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523 iAN
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hi folk's, ive not been about the forms much of late.. it's been a tough year & family has been my main priority since my mum passed away earlier this year so with me now getting back to as normal as i can be i thought a small personal change was in order to allow me to focus more on the future, as some will know i had an immaculate E30 318iS, well on friday i done a deal (basicly i swapped my E30 for my latest car plus some cash my way) my latest BIG boy's toy E39 BMW 528i Motor Sport edition 1999 model (on irish plates) SOME SPECIFICATION Bmw Titan Silver Black Sport Leather Aluminium Facia Pack HID & Angel Eye Headlamps (retro fitted) Full M Technic Sport Package M Sports Suspension M Aerodynamics Package (Inclusive Lip Spolier) Sport Roof Lining Anthracite Rain Sensitive Wipers Motorsport 17" Alloys x5 M Multi-function tilt/slide Steering Wheel Driver and Passenger Front Air Bags Driver and Passenger Side Air Bags Extendable knee support front Seats Remote Control Alarm Clear Front and rear lamps Speed Sensitive Power Assisted Steering & stereo Steptronic Auto/Sports/Manual gearbox Anti-Lock Braking System Dynamic Stability Control Dual Digitial Climate Control Automatic Air Conditioning Air Recirculation On Board Computer x 2 Service Interval Indicator BMW Business RDS entertainment system BMW 6 Disc CD Changer TrafficMaster option* Gradual Tint Windscreen German Style Number Plate Holders Headlamp Washer System/Intensive Cleaning Front Centre Arm Rest Rear Centre Arm Rest Auto-Dim Interior Mirror Factory tinted glass Smoker Pack Front Fogs Factory Carpet Overmats Complete first aid kit Full tool kit Full Owners Pack Remote Central Locking Key Shark-fin Aerial BMW fitted Ski Rack and a few pic's of how it looked on the day i got it
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523 iAN
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job list refurb wheels (keeping the M wheels) replace dash board pixel display new reg plates new front discs the car has a few small "un-treated" stone chip's but all these will be cleaned up in time drives.. or should i say "floats" along with ease it just needs a good few man hours put in to getting everything as clean as i like'em my main plans are just to get it clean, keep it maintained & hopefully just enjoy the ride SO FAR: ive removed the shark fin & roof bar's & put a few hrs in to cleaning the paint work.. i'd forgot how much metal these things have!
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Cambell
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Looks great mate, ///M badge on the grille has to go but other that that, a handsome motor.
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stevie53
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looking good Ian, I'm sure you'll have it gleaming in no time
I'm wie Cambell on the badge I'm afraid! |
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///2000 E39 M5 Imola Red/// NO MORE
una volta lei ha avuto l'italiano lei non andrà mai tedesco di nuovo haha |
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523 iAN
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i never fitted the badge but why remove the badge? the car is a "M" (motor sport edition).. or remove it for a cleaner look ?
personally i have considered removing it as it look's out of place just floating about on the grille
i managed to leave the E39 alone for 24hrs so i could get a proper listen to how it start's from cold and pleased to say it was smooth and rattle free found out earlier that a friend of a friend owned this car he only parted with it due to needing a 4x4 as he stay's a tad off the beaten track he messaged me via facebook with some info (all good) & also said he was looking forward to seeing the car again after ive "set about it" as my mate told him all about my sad freaky cleaning habits |
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523 iAN
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new number plates are ordered as is a new ribbon for the dash board display.. also looking good for getting my wheels collected tomorrow night (Monday) and then them returning on Tuesday night all refurnished & freshly coated.
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gary
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Looking good mate.
What's the miles on it Ian. |
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523 iAN
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Hi Gary, it's a 1999 with 131600K got a good amount of paper work & MOT's showing it's been cared for in the maintenance side of thing's
also just spoke to my mate on the phone (10 mins ago) who owns www.chameleonmetalcoatings.co.uk/ & he'll collect the wheels tomorrow night & return Tuesday
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vpricey
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Looks very nice Ian, I'm sure it won't take you long to get it in ship shape!
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Paul - '87 E30 325i Sport - '99 E39 M5 - '05 E53 X5
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523 iAN
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wheels are away, they'll be back tomorrow evening some before pic's of them not going any where
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Morpheus453
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Looks like a great car mate :D Though not wanting to alarm you but in your last pic I think someone stole your alloys while you were busy with the camera
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Issy
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Car looks nice Ian and look forward to photos of it progress |
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vpricey
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Well where the photos of the nice shiney wheels???
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Paul - '87 E30 325i Sport - '99 E39 M5 - '05 E53 X5
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523 iAN
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soz.. was a long night last night wheels returned last night.. many thanks go again to the guy's over at chameleon for doing a top-notch job i'll do better pic's once i get a chance in day light Edited by 523 iAN - 23-November-2011 at 17:53 |
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523 iAN
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my next task.. strip out the dash board to fit a new on board computer pixel display ribbon..... apparently it can take up to 6hr "start to finish" i'll (hopefully) strip my dash out tomorrow afternoon then have it back in place on saturday morning?? how the display looks at the moment, not the worst yet but i'd rather it was reading clear this is the 9 page insturction that i had to download for how to strip down the actual speedo/cluster then once all stripped i take out the old ribbon and replace it with this nice new one then rebuild & refit the speedo cluster "wish me luck"
Edited by 523 iAN - 24-November-2011 at 23:02 |
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523 iAN
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cracked on with some cleaning.. between the rain showers! BEFORE AFTER i also stripped out the dash last week unfortunately it'll be coming out again as all though the display looks better now it need's a slight adjustment as some letters are still missing on the display screen |
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523 iAN
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been a while... not to much has been changed/fixed on my BIG motor, ive made a few small subtle changes, most noticeable being the tinted front fog's & i vinyl wrapped the "T" bar in the lower front grill i also fitted chrome kidney surrounds.. biggest change has been the wheels & head lights i purchased myself a set of "style 42" 18" BBS split's & a set of HELLA angel eye head lights about 4/5 wks ago my intentions where to send the BBS to my mate's powder coating business and have them split, re-coated & new rubber fitted but before that happened i was made an offer that was hard to resist, a good friend bought a very tidy 530 sport touring and he offered me a deal, my refurbished sport alloys (style 66) & some cash for the wheels that were fitted to his new touring. couple of day's later i was the new owner of these "phat" beasties at first we thought they were BBS copies but ive since been told they are Rondell alloys. rears are 10" wide: 275/35/18 fronts are 8.5" wide 235/40/18 i did have a small problem when they were first fitted.. i found that i had trouble reaching speeds over 60/65mph and the car's ABS/LSD/Traction control would all kick in turned to be the wrong size front tyres as they were 45 series tyres and were playing havoc with the speed sensors counting rotation between front & rear wheel speed rotations.. so i swapped the 45's for 40's and all was good i'm fairly happy with it's look for now.. just need to see about getting a few small blemishes & stone chips seen to
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BillyP
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New wheels look the biz, car is really looking good.
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vpricey
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Looking good Ian, thats a fair bit of dish going on!
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Paul - '87 E30 325i Sport - '99 E39 M5 - '05 E53 X5
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Cambell
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Nice
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