martyyn

Your right Bravo its not easy, otherwise every one would be doing it. But the only stupid question is the one that isnt asked and we all have to start somewhere.

Anticlockwise for me initially, but as the leg always starts on the right and 'swings' to the left when you first open it I can now only see clockwise !

Young 20's

Thats not old ! HB fella

Sweet, so I can drag all the photos of my progress into one thread in here rather than them be scattered through the showroom forum ?

Fen, have you sold your 530 touring ?

Anyone know when e39 sedans started to get fold down rear seats ? Ive seen several 2003 models with them but several 520's that didnt have them. I dont know if its a year thing or a model thing

If you think thats cheap they are nothing more than a couple of hundred quid in the UK now. You can pick one up for the equivalent of a weeks wages. If you find one thats been looked after it will go forever. Lovely cars to own and drive, I really miss my v12

No......they break all the laws of good taste and decency

Is that what you tell all the girls Jock

Im not really going to know how bad the blue is until I see it in the flesh. But its bad enough for me not to want to come to Auckland to have a look. Ive seen blue in e32's and e34's and its terrible. The guy has offered it as-is for 30k but I wouldve expected to get it for that anyway even if it was black leather already. The silver 540 is a good deal, but I really want something much newer if I can and with a few more toys. The 530 msport has not returned my calls and although I got more photos of the green 540 the dash is not a colour Im a fan of (neither is the wife) and he wouldnt entertain any thought of dropping the price. The search goes on.

I think I saw I set of metrics on TM recently. Would it not be worth while ditching the metrics and putting some standard 15 rims on ? They come up fairly regularly and are often the same price as the metrics.

I can import one myself, Ive got two blokes at work who have done dozens of them (my boss is one of them!) but with the exchange rate now they are just as expensive as those already in the country and Im not sure I can wait the 2/3 months it takes to get it here Ill have another look on the websites to see whats available.

Have spoken at length today with the Dave the owner of Retro Enhancements. He said there is no way they could paint the plastic or carpets that would give a satisfactory result to themselves let alone me. The only thing they could do would be to retrim the seats and the doorcard inserts in leather but everything else would remain blue. Not sure I can even be bothered making an offer after hearing that I certainly dont fancy having to swap the entire interior including the carpet and a mixture of black leather and blue plastic just sounds all wrong.

Josh, Ive spoken to Alex already and he said he cant get anything 2002 onwards. Ive been waiting for two weeks now for him to send me details on two tourings that he's bringing aswell....Im starting to think he doesnt want to sell me a car ! 318Touring, Ive thought about doing both. But with the way the exchange rate is at the moment I couldnt bring one in for less and Id be waiting for months. What you have to remember is the Jap cars for sale here now were bought months ago when the dollar was flying so they were an awful lot cheaper than they are now the dollar has settled. There is no way I would try this myself but to be honest I think it would have to have the whole interior out, door cards off etc and would just cost too much money and be too much hassle. Ill hit him with a ridiculous offer tomorrow and se what he says. You never know.

Thanks Josh, its not the wood trim that Im worried about so much its how they would paint the dash and the plastic on the center console. Im trying to scope out the US forums now but other than finding kits to do it with, Im not having much luck

Thats FAB in the UK mate, I wonder what the postage on an interior would be !

Ive just heard back from the dealers and they want to sell me the car 'as-is' for a knock down price rather than do the work themselves. The reason being that they dont want to do the work and have me not be happy with the results. They took it to Retro Enhancements today and what I reckon has happened is that Retro has said they can do everything but the center console and dash, or can do it but cant guarantee the results. Perhaps it wont stick, or perhaps it will wear off eventually, I dont know. Ive called Retro but I cant speak to the people who saw the car because they are in a 'meeting' but one of the others said they could do the plastics no problem, but he was concerend about the dash. Does anyone have any experience of trying to 'paint' the dash/center console ? Or does anyone know the guys at Retro Enhancements ? I know you do Josh, so Im keen to find out what you think about them.

Yeah the 95 is only the m60 and I have the m62 which is a 4.4 and much more bullet proof. His interior is nowhere as good as mine and it has the old 'dial' center dash rather than the digital one I have. Ive made alot of cosmetic changes to mine, it has PDC and an intigrated BT phone kit. sports suspension, aftermarket sports cats, and Ive done all the work that I listed in Bravo's thread. Its just a crap time to be selling a big car at the moment, but mine's been well looked after and Im sure its worth every penny. I just have to find someone that agrees. I cant believe these cars are selling so cheaply now, mine was valued at 45k only three years ago !

I bet Im not the only one who is now watching this thread with interest

Thanks for your efforts Zenetti, Ive just had a call from Turners to say they have sold it for 36k. I pity the poor bugger who has to buy the tyres as its WOF ran out last week....perhaps I should give him your number. I might need some 18's soon so Ill send you a PM.

Taller....6'5 Those two inches make all the difference

Yes mate the fact that I sit virtually in the back seat for a start !Ask Hartage about how long it took to modify my seat so I could get in it

ICV...PCV its only one letter out !

These will set it off nicely lovely jubbly