B7's daily e39. And it's a goodbye to sport no2!

[daimlerman]

Hope you are going to sort out that rusty number plate mounting screw! Lookin' good,though, Trev. far better than my tatty 316i touring parked in the same spot!

[B7]

Hope you are going to sort out that rusty number plate mounting screw! Lookin' good,though, Trev. far better than my tatty 316i touring parked in the same spot!

My wifes private plate is going on this one (UAW737) so it will have no number plate screws with those plates on it. That will tidy it up a bit more.

[djk]

Badge is on the squint, innit?




























Not really

[Sanchez]

Hope you are going to sort out that rusty number plate mounting screw! Lookin' good,though, Trev. far better than my tatty 316i touring parked in the same spot!

My wifes private plate is going on this one (UAW737) so it will have no number plate screws with those plates on it. That will tidy it up a bit more.

Left side is slightly lower aswell, nees straigtening up there Trev.

[Jesus325iTouring]

With all that wax on wax off,you need a bandana like this Trev..........



Good work,your attention to detail is frankly worrying,bordering on OCD

Just what my cars need,i've got two and a half R5's,a Corsa and Touring which need your skills when you've got a minute,i'll supply the tea

[Alex]

looking good

much better with the badge, the only cars that should be debadged are poverty spec 4 cylinder bmws or in that case a poxy 2.0

[B7]

With all that wax on wax off,you need a bandana like this Trev..........



Good work,your attention to detail is frankly worrying,bordering on OCD

Just what my cars need,i've got two and a half R5's,a Corsa and Touring which need your skills when you've got a minute,i'll supply the tea

Back in the day, I had e34's, always with the BBS. Wifey had a Mk3 GTI with the VR6 BBS on them and then I bought the Vert and that has (yes you've guessed it!) BBS as well.
I HATE dirty wheels with a vengeance and I used to joke that very soon, if you need to find me, I'll be in the local special needs establishment crouching in a corner, dribbling over a toothbrush frantically trying to clean an imaginary BBS rim!!! They drove me mental keeping those clean especially on a daily.

[capri_rob]

Thats a lovely looking car - better with the badge too

[B7]

Thanks Rob.

I also now have a plan of action for the wood! Bought this last night

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0378767787

More very soon when I can decide what colour

[toby]

You going to paint it?

[B7]

You going to paint it?

Yeah. I want thr high gloss grey that my 523 had in it. I'm looking for a close match.....poss lachs? I'll try to find a shot of my old car for you all to see.

[jamie323i]

Good work there B7,looking very nice.

I love the sport E39,in my opinion the best looking car from BMW in the last 10 years

You made the right choice with the badging,the M badge would of looked wrong,with the private plate it will look

[ricey46]

A veery nice looking barge you've got yourself there Trev, indeed not a bad way of getting around!

[e30bmlover]

shes a proper chariot mate.... shame about the slush box..

[mr_dink]

shes a proper chariot mate.... shame about the slush box..

The "Slush Box" on these is a steptronic unit, miles better than the old ZF units in e30s..... have a sport mode as well as manual selection.

I had a 523i as a courtesy car once, nice comfortable barge that reminded me of my old e32.

the 523 was all noise and no go though, not a problem that Trev's likely to have with a 3.0 under the bonnet!

[e30bmlover]

shes a proper chariot mate.... shame about the slush box..

The "Slush Box" on these is a steptronic unit, miles better than the old ZF units in e30s..... have a sport mode as well as manual selection.

i like the sound of that!

[B7]

shes a proper chariot mate.... shame about the slush box..

The "Slush Box" on these is a steptronic unit, miles better than the old ZF units in e30s..... have a sport mode as well as manual selection.

i like the sound of that!

IMO the steptronics the one to have for a daily doing +20k a year. But only if it's gat the balls to haul it. The 523 was a slug in auto form. Mates 523 manual is a nice car and very drivable. This 530 thing is in another league. I'd love to drive an M5

Heres a shot of my old 523 interior trim I'm trying to match.



and heres a general shot of it. I liked the car alot. If only it had more power. It had full factory sport kit (which came without the bumpers) from new. Biarritz Blue with Grey sport Leather

[Splondike]

Now you just need to switch the up and down shifts to the logical way round (easy mod too)

[B7]

just ordered the ipod kit for the 530. Nice little touch.

[Davenotouring]

I really like it Trebor (mints).

[B7]

Update. The ipod kits in and I'm impressed. IPOD in the glove box and all controlled off the steering wheel. happy days!

Still got a lot to do on this but one thing thats been annoying me was the condition of the wheels. Can't afford to have the car off the road for a refurb so bought these that were listed badly and didn't hit reserve on two occasions :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0384761270

Also a set of the later style centre caps:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0355313448

and a set of new little M badges for them.

got the rims for £250 and they have not seen a tyre since the refurb. Plus I'll get a bit back on my old rims, the sh1tty carbon effect centre badges as well.

Seemed a no brainer to me.

[Jesus325iTouring]

and a set of new little M badges for them.
.

Oh Oh! You'll have the M badge police on ya now Trev!

[B7]

and a set of new little M badges for them.
.

Oh Oh! You'll have the M badge police on ya now Trev!

Will not . They come standard with them.

[B7]

Had touch down the breakers this morning. Managed to get a complete set of interior trims to replace the wood. Will save painting the others and these are a touch different. They are like a black wood grain? high gloss. I've put a couple in and it looks okay. All for a tenner.

Pics later.

[Blitz]

Had touch down the breakers this morning. Managed to get a complete set of interior trims to replace the wood. Will save painting the others and these are a touch different. They are like a black wood grain? high gloss. I've put a couple in and it looks okay. All for a tenner.

Pics later.

Thats a bargain. I thought they normally go on ebay for 10x that.

I like the sound of black wood.

[B7]

Well here it is. It has a sort of metallic finish.






instead of

[oakey]

Looks far better! Wood trim is far to Rover isn't it!?

[B7]

Looks far better! Wood trim is far to Rover isn't it!?

I fackin hated the wood. I really wanted the grey as per the photo of my 523 above, or the titanium sport trim but this came up and it's 10 x's better than looking like a p1ss poor rover 75!

Just found the official name for this trim. It's high gloss "Cubic".

[capri_rob]

Looks good

[bss325i]

Much better!

[winx]

big improvement!

[toby]

Nicely done! You've got to spray your wallet to match now!

[B7]

I need an alcantara wallet to match the interior now

[Jesus325iTouring]

I need an alcantara wallet to match the interior now

If I needed a wallet to match my interior,i'd be using one of my son's used nappies

[Bob_S]

Looks nice trev, how's it treating you, well?