Cooks m52 316i - going S54!

Post Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:05 pm

Right so it turns out you don't get a copy of the pics if you have a mag feature but these are the only ones I've got - sorry for being so late!

Post Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:01 pm

Car look's great mate!

Dan got a CD full of pics iirc??

Post Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:02 pm

Dezzy wrote:Car look's great mate!

Dan got a CD full of pics iirc??

Cheers dude! Exactly what i thought - i was expecting a disc too.

Post Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:02 pm

So did I

Post Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:24 pm

I didn't get a disc either. I emailed Craig and i think we were meant to but he forgot. I might pester him for some now that you've reminded me.

Post Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:31 pm

kitch wrote:I didn't get a disc either. I emailed Craig and i think we were meant to but he forgot. I might pester him for some now that you've reminded me.

I dropped him an email and never got a reply. I dropped Matt an email too and got a reply of

Craig has said he's already sent you some pictures? I'm not sure he's allowed to give you the pics now as the mag owns the rights - or did he tell you otherwise?

I never got a reply after saying i only got emailed about 4 pics and that other people get pictures on discs. I would email the mag, but after my previous contact with them was a disaster to claim a prize i think it would be useless.

Post Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:24 pm

Ahh I've only just found this. I got an email from Craig saying he thought he'd sent me the photos too, and said keep at him and he will send me some. Since then, which was months ago I have heard nothing

Post Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:32 am

Rav335uk wrote:So did I

and me

i actually like having the PDF page lay outs

Post Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:00 am

Not bad.. Not bad..

Post Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:37 pm

kitch wrote:Ahh I've only just found this. I got an email from Craig saying he thought he'd sent me the photos too, and said keep at him and he will send me some. Since then, which was months ago I have heard nothing

I emailed the editor in the end with no reply so far, and I've had my posts asking if they received the email on their Facebook page deleted. Charming

Jhonno wrote:Not bad.. Not bad..

Not quite as good as an s50 powered one though

How's your m3 coming along?

Post Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:47 pm

My S50 Turd never got a feature though..

Post Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:49 pm

Jhonno wrote:My S50 Turd never got a feature though..

You have an m3 in progress though

Post Sat Feb 25, 2012 7:09 pm

After a few deleted Facebook messages and even more emails I had a disc turn up today

Winner.

a small selection:

Well this was a while ago

Post Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:41 pm

Doesn't that look cracking!

Why all the agro to get the disc though

Cars a credit to you mate

Post Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:36 pm

Nice pics, whats going on with that inlet

Post Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:41 pm

Dezzy wrote:Doesn't that look cracking!

Why all the agro to get the disc though

Cars a credit to you mate

Story of my life really lol. I ended up sending an email to the editor, i had no reply. I posted on their Facebook page politely asking if they had my email - they both got deleted. I found another email address for the editor and sent him another email, i wasn't that happy that my enquiries had been deleted. just rude! After a lot of apologising, i got my disc and Kitchs photoshoots sent out to both of us.

Its not quite as clean as that atm though. I spent a full day before the shoot cleaning it. I need to spend a good day getting it back up to scratch again now

DanThe wrote:Nice pics, whats going on with that inlet

I said it was going back a while! The air box only went in the day before the shoot too!

Post Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:10 pm

I would have given up more than likely. Well done asking the question enough times to get the disc.

Great looking facelift this, all the right bits fitted.

Post Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:30 pm

I could go out and get pics myself, but i still want to see the rest of the set from the shoot and the rolling shots.

Cheers Dez

Post Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:35 pm

Well its died again.

Was driving home, popped it into 4th as i turned into my road and it just cut dead. Managed to push it outside my house because it wouldn't start. Its turning over ok, there is voltage at the coils, the fuel pump is priming and there is pressure at the rail. I assumed the crank sensor had gone because it was reading open circuit. I popped my old crank sensor in (i just happened to not have binned, read open circuit too, it has insulation missing and a cracked sensor) it started up, ran for about 15 seconds, died again and it hasn't started since - this was about 2 weeks ago. I got a 2nd hand crank sensor to try but no joy still.

Any ideas what it can be? Im not far off petrol and a match now, I've not got the time or patience for this anymore

Post Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:59 pm

Cook318IS wrote:Well its died again.

Was driving home, popped it into 4th as i turned into my road and it just cut dead. Managed to push it outside my house because it wouldn't start. Its turning over ok, there is voltage at the coils, the fuel pump is priming and there is pressure at the rail. I assumed the crank sensor had gone because it was reading open circuit. I popped my old crank sensor in (i just happened to not have binned, read open circuit too, it has insulation missing and a cracked sensor) it started up, ran for about 15 seconds, died again and it hasn't started since - this was about 2 weeks ago. I got a 2nd hand crank sensor to try but no joy still.

Any ideas what it can be? Im not far off petrol and a match now, I've not got the time or patience for this anymore

Rubbish news

Post Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:09 pm

Try a new sensor..

Code read?

Spark to go with the voltage?

Tried unplugging the ECU over night?

Post Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:51 pm

As above, the sensor i got the other day hasn't started it either.

Codes haven't been read yet,

I haven't bothered checking for the actual spark - its pretty certain its not there if its not firing when the plugs are wet and voltage at the coils present.

I haven't tried unplugging the ecu overnight yet.

Also, the icv is buzzing so i guess the immobilisers are ok aswell (seem to remember that if it isn't buzzing an immobiliser could have kicked in)

Post Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:17 pm

ICV comes on and goes off with ignition

Post Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:30 pm

Right so i could still have an ews or immobiliser problem then. EWS issues get flagged up on the diagnostics right?

Post Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:34 pm

Yep, EWS wouldnt stop the car though, if the injectors are firing the EWS is not to blame

Post Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:26 pm

I meant a proper brand new sensor..

Post Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:56 pm

S50 the cunt lol.

Post Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:04 pm

kitch wrote:S50 the **** lol.

yea s50 it and give me the m52

is it still working ok now ?

Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:40 pm

monkey wrote:
kitch wrote:S50 the **** lol.
yea s50 it and give me the m52
is it still working ok now ?

Pay for the s50 and its a deal? Its been working fine thanks

Cheers for popping over the other night

Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:21 pm

Cook318IS wrote:
monkey wrote:
kitch wrote:S50 the **** lol.
yea s50 it and give me the m52
is it still working ok now ?
Pay for the s50 and its a deal? Its been working fine thanks Cheers for popping over the other night

mate if i am paying for the s50 it will be fitted to mine

glad yours is now running well

has it sorted the bas**rd flat spot too ?

Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:36 pm

monkey wrote:
Cook318IS wrote:
monkey wrote: yea s50 it and give me the m52
is it still working ok now ?
Pay for the s50 and its a deal? Its been working fine thanks Cheers for popping over the other night
mate if i am paying for the s50 it will be fitted to mine glad yours is now running well has it sorted the bas**rd flat spot too ?

I think so!

Post Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:08 pm

Good news

Post Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:43 pm

I've been incredibly busy this year, and i've literally not had time to wash the car properly. Yesterday I took the time to wash it properly with a machine polisher I recently bought...

Dojo juice shampoo
Claybar,
Mezerna machine polish
2 coats of Zaino Z2 with ZFX accelerator
Zaino grand finale spray

More pics of the night shoot to come when I get around to editing them

Post Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:30 pm

Looking good! Like the last one, was it multiple exposures?

Post Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:33 pm

Jozi wrote:Looking good! Like the last one, was it multiple exposures?

Nope, one shot and pretty much unedited (added more shadow behind the car to remove a window and lamp post). Done with a flash inside the car, and a flash either side of the car at the front