easy to modulate…the two stage pressure bleed using ISTA made a big improvement…thought the master cylinder may not be up to the task with so much extra piston area on the front and rear BBKs , but not so.
Really looking forward to some serious hooning on the NC500 in March!🏎
Not yet…part of the reason to change the ride height was to give more room to accommodate significantly taller tyres..
finally got around to claim my holiday gift from the wife and get my new coilovers installed, got the initial alignment but will be back for another after they brake in.
Didnt wanna go much lower than stock but i guess there is a minimum. Overall looks great. Might need to mess with the dampening a bit but i like the tighter feel. Nose doesnt lift like it used to on WOT. Also just hit 20k miles!
Didnt wanna go much lower than stock but i guess there is a minimum. Overall looks great. Might need to mess with the dampening a bit but i like the tighter feel. Nose doesnt lift like it used to on WOT. Also just hit 20k miles!
