New to me - E63 M6

[Nat_H]

After wanting one for a while, finally got around to getting one.

Had it just over 6 weeks, and love it.

Edited by Nat_H on Thursday 24th April 11:21

[Nat_H]

The photos are from a 1200 mile jount to North Wales. but I am down on the South Coast.
Petrol station locations added as POI on the Sat Nav.
Great car, just thinking the exhaust is not quite right, so might start looking for a better sounding replacement.

[Nat_H]

Update - Noticed a few dots of fluids on the drive, and when washing the car, there was a brownish stain in the suds. Turns out the power steering cooler was leaking, which was replaced by my local indie yesterday.

[Nat_H]

The fluid was getting low when I first noticed the dots on the drive - this was before Christmas.

Went to check on it again at the end of the year, and the fluid was almost all gone, so topped it up, and booked it in.

I was quite lucky, as a good 500ml of CHF11 had dripped out on to the under tray, but the steering was fine, and no noises.

Roll on a dry day

[Nat_H]

Swapped the air filters to BMC ones last night, the car seems a little sharper in P400 mode.

Taking it to Exmoor this weekend, so i'll see how P500 mode is.

Fingers crossed for no MAF issues.

[Nat_H]

Shaoxter said:

You don't drive in P500 mode all the time?
The power button is the first thing I press when getting into the car.

When you're down in Exmoor you should be in P500S

It was cold and damp on the way to work this morning at 06.00, so taking it easy.

[Nat_H]

longintheleg said:

Those wheels look awful on the M6 and should definitely only be seen on an M5 Touring.

As I'm such a nice person, I'll extend my helpfulness by offering to take them off your hands......

A very kind offer

Ordered black kidney / side grills too, i'll do a before after once they arrive.

Tempted to buy the Eibach lowering kit too, and there is a good DIY on fitting, but concerned I might ruin the ride - anyone else lowered theirs?

[Nat_H]

Completed my trip to Exmoor, 12 hours door to door, but well worth it.

Highlights -

8500 rpm through the tunnel north of Beaminster (A3066)

A390 west from Minehead, though Porlock to Lynmouth - just wow.

B3223 from Lynmouth to Simonsbath, and down to Dulverton.

The car was great, lots of 2nd and 3rd gear corners, which have good sight, and the slightly warmer weather really allowed me to use all of the revs, without many complaints from the tyres.

BMC filters seemed to add a little more "perkiness" to the first 2 - 3000 rpms.

(P500S for the whole trip )

[Nat_H]

Had a small spending spree yesterday:

Eibach lowering springs

These arrived too:

Black kidney grills
Black wing grills

Pictures to follow when the sun comes back

Edited by Nat_H on Friday 13th March 13:59

[Nat_H]

New Eibach springs are fitted - took around 6 hours.

Fronts are much easier, about an hour a side, the rears are much more tricky. I ended up removing the disk and caliber to give a little more room.

From the initial drive around the block, it seems a little stiffer, but not in a bad way, and the gab between the tyre and wheel arch looks so much better.

Thanks to the strong pound / euro they were only £133 delivered

Pictures to follow tomorrow.

[Nat_H]

A couple of shots from today.

[Nat_H]

longintheleg said:

Car looks great. Anything else to be done?

Schermerhorn said:

Looking SWEET.

The clutch has gone on mine. Cant move it 100 yards without an irritating bong doing my head in.

Oh dear, not good news mate. Will it be covered under warranty? Did you get any juddering when pulling away before it went?

I'm pondering spacers, but not sure if the expense if worth it. Anyone else run spacers ?

That sucks about your clutch, but atleast when its done it should be good for a while.

[Nat_H]

Slight update. Had a slight knocking noise on the front NSF wheel, so ended up taking the new springs out to check out my install.

Seems the Eibach springs fit the collar of the shock different to OEM, so if you do your own install, look for the line on the spring to match the line on the shock.

Got the removal / install down to 30 mins a side.

[Nat_H]

gazchap said:

Gah, hearing that bong noise triggers something in my head. I appear to be permanently scarred by my experiences with the first E60 I had.

It's the worst noise ever. I instantly assume my life savings will be taken from me.

The "it's below 3c" gets me every time.

[Nat_H]

New issue & fix this weekend. ABS - Driving Stability error. Brake and drive control systems failure.

After a little google-fu, looked like a common issue, so dismantled the steering column, and cleaned the steering position sensor disk, which looks to have corrected the issue. Fingers crossed.

On a side note, decided to removed the lacquer from the polished face on the wheels, and machine polish it to a mirror finish. Looks a lot better.

Pics to follow.

[Nat_H]

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