What have you done to your BMW today?
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Here we are, not my work but I swung by JW Autowerks this morning to see how Richard was getting on with the E46 and it's poorly subframe bushes and mounts. Full welded repair with patch plates from Kew Fab, as well as two new sills, two new front wings, and then over the Craig Anderson for paint. Should be good as new in a fortnight!
dhutch said:
Here we are, not my work but I swung by JW Autowerks this morning to see how Richard was getting on with the E46 and it's poorly subframe bushes and mounts. Full welded repair with patch plates from Kew Fab, as well as two new sills, two new front wings, and then over the Craig Anderson for paint. Should be good as new in a fortnight!
It really is going to be like new 
Bare F3x Sport steering wheel purchased on eBay and will send that to RSW to get them to fully re-trim it in Alcantara with the BMW M tri-stitching / no strip at the top
Means I keep my original wheel; along with all the original interior trim and can revert the car back to OEM when the time comes to sell
Means I keep my original wheel; along with all the original interior trim and can revert the car back to OEM when the time comes to sell
d_a_n1979 said:
dhutch said:
Here we are, not my work but I swung by JW Autowerks this morning to see how Richard was getting on with the E46 and it's poorly subframe bushes and mounts. Full welded repair with patch plates from Kew Fab, as well as two new sills, two new front wings, and then over the Craig Anderson for paint. Should be good as new in a fortnight!
It really is going to be like new Bushes came over from AutoDoc as very little availability within the UK. Lemforder, all bar two which where out of stock so Febi for them.
dhutch said:
d_a_n1979 said:
dhutch said:
Here we are, not my work but I swung by JW Autowerks this morning to see how Richard was getting on with the E46 and it's poorly subframe bushes and mounts. Full welded repair with patch plates from Kew Fab, as well as two new sills, two new front wings, and then over the Craig Anderson for paint. Should be good as new in a fortnight!
It really is going to be like new Bushes came over from AutoDoc as very little availability within the UK. Lemforder, all bar two which where out of stock so Febi for them.
d_a_n1979 said:
Probably for the best; no point in fitting shiny new bits to a chassis that's gonna fall apart around them...
Oh yes, once we had seen the boot cracks, repair was the only option. And once doing hot work, carpet out etc, it was time to inspect the sills, which where then at a stage where replacement was going to be more sensible than repair.I had new front wings put on 6-7 years ago, and they could be saved, but given the cost of new and they fact they are bolt on, it is more economical just to replace again.
Oh, and a water pump.
Somebody said:
RichardM5 said:
I'm intrigued. What part of the seat did you fix using the metal hanger and how? The fix is to cut about 6mm off the end of a wire coat hanger, remove the cable from the motor and insert the piece of wire. This packs out the cable enough so it can still pickup the drive at both ends. Fixed for nothing but half an hour (would have been less if the screws holding the motor on did not need penetrating oil to release) of my time and a slightly shorter hook on a coat hanger.
RichardM5 said:
The plastic sheath of the cable connecting the motor to the head rest hight adjustment mechanism stretches over time. Because the motor is lower down than the mechanism it causes the end of the cable to become detached from the mechanism. The motor then runs but nothing happens except the wire turns in the sheath, it's like an old square profile speedometer cable.
The fix is to cut about 6mm off the end of a wire coat hanger, remove the cable from the motor and insert the piece of wire. This packs out the cable enough so it can still pickup the drive at both ends. Fixed for nothing but half an hour (would have been less if the screws holding the motor on did not need penetrating oil to release) of my time and a slightly shorter hook on a coat hanger.
Ah.........OK, thanks. I didn't even realise electric headrest adjustment was an option!The fix is to cut about 6mm off the end of a wire coat hanger, remove the cable from the motor and insert the piece of wire. This packs out the cable enough so it can still pickup the drive at both ends. Fixed for nothing but half an hour (would have been less if the screws holding the motor on did not need penetrating oil to release) of my time and a slightly shorter hook on a coat hanger.
RichardM5 said:
Somebody said:
RichardM5 said:
I'm intrigued. What part of the seat did you fix using the metal hanger and how? The fix is to cut about 6mm off the end of a wire coat hanger, remove the cable from the motor and insert the piece of wire. This packs out the cable enough so it can still pickup the drive at both ends. Fixed for nothing but half an hour (would have been less if the screws holding the motor on did not need penetrating oil to release) of my time and a slightly shorter hook on a coat hanger.
P.S. Could you post this up on the new forum5 Richard to remind people it still works.
Court_S said:
d_a_n1979 said:
Court_S said:
Sent the DME from the 330i off to BW Chiptune to be copied onto one that hasn’t been swimming.
Fingers crossed that's it sorted Sam 
Or it’ll have to be sorted with fire!
My M Performance sterring wheel arrived today. 
The courier - bless their little cotton socks - basically dumped the box on the doorstep in the pissing rain. Didnt ring the doorbell, didnt rap the door. Just legged it. Nor was there a notification it was on its way or out for delivery. We found the box four hours later absolutely soaking wet. I was panicking opening it but fortunately it was bubble wrapped and in plastic bags.
Its very very nice. Slightly flat bottomed, alcantara grips and the rest of the leather is softer and more tactile compared to the standard M2 one.
Looking forward to fitting it.
The M Performance mats arrived too. Should set the car off nicely but will leave those until i need clean the car out well, and also might just leave them until after the worst of the winter. The others are fine, just showing their age at 5 years old.
The courier - bless their little cotton socks - basically dumped the box on the doorstep in the pissing rain. Didnt ring the doorbell, didnt rap the door. Just legged it. Nor was there a notification it was on its way or out for delivery. We found the box four hours later absolutely soaking wet. I was panicking opening it but fortunately it was bubble wrapped and in plastic bags.
Its very very nice. Slightly flat bottomed, alcantara grips and the rest of the leather is softer and more tactile compared to the standard M2 one.
Looking forward to fitting it.
The M Performance mats arrived too. Should set the car off nicely but will leave those until i need clean the car out well, and also might just leave them until after the worst of the winter. The others are fine, just showing their age at 5 years old.
Deep Thought said:
My M Performance sterring wheel arrived today.
The courier - bless their little cotton socks - basically dumped the box on the doorstep in the pissing rain. Didnt ring the doorbell, didnt rap the door. Just legged it. Nor was there a notification it was on its way or out for delivery. We found the box four hours later absolutely soaking wet. I was panicking opening it but fortunately it was bubble wrapped and in plastic bags.
Its very very nice. Slightly flat bottomed, alcantara grips and the rest of the leather is softer and more tactile compared to the standard M2 one.
Looking forward to fitting it.
The M Performance mats arrived too. Should set the car off nicely but will leave those until i need clean the car out well, and also might just leave them until after the worst of the winter. The others are fine, just showing their age at 5 years old.
That looks absolutely mega The courier - bless their little cotton socks - basically dumped the box on the doorstep in the pissing rain. Didnt ring the doorbell, didnt rap the door. Just legged it. Nor was there a notification it was on its way or out for delivery. We found the box four hours later absolutely soaking wet. I was panicking opening it but fortunately it was bubble wrapped and in plastic bags.
Its very very nice. Slightly flat bottomed, alcantara grips and the rest of the leather is softer and more tactile compared to the standard M2 one.
Looking forward to fitting it.
The M Performance mats arrived too. Should set the car off nicely but will leave those until i need clean the car out well, and also might just leave them until after the worst of the winter. The others are fine, just showing their age at 5 years old.
I'm sending my bare wheel off to RSW on Monday for them to fully re-trim in black alcantara all the way round with M stitching
I ordered the CF trim from BMW yesterday
That wasn't cheap, but it's necessary Have you got yours brand new from BMW or have you had it re-trimmed?
d_a_n1979 said:
That looks absolutely mega
I'm sending my bare wheel off to RSW on Monday for them to fully re-trim in black alcantara all the way round with M stitching
I ordered the CF trim from BMW yesterday That wasn't cheap, but it's necessary
Have you got yours brand new from BMW or have you had it re-trimmed?
Oh very nice. Do post up results. If you dont mind me asking, what did that cost?I'm sending my bare wheel off to RSW on Monday for them to fully re-trim in black alcantara all the way round with M stitching
I ordered the CF trim from BMW yesterday
That wasn't cheap, but it's necessary Have you got yours brand new from BMW or have you had it re-trimmed?
That one of mine is a genuine M Performance one. I posted previously it all escalated quickly in terms of what i was ordering...
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