A pair of black kidney grilles arrived during the week as a result of an eBay transaction, so today I chose to clean the car and fit them. I’m not really a fan of large lumps of chrome on the front of an otherwise discreet vehicle, and as such the tractor has sported black kidney […] Read more »
I’d set today aside to give the 330d some much wanted love, and I was required to help Robin perform a quick gearbox swap in his 325i, so the M5 has only a short tale to tell. This morning I pushed it out of the garage so I could retrieve some 330d tyres. Utterly filthy […] Read more »
This weekend saw a little bit of a road trip, and in a successful attempt to empty my wallet I chose to take the M5. On Thursday evening I drove to Monmouth to collect a pal. On Friday morning we drove to Bath for an eye test, then to Newquay for a stag weekend. On […] Read more »
One of my colleagues spotted a brand new BMW E39 M5 rear right brake disc on eBay for ยฃ80 delivered last week, so I bought it – partially because I’ll need it (when I get a left one to match), but also for the comedy value of having a single giant brake disc delivered to […] Read more »
Okay, I’m officially sat here all very pleased today. This all started when I plugged the Carsoft diagnostics in since last nights outing and noted that the DME fault code 92 had not returned – all was clean. There were three other warnings: airbag, instrument cluster and EWS. The EWS and airbag warnings both referred […] Read more »
Today began brightly, and I prepared to change the oil filter and install the liquid gold TWS 10W60. This was a simple operation, the only hiccup being my selection of an oil catch tub that had a hole in it. Upon restarting the car, as expected, the Vanos was quiet, then very loud for about […] Read more »
Following the hilarious tail-lift and adaptor collection, the facelift was almost a smooth operation. It all looked so simple to begin… I knew which tools to use, which bolts to remove etc, and it wasn’t long before the lights were swapped over on the passenger side. Then I had to connect them up. The motor, […] Read more »
It struck me when last night’s curry woke me up early this morning that, as a result, I may have time to nip to the 528i before work and retrieve those adaptors. I was right! Hopefully this means I can get the front lights in tonight…
Olly & I have had a play with the new lights I collected today with varying results. We started with the tail lights, which rumour had it are significantly harder to fit than the head lamps. Here’s Olly modelling one of the new units: We immediately tore out a lamp to check the connections – […] Read more »
I was up at stupid o clock today to run some car related errands, the most relevant of which was to raid an E39 528i belonging to my friend James. His 528i requires a new engine, and is then likely to be donated to a friend in Spain, and as such James volunteered its facelift […] Read more »