Well got a call from the detailer today.. He said it had all been washed and clayed but was in a bit worse shape than he thought it would be-gulp :-\ However He has asked for my permission to use it as a promotion vehicle for him.. For no extra cost to me he wants the car for another week and he's g...

Looks sweet fella

Looking at your running boards/arches /bumpers have you had them sprayed? They look nice n shiny in the pic...

Had the same symptoms as you..

Sent it off to Baris and had it back to me in two days with channels fixed and amps upgraded... :punk:

Top service and damn fine chap to talk to...

Type in carphonics I think for all the details..

Nice one Shad! How low have you gone on yours? My caravan is only 1400kg max fully laden so no real biggie.. The more I look at these stateside low riders the more I need to do it 8) The X is in for a 5 day detailing this week and Im missing the old girl already :-[ I think on my Xmas list will be a...

Hmmm 

I take it the recoding brings the rear down to make it level with the front??

Are there any problems in doing this,is it something my Indy would frown upon doing?

Is there a limit to how far you can bring it down?

Also would the geometry need re doing?.

John

Having just seen pics of a very nice lowered X in the states it got the little grey cells wondering..... Now bearing in mind I tow a caravan so will want to keep the rear air suspension to keep things level.. Is there a way of lowering mine?. Forgive me if this is a stupid question I'm just curious ...

Nice one!!!

And to the fold..

+2 Lift the bonnet and it's on the top left side near the windscreen.. Disconnect it it'll save you a sleepless night.. Got mine replaced at my local Indy as I'm new to the bmw fold and didn't know what to look for.. If I'd have looked on here before it would have saved me a £45 diagnostic fee.. The...

I replaced all 4 of mine with Nankang SP5's about 4k ago

£450 all in and I'm quite impressed..

Road noise nice n low for a budget tyre..

Nice one They look great 8) Last thing on my list to do after my detail... Fortunately I have a place literally around the corner from me that does a full refurb in a day, drop the car off at 8am/ pick up all finished 5pm.. Had my previous merc done a couple of years ago and they're still looking gr...

Ha!!

Nah he normally wants a vehicle for 3 days anyway but seeing as it's a X and it's not in the best shape paint wise he's allowed 5 just in case..
He's charging me £500 so I'm expecting something nice at the end..
I've seen some of his previous work so I'm pretty confident!!

Hi all Well I'm almost nearing the end of the mods I want to do to my X.. I have the old girl booked in for a full 3 stage detail Sunday. This is to include getting the running boards back to new all the tarnishing off the metal window trims and my beige seatbelts back to a nice clean state.. He wan...

Update Reset the box yesterday as per instructions suggested.. I've been out on a couple of short trips but couldn't notice much difference,however on the daily commute to work this morning 25mls- what a difference!!! The changes seem smoother and more importantly seem to occur in the right rev rang...

Thanks for all the replies-very helpfull Will try the box reset and see how I get on. Like I said I do drive it very sedately and the previous owner may have been lead footed.. I may give changing pads n discs a go myself seeing as there are no complicated procedures to trip me up and leave me with ...

Nah he said all seems good with the box/diffs etc ..

Had me a bit fuming at the time as he gave it a good thrashing(I do drive it like a girl tho to be honest)!!!  >:(