What'd you do to your BMW today?

[Michael. 2313]

Destroyed the front of the m3 by hitting a hare on a spirited drive to middlemarch

Ugh that friggen sucks. How badly damaged?

[euroriffic 607]

Shattered the windedge tray and which caught under the car so had to jack it up to pull it out, Popped the fog light out and broke the bracket for it, smashed the mesh grill, cracked the bumper and dislodged it from it's corner mount, broke the wee clips that hold the brake ducts inplace and somehow lost the opposite side indicator lense. Aswell as leaving furr and alot of blood down the side of the car. Wonder if it's worth the hassle claiming insurance on it?

[hybrid 1043]

yeah, Happened to me with a cat on the wellington motorway on the 540. I took the opportunity to upgrade from the mtech2 bumper to an m5 one ... thanks insurance

[euroriffic 607]

Haha yea you gotta get something out of them. Might figure out what it's gunna cost me to repair it Vs insurance excess (400 I think) + premium increase of any.

[_ethrty-Andy_ 2132]

if your insurance is like mine, anything short of a write-off isn't worth claiming

[Lucan 196]

Sold the coupe

[euroriffic 607]

if your insurance is like mine, anything short of a write-off isn't worth claiming

I have a clean record so should be no issues and im with classic car insurance so hopefully they'll be more kind to me haha

[Gaz 1060]

Finally got around to fitting the rear motorsport bumper on the touring. Now just got to man up and drill holes to fit the side skirts.

[BM WORLD 1283]

Finally got around to fitting the rear motorsport bumper on the touring. Now just got to man up and drill holes to fit the side skirts.

i dont bother drilling holes ,

just use urathane on the sides and some screws underneth

[kiwi535 538]

took a 530d se for drive...2006 only 50 kms!

[kiwi535 538]

if your insurance is like mine, anything short of a write-off isn't worth claiming

when i was rear ended on the motorway once i used the opportunity to get rid ogf the stone chips so that cost me only 130 $$$$

[allan 295]

What about the poor hair or was it road pizza

[euroriffic 607]

From the mess it left up the side and on the rear rim I'm pretty sure he met his maker

[Mr2low 57]

Currently have my 540 on a tow truck from te horo to palmy

[Michael. 2313]

Found out HP coating for the headers will be $392 (for the coating) and $74 for a chemical strip of the carbon inside etc with a 1.5-2 week turn around time.

Yey... the costs continue!

[BM WORLD 1283]

getting some panel and paint on the old e28

replacing some average panels with better ones

like a new sunroof panel , better straighter front mtec bumper , tidier front bonnet .

better rear boot lip spoiler , new windscreen and trims around it.

sort a few small rust spots , scratches etc.

should look prett good when done

its been a while since i spent any time/money on the body work etc.

Edited May 14, 2013 by Brent HARTGE535i

[euroriffic 607]

Currently have my 540 on a tow truck from te horo to palmy

That's not good. What happened?

[BM WORLD 1283]

a little bit of progess with the e29 , both windscreens out , clean up some rust spots , boot spoiler off , new bumper in primer ,

still got to remove the side skirts ,

one pic shows how stoned chipped the old front bumper was

Edited May 18, 2013 by Brent HARTGE535i

[Michael. 2313]

Cool Brent, it will sure look the part with a fresh coat of paint.

[hybrid 1043]

Disassembled the following real time data from the S50B32

RPM

Coolant Temp

Intake air temp

Throttle Position

Speed ​​

MAF

Lead Ignition Angle

Injection Time Bank1

Injection Time Bank2

Exhaust VANOS Actual

Intake VANOS Actual

Lambda Bank1

Lambda Bank2

Duty factor

Cylinder Fade off load

Knock 1

Knock 2

Knock 3

Knock 4

Knock 5

Knock 6

Battery Voltage

Exhaust VANOS DME Target

Intake VANOS DME Target

Oil temp

Load

Oh and Gear Position

[E30-323ti 66]

Got the primer on the cage.

2 coats of 1k Etch/epoxy primer.

Looks nice, I should just leave it at that...

[pldubs 308]

Took my Car in for compliance, Failed on a some missing bolts from the driveshaft, the guibo, a bulged brake hose and the LF wheel bearing

Paul at Milland hooked me up,

Decided im not gona change the wheel bearing as its fine

So hopefully the rest will be done this afternoon

Dont go to VINZ theyre lazy as

[BM WORLD 1283]

My rental car in I have in gold coast , my brothers c55 amg .nice sound, plenty of power, handlling is firm , nice weighted steering, quite clever gearbox, holds gears longer etc when you floor it,.

Looking to driving it around for the next week or so.

Edited May 25, 2013 by Brent HARTGE535i

[Michael. 2313]

Nice one Brent, would be an interesting drive for a week!

Not a car I'd rush to buy though.

[euroriffic 607]

got tyres fitted to the schnitzers today and banged them on the M3, only problem is the spacers on the fronts to clear the struts only allow 2-3 turns of thr wheel studs so need to get some longer ones now. anyone got some?

also got it assessed by insurence so hopefully be getting fixed end of next week