What have you done to your BMW today?
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g3org3y said:
Looks good - what products did you use?
Thanks. I have a DA polisher, with 3" sanding discs for the lower grits, then used a 5" polish pad with liquid polish (Menzerna) for the higher 2 grits.Went 400, 800, 1200, 3000, 3500, then some Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection to seal it. Each light maybe 30 mins.
It looks worse before it gets better, trust the process!
This is after 400
Edited by illmonkey on Tuesday 14th October 15:57
illmonkey said:
g3org3y said:
Looks good - what products did you use?
Thanks. I have a DA polisher, with 3" sanding discs for the lower grits, then used a 5" polish pad with liquid polish (Menzerna) for the higher 2 grits.Went 400, 800, 1200, 3000, 3500, then some Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection to seal it. Each light maybe 30 mins.
It looks worse before it gets better, trust the process!
This is after 400
Edited by illmonkey on Tuesday 14th October 15:57
I think I'll do it again but with the DA and will get a 3" pad etc
bodhi said:
Anyway I've had another look this morning. No mayo on the oil filler cap and coolant is still on max after doing 20 miles or so last night so it seems to be behaving. One thing I did notice though, is it says on the radiator cap to turn it until it clicks, which mine isn't doing. I can't say it feels particularly tightly done up either, so am going to pop to BMW later on and see if they have a radiator cap.
I've seen I can get them on Amazon, but will stick with Genuine BMW for this.
The lack of loss again is good, so that’s encouraging. I’d also get a genuine one. I bought a non genuine one from GSF years ago for my 328ci, and it was crap. The two way valve was faulty, so it would suck the top red hose flat when the engine cooled down.I've seen I can get them on Amazon, but will stick with Genuine BMW for this.
I spent the day trying to work out where the creaking noise was coming from. Finally located it to the sunroof, apparently a common issue. Watched a YouTube video of how to solve the problem, I cleaned the seals and it’s now not as bad. I need to apply some silicon grease as well. It looks like the previous owner also got pissed off with the noise as there seems to be a lot of grease in the tracks.
JakeT said:
bodhi said:
Anyway I've had another look this morning. No mayo on the oil filler cap and coolant is still on max after doing 20 miles or so last night so it seems to be behaving. One thing I did notice though, is it says on the radiator cap to turn it until it clicks, which mine isn't doing. I can't say it feels particularly tightly done up either, so am going to pop to BMW later on and see if they have a radiator cap.
I've seen I can get them on Amazon, but will stick with Genuine BMW for this.
The lack of loss again is good, so that s encouraging. I d also get a genuine one. I bought a non genuine one from GSF years ago for my 328ci, and it was crap. The two way valve was faulty, so it would suck the top red hose flat when the engine cooled down.I've seen I can get them on Amazon, but will stick with Genuine BMW for this.
Just fitted the new one - can't say it's a more convincing fit than the old one but let's see how it goes. Coolant is still on max so it didn't lose any yesterday either, despite doing a lot of town work.
illmonkey said:
danb79 said:
Exactly what I did to my E39; but I did the wet sanding by hand and then polished with my DA
I think I'll do it again but with the DA and will get a 3" pad etc
By hand?! Are you mental! It took long enough with a machine, and still wasn t perfectI think I'll do it again but with the DA and will get a 3" pad etc
oldaudi said:
I've got a puncture. Luckily parked on the drive. Pumped it up and it went down again over night. I Will shop for two 275/35 R19 Tyres when I get back from holiday. Currently have 4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S and will replace with those or the Ps5.
Unlucky - I would probably go with the PS4S as the 5 is just a High Performance tyre rather than an Ultra one like the 4S, so likely won't have the same grip as the existing ones. The 5s are good tyres (I have them all round on the E82) but I'm told the ones you already have are even better.
g3org3y said:
Speaking of tyres, E91 needs tyres.
Going to ditch the RFTs and have decided to try Goodyear Vector All Seasons.
Bring on the winter snow!
Lovely stuff; superb tyres. On both my E39 and our F31 nowGoing to ditch the RFTs and have decided to try Goodyear Vector All Seasons.
Bring on the winter snow!
Wouldn't run any other tyre for UK winters personally; they do what they need to do very well indeed
Check Asda Tyres & Halfords as they had some good deals on recently; if not see what price Camskill have them at
oldaudi said:
I've got a puncture. Luckily parked on the drive. Pumped it up and it went down again over night. I Will shop for two 275/35 R19 Tyres when I get back from holiday. Currently have 4 Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S and will replace with those or the Ps5.
I think I'm one of the few that don't rate the PS5s as mush as the PS4s and the PS4S are, IMO, much better than the PS5sAbsolutely loved them on my previous 130i and would absolutely have them again
Camskill had them at a great price when I got mine; might be worth a look
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