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Take a gamble..lol I bought both mine sight unseen.

lol, the goal is to have the most heavily optioned 740i in NZ. Suspension upgrades and paint are in the list too including installing 750il disks and calipers because in the distant future I see one of these. Almost forgot the 6 speed manual conversion too.

Cheers Brent. A few more wood pieces and I'll be happy. Trying to get my hands on the b pillar lower trim with wood from a 750 and the seat backs that have the wood trim as well. Ofcourse If I could find picnic tables that would be a bonus too.. Ahhh, it's endless..

Another cheap one at Turners. Looks tidy too. https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Search/BMW/540i/14388194

Oh Gawd. Dont tempt me.. ha ha Nice looking sport. Though I'm not feeling his price.

How about this one. 1998 Z3 https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Search/BMW/Z3/14390563

lol, we think we're saving time and energy with our new fangled devices. Turns out the old timers had it right after all.

Definitely leather. You'll be so much happier with that than cloth. Gives the car that added bit of class.

Got home from work this morning and thought what the heck. 15 mins later.

Oh, thats nice. I'd say ya being greedy but I cant really talk..lol Wouldn't mind an S62 for my 740i..

Wow. Welcome here. Your car is beautiful.

Looking good Brent.

Wooden handles I bought came from a tan interior so I've painted the plastic parts grey to match my interior. Took a part from the 740i to the paint shop and had it color matched. Primed with plastic adhesion primer then top coat. I'm pretty happy with the results. You'd have to look very close to know it's not original.

But they'd look so good.

Wow, that really was a score. I've been looking for one for a while now and generally your lucky if you can find one for under $250.

Just a little job today and I already posted about it in my project thread but I was so happy with the effect driving to work tonight I thought I'd show it off here. Wired in the amber LED's for the front map light. It really does make a difference to the interior at night. Shines a subtle Amber light down onto the centre consloe. Very nice effect.

Looking good Dimitrios. Did you source it locally?

Feeling a lot better after a couple of weeks though I still have to be careful about what I'm doing. Sneezing's still bad..lol just sticking to the little jobs for now..

If I had the knowledge to do this I'd pull one of my amp's to bits and crack into it but I have zero knowledge on electronics and wiring. I'm told that though the amp's can be exactly the same they are coded to the specific sound system of the car they're in. The E38's dsp amp can vary between 4 brands and can be found in the E39 and E53 as well so while they are all pug and play unless you get one from a car that has the same speaker arrangement it will either sound terrible or will turn off after about 30 sec. So hopefully the dealership or euro car specialist will be able to code it for me. The 750i is just static. cant hear music at all. And it's all the time. Volume works and I can see on the screen its searching and finding different stations just all I hear is static.

Today I tackled the amber LED's in the front map light. These should turn on with the driving lights and stay on permanently. So apparently the 95 wasn't meant to have these and the wiring harness doesn't support it. No power wire for the LED's. So I took a pin and wire from a spare plug I had and inserted it into pin 4 on the lights plug. Then joined that to the wire coming from pin 2 on the sunroof controls which powers the light in the sunroof controls. While I was pulling the home link panel from the roof it broke. It was so brittle it was falling to pieces in my hands. I grabbed the one out of the spare parts car but ofcourse it has different colored upholstery so I used a bit of spare imitation leather I had and covered it. So I now have working Amber LED's and a tidy home link panel. Future plans include having the headliner re trimmed in a darker Grey so the home link panel wont stand out so much.

From the 750i I get static. Volume works. I can select channels but all I hear is static. The 740i turns off after 30 seconds. I can power it off then back on and it'll work for another 30 seconds. From a bit of reading online I believe I may have to have it coded to the car?

I'm having issues with the stereos in both E38s. I've tried swapping out Amps to no avail. I'm wondering if anybody know's of a audio specialist who has had success fixing these? Its beyond my abilities and I'm starting to get frustrated..lol

In the 740i I've put in a spare amp and it's got rid of the clicking when you turn the volume up or down and the crackling sound it was making but it only has sound for about 30 second then nothing. Turn the radio off them back on again and you get 30 seconds of sound again. From reading around the net I think it might need to be coded to my car. Unless I can find a amp thats from a car with the same spec stereo as mine. The 750i just has static. Volume works, Can turn it off and on. monitor says it's picking up radio stations but all I hear is static. Both have the 4:3 OBC screen and both have the DSP amp in the boot.

Had a play at adjusting the self leveling suspension today. I always though the car looked like it was sitting a bit low in the rear. Raised it a inch and it looks much better. Been trying to get the radio going but without success. tried changing the amps and still cant get it to go..

Goodies arrived today. The grab handles are a different color to my trim which is grey so I'm going to grab one from the spare parts car and see how well I can get paint to adhere. Out with the old again. Plugs were different so with a bit of splicing in with the new. I was also disappointed to discover that while the plugs are the same shape for the front map light the male plug from the car is missing a pin and wire. so the 3 main lights will work but the 2 amber led's wont. The old one didn't have led's. Turns out I have a project for the weekend. After a bit of investigation I found out I can splice into the wire going to pin 4 on the sunroof night light and use that to power the amber led's.