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Vein's Black 330Ci Sport
- Thread starter VeinAST
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Haha I have a new list I suppose since it's over a year I've now had the car!
Quick picture earlier in Tescos
E39 M5s have dropped in price though so much... just tempted to save a few £K and buy one!!
- Sort the rear droop out, get the new rear spring pad fitted and whatever else needs doing to it
- Get a new set of wheels/tyres
- Soundproof the rear parcel shelf to stop the thing rattling
- Fit some Xenons up front
- Bonnet respray or M3 bonnet possibly in carbon fibre
- New exhaust or backbox and possibly have the center silencers cut out
- Inspection 2 due in 5,500 miles :quiet:
Quick picture earlier in Tescos
E39 M5s have dropped in price though so much... just tempted to save a few £K and buy one!!
Allegedly... as the BMWs are all originally LHD the right hand side of the vehicle is counterbalanced to even the vehicle out when the driver is in his LHD BMW.
Apparently though it's not rectified once the cars are RHD and tend to droop slightly due to the counter and the driver on the same side.
I've no idea though honestly, that's just from info gathered on E46Zone and around tinternet.
I had some f**king epic scrapage though on the way to the IOW!! Cringed everytime I hit a small bump or went into a left turn.
Mine were second hand grey bits that Spray Shack painted gloss black for me but they do sharpen the interior up so so much!
Yeah mate, they're from eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270841286083
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
That hurts my eyes, hope it was cheap :dead:
Mpg wise, i averaged 28-29mpg on the motorway, low-mid 20's round town.
Fairly cheap to run bar that though.
Mpg wise, i averaged 28-29mpg on the motorway, low-mid 20's round town.
Fairly cheap to run bar that though.
They're great cars for the mpg Tom! Conisdering 197s do the same mpg and imo offer less as a car I'm more than happy!
No updates really... got a nice I<3CS sticker from Brian this week so put that on and got a tattoo so no spending on the car for at least a couple weeks!
I might be picking up a 330ci on Saturday..What's yours like on fuel?
Are the running costs much more that the Clio?
Here's a quick pic
that looks broken
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
am hugely considering one of these next year! just in two minds weather to or put the sachs shocks i have on my clio and carry on i just feel im growing out of it though. 
love the bits you have done to yours.
love the bits you have done to yours.am hugely considering one of these next year! just in two minds weather to or put the sachs shocks i have on my clio and carry on i just feel im growing out of it though.
Cheers mate, tis a grown up car but all about the OEM+ ! Still fancy a louder noise from the rear end though!
BMW stuff is all plug and play generally bar a few things so doesn't really matter what spec you buy (imo of course)
Lucky to be alive? Slightly overdramatic you may say but very true.
Had a dap of oppo on the way home on Sunday afternoon, with the heavy rain I was going a smidge over the speed limit and it would've been fine if it was dry but hey ho...
Anyway... going at the smidge I was... I was on a straight bit of road, saw a nice patch of water and err that's when I knew the elements would take over the control of the car :quiet:
The rear of the car skidded out and hit the embankment on the other side of the road and luckily nothing was coming.
The rear wheel's now bent in a bit and the only bodywork that was hit was the petrol filler flap which had just popped open.
Lesson learnt for definite!
In the garage tomorrow and then hopefully be sorted on Friday... just more expense but tbh money is nothing for life!
Had a dap of oppo on the way home on Sunday afternoon, with the heavy rain I was going a smidge over the speed limit and it would've been fine if it was dry but hey ho...
Anyway... going at the smidge I was... I was on a straight bit of road, saw a nice patch of water and err that's when I knew the elements would take over the control of the car :quiet:
The rear of the car skidded out and hit the embankment on the other side of the road and luckily nothing was coming.
The rear wheel's now bent in a bit and the only bodywork that was hit was the petrol filler flap which had just popped open.
Lesson learnt for definite!
In the garage tomorrow and then hopefully be sorted on Friday... just more expense but tbh money is nothing for life!
Yeah I know... looking forward to the bill Ali!
Good news from the mechanic, just the control arm that connects between the chassis and rear of the hub damaged!
Possibility of the hub being damaged but mechanic said it probably isn't.
Wheel is obviously scuffed but not buckled or cracked.
So it's looking like:
Cost of control arm + labour + fitting of my rear spring pad (overdue)
Cost of tracking
Shouldn't be anymore than £300 hopefully!
Very happy Vein!
Possibility of the hub being damaged but mechanic said it probably isn't.
Wheel is obviously scuffed but not buckled or cracked.
So it's looking like:
Cost of control arm + labour + fitting of my rear spring pad (overdue)
Cost of tracking
Shouldn't be anymore than £300 hopefully!
Very happy Vein!
Yeah the mechanic said it was a write off when I first spoke to him so I was a bit distraught but after his little joke it was very pleasant news.
Was expecting at least double that, may still have the potential to go higher if the hub is damaged.
Didn't mention anything about the ABS sensor so I imagine it was knocked out of place rather than broken!
Got the car back today! Just been out for a drive, despite the w*****s on the roads it was a great drive!
The new rear spring pad in and it's raised a bit on the rear which is nice too so hopefully wont have too much scrubbing in the future!
So it's looking like overall costs:
Control Arm
Tracking
Possible dianostics charge
+ 2 or 3 hours of labour
I'm thinking £360ish
The new rear spring pad in and it's raised a bit on the rear which is nice too so hopefully wont have too much scrubbing in the future!
So it's looking like overall costs:
Control Arm
Tracking
Possible dianostics charge
+ 2 or 3 hours of labour
I'm thinking £360ish
Well... always been a bit confuzzled by how the OS rear wheel protrudes in such a way it faces intowards the rear arch but the other wheel on the NS is inline with the body and unable to be seen.
No spacers. Alignment was done as part of the repair process.
It may be unscientific but that's the true views from above, when looking at the vehicle in person from behind it seems as if the wheel is pointing inwards towards the car.
This is how I imagine it sits... the mechanic is spot on with everything he does so why this has evaded things I'm unsure.
It's had the rear quarter done in the past so I think it's from before my time. Was like it before I smacked the bank though.
CrippsCorner
ClioSport Club Member
Astra VXR
I had this happen to my old CRX and tbh it never drove the same again
quick question on the interior door handles, once you've popped the door card off, undone the 3 torx bits on the front and the 6 on the back of the card that hold the handle on, is there anything else?! i've done all that but mine seems fixed pretty tight against the card and dont want to just pull incase somethings still holding it on?
Legend, worked a treat. More of a hitting motion required but got there in the end. Mine are the cube trims and there a mess. Off to a guy off eBay tommorrow to be recovered.
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