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    Posted: 13-May-2007 at 12:59

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Nice wheel, I had one on my old E30 
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Originally posted by Rhys Rhys wrote:

Nice wheel, I had one on my old E30 

I can't tell ye how difficult it was to find one for a car made before September 1985, but thanks to Jimbob.....


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Gotta love that cushion!
Whats the sticker under the light switch?
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Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

Gotta love that cushion!
Whats the sticker under the light switch?


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Actually in the 'after' pic there seems to be some kind of alien thing crawling our of the centre air vent!
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Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

Gotta love that cushion!
Whats the sticker under the light switch?

It reads "SLICK 50". There's another one on the glovebox door, in recognition of the fact that I've poured the stuff into my engine twice during the past decade. And no ill effects.

Originally posted by Rhys Rhys wrote:

I'd laugh my t*ts off if there was a hanky box with a knitted cover sitting on the back shelf

The only thing sitting on the back shelf is a full-size Irish tricolour....

Originally posted by kbannon kbannon wrote:

Actually in the 'after' pic there seems to be some kind of alien thing crawling our of the centre air vent!

Nokia hands-free headphones / radio aerial. The only thing it's good for is getting tangled.


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May I ask whats in the green carrier bag in the passenger footwell to be nosey lol?

Also, in teh first picture, the clocks facia appears to be cream in colour, its black in the second picture, did you change that as well?

That wheel though, had the same one of a 325i, and its one of my favourite M-tech wheels.

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Originally posted by DSK328i DSK328i wrote:

May I ask whats in the green carrier bag in the passenger footwell to be nosey lol?

In the "Before" pic, I took a series of photos in a car park in Basildon.... I was transporting home my newly-upgraded PC from a friend in Southend, hence the plastic bags.

Quote Also, in teh first picture, the clocks facia appears to be cream in colour, its black in the second picture, did you change that as well?

No, that's actually the angle of the sun coming into the car. Unless someone sneaked into my car overnight during the past 5 years and changed it all without me noticing.

Quote That wheel though, had the same one of a 325i, and its one of my favourite M-tech wheels.

True. In my case, it was worth waiting for. And now teamed with M635CSi suspension, it feels like I'm steering a go-kart......

 

 

....whoa...hang on.... I've just noticed I've got three horn buttons now!!!



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Originally posted by Horsetan Horsetan wrote:

....whoa...hang on.... I've just noticed I've got three horn buttons now!!!



..you mean you've only just noticed??
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Is this a spot the difference?

erm no cushion on seat..

looking better HT, at least you can see the dash dials now.

 

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Originally posted by Rhys Rhys wrote:

Originally posted by Horsetan Horsetan wrote:

....whoa...hang on.... I've just noticed I've got three horn buttons now!!!



..you mean you've only just noticed??

Brilliant. Three ways of annoying people now


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Something else I've noticed about the steering wheel.

The indicators don't self-cancel any more


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Ref the "after" pic.

If you tell us who charged you good money for fitting that stereo...........we'll pop round and get him

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Originally posted by Nigel Nigel wrote:

Ref the "after" pic.

If you tell us who charged you good money for fitting that stereo...........we'll pop round and get him

 

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Third horn button is for the ejector seat.
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