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To do a proper long lasting repair (that is questionable in this case due to the location of the seat damage and high traffic it sees) you'd need to strip off the leathers urethane coating, prep/sand the area, sponge on the paint, followed by air brushing it in for even coverage, then air brush a protective urethane coating over it. It will look really obvious unless you get the colour match spot on factoring in for UV fading. You need no tools to remove a seat base, they're clipped in. You pull up on both sides and wiggle it out. A good used one wouldn't be more than $100. Pick a part is luck of the draw but I have seen tidy ones there when I was restoring my e39 touring.

Any more details around the oxy sensor errors from your scanner ? post cat or pre cat oxygen sensors ? There's 4 in total. Can you post up the errors, and also does your scanner show the additive and multiplicative fuel trims ? These maybe represented by long term and short term fuel trims. Try unplugging the mafs, go for a drive and see if you're getting the same behaviour. Mafs are a common issue on the s62. Coils are usually rock solid, mine are all original, and haven't heard of any one in the nz group of owners having to replace them.

Sure, used e39 parts are quite cheap now. If it were a different colour or had individual spec stitching or some other rare characteristics then definitely a touch up on the damage.

Ah yeah true it’s a good project. I’d probably get a colour match off of a surrounding area as if you go off a paint code or using the excess leather underneath the seat base it might not match due to uv fading. Yeah the febi ones have thicker plastic and are definitely up to holding maccas cups. Just put the cup in nicely and you’ll be fine.

Probably easier to just find a good used seat base then go through the hassle of repairing. I recommend the febi branded cupholders. As long as you’re not a gorilla they stand up to the test of time. Have had one in my M5 for over 5 years. You can get them off ebay, just check the brand and search “e39 rhd cupholder”

Ah yup. Fixed.

Unused as new. Solid rubber so will outlast oem fluid filled. $OLD

Remember to breathe before pulling the trigger.... on the submit reply button ?

Thankfully newtis.info still works.

I had the same issue using cobra lowering springs on my old touring. Drivers side measured 585mm from centre cap to arch, passenger side 600mm. If you swap the f springs around the ride height should basically balance out when you’re in the driver seat. I think all these after market spring makers for bmw’s use lhd cars as their basis.

Sold.

I may have one, i’ll check on the weekend.

In good working condition. Fits many different e39 models. (See list in pic) $250

No use for this anymore since I’ve sold my 530i. I purchased the transmission from BMWORLD in Papakura and had the torque converter rebuilt with the intention of fitting it all in to my ex 530i. Approximately 140k km on the trans. 0km on the torque converter - it’s as new. I’ve also pre-installed a genuine zf filter kit. Comes with the correct synthetic fluid and rear main seal kit. Pick up only in West Auckland. I’m asking $700

Picklefork and a bfh

Imagine if there was no A&E for them eh...

Yeah I could see it owing a fussy owner 20k once everything has been sorted out incl transmission.

Land Yacht now sold. Was a cool project and I’m really happy with its transformation. Thanks for watching.

Now sold.

Sold pending payment.

A house upgrade.

Why don’t you try selling them then instead of having a whinge about being called out for sh*t stirring. Subtle enough?

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