all change.. again

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 

personally i have considered removing it as it look's out of place just floating about on the grille  

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"  

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.

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