swanman

My e39 530 2001, 106kms went into to get its dashboard pixelation issue fixed recently, The odometer could not be read so failed the WOF. This was done fine no issue. However now the car will not develop power over 2krpm and what power there is is very lumpy. I have had this car for 2 years and it has been ultra reliable. I have had the mechanic take the car back and they think it may be the coils. My questions are. Could there be a link between the work that took place on the dash and the current issue? The dash had to be opened and a part taken away to to be fixed. Do the symptoms as descriped fit with a coil issue? Cheers

Hi. I know about the pixelation issue. However I cannot see my odometer read out at all. After reading the instructions I have pressed the button on the dash and put the key in the 0 position but I cannot get anything at all. I can see the read out below where it tells the time and the data which you can scroll with the button on the stalk on the left hand side. The odometer info used to be there, buggered if I can find it now. Any ideas? The WOF inspector has failed the car because of this and I think this should be a quick fix. Cheers in advance Fraser

How much for the heater elements? And the antenna?

I am about to buy a Z3 with 3 outstanding issues. There is no radio antenna on the car, I have asked the current owner to get this fixed before the deal is done, is it difficult to get one any issues installing etc?? 2nd issue which I have accepted and I will fix is that the heated seat on the drivers side is not working on the base, only on the back part of the seat. I think a new heater matrix needs to be installed in the seat. Who can do, how expensive..........,(sorry don't want to do this myself as not very handy)? 3rd issue I took the car for a test drive which went fine, one small thing when I stopped at an intersection the engine just cut out. This happened only once and I stopped at other intersection with no issue. It started again straight away. I have a 530 as well and it has never done this. Is this something I should be concerned about? Or just treat it as a one off? Car has upgraded m leather seats and is a 2000 Z3 2.2i, NZ new, full bmw service history and 56kms and appears to be in very good nick. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=584381892 Cheers

Thanks for the response. Any recommendations for who could do the recolouring for the seats?

Hi, Think I am on the point of buying a Z3. I have found a great condition car low k's, 2.2i. That's is all good but it has some interior trim colours that I am not keen on. Seats, panel around the aircon controls, hand brake cover, lower part of steering wheel and door panel sections are white. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=577873679 My question is how hard is to get these parts in a standard black colour? Is there a place you can get all these from a breakers yard, or seats professionally upholstered? I don't mind spending up to about 1-2k on getting this done. Any more than this i will not buy the car and keep looking. I have seen so many of these cars with really nasty blues and reds as well so I am hoping that there is a well known process to get this done without spending mega $$ Cheers

Cool, thanks guys Ill contact Richard and get one. Cheers

All good advice. I guess I will go for the dice then. I do need to keep the iphone visible though so I can use the sat nav on it. So where is the best place to get this done. I know that sounds a littl lazy. Ideally I just want to drop it off somewhere and it just gets done, or is there a mobile installer. Thanks for the fast replies, appreciate this a lot. Oh BTW I am in Auckland.

Hi everyone. Before I start I have had a very throrough look throught the other posts but I just cant quite get the info I am looking for. So I have just bought a 2001 530 with S602 computer in it. What a great car by the way. All I need is to hook up my iphone into the sound system. I don't need the phone capability just access to the ipod function on the phone and I will be a happy man. I have read about the dice units, the parrot system etc but hese solutions are all over the top for what I require. Just a a feed somehow (hardwire 3.5 jack?) into the sound system. Also I want to preferably just take it to a shop and tell them what needs to be done and they just do it for me. Seems simple enough however I am not quite seeing the solution. Oh and also power/cradle options for the iphone would be appreciated. Is there a good mount that can just plug into the cig lighter? That would seem a simple solution Can anyone please advise? Cheers