twisted

I'm going through the battle too glenn. Although I am in my second week of relapse after 8 smokefree.

Not looking forward to getting back on the wagon, but hardout looking forward to being smokefree again.

^^ least you have em....

Saw this Focus RS On the Wellington Urban Motorway this morning. So mean.

Hmmm the old LIC plate light message.

Mine used to do that all the time. So annoying, how did you fix it in the end?

Points of failure seem to be the loom at the L/R boot hinge, LKM, and headlight adjustment motors. (adjustment motors might be related to LKM? not sure) Unplugging the motors on both my E34's have fixed all warnings and bing bongs

Might get some replacements at some stage, but isnt a priority.

Fixed the fabled dip beam, brake light and license plate light warnings on the 540.

Did you resolve this issue? Mine turn to be totally frustrated by those dings and warnings....

Pop the bonnet and look at the back of the headlights. (the right hand side will have a plastic heat shield of sorts as a part of the airbox - remove this, but put it back!)

In the middle of the light cluster, there is a long thing sticking out with a plug on the end. This is the motor which controls the light height adjustment. unplug the plug.

Provided you dont have a broken loom in the boot, i can almost guarantee this will fix your issue.

I have just done this now on my latest 540, and once again, it works a treat. No more bing bong etc.

Bought a PS3 last week in preparation.

1/2 keen to know the prices of E34 front and rear skirt. Already have the sides.

Will be in Martinborough at La de da

So f**king Tuff.

why do people do this?

E34:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97838005@N00/...in/photostream/

E39 M5:

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39-m5-e5...conversion.html

Personally I think that the Remus exhausts are quite ugly. If I was going to buy a specialist exhaust for my BMW I'd be looking to save a few hundred more and look into something like this:

http://www.beastpower.com/Merchant2/mercha..._Code=bmw-3-e46

Eisenmann Exhausts are teh sex.

Ahh.. That's right! Thanks. Out of interest what wheels are you sticking on her?

Staggered M-Pars

Looks good! Is the E34 offset the same as the E39 offset?

Yeah I think the offset is the same, however the E39 is the oddball of the bunch with a larger hub bore. In short (as far as I am aware) E34/E38 rims will not fit on an E39 due to the smaller hub. With hubcentric rings though E39 rims will fit on E34.

Hi All,

I thought i was done with Bimmers and in particular E34's when i sold my last one, However it seems the bug has bitten again and i'm back.

Picked this up today, some of you may be familiar with it as it was owned by a member a few months ago. Since then its had a new engine and number of other things replaced - though its very tidy, it is still not quite where i want it to be.

First things first, there's some new feet and shoes coming on a truck

Will take some proper photos after i've put the new rims on and given it a proper groom.

Edit:

Gave it a bit of a clean this morning and took some snaps on the driveway:

Best E34 colour Period.

The Guy is a tool.

Though he did send photos and the car does look pretty tidy.

I note that he may have been insulted by my sight unseen offer though.

There's one for sale just around the corner from home (could be one of teh above ones - work trademe fail). I Have a little dribble 2x a day.

We get the RS MP350

Ford New Zealand today announced a very limited run of the highly acclaimed Focus RS – "the ultimate hot hatch" – is now officially for sale in New Zealand.

Ford New Zealand is officially importing ten of the vehicles. To make them even more enticing, all ten arriving from late August will come with the Ford-approved Mountune Performance MP350 upgrade kit that boosts peak output to 257kW (350PS) and 460Nm of torque.

Yeah I remember that one on trademe actually

Was it a 540? There was a matte black e39 540T down my way for a while. Was hawt as F***

Try checking the bundle of wires by boot hinge on LHS. Common problem.

I had similar issues, opened up the wires in the boot and found several breaks/contacts.

I Had this too.

Now I'm getting these messages: 1 Brake Light / Lic Plate Light / Brake Light / Dip Beam.

Unplug the motors for yuor headlight height adjustment. Mine were bad and were giving me these check control warnings.

will contact subaru at some point then haha

Can vouch for Subaru upper engine cleaner. Have used it on my legacy more than once. It's also used as a part of official servicing by subaru i believe.

looks good boe. now get some dish.

1977 Alfasud.

2 hours after picking it up I discovered that all electrics liked to cut out when you stood on the brakes.

12 hours after picking it up, i smacked straight into the drivers door of the woman pulled out in front of me at the roundabout

1 week later i lost it on a 90deg left hander and sideswiped a van

8 hours later i jacked it up only to have the jack point collapse in a pile of rust. On both sides of the car.

in the next 12 hours i discovered that the chassis was 90% Newtech and rust, and 10% steel.

Funny thing is i still (17 years later) love that car to bits.