S50 progress thread..

[swamper]

S50 in Estoril Blue....

black and grey interior..

Storm Motorwerks BMW V1 Gear knob V1 Weighted Short Shift Knob
and Alpine Idax305x head unit..

strong strut fitted...

work in progress....

 

[z3cade]

Lovely Wayne..

I can recommend the storm lighter plug.. Really finishes the Center console off..

What have you got planed for the S50?

 

[swamper]

storm lighter plug?

just the suspension for the time being Liam...but even thats going to have to wait till i can afford what i want...maybe a rear brace....but i reckon i can get that made for 1/4 of the cost
be handy to get the dimensions of one....

 

[Snoops]

...maybe a rear brace....but i reckon i can get that made for 1/4 of the cost
be handy to get the dimensions of one....

I'm sure I've seen one for sale recently..... I'm trying to think where?

 

[badman gee]

i cant bring myself to make any mods,

there arnt many standard ones left.

im proud to leave it as it was made :x

 

[Snoops]

i cant bring myself to make any mods,

there arnt many standard ones left.

im proud to leave it as it was made :x

Just out of curiosity what would you call a mod that made it non standard??

Changing to m seats in non m??
De-tangoing??
??

I'm just curious..... as my sig says, I haven't changed anything with Zippy....

 

[badman gee]

Just out of curiosity what would you call a mod that made it non standard??

Changing to m seats in non m??
De-tangoing??
??

I'm just curious..... as my sig says, I haven't changed anything with Zippy....

its open to interpretation snoops.

the odd stereo change or minor tweak inho is ok.

i have a couple of those only.

i havent made any other changes to the car.

some people might say even a brake pad change to non oem makes it modded.

not in my book.

if i sold mine, it would be advertised as standard with low mileage.

mark

 

[swamper]

there will be nothing going on mine that cant be taken off

 

[HornelZ3M]

Exactly. I have all the original parts taken off, boxed and not for sale. :-*

 

[z3cade]

Yeah mine is completely standard... )

 

[badman gee]

Yeah mine is completely standard...

you wish

 

[swamper]

i dont think hes ignoring you....moire like avoiding )

right no offence to anyone but can a mod clean the thread up............or give me the powers to do so..

 

[GazHyde]

right no offence to anyone but can a mod clean the thread up............

As this is a "progress thread", I shall tidy it up at the thread owners request!

Gary

 

[swamper]

well that was a learning curve......after having a stick rear caliper...iv now just finished...and got the worst back ache iv ever had....
i decided to do both sides....for 60 quid each you might as well..my brake guys found the OEM ones with the M/// logo on so chuffed with that ...also new springs and sliders all greased up lovely.....not driven her yet....but found the rear anti roll bar had popped off on the left hand side so thats now back on :-o

 

[swamper]

iv got rid of the alarm LED and replaced it with a rear demister switch.....looks much better

the LED now is running to the ashtray still live until i can think of where i want to put it full time :-\

the new suspension parts have started to arrive...

 

[swamper]

boot full of goodies and booked into Darren Woods for thursday.



just waiting for the spring pads to arrive Saturday and the rear drop links.
Darren's ordered the powerflex bushes and there getting delivered to site.
the first proper run will be the run down to the fest

 

[Aceman]

You got the front droplinks then ?

What are the small ones in front for ?

 

[swamper]

yep the front drop links arrived this morning.
the short ones were sent by mistake...however they look like part 16 so i thought i send them with the kit to see if they could use them :-\

 

[Aceman]

Thought so they are non ///M droplinks so you won't need them. The realoem diagram is a universal pic showing both ///M and non ///M setups.

 

[swamper]

ah...well i didnt pay for them so its no big deal...but thanks for pointing that out i didnt know that