What have you done to your BMW today?

[Court_S]

d_a_n1979 said:

Bin em Sam; they're only going to cause problems later down the line

I normally hate them with a passion, but it annoys me less than the weirdly dark pain under the i.

[d_a_n1979]

Drove it!

First time since before 10th May...

Feels good to be out & about again!

Needs a bloody clean; never seen it so dusty and all the seals need cleaning too as the wife's been driving it with the windows down

[bodhi]

Must admit I think I prefer them with the model badge on them - on the condition it's a BMW with a proper engine. I can see why people take 318d badges off

Although I suspect Dan was referring to the locking wheel nuts

[cerb4.5lee]

bodhi said:

Must admit I think I prefer them with the model badge on them - on the condition it's a BMW with a proper engine. I can see why people take 318d badges off

I've always liked to keep the model badges on as well. However I was pleased that the previous owner took the badge off the E61 520d though...the only problem was that I was still left with the poxy single exhaust tailpipe. So everyone knew that I'd still got the poverty engined model anyway!

Even the 520d gets twin exit exhausts now though(one each side), so you could debadge those to keep people guessing now to be fair.

[meddler]

Model badge off if it’s had substantial mods (incl ECU remap) imho

Locking wheel nuts are an unnecessary PITA. The guys at McNealy Brown could barely get my wheels off earlier this week so I’m binning them (if I can now get the bloody things off myself!!)

[d_a_n1979]

Court_S said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Bin em Sam; they're only going to cause problems later down the line

I normally hate them with a passion, but it annoys me less than the weirdly dark pain under the i.

The locking wheel nuts pal; not the badges

[sortedcossie]

There are two by us with 3??? as stickers in place of badges

I'm sure the one is a 335i that's been tuned, the other i'm not sure sure.

[JakeT]

New viscous fan coupling for my E36 320i. Being a Non-AC model it has just a belt driven fan, and it wasn’t making the usual roar that they do upon startup. Seeing as summer is just about here (supposedly), and ‘show season too’, I Purchased a new Sachs one from C3, and nipped the fan out.

Yep… that’s pretty nasty. That black goo should be inside, and make the fan clutch in when warm.


New unit for comparison…


Fan bolted back up and ready to go in…


I did this between work bits, Fan and shroud refitted, and took it for a test drive. Fan works correctly as it should. These cars sound like a bus on a cold start, and it does again. Then the fan quiets down after 30 seconds or so.

[RichardM5]

Replaced the radiator. A slow leak had started getting rapidly worse, the rad has obviously seen better days.

[Glasgowrob]

Had it out earning its keep rather than accumulating garage bills for once

[McGee_22]

Took the Alpina B12 out to local car meet first thing this morning.

[bodhi]

In good news, the 125i passed a fairly significant birthday in mileage terms:



In not so good news, it was let down by it's owner who misjudged a gap in horrendous Manchester traffic and managed to give it's left rear wheel some "patina".



fk st tbh. In my defence, it had been after nearly two hours trying to navigate my way to the Etihad to pick the wife up after a gig, around the same time a certain football team based there won something significant, so the city was absolute carnage. Turned into a 4 and a half hour round trip and muggins here managed to damage his wheel on pretty much the last bit of traffic. FFS etc etc.

[stevemcs]

Started to search Autotrader with more enthusiasm for a F31

[d_a_n1979]

Drove it, few errands to do and both sets of folks to see and back a few hours back; so managed to get both the F31 and Racing Jazz washed and Polar Sealed

Just started to thunder here again, so it'll probably lash it down soon enough

[d_a_n1979]

stevemcs said:

Started to search Autotrader with more enthusiasm for a F31

What spec are you after Steve?

Budget & location?

[stevemcs]

Needs to have heated seats, xenson's and sports seats, - why anyone would spec one without xenons or LED is beyond me. Other than that preference for petrol, but don't mind if its a 320d, 320i, 330d, 328i, possible preference to X drive, smaller wheels and Red or Oyster interior. Pan roof would be nice.

budget Anything around 15k, mileage upto 100k miles

It will get to tow a wobble box, although a 435i GC with roof box appeals ...

Cambs/Lincs but don't traveling up north or across to NI.

[d_a_n1979]

stevemcs said:

Needs to have heated seats, xenson's and sports seats, - why anyone would spec one without xenons or LED is beyond me. Other than that preference for petrol, but don't mind if its a 320d, 320i, 330d, 328i, possible preference to X drive, smaller wheels and Red or Oyster interior. Pan roof would be nice.

budget Anything around 15k, mileage upto 100k miles

It will get to tow a wobble box, although a 435i GC with roof box appeals ...

Cambs/Lincs but don't traveling up north or across to NI.

It was SCS, Simonstone that we sourced our 325D M Sport FYI

Adam there is very good and superb to deal with; we had turbo issues with ours but he got the car back to them and fixed within 2 weeks (full warranted rebuild of the turbos etc); we've no complaints whatsoever

https://www.signaturecarspecialists.co.uk/stock/us...

[stevemcs]

I used to work for a dealer who sold very similar stock ... and it brings back memories :lol:

[Court_S]

Wasted m 335i this morning before it got too hot. It was absolutely covered in dust, pollen and tree sap despite me avoiding parking under trees. Looked week until it recover a fresh load of dust.

The I did some more jobs on the 330i and it was very hot and sweaty!



I replaced the front discs which were squealing a bit and they looked like they’d been found in a canal.



Shiny new discs and ATE ceramic pads.



Whilst I was there, I changed the drop links. These were original by the looks of it and absolutely shagged. Popped a pair of Lemforder jobbies on.

I had a better look under the car today and it’s certainly the leakiest N52 of the four that I’ve owned to date. I think the sump pan gasket is leaking, but with so much ste caked under there it’s hard to tell. I did my best to clean it up. Will have another crack at it in due course.

I was a it grubby by the time I’d finished.



I was going to wash it as well, but then the storm arrived so that’s a job for tomorrow at some point.

The wheels are booked I for a refurb next week. I’m getting some loan wheels whilst they’re being done.

I need to paint the callipers at some point too and get the front bumper painted next month. I might get the back one done too, depending on the quote.

[robbiekhan]

Cleaned out my headlamp crevices.

Before / After:




Also this highlighted that even though the lenses look clear, they are not and are littered with micro craters from stones and dust from over the years. I last replaced the lenses in 2016: