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    Spare wheel well? Hope your towing nothing more than hedge trimmings.

    The original E39 towbar replaces the bumper supports and bolts directly onto the chassis rails with no drilling. Also comes with some pretty beefy supports.

    Off course it bolts on to the bumper supports,that goes without saying doesn't it,perhaps I should have been more descriptive,my point was it was a good fit,very easy install,had to press remove two small bolts from the original bumper shock brackets,drill out the holes to take larger bolts and it all just went back in.Car body was already drilled for the larger size bolts. I think the bolt holes in the well were more for extra support to stop twisting maybe,probably not even needed.

    Wiring kit I don't need,only for occasional trips to the dump during daylight so didnt bother.

    towbar rated to 2000kgs

    Not knocking the factory kit or 2nd hand if you can find one but was just a heads up to anyone looking for a cheap bar,I thought it was good value and service and was worth mentioning the company,just putting my experience out there

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    brought a new towbar for 2003 e39 touring from towright in christchurch

    delivered overnight for $300 total to the north island,bolts and towball inc

    fitted in a couple of hours with only a drill ,(2 holes in spare wheel well) and socketset and slight cut to bottom of rear apron

    Big ups to them.great bar cheap price and fitted perfectly.

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    jvc kdr 905 and 805

    both have adjustable lighting,got bluetooth as well

    i'm basically looking for:

    rear or rear+front usb or an SD card slot

    direct control for ipod

    lights that aren't blue or are adjustable.

    i've basically come down to the pioneer deh-4250 (sd card slot, red lights), JVC KD-R716 (front and rear USB, but hideous bright blue lights) or JVC KD-616 (adjustable lights so can match them but no SD card slot or rear USB).

    basically i'm not keen on a front USB because i don't want a cable hanging over my dash, i'm guessing everything's gone front USB these days thanks to iphones etc and having an SD card slot means i could just load up a card with music and leave it in there with no fluffing about plugging in ipods etc.

    anyone know of any other units that might suit?

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    thanks jochen

    you were correct regarding the light and 15mins,I will wait till weather clears and can leave window open to check the fan goes off as well,

    not sure what causes car to wake up randomly unless im bumping key remote accidently in pocket but that should resleep again I would have thought so will monitor this further

    not sure why satnav needs disk access when car is off but will remove the disk and monitor the traffic as suggested

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    2003 525 model jap import

    Why is the transmission park light on 24/7 when not going is this alarm related?

    why is there a faint fan/electrical noise coming from inside aircon dash controls area when key is off,all buttons are dead but something is going still?

    japanese satnav dvd spins/grinds away 24/7 in boot when disk is in,(not thats it useful anyway but why when key is off?)

    do e39s have an alarm,manual describes one,how do you check

    possible gremlin

    have noticed few random times now that after locking car and returning later interior lights and satscreen are on, (went off when locking as expected)screen is grey and shows clock only,unlocking and relocking with remote fixes lights but screen stays on unless ignition is turned on and off again,

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    Go to a wreckers, cut a plug off a loom, and you'll loads of pins (+ wire if you cut the cable a ways back...)

    why did I not think of that

    cheers

    Actually in the wagon there is a much larger version of a similar looking audio video plug sitting bare under the floor

    just behind the radio,

    any ideas what this is for

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    Im trying to add a reverse camera trigger to pin 17 of the audio video module and also hook up the camera feed to the inputs,

    is this 61-13-0-005-197 the correct part for the pins and are they availably locally,can they be ordered from bmw directly or is ther something local available cheaply from computer parts or the like

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    after viewing many reverse camera install retrofit diagrams Ive fitted an aftermarket reverse camera to an e39 wagon but have suddenly realised when going to fit the relay for 12v+ reverse wiring trigger that the reverse lights are actually in the tailgate. DOH,,Is there anywhere in the RH rear of car (video module corner) that I could tap into the reverse signal,cant find where the tailgate light wires go once they enter the roof space above the rear roof speakers but suspect they dont return to the rear of the car.

    other option is to fit the relay inside the tailgate itself next to camera and extent the video module reverse ground trigger pin17 back into the tailgate and relay

    anyone with any wiring circuits that show access to the reverse light signal 12v+

    Ive also read confusingly that the reverse signal polls for bulb failure and would connecting a relay upset this or possible cause video signal dropouts

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    never met or dealt with Ray but when asked Ray about a replacement door barrell damaged by vandals trying to break in and he found and sent me one to Hawkes Bay,no charge,no freight.

    Amazing Service and will be recommending to anyone

    Big Ups to you Ray Much Appreciated

    Cheers

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