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The real deal, Alpina B10 3.5 Car has current WOF and Reg till March 25’ ready to go for Summer. Currently travelled 235,000 miles and has been meticulously maintained by BM Workshop over the years, plenty of service history to come with the vehicle alongside letters from Alpina. It’s numbered 8257, RHD ex Sytner (Alpina Dealer) in the UK https://www.alpina-archive.com/?p=5469 Car is equipped with Alpina Wheels, Spoiler, Steering wheel, Suspension, LSD etc. This car was optioned without the Alpina Decals from factory. More info available here of the factory modifications: https://www.alpina-archive.com/?page_id=177 Car is in very good condition for its age. Would love for it to stay in the Bimmersport community. SOLD - Pending final payment

Date: 21 Nov 2024 Distance: 215468 kms 1. Replaced side repeaters I noticed the amber side repeaters were significantly dulled. 22-odd years in the sunshine'll do that, particularly the UV down here. I noticed these aftermarket TYR units at a particularly reasonable circa 5 euros each during a parts order from Spareto, so dropped them into my order. They took about 12 mins all up to install. A quick wipe over with detailing mist, pop out, clean up, SRP, install.... figure out why they weren't working. Oh, bulb carrier included, though not the bulb! Uninstall, remove bulb holder, install bulb from original, re-attach, re-install, test okay. Fig 1: At the start... fig. 2: Job's a good one. Second time round, at least! Of course, after that the left-hand was swift. Not Suzuki. Quick! FIg. 3: Left Hand, dulled by years of sun Fig. 4: Removed, ready to retrieve bulb from bulb-holder FIg. 5: Left hand done, shining like a diamond in a goat's ass (as that feller from TX says). Hint: you don't need a screwdriver or spludger tool. Just push horizonally toward the rear of the car, then then gently lever out the front edge (against the clip - see Fig. 4 above). I did it without tools. To disconnect from the vehicle wiring, press the lever on the connector. To remove the bulb holder from the fitting, twist approx 30 degrees. Right then, on to the next one.

Decided not to put in a rear console / back seat USB BMW port. But I did put in a universal pd / usb charger. This one has up to 65 watts for USB c and 18 watts on usb b. Handy for rear passenger for charging devices and also will charge work laptop if needed. Was going through BMW TIS wiring diagrams and this is what I’ve learnt. Terminal 30b feeds all 12 volt outlets. 30b is enabled when the car is considered occupied and will run until car is either locked or will stay active for 8 -20 mins if the car is left unlocked after parked. After that it powers down. Was thinking about this as don’t want parasitic power draw from usb charger. For the rear console charger my car didn’t have a rear 12 volt outlet. In the factory wiring the rear outlet ifs piggybacked off the front hidden 12volt outlet. However with the f30 / f80 wiring looms there is almost no provisioning of wiring for accessories that went in the cars original build sheet. I needed to run wires for this. So , got some 1.5mm2 wire left over from adding the boot 12 volt outlet. Wrapped it in Tesa tape and rather than pull console apart to route I just used curtain wire to feed it from rear of console to dashboard. I popped the rear console trim down, drilled a 30 mm hole and mounted the charger. Works well for quicker charging of phone / tablets / laptop.

Well not anymore Mr Prince! 🤣😎 “I said first would be my pleasure to know who you are And do I have to use my tokens or do you have a car Well my name is the Prince and I'm a great rap star You don't have to use your tokens I've got a Jaguar”

Excellent, thanks for the detail - mine just arrived and I was planning on attacking it with a trim tool!

That I do, hence why this would look awesome parked next to it 😎 Na you haven't, sadly it got very rundown - parked it up at a friends place while I was busy sorting a workshop out, they made the mistake of leaving it outside with the sheep, so it needs a lot of TLC now. Have been busy moving house and sorting out life and the new shed that's a lot smaller. It's currently in dry storage and I'm talking to a friend of mine who's a panelbeater, plan is to get him to go right over the body, I'll handle the mechanical and get another guy I know (and, most importantly, trust) to try and sort the battery drain issue that's plagued it from day one. Then she'll be back. I'll be updating with progress when I get onto it, it's taken a bit of a back seat atm while getting this new place sorted out.

Snapped some shots with my mate/client's tech 1 the other morning. Couldn't help it. The lighting was amazing. Yes the Alpine white Tech 1 is on airlift performance suspension.

@charles28 you owe us a 10 second car

That's exactly what I did with mine. From memory these don't fit the karb box. Pretty sure I ordered those as well and ended up having to use the karb supplied bolts. I put a small rubber washer under the head of the bolt so it didn't damage the finish of the airbox. The downside to the CSL dipstick tube is that you have to remove the unfiltered section of the airbox just to check the oil level. You can very easily bend the stock dipstick tube to the side and it's way more functional, that's what I ended up option for.

Got the rears finished up tonight and made a start on the front right corner ... the fit is absolutely bang on which I'm pretty happy about !! Nice when all of the design and validation pays off. I'll validate the front left fitment is also good then get ready to paint the front calipers yellow. First time I've actually done a side by side of the rotors ... left is the 330 size at ⌀325x25 and right is the new ⌀356x30

Yesterday I went back to the Drag strip with the intention of hitting the 10s. My car now has direct port methanol and is sitting around 600whp, I also got some 275/40/R17 Hoosiers. First few runs were OK, but my 60 foot was a bit average. Finally when I started working it out my trans decided it doesn't like this power level haha. So I managed a compromised 11.155 @ 125.6MPH You can see the issue on the 100-200 etc from dragy, transmission miss shift 3rd to 4th gear. I am going to install a sonnax zip kit and go custom tcu tune with Rod Sutphin and try again late January. VID_207160423_071904_851.mp4 VID_20241118_145206_992.mp4.mov

Spot the difference.

I will be doing it in house in a couple of months, in the process of buying and sourcing equipment to do it bro. Going to offer it as a service to client's etc

Helped the old man make some progress on his 318is project. Finally off it's jackstands and moving under it's own power again. And a quick blast to supercheap for some fluids

What did you find in the interior with the blacklight 🤔