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Last week was very exciting, the wheels were painted in a color matched silver and coated in 2K clear. left to dry / cure for just over 48 hours before gentle re-assembly. A local tire shop fitted the Pilot Sport 4s back on with no issues or marring at all. I think they look amazing, the whole car is in need of a good wash before I take some decent pics. and thanks to @hqstu for the lending of the M5 wheels while i worked on these. Clear going on Looking good with 2 coats of base and clear applied Thanks to some awesome maching of barrels and the edge of the faces reassembly went very smooth bolts in and torqued down freshly remounted, car needs a decent wash then more pics will be posted. packed up and ready to go get the tires fitted to the refreshed wheels ( they are in the boot and backseat)

Looking good mate, will you be making the trip north to Tokaanu this year?

Yeah I see the gap. I fully expect water a dirt to get in over time. I will be adding some protective coating to the surfaces before reassembling to try and cut down on the impact of it. I don’t plan to ever take them apart again either but will feel better knowing I’ve done that at least. not sure about the bolts tbh they look like no clear coat, none of them have any clear peeling and feel like just metal 🤷‍♂️ And they polished up really well with Chemical guys light metal polish (which has a level of protection in it) 👍

It's been on the list for a while and this jan i started to prep my Style 42 wheels for refurb. The goal is to remove the failing clear coat, and respary the faces to get them looking as good as possible on a budget so DIY prep and paint is the pathway and being realisitc some marks wont come out, so perfection is not the goal but a set of wheels hat look good that i did in my garage with help from some friends The thing that spurred me into action was a kyte flying accident (fall at pace) which saw me end up with a concussion and more than several weeks (still ) off work. This time has allowed me to chip away at the prep (very) slowly as I wasnt able to do much of anything else especially screen related or out side for more that 10 -20 mins. More recently as I've recovered slightly i worked with a mate to seperate the wheel faces from the barrels and these were taken to Advanced Chrome Platers in Hamilton for refinishing, removing 98% of the curbing and failed clear coat leaving a polished finish on the 20 year old wheels more updates to come as paint get laid next week all going to plan. - bottom wheel sanded, ready for seperation; - Rattle gun to easily remove BBS bolts, reassembly will be with Kit Gloves! - Example of completley failed clear coat - 76 wheel face bolts, hand polished - Newley polished Lip Preped faces with skimmed edges to remove slag and other nasty deposits after year of grime and weather exposure I've also applied some filler on the larger stone chips

Yep. Mine has hardly been driven on weekends with the kids for ages. Occasionally I’ll move both seats over but that’s for longer trips. Otherwise it’s just easier and cleaner to keep them in the Rumion daily.

What did you end up replacing it with @BozzaFC , you had mentioned a possible E36?

thigh support Switch replaced with a pick a part item (thanks @BreakMyWindow) now both seats are fully operational and like new. next up...... wheel refurbishment

Any washes etc in between application and that photo Navin?

nice mate, look really good - i need to vacuum my air sampler vent also i needed to replce some button some time ago, i ended up buying a dead unti from a wrecker. Worked out you can pop the buttons off from the poutside by push Up and Out gently on the bottom of the button you want to replace. after reading horry sotries of little tab and actuators popping out i was happy not to go down that route. Love bring these older interior back to new aye

I just updated mate after your comment realising I wasn’t explaining myself well enough. 😎 yeah I’m not sure about other switches and will need to do some research. I’ll also reach out to my local mechanic once he is back at work. I think he is a couple of e39s in his wrecking lot. cheers in the seat compliment. I had the driver lower out bolster recovered and went over the rest of the seats with a razor to de fluff them. They look pretty great now for their age.

You’re running Michelin’s aye mate. The ps4 ? my car has them. Only a few months old and I find the quite tram line prone.

Sorted the broken drivers seat plastic surround today. Broken either by previous owner or upholstery guys, needless to say the latter didn’t help matters as it seriously deteriorated after they had their hands in it. I ordered a set from Schmeidmann they only come as a pair but the price was reasonable even from Germany. install took about 40 mins including removing the old one and transferring all the switches etc. am now looks super fresh and has all clips and bolts in their rightful place. I noted the thigh support switch was missing a component and was incorrectly assembled (the switch cover itself can only go one way). But the small gold coloured metal pieces can fall out easily if not assembled properly. so I robbed a part from the passenger seat. if anyone has a thigh support switch lying around let me know.

Mean. Car looks so good mate. My e39 is not getting an Xmas thrash this year. Has a funny engine knock sucking sound.

Nice “de-bing- bing” mod lol. Might do that for mine. car is looking super good Stu. You heading to caffeine and gasoline Sunday?

Chrome rings look great Stu. Who is painting your wheels?

P&H suspension looked overthe car this week. couple of issues identified; - loose brake dust sheild ratlting / moving on its bolts - tightened - right lower (strsaightone) control arm balljoint clicking / play - will be replaced next week

Cheers Martin, the wheel "wiggles" when i do that, i can feel play there somewhere. just trying to get it into my local mechanic for a closer look. The shock / spring looks like it might be moving too, which is disconcerting to say the least.....

I don’t have to to take wheel and calliper off today. But jacked the car up to see if giving the wheel a wiggle reveals anything. see vid. that is essentially what I’m hearing but slower and loaded up with car on ground it has a clicking sound or ping to it. The wheel felt loose. All the wheel nuts are tight. IMG_1383.MOV

Yeah I need some help listening / diagnosing. cheers for letting me know about the bearings mate. If I need them I will reach out.

Yeah. But I don’t do that much. So mostly when I’m pulling in /out of a parking space or my garage or driveway.

Is only noticeable when turning the wheel during slow manoeuvring / turning or when coming to an abrupt stop actually. have been doing some searching and a lot of older forum posts mentioned wheel bearing. It been intermittently happening since before I had my brakes done but frequency has increased recently

I have what can best be described as a clicking coming from my drivers front wheel well area. It has been getting louder in the last few weeks. it presents itself when moving off from a stand still or turning the wheels (in either direction) at a stand still or moving slow. And I’m sure I might be able to hear it when driving with the window down. But not sure. I thought it might be cured whe I replaced the rack ends, but no. Could it be wheel bearing or possibly sway bar links. I can’t seen anything obvious. Any ideas guys? @hqstu or @BreakMyWindow in your vast experience have you guys heard such a noise.

More new bits arrived last week, installed this week by Mosens. I'd had a weepy Power Steering suction hose for a while, was tough to adjust as the screw was facing the block, making it impossible to reach to adjust. it was also done up to tight it had split the hose and pissibly crakced the resivour. For <200$ NZ i replaced (including install) a new PS resivour and hoses. now i dont have to top up the fluid each month and the steering feels nicer too.

sick dude, congrats