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3 Auto electricians later and none can reset the Steering angle sensor. Apparently the cars to old for their new computers. It'll be a trip over to the BMW dealership in Palmerston north next week. Frustrating...

As it's an option at the time of purchase is there a way to see what M options a car might have? A Msport might not necessarily have the M suspension.

Would that be daniels635turbo by any chance? Talk to him on the bimmerfurums and he's a real nice guy. He grew up in my town and has asked repeatedly that I take both my 7's to the Castlecliff Domain and take some pics for him. Gotta wash the 740i first though..lol Jeff, do you mind if I copy the pic of the 7 and 8 together and post it in my thread on the other site?

So glad you went down this road instead of re shelling. Love those seats and black on black is wicked.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure on a 525 the M options you'd get would be purely cosmetic. eg. bodykit, M sport steering wheel and such. Maybe sportier suspension. They were options you could put on your car from the M5. The value placed on them would be up to the individual buyer I'd say.

Luv the interior on that one. But dont forget to look around. Theres deals to be had if your looking in the right places. 96 520 It's a repo but at that price you could fix anything that wrong and have a good car at half the price. https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Search/BMW/520/14010646/ 96 523 Another cheap one. Current bid $605. https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Search/BMW/523IA/13927445/ 96 523 Only done 127000k https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Search/BMW/523i/14053434/ 99 528 148k on the clock https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Search/BMW/528i/14009642/ Or how about this lovely 2000 525 with 87k on it. Real tidy but a bit more than the trademe one. https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Search/BMW/525i/14058852/ If your concerned about them being in towns and you cant view them Turners will get a AA check done on them for you.

Cheers. That was a good read.

Do ya'all pay for tv shows online? Why when you can watchseries.ag/ Admittedly theres a few pop ups to get through but when your used to it, it's a great resource.

Cheers for that. I found this one on amazon. http://www.amazon.com/BMW-Stability-Control-Steering-Original/dp/B00KCXZM5I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_263_1/181-1686327-0781463?ie=UTF8&refRID=0ZEZB7R7V4BT723BFC64 It was an optional extra for individuals. Very rare in the E38's. ha ha. Hadn't thought of that.

You've probably seen this but I figured it might get you drooling if you haven't. The never built M8 http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/bmw-m8-never-was

Looking good Andy. Amazing how something so small and simple can drastically alter the way a car looks. I likee.

I have EDC in my 740i. And it's disconnected. Theres wires coming out of the top of the struts. Simply look down the wire and you'll see a box where they can be unpluged. It's no big deal and you'll have no errors as stated above. So all you need to do is pull them out and install your coilovers and happy motoring. Note the wire coming out of the top of the strut and where its attached to the strut housing wall. Unplug there.

Little update. Had it in to the auto electrician today to have the Steering angle sensor reset. Cleared the codes and it immediately came back so the sensor has an internal fault and cant be reset. Damn. Have to order a new one and it needs to be coded to the car and can only be done at a BMW dealership. Bonus was having it out for a drive today in the cold weather and remembering it has heated seats. What a nice little extra. My passenger and I roasted our derrieres whist cruising around town.

I've somehow missed this entire thread but now I'e had a very enjoyable read from beginning to now. Awesome work you've done. It's always nice when a project comes together like that and the end result meets or exceeds the expectations you had from the beginning. Congratulations. Oh, keep the gratuitous engine bay photos coming.

You may have said in an earlier post I've missed. But what color are you going to do it in. Man it's looking good. Cant wait to see some pics when you get it back from paint.

They have this one too. More what your looking for. http://unitedcarcare.co.nz/shop/accessories/clay-bar-orange-mild/

He's missing a set of these.lol

Did you see the post in my other thread by these guys? http://unitedcarcare.co.nz/shop/accessories/clay-bar-medium-grade/ 100 gram bar for $15

What the heck. Should read "embarrassed to show car".

Damn that looks good. I really just wanna reach out and touch it.

The window tint guy said they were ok but the testing station failed them. They were old and looking pretty sad anyway. I'll definitely get them tinted again. I think it looks good on the silver car.

Spent most of today taking off the window tints as they were apparently to dark to pass the WOF. Went and saw a window tinter to ask if there was a easy way to do this and he said just rip it if then use paint grease remover to soften the glue and gently scrape it off the windows. Did this on three of the side windows and got fed up. What a prick of a job. I figured there had to be a easier way so I googled it. And there is a easier way. Much easier. Get yours or your wifes hairdryer and heat a corner of the tint. Gently and slowly peel back the tint heating it as you go. 95%of the glue came away on the tint leaving me a very few small bits that were easy to clean. I'm so glad I found this before I started in the back window. So, All the tint removed today. Booked it into the local auto electrician for next week to get the steering angle sensor reset.

The last time I had a car written off the insurance company paid me out and I was able to buy the car back from them. I then used the money they paid me to have the repairs done and I actually came out of the whole deal with money in my pocket. Might pay to ask them if they're willing to sell it back to you and for how much if they're so keen on writing it off before they've even had it assessed. You could end up with a whole lot more money to spend on your pride and joy if it works out that way.

People who travel at 90kms along the highway when you have no oportunity to overtake them then speed up to 105kms on the passing lane. OMG. come on people.

95 to 97 had the flat bottomed lights the 98 to 01 had the facelift lights.