850 CSi - first steps

[Markgenesis]

Adrian E said:

What's the story behind the car in terms of where/how you found it and why it'd been left to stand for so long?

Was wondering this myself ?, it would been a very valuable car in 2002, too valuable for most mortals to leave to park up an leave sitting outside for years.

Also fully agree on the tyres, meant to say O/P i'd keep the original wheels on it, as much as i like M-Parallels (the style you meant) i think it should stay on the original split rims.

[E31Shrew]

Good luck with the refurb. I've just sold my 'eco' 840 Sport and miss it like mad.

Stunning cars and surely will start appreciating soon. When and if you get the wheels refurbed , don't accept painted rims! Or try and source a set that have been restored already and use those that you have for winter. I preferred the look of the Alpina 18 as I felt it filled the arches slightly better. Heres a pic of the old girl!

[E30M3SE]

Watching this thread with interest.

[NiceCupOfTea]

E31Shrew said:

Good luck with the refurb. I've just sold my 'eco' 840 Sport and miss it like mad.

Stunning cars and surely will start appreciating soon. When and if you get the wheels refurbed , don't accept painted rims! Or try and source a set that have been restored already and use those that you have for winter. I preferred the look of the Alpina 18 as I felt it filled the arches slightly better. Heres a pic of the old girl!

Not usually a fan of alpina wheels but that looks great. how much would you be looking at for a reasonable 840?

Edited by NiceCupOfTea on Saturday 25th January 08:20

[E31Shrew]

I sold mine for just less than £6k in October 13. Had approx 112k miles on the clock...Expect anywhere between £7k upwards for anything with less than 100k miles....

[niki0712]

Right, night before the storm!

most stuff has arrived...




all filters etc



yet to arrive:

12 spark plugs
2 batteries
front and rear brake pads
...and the car

[Markgenesis]

Exciting stuff, I'm on the edge of my friggin seat here

One tip in case you dont know, use a block of wood on the cup of the trolley jack, those metal cups can easily damage sills and chassis rails if used bare, especially on a two ton car.

[selym]

This is going to be epic, I'm not the biggest BMW fan but the 8 Series is a beast.....V12 mmmmmmm.

[8Tech]

Expect some attention once it's all done.



and if you do pull the intakes, then give it a good clean during reassembly

Edited by 8Tech on Saturday 25th January 13:44

[g3org3y]

Super thread!

Best of luck with this, watching with interest.

Am I right in thinking the 850CSi had a 4 wheel steer system?

[Talkwrench]

Yes. Active hydraulic rear wheel steering, or AHK as BMW call it. Very effective and very unobtrusive. It gives the car a much more agile feel - almost like it's shed a few hundred pounds.

[8Tech]

g3org3y said:

Super thread!

Best of luck with this, watching with interest.

Am I right in thinking the 850CSi had a 4 wheel steer system?

Yes, but only on the Euro spec cars. We also got floating calipers, MTech mirrors and a diff oil cooler as standard too whereas the US cars didn't.

[NeilyWheelie]

Brilliant Thread - cant wait for the updates.

Good luck, and remember to take a recording/video when you first try firing it up...

Neil.

[P924]

Where are the updates? Did you pick it up? Is it in your garage now.

Please.. I'm dieing to know!

[P924]

Where are the updates? Did you pick it up? Is it in your garage now.

Please.. I'm dieing to know!

[bmthnick1981]

Wow! What a find! Great thread.

Markgenesis said:

Adrian E said:

What's the story behind the car in terms of where/how you found it and why it'd been left to stand for so long?

Was wondering this myself ?, it would been a very valuable car in 2002, too valuable for most mortals to leave to park up an leave sitting outside for years.

Me three! Would love to know the story behind the car...

[NiceCupOfTea]

Anybody else been looking at the 5-6k 840s in the classifieds? What could possibly go wrong?

[pits]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Anybody else been looking at the 5-6k 840s in the classifieds? What could possibly go wrong?

Nothing if you buy properly, the falacy that a cheap 8er is going yo be problematic needs to stop.

Paid £4k for mine, never skipped a beat.

[VinceFox]

Love these, didn't realise they did a manual 850 csi.

Moar pics please!

[ady702]

Love it!

Also if you want your wheels to look stunning again speak to Dips at Custom Cars, his work speaks for itself

http://bmwowner.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=88&t...

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Edited by ady702 on Sunday 26th January 14:45