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Gave it a wash down to remove the moss and general shit that builds up on a car parked up for 6 months.
Cleaned the interior but I'm Gona wet vac the carpets next weekend and also give it a de tar, clay, polish and seal.
@Chris: with chemical guys black light and Pete's 53 be ok on alpine white?
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Alpine White BMW E60 by kceire, on Flickr
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Alpine White BMW E60 by kceire, on Flickr
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Alpine White BMW E60 by kceire, on Flickr
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Alpine White BMW E60 by kceire, on Flickr
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Fitted a nappa steering wheel to the x5.
It took a little longer than expected. I tried it yesterday but just couldn't get the airbag out. It's not a good idea to try anything the day after you sleep on a plane!
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chemical guys black light and Pete's 53 be ok
Better suited to darker colours but will be Ok!!
If you were looking for something specific, generally sealants look better...give a sharper look. Bilt Hamber Finis Wax would be nice too.
If prep'd well, anything will look good!! ;)
Nice motor...best of luck with it!
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Pulled the mud flap off going into the carpark/field at killeagh point to point :-(
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Sold the Cav in favour of 2x BMWs, stripped more off my E39 520i, thought about changing springs on the M5 and didnt. I hsd a Power Rangers marathon instead. Class.
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Not so much today, but over the last number of weeks for the e36 I have gotten the window seals from CAB, a heater control panel from CAB and a reg plate delete from COUPE///M (Gerard). Just have to get the finger out and fit them all..... Think I'll need to grow a set for tackling the rear quarter window seals though.
Think I'm going to have a bash at a home-made towing eye reg plate relocator too.....
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Noticed more of my wheel bolts starting to rust and last week went looking for prices for replacements. Bolts for BBS wheels range from 1.50 to 1.90 each depending where you get them from so I thought because O.Z bolts are stamped with "O.Z" and "10.9" they must come from the factory and should cost a lot more than BBS bolts....couldn't have been more wrong. 7 cent each or 9 cent if you want a new nut for the back.
So I ordered a heap of them this morning :hehe!:
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Picked these up today for the vert maybe if I dedide to sell it and want to keep the Vader and rear M seat.
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Them seats would look well in my vert......
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Them seats would look well in my vert......
They sure would when I refurb them. And the only thing it is missing.
Only problem is there not heated.
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Are heated or not heated? Talk to me if your plans change with them.
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Sorry Mark
Not heated. To be honest if there in the way after I freshen them up and i still have the vert they will be for sale.I have interiors here for cars I don't own. :happy:
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Switch pack arrived for the beast, now just to get them all working apart from the tyre pressure monitoring button!
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Oooh fancy.
Regards,
Andy
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What a beautiful hand!
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I bought an E39 528i Sport!
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I bought an E39 528i Sport!
Nice! :D now make with the photos :p
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Dropped it off at CleanCar for some tinting and its first wash since November.
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Dropped it off at CleanCar for some tinting and its first wash since November.
Tell Larry to sign up!:happy:
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I bought an E39 528i Sport!
Nice! :D now make with the photos :p
Due for collection tomorrow and hopefully stripped before the weekend. Lol
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I bought an E39 528i Sport!
Nice! :D now make with the photos :p
Due for collection tomorrow and hopefully stripped before the weekend. Lol
........ :surprised: :sad:
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Ok, I'll explain. Its an 00 sport Auto, the guy owned it bought it thinking great but decided it was too hard to run so bouht a 530d instead, after a bit of use said 530d got stone chips on he bumper and damaged the rear one, so they were borrowed from this, the wheels were sold and the interior incase something happened his own. The ds windiw reg also failed so as the cars were the same colour, he swapped the whole door. Lol. The car got wet, interest got lost and Dod swooped in and picked it up. The engi e is provisionally sold and I need the back end to get one of the M5 shells mobile, all else is up for grabs.
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Ok, I'll explain. Its an 00 sport Auto, the guy owned it bought it thinking great but decided it was too hard to run so bouht a 530d instead, after a bit of use said 530d got stone chips on he bumper and damaged the rear one, so they were borrowed from this, the wheels were sold and the interior incase something happened his own. The ds windiw reg also failed so as the cars were the same colour, he swapped the whole door. Lol. The car got wet, interest got lost and Dod swooped in and picked it up. The engi e is provisionally sold and I need the back end to get one of the M5 shells mobile, all else is up for grabs.
Curious to know do these folk come to you or do you circle in the sky before hand :tounge::tounge:
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It came from a fellow former Vauxhall head I had dealt with in the past, but herea more to come soon. I might start a thread if the Mods allow it?
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Serviced the other halfs 320d.
Did oil+filter, turbo filter, pollen filter, fuel filter, air filter, and cleaned egr valve. Put on brembo hc discs and pads on the front adjusted the hand brake and renewed the brake fluid with ate super blue....
Modded the earth on both rear light wiring looms as the originals were burned out putting on the rear light fault on the dash, all sorted now:happy:
Also fitted a set of Avon zz3's on the rear last Saturday.
That's it All set for its nct next week.
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Some toe-rag helped himself to my bonnet emblem, which was practically perfect.
And kindly left his battered one I its place so I could bin it for him!
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Blood boiled for a minute or two but thankfully he didnt make total shite of the bonnet trying to rip it off. Anyone know how much they are from the dealer?
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Ffs that is a piss take :D:D
Sorry dave but it is a tad funny they were kind enough to leave you a badge
As you siad luckily no screwdriver marks all over the paint think there 20 quid theres a guy on adverts selling them around 7 euro a pop
They look to be good quality
http://www.adverts.ie/1121608
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E39
Was thinking of swapping the one from her E46 until I sort it! :p Probably a different size though.
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@ Curran: Speechless ! And they left their own ? Really :surprised: My gosh...
Positive side is the paint has no scretches and is in good nick Dave :wink:
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Today I went to The Big Smoke to renew my passport...
I took the occasion to meet with Mr Austin who has made an oustanding work over the last week*and spent 5 hours together swapping bolsters and frames ugrading my old frames to the sport ones which proved to be quite an experience :)
My interior went from....
Standard cloth:
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to...*
Hello my gorgeous new grey leather sport interior with tigh support :happy:
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My first leather seats... the jouney back from Dublin was quite a treat :cool:
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Curran, send me your name and address. I have any number of them in mint condition.
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@[Curran] will you wash that car :p
You sure the skin didn't come off it and it went to crap?? At least they replaced it I suppose :D
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Notice some thing grown on the rear seat belt this morning. Have not gone near the car in a few week with Christmas and other stuff so after Noel given me some stick about not using it I thought I would give it a little run today.
But before that I changed out the interior. To much time and money spent to have the interior ruined by anything. Some regular usage on the cards from now on I think.
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@[Curran] will you wash that car :p
You sure the skin didn't come off it and it went to crap?? At least they replaced it I suppose :D
Definitely robbed....my car may be filthy but I still notice tiny things a mile away!! :P
Besides, he hadnt fitting it quite right as it wasnt fully down on one side!!
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Finished the stereo for the time being, might fit the flap to keep the 100% oem look
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Discovered I have a crack in the rear alloy .what a pain in the hole .
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Washed e39 first time since December. Found, that i was nearly out of shampoo, snow foam, tar and iron cleanser. Time to order some more from Detailing Shed.
And of course, just as i finised drying the car, it started to rain.
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Washed e39 first time since December. Found, that i was nearly out of shampoo, snow foam, tar and iron cleanser. Time to order some more from Detailing Shed.
And of course, just as i finised drying the car, it started to rain.
Same here, just as I was putting stuff away it started to rain.
Last Sunday I clipped one of my wheels (which were only refurbed during the summer) coming out of a car car in Limerick. Managed to negotiate all the tight corners & internal kerbs only to clip the one after the barrier on the way out. It's a tiny mark but looks crap next to the rest if the wheel. Resisting the urge to go back to Wheels Wizards to get it sorted.
Oh, I did a complete diagnostics on my brother in law's new (to him) e92 Alpine White M3. Savage car! Full of want!
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Lovely tidy job.
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Looks good. Did it fit in alright or you had to modify heater pipes?