Our new to us 2015 F31 325D M Sport

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Stillstand said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Headlight bulbs changed; gone with the Lunex 6000k ones for now. Faffy, but done. Wheel off job; fortunately the little service hatch is big enough to manoeuvre my fat hands

Osram Xenarc D1S bulbs removed; passenger side had gone yellowish, so time to change them anyways...

Front indicator bulbs swapped out for the Osram Diadem chrome ones too; looks much better

Not to derail your thread, but what are the Lunex bulbs like? I'm looking to change the OEM D1S bulbs in my G31 and I was going to get Osram Night Breakers Second Gen, but they're obviously 4 x the price of the Lunex ones. What is the catch here, if any? They have the same lumen output 3200.

Absolutely fine; I've run them for years now (E39s, F01, E65 and now my F31 etc)

No catch at all; they just don't have the marketing clout or name that Osram/Phillips do etc...

They're UK made, from the correct quartz glass and have a perfect light output/cut off line etc (although that's the headlight as well)

I've fitted the 6000K ones this time around; but have the 4300K ones in the boot as spares etc (god forbid I ever need to try and change them when out & about)

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Stillstand said:

Great.

I'd give them a try if I could get some of some - all the 6000k ones are out of stock.

How is the colour difference between 4300 and 6000? Much drop off in light output?

Yeah just seen, sods law!

The 4300K bulbs are very good, I'd highly recommend those also; they do offer the best use of the light, but I've never had any issues with the 6000ks either

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Black Friday sale on Autodoc - 47% discount FYI

Just ordered the cooling system refresh parts!

May as well take advantage of that discount

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Max M4X WW said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Black Friday sale on Autodoc - 47% discount FYI

Just ordered the cooling system refresh parts!

May as well take advantage of that discount

I've just ordered 4x Bilstein B4 Shocks for my UP GTI for £150 delivered. Bargain!

Absolutely; the prices are mental (as in superb)

BMW wanted £300 delivered for the cooling system overhaul; it's cost me £135 delivered via Autodoc and that's all Febi Bilstein parts

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And the final building blocks of the parts list

The cooling system overhaul - Febi stat, water pump and stat housing & Gates top/bottom hoses

I've got Comma G48 and deionised water in the garage; so will see if my pal can get the car in before Christmas and get that job done and out of the way

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Ken986 said:

Nice haul of parts gathered up. That’s my favourite bit , before the wrestling starts !

Haha agree Ken; but it won't be me doing the wrestling unfortunately; my pal will soon have it all licked into shape come the New Year

How's the E38?

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Ken986 said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Haha agree Ken; but it won't be me doing the wrestling unfortunately; my pal will soon have it all licked into shape come the New Year

How's the E38?

First “honest “ MOT passed recently . Still working through a few bits but it’s a great old bus .

Good to hear.

I keep looking at 728i's again

The V8s are lovely but I'd rather have the easy fix / easy motoring M52 over the M62 personally...

There's a few on C&C that look good and c£5k too...

We've agreed to sell the Jazz on in the New Year as the wife's had enough of the car now (can't pull skin off a rice pudding etc)

Shell take the F31 on and the E38 could be my project...

We'll see as an E39 528i SE would be a nice motor too... There's a Jap import one for sale currently, just into the UK and had all the work done / clocks sorted for the UK etc...

Blue velour interior

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Ken986 said:

d_a_n1979 said:

Good to hear.

I keep looking at 728i's again

The V8s are lovely but I'd rather have the easy fix / easy motoring M52 over the M62 personally...

There's a few on C&C that look good and c£5k too...

We've agreed to sell the Jazz on in the New Year as the wife's had enough of the car now (can't pull skin off a rice pudding etc)

Shell take the F31 on and the E38 could be my project...

We'll see as an E39 528i SE would be a nice motor too... There's a Jap import one for sale currently, just into the UK and had all the work done / clocks sorted for the UK etc...

Blue velour interior

Did you not mention that e39 era cars were over for you ???

I did... That's why I'm looking at E38s again

I don't want to rid of the Jazz TBH. It's only just dine 30k miles 58 plate) and it's free motoring more or less...

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My retrimmed wheel landed back today from the guys at Royal Steering Wheels

Finished in black alcantara with M stitching; it looks superb and feels fantastic in the hand

It'll get fitted in the New Year when all the other work gets done

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E90_M3Ross said:

That looks nice. Car will be very good next month when you get the suspension stuff done! I'd be interested in knowing how much difference you notice.

It's really well finished Ross; feels great too. No more cold hands (I miss the heated wheel in my previous F01)

Hoping the car will be better than new when it's all done; it drives fine now, but you can feel the age of the suspension etc

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E90_M3Ross said:

d_a_n1979 said:

E90_M3Ross said:

That looks nice. Car will be very good next month when you get the suspension stuff done! I'd be interested in knowing how much difference you notice.

It's really well finished Ross; feels great too. No more cold hands (I miss the heated wheel in my previous F01)

Hoping the car will be better than new when it's all done; it drives fine now, but you can feel the age of the suspension etc

It'll be great. Yours is newer than my car but a few more miles. Mine feels pretty tight but I'm sure I'll notice a difference after 12 years and 91k miles!!

It does; but at the mileage your cars at (same with mine); the new suspension will make a world of difference

Looking foward to it sitting that bit lower too; reducing that BMW rake will do my OCD some good

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Dropped into Bowker BMW in Preston this morning for it's MOT and iDrive update check-over etc

It 'should' pass with flying colours

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Full clean ticket thankfully

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E90_M3Ross said:

Great stuff!

Yup

That's it done now really; back up the drive and I'll plug it into trickle charge tomorrow; won't be using it now until next Thursday

These painkillers I'm having to take again are knocking me sideways; thankfully I work from home, so the car can just sit getting dirty on the drive in this terrible weather as I try not to drive unless I really have to

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E90_M3Ross said:

d_a_n1979 said:

E90_M3Ross said:

Great stuff!

Yup

That's it done now really; back up the drive and I'll plug it into trickle charge tomorrow; won't be using it now until next Thursday

These painkillers I'm having to take again are knocking me sideways; thankfully I work from home, so the car can just sit getting dirty on the drive in this terrible weather as I try not to drive unless I really have to

Sorry to hear that, what's up?

Long story but had been suffering with an issue (probably brought on by all the heavy weightlifting and stone lifting I've done for decades) which kicked of mid 2021.

Had an operation in May to fix it and it worked up until 6 weeks ago and now it's back with vengeance and it now looks like the only way to sort it (as long as the CT & MRI scans I've had today don't show anything untoward) is to have a final operation and have the damn thing whipped off for good...

Tis what it is... The nerve pain is what's worse (lower back and right down my left leg) as can't get away from it...

Sooner I can get this sorted the better

More painful are the bills as unfortunately trying to get this sorted via the NHS is nigh on impossible (through no fault of their own)...

Whatever you do, don't get old Ross

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E90_M3Ross said:

sorry to hear that mate.

I guess getting old is better than the other alternative....

Haha cheer pal - I'm only 45 but these last few years have aged me It's a pisser as well as I'd just got back into training (albeit lighter) but it was really good and things were going well, and then this bloody thing has come and taken my feet out from under me again

Tis what it is; it'll get sorted. i've just no patience!

Anyways...

F31 back on trickle; it'll sit there all week now unless I need to use it

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And the last part of the BMW parts puzzle has landed; CF wheel trim:






That's it ready now to go into my pals on 09th Jan for that week to get all the work done

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Ken986 said:

Impressive as ever

Cheers Ken

I'm looking forward to the end result in a few weeks time

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Forgot one thing! Braided brake lines...

Just ordered some plain black HEL ones so they should be with me just after the New Year

Got my op booked in for 03rd Jan as well (had to go private again as NHS are literally 12-18 months behind); so with 3-4 weeks recovery and no driving for 2 weeks at least, my pals will collect the BMW on 08th and keep it until they've done all the work

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Biker's Nemesis said:

Just read through the thread.

Thank you, appreciated