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[W00DY]

Nice 530i!

On the subject of E39s, this looks like it could be nice.


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-BMW-540I-AUTO-SILVE...

[r129sl]

mr TICKHILL said:

0a said:

Over budget, but what an interesting colour. Could I get away with gold? Probably not. A brave choice to order new! http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I like that colour can't be many about in that

It is 702 smoke silver, isn't it? Common as muck.

[Stegel]

r129sl said:

It is 702 smoke silver, isn't it? Common as muck.

I initially thought so, and if anyone should know it's you, but I don't think it is - in some shots the bonnet catches the light in a way that looks like SS, but the rest of the car, and the bonnet in other shots, appears too yellow / warm (even golden!).
ETA - and other cars in the background, in silver, suggest the lighting is not producing the golden effect.

[r129sl]

Stegel said:

r129sl said:

It is 702 smoke silver, isn't it? Common as muck.

I initially thought so, and if anyone should know it's you, but I don't think it is - in some shots the bonnet catches the light in a way that looks like SS, but the rest of the car, and the bonnet in other shots, appears too yellow / warm (even golden!).

I thought it was 172 anthracite at first, made to look light and gold by the lighting. But the hardtop must be SS.

[defblade]

Patrick Bateman said:

Sensors can be bought on ebay for far cheaper than what a dealer charges. Requiring painted ones might be more of a faff, mind.

It's already got one unpainted in the rear bumper. I know you don't have to pay BM price (I think Landie ones fit E46s at least), but it's going to be a loooong time before I'm bothered enough to try and fix them. I never did on my E46...

[0a]

r129sl said:

Stegel said:

r129sl said:

It is 702 smoke silver, isn't it? Common as muck.

I initially thought so, and if anyone should know it's you, but I don't think it is - in some shots the bonnet catches the light in a way that looks like SS, but the rest of the car, and the bonnet in other shots, appears too yellow / warm (even golden!).

I thought it was 172 anthracite at first, made to look light and gold by the lighting. But the hardtop must be SS.

It's funny when I posted it I was on my iPad and it definitely looked really gold. It looks a little less so on a PC screen, but still very yellow. Smoke silver has always looked like silver with a lovely dash of light brown to me, this looks more yellow. Very strange!

So we can be sure, can you buy it and park it next to your W124?

[mr TICKHILL]

0a said:

r129sl said:

Stegel said:

r129sl said:

It is 702 smoke silver, isn't it? Common as muck.

I initially thought so, and if anyone should know it's you, but I don't think it is - in some shots the bonnet catches the light in a way that looks like SS, but the rest of the car, and the bonnet in other shots, appears too yellow / warm (even golden!).

I thought it was 172 anthracite at first, made to look light and gold by the lighting. But the hardtop must be SS.

It's funny when I posted it I was on my iPad and it definitely looked really gold. It looks a little less so on a PC screen, but still very yellow. Smoke silver has always looked like silver with a lovely dash of light brown to me, this looks more yellow. Very strange!
pity if its silver I liked the gold made a change
So we can be sure, can you buy it and park it next to your W124?

[mr TICKHILL]

mr TICKHILL said:

0a said:

r129sl said:

Stegel said:

r129sl said:

It is 702 smoke silver, isn't it? Common as muck.

I initially thought so, and if anyone should know it's you, but I don't think it is - in some shots the bonnet catches the light in a way that looks like SS, but the rest of the car, and the bonnet in other shots, appears too yellow / warm (even golden!).

I thought it was 172 anthracite at first, made to look light and gold by the lighting. But the hardtop must be SS.

It's funny when I posted it I was on my iPad and it definitely looked really gold. It looks a little less so on a PC screen, but still very yellow. Smoke silver has always looked like silver with a lovely dash of light brown to me, this looks more yellow. Very strange!
pity if its silver I liked the gold made a change
So we can be sure, can you buy it and park it next to your W124?

pity if its silver gold would have made a change

[bmthnick1981]

Mora E38 750 with a lovely interior........ and a leaky head gasket..;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bmw-750-il-individual-to...

[louiebaby]

Oak Green said:

Love the 280.

This 540i looks decent

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

That it does, (thought someone should compliment you on the find.) The leather could do with a clean, but otherwise, very nice.

O/T, I nearly bought a house boat in the Harts boatyard just upstream from Kingston, nice part of the world.

[BGarside]

0a said:

Over budget, but what an interesting colour. Could I get away with gold? Probably not. A brave choice to order new! http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

How come no contrasting Sacco panels? I thought these early R129s were two-tone??

[halo34]

louiebaby said:

Oak Green said:

Love the 280.

This 540i looks decent

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

That it does, (thought someone should compliment you on the find.) The leather could do with a clean, but otherwise, very nice.

O/T, I nearly bought a house boat in the Harts boatyard just upstream from Kingston, nice part of the world.

Only 130 odd miles from me - must resist....

[cat220]

It's not all glamour in r129 land have water dripping into the boot! Put some vaseline along the underside of the seal however still getting a slight drip in the boot. Not a lot considering the rain we've had but still need to get it stopped. I can't see any drain holes around the boot, am I missing them? I'm thinking I need a new seal around the boot, thoughts from the 129 beards would be appreciated.

Cheers,
C

[SpeckledJim]

Give it all a dusting with talcum powder to work out where it's getting in.

[tobinen]

SpeckledJim said:

Give it all a dusting with talcum powder to work out where it's getting in.

I have a boot leak in my 210 and I hadn't thought of that; I'll give it a go

[jke11y]

cat220 said:

It's not all glamour in r129 land have water dripping into the boot! Put some vaseline along the underside of the seal however still getting a slight drip in the boot. Not a lot considering the rain we've had but still need to get it stopped. I can't see any drain holes around the boot, am I missing them? I'm thinking I need a new seal around the boot, thoughts from the 129 beards would be appreciated.

Cheers,
C

Have a look around the petrol filler / round the neck; i've read of leaks from there before. Also around the lights and where they are bolted up. I would be surprised if it was the seal as its quite a deep "channel".

[4941cc]

bmthnick1981 said:

Mora E38 750 with a lovely interior........ and a leaky head gasket..;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bmw-750-il-individual-to...

Leaky headgasket and ABS light on. Bugger that.

Shame, otherwise potentially lovely. SWB would make it close to perfect (and unborked).

[cat220]

jke11y said:

cat220 said:

It's not all glamour in r129 land have water dripping into the boot! Put some vaseline along the underside of the seal however still getting a slight drip in the boot. Not a lot considering the rain we've had but still need to get it stopped. I can't see any drain holes around the boot, am I missing them? I'm thinking I need a new seal around the boot, thoughts from the 129 beards would be appreciated.

Cheers,
C

Have a look around the petrol filler / round the neck; i've read of leaks from there before. Also around the lights and where they are bolted up. I would be surprised if it was the seal as its quite a deep "channel".

I can actually see it dripping from the drivers side of the boot. The cars been parked facing down hill so I could see how the water could build up if there are no drain holes in the channel itself. The talc is a great tip, I've used than in the past to determine the source of leaks.

[W00DY]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/m...

Greytastic CLK, but a stonking amount of car for the money.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I've never really come to terms with the slightly overweight look of the CLK.