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tesko.pk posted:Are you guys set on a 5-series, specifically E60? E46 325xi tourings can be had for a decent price, even early E90 328xi tourings have come way down in price. If you want to stick with a 5er, '06-'07 530xi tourings are $20-$25k.
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Worst case scenario, you can at least get an X5. At least its decent to drive plus you can get the v8 for some raw off the line power. Also dare I say this here... take a look at the Mercedes wagon, theres quite a few of those roaming around with the same requirements your looking at.
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BraveUlysses posted:Anyone tried the new hankook evo v12's? Thinking of getting a set for my M coupe I bought a set for my 135i. Ideally I wanted the Continental ExtremeContact DW but they're on backorder everywhere it seems and I had a bubble forming in the sidewall so I needed to get mine replaced asap. So far they're fine, decent handling, low noise. I mean you get what you pay for with tires so I don't expect a huge tread life on these but they'll be fine for a couple summers I hope.
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Apr 18, 2011 21:42
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Did some work on the 2002 over the weekend. Good heavens! That faded old vinyl just will not do!   Made the switch to the classiest of all interiors...   Plaid!  I re-skinned the door cards with some nice upholstery fabric and new black vinyl. Also (sort of) seen are the Sparco buckets that replaced the knackered original seats.
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Apr 19, 2011 02:58
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That interior is entirely awesome. At first I thought I was looking at like a window net on the door for some reason and you had some bastard child 2002 with a SBC sitting in the rear or something.
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Apr 19, 2011 03:47
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Spotted this outside of work today. Besides the wheels, this is near perfection.
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McMadCow posted:Made the switch to the classiest of all interiors... You crazy bastard that is absolutely Beach Bum fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Apr 19, 2011 |
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Apr 19, 2011 16:30
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Beach Bum posted:You crazy bastard that is absolutely brilliant. No one believed me when I said plaid would look good! 
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Apr 19, 2011 16:32
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Love it, post some shots with a wider angle so we can see the whole interior
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Apr 19, 2011 16:59
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The Third Man posted:Love it, post some shots with a wider angle so we can see the whole interior I will when I get the rear panels done in a few days.
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Apr 19, 2011 17:03
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I seen the plaid stuff on an e46 on another forum, the headliner and all, was pretty slick looking.
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Apr 19, 2011 20:38
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Catastrophe posted:Spotted this outside of work today. Besides the wheels, this is near perfection. drat, that is a nice one. where was that, downtown?
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Apr 20, 2011 02:43
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harperdc posted:drat, that is a nice one. where was that, downtown? Yeah by 9th and Stark downtown
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Apr 20, 2011 03:50
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I'll toot my own horn and declare the 2011 look as finished: It looks pretty good on blurry pictures and at a distance, but the paint and bodywork sucks, and it hasn't been washed for months.
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Apr 20, 2011 07:59
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evobatman posted:I'll toot my own horn and declare the 2011 look as finished: Much improved!! I remember cringing when I saw what the body shop did. Getting rid of the corner markers and kidneys was critical. Is that Calypsorot? Whenever you post a pic it always looks a little off and I'm not sure if it's the camera or the paint. EDIT: Saw this on wikipedia. What an abortion of a car: 
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Apr 20, 2011 14:57
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It sounds good in theory!
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Apr 20, 2011 18:42
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evobatman posted:I'll toot my own horn and declare the 2011 look as finished: Looks really good, lovely color and some nice mods. Are those 17" BBS RG-R? Also wondering if you did a fog-light delete.
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Thanks for the kind words both of you above me! The car is Cordoba red, which changes hue a lot depending on lighting and dirt coverage. The wheels are BBS RX204s, 17", on 215/45 cheap but new last year tyres. It's got the adjustable JOM suspension kit you can find all over eBay, and I just had an alignment done yesterday, which made a huge difference! If you look at my post history in this thread, http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2809820&userid=100786 you can see the different hues the car can take on and a bit of its history in my hands. It was stripped for equipment, and never had foglamps in the first place. I don't think I'll fit any either, I like how it looks now, a bit different from most M3 fronts.
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Bilsteins, nice. What springs are those?
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Apr 21, 2011 00:50
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H&R OE Sports. Kinda disappointed they aren't a flamboyant colour to go with the shocks. BTW, for any canucks in here, Essex Distributors is a great place to get H&R/Bilstein stuff in Canada. Flat rate shipping and their customer service is pretty good. Crustashio fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Apr 21, 2011 |
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Crustashio posted:H&R OE Sports. Kinda disappointed they aren't a flamboyant colour to go with the shocks. Woah thanks a lot for this. Now I forget, what car is this going on?
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Car: 1997 328i Mileage: 201,000 I noticed a funny smell while driving today. I pulled over and opened the hood to inspect the belts, and found this instead:  My initial thought was OH poo poo but I drove ten miles home no problem, so if it's a blockage it's a small one. Is it possible the hose is just bad? The upper radiator hose (and all the other cooling system parts) has 49,000 miles on it. Thoughts? It hasn't overheated at all, but I'm afraid of that bursting.
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nevermind, just thought of it.
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Apr 22, 2011 01:18
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Hmm. . . That's not good.  
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CornHolio posted:Car: 1997 328i Yea, you want to replace that hose, it's going to burst shortly (unless of course something else fails first!).
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Apr 22, 2011 04:48
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goml23 posted:Hmm. . . Crap, is that oil?
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Apr 22, 2011 04:48
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Yeah, my dented oilpan finally gave and cracked on me.
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Apr 22, 2011 05:31
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While that sucks, I would be grateful it didn't happen while driving and seize the engine.
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Apr 22, 2011 13:21
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True. Another bright side: I was almost due for an oil change, and now I don't have to worry about that!
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My god. I think I'm finally done fixing things on my 2002 for the first time since I bought it. It's certainly not "done" and still needs attention but nothing serious is broken for once. As a refresher... I bought the thing and the head gasket took a dump 5 days later after the thermostat failed. What followed was a monumental amount of wrenching on it as it sat outside of my apartment on the side of the road. Half of the engine compartment was removed and then reinstalled after the head was resurfaced. So far, I've replaced: head gasket, water pump, intake and exhaust manifold gaskets, plug wires, fan, water temperature sensor, thermostat, spark plugs, oil filter, oil, coolant, timing chain tensioner and the oil sprayer bar for the head. I've also fixed the gauge cluster's broken grounds so the fuel and temp needles actually move, the valve lash, the ground connections and wiring under the hood, the door locks (neither door locked when I bought it)... I still have stuff to attend to. The rear defroster is still busted, the horn doesn't work, the headlights are so dim that they may as well be AA-powered flashlights, the center console is missing and the windshield wipers move so slowly that their motion can be recorded in minutes instead of seconds but this car is definitely in HUGELY better shape than when I purchased it. It's fairly lucky that it landed in my hands, in my opinion. Anyway, the car was "done" but was driving me absolutely crazy because it'd start off running dead silent when cold but get horrifically loud when it warmed up. It was making a sound that sounded like I dropped a bolt into the engine. I couldn't find a single thing out of adjustment to explain it and the fact that the engine bay got louder instead of quieter as the engine warmed up made no sense at all to me. Then yesterday, I noticed that one of the four bolts holding the radiator in place was missing. The one in the lower left corner was never put in and the radiator wasn't sitting flush. It was "sticking out" slightly on that corner and was maybe 1/16" or less away from the fan. I found a correct bolt and bolted that corner down. Heyyy... the fan suddenly had more clearance. Magically, the terrifying "ticking" sound went away. I guess things were shifting around slightly as the engine warmed up and it was causing the fan to lightly slap against the lower left corner of the radiator, making a sound that sounded like the engine was about to detonate. It's always one lousy bolt.....  Now to get a kit to shorten those diving board bumpers.
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Btdt, loving m42 oil pans!
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Anyone have experience swapping out the radio in a Mini ? I have an 03 Mini S with the H/K radio and I have heard it's a big pain in the rear end to remove that and get another system in. My thought was it would be cheaper to just replace the head unit with one that has a USB input than to get the mini iPod adapter since it's like 350 bucks, but I think I might also lose the steering wheel controls if I do that. Cheaper option is to just get the Auxilary unput kit since that's only like 40 bucks, but then I have to mess with the player to change songs and such. Bonus pic: 
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This is the BMW thread.
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Nitr0 posted:This is the BMW thread. How delightfully snobbish.
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Nitr0 posted:This is the BMW thread.
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So my dad just had me drive his 328Ci, and he is getting a pretty violent shake in his steering wheel that starts at about 30-35mph and gets worse as you climb in speed. Normally I would simply think that it is an alignment/balance issue, but oddly enough, it only starts to happen after you've been driving for 10-15 minutes. I drove it for maybe 5-6 miles before I started happening. What could be causing this? Is there something that would go out of alignment after the engine/tires warm up?
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^ shake in the steering wheel around 30-35 was my FCABs, but it went away as I sped up. Probably wouldn't hurt to check them though. The warming up thing is very weird, the FCABs were all the time. So it's probably not that. Do let us know when you find out! So my 99 328i hit 170k today, and I realized, many things on the car are getting pretty old. I'd like to do a suspension refresh, because I think it's affecting my handling quite a bit now. I really like the look of the pelican kits, but they all say "328i/Ci (07/99 on)". Did they change so much mid year that I'm boned for most suspension replacements? When I look at the individual parts on pelican, I don't see anything specifying the 07/99 date.
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Deceptor101 posted:^ shake in the steering wheel around 30-35 was my FCABs, but it went away as I sped up. Probably wouldn't hurt to check them though. The warming up thing is very weird, the FCABs were all the time. So it's probably not that. Do let us know when you find out! Do some cross-referencing at realoem.com, but I think you're safe. Personally I wouldn't go with a kit from Pelican, nothing against them, I just prefer Meyle HD components, they're really worth the extra cost IMO. The suspension refresh on my E46 is; Meyle HD FCAB's, Meyle HD Front End Links, Meyle HD rear shock mounts, RSM reinforcement plates, tie-rods, front strut mounts, spring pads all around, Koni FSD shocks, H&R sport springs, and a carbon fiber BMW performance strut brace for the cherry on top. One of these days some Sway Barbarians from UUC are supposed to show up but after 6 weeks im still patiently waiting 
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