Sufs' 330d M Sport w/ SMG Paddleshift retrofit but otherwise generally falling apart body ....

[TriggerFish]

1 hour ago, The_Judge_ said:

Housing market is rubbish, good luck with your search!

That it is! Mortgage market is great though, so that helps at least. (But then the scare of what interest rates will be in a few years depending on the outcome of Brexit...

If you wanna come over at the weekend and grab those parts (arch liners, boost pipes, anything else that you fancy - want a black dashboard and carpets?!), I'm around both days...

[The_Judge_]

5 hours ago, TriggerFish said:

That it is! Mortgage market is great though, so that helps at least. (But then the scare of what interest rates will be in a few years depending on the outcome of Brexit...

If you wanna come over at the weekend and grab those parts (arch liners, boost pipes, anything else that you fancy - want a black dashboard and carpets?!), I'm around both days...

Thanks Joe, I'll PM you

[The_Judge_]

Since the house move I've been a bit quiet on the car front. Anyway, I visited @TriggerFish at the weekend and he was kind enough to give me some bits I needed. Replacement Intercooler inlet hose and rear speakers. 

The old hose was quite weathered and didn't feel very rubbery anymore ...

 

I handed in my notice at work last week, so today was a "work from home today on final stuff before the new start", I got through a lot of work ... honest (!)

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[TriggerFish]

How do the Hertz sound? If you want a hand to solder on a fly lead let me know next time you're in my area and I'll happily teach you how to solder (it's dead easy, really).

Thanks again for the lift - it really was appreciated. I'm currently sat on a south east train hoping they don't strike between Waterloo and my destination! The Piccadilly line is still a complete mess too. 

[The_Judge_]

17 hours ago, TriggerFish said:

How do the Hertz sound? If you want a hand to solder on a fly lead let me know next time you're in my area and I'll happily teach you how to solder (it's dead easy, really).

Thanks again for the lift - it really was appreciated. I'm currently sat on a south east train hoping they don't strike between Waterloo and my destination! The Piccadilly line is still a complete mess too. 

Thanks Joe, I'll let you know on the soldering !

 

Public transport , meh! Hope the course was useful!

[The_Judge_]

Nothing much to report except to say thanks once again to @TriggerFish. Popped over to his man cave tonight to pick up wheel arch liner and a how to on soldering

 

When it gets a bit warmer I'll attempt to put the wheel arch onto my car !

[The_Judge_]

Not much to report except:

The Meyle Platinum Discs I fitted to front and rear in Sep 2015 (about 20,000 miles ago) are already so bad they needed replacing. My steering was going all wonky whenever I braked, not sue if that's just regular expectancy or the Meyles don't hold up long enough. IMO that seems an awfully short lifetime.

Anyway, I'm now just waiting to hear about the Gov't Diesel scrappage scheme which I probably won't qualify for ......

[rasa]

ive done 35k on pagid fronts and still great,they have worn. but its on second set of pads around 1 year ago,ive got them on  rear also,and just last week fitted pagid to the rear of my focus st,i have nothing but praise for pagid,and they do look far superior to any other brand when sat next to each other,also have anti rust zinc coating..and around the edges they are embossed with lettering.they just look so well engineered.

[The_Judge_]

Survived a close incident with the BMW jack of death. Drivers side trim wasn't so lucky though ... I must swap my Jack for a low profile one so I don't have to use the BMW jack at all ...

Edited May 10, 2017 by The_Judge_

[TriggerFish]

I drive onto a plank of wood, and then use my jack. Largely because the 330 is too low for my low entry jack, but it sounds like it would help you too!

Glad you're ok though, that's the main thing 

[The_Judge_]

Not much been going on with the car for a while so I made a huge expensive purchase for this not to be missed upgrade:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262903976646

I'm actually impressed how practical they have been !!

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[rasa]

12 hours ago, The_Judge_ said:

Not much been going on with the car for a while so I made a huge expensive purchase for this not to be missed upgrade:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262903976646

I'm actually impressed how practical they have been !!

might get a couple of those.ive got numerous pairs of glasses and a couple of pairs of sunglasses,and the sunglasses slot only holds 2 pairs max...do they just slot in as the ad says,or do you have to have something inside to stop them sliding all the way down.

[The_Judge_]

On 10/06/2017 at 07:14, rasa said:

might get a couple of those.ive got numerous pairs of glasses and a couple of pairs of sunglasses,and the sunglasses slot only holds 2 pairs max...do they just slot in as the ad says,or do you have to have something inside to stop them sliding all the way down.

They just slot it (with a bit of prodding) as they are literally just moulded-flexible plastic. What I'm yet to see is what happens on the passenger side after repeated sliding/forward/upward etc of the chair depending on wife/parents/friends who end up sitting there. They're quite handy (but narrow). Since I previously fitted two USB cables coming out from near the cigarette lighter, I can leave them in this plastic and on long journeys the missus and I leave our phones charging but still get to use the cup holders. #littlethings!

 

 

Edited December 30, 2017 by The_Judge_

[TriggerFish]

But... door cards... I used to fit 3 pairs of sunglasses into mine (until I had to get prescription glasses, and scaled back to one pair).

[The_Judge_]

Door cards for glasses, yes you'd struggle to get glasses in these.  These are for thin things like phones charging,  important papers, emergency night dagger and what not

Edited June 26, 2017 by The_Judge_

[The_Judge_]

Blooming Photobucket ...

 

Anyway, not updated this in Aaaaaaages. I've just put a new stereo in, will post pics tomorrow and I'll be updating the temperature coolant sensor tomorrow with a bit of luck, I'm not sure though how long this car will stay in use .... might have to buy a new one later this year .....

[JasonK]

Later this year? Only a few days left...does that mean you have one in mind already? I've just got a new one and need to push mine on...will get round to posting about it at some point!

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[MICK 330]

17 hours ago, The_Judge_ said:

Blooming Photobucket ...

 

Anyway, not updated this in Aaaaaaages. I've just put a new stereo in, will post pics tomorrow and I'll be updating the temperature coolant sensor tomorrow with a bit of luck, I'm not sure though how long this car will stay in use .... might have to buy a new one later this year .....

Don't do it  Suf!!!!! Keep the old gal going as she cant be that bad!!!!!

Edited December 30, 2017 by MICK 330

[The_Judge_]

Lol - ok later this year as in 2018 ........ @JasonK - New car? Interesting !!!

@MICK 330 - Read on ... (!)

So, for Christmas I treated myself to a new stereo, the previous one was soooooo slow ....

This one runs much faster, I am getting poor DAB reception but that seems to be a common theme without a sharkfin it seems, but I'm very happy with everything else. It was an expensive purchase, but I figure if I do end up having to scrap the car I could transpose this across to the next one ...

INPA always shows two errors in my car - EGR (ever since I removed the pipework) and glow plugs. I recently noticed I was getting an additional error (6660 coolant ....) after some googling I figured I could juet replace the coolant thermostat. So, I intended to replace the sensor today but gave up before I began. INPA showed yet more errors today (something about RPM speeds) and the car is now consistently failing to start intermittently, and occasionally the gearbox warning light comes on the dash and I think I 'may' have a dodgy injector. It's probably all fixable ... but I'm not sure if the money justifies it. 

So, I'm going to do what I do best, and ignore it for another month ......

[momo]

What HU is that?

And what you thinking of getting next?

[rasa]

11 hours ago, The_Judge_ said:

Lol - ok later this year as in 2018 ........ @JasonK - New car? Interesting !!!

@MICK 330 - Read on ... (!)

So, for Christmas I treated myself to a new stereo, the previous one was soooooo slow ....

This one runs much faster, I am getting poor DAB reception but that seems to be a common theme without a sharkfin it seems, but I'm very happy with everything else. It was an expensive purchase, but I figure if I do end up having to scrap the car I could transpose this across to the next one ...

INPA always shows two errors in my car - EGR (ever since I removed the pipework) and glow plugs. I recently noticed I was getting an additional error (6660 coolant ....) after some googling I figured I could juet replace the coolant thermostat. So, I intended to replace the sensor today but gave up before I began. INPA showed yet more errors today (something about RPM speeds) and the car is now consistently failing to start intermittently, and occasionally the gearbox warning light comes on the dash and I think I 'may' have a dodgy injector. It's probably all fixable ... but I'm not sure if the money justifies it. 

So, I'm going to do what I do best, and ignore it for another month ......

im nearly in the sameboat,although my e46 330d is running like it just rolled of the factory floor and over 148k miles,few things recently done like waterpump/all belts/thermstat/new tyres(uniroyal) new rear caliper and needs new rear pads very soon as the binding caliper really ground down the pads on one side..ive been offered £1500 for it from my nephew...but its been so good of a car in the 50 months ive owned it that i just cannot get rid..if i did i would probably go 335d/jag xf 3.0d/audi a5-4 3.0d etc and use my e90 as my daily grind...decisions decisions

[The_Judge_]

1 hour ago, momo said:

What HU is that?

And what you thinking of getting next?

I had xtrons accessories before so I went for xtrons again, but something with more oomph. The lack of RAM kills these units unless you f*ck about removing google services etc, the one I've bought has 2gb ram and you can see the difference, plus boats more CPU: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XTRONS-9-Octa-Core-Android-6-0-Car-GPS-Stereo-DAB-4G-4K-for-BMW-E46-M3-318-325/112434154822?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649. After fitting, the rear camera worked straight away etc. radio even seems a bit better

One thing I need to keep an eye on is how much power it uses when the car is off, it comes back into life toooooo fast. It seems to be going to sleep rather than completely powering off, perhaps I need to look into the wires behind and make sure the right ones are conected ......

Next - Ha, no idea yet, it's not like I'm siting around dreaming of a new car. Like @rasa I'm kinda emotionally (and financially) attached to this one having spent good money on keeping it in reasonable order, I just had 5 buckles removed from three of the alloys (!) Plus, I have a spare set of wheels with summer tyres. I also like the flappy paddles and may re-trim the steering wheel myself one day so I think it makes sense to get another car so that I can just shift the good stuff across. The car still drives really really well, steering is spot on now the wheels are straight, power is great - still loving the remap, the control I have with the paddles make the auto liveable too, sigh ..... Ofcourse, the idea of a fancy new carp with boot loads more hp is great, or mabe an i8 (hahah!) but I'd rather try and see this car out till it just gives out completely and then have to think about the new car, so maybe one more year and come back and decide in late 2018 .....

So if I do have to switch before then, I think I'll stick to another e46 rather than spend big bucks on a more newer fancy car, but go back to petrol, my 328i was fun back in the day! We're planning on doing some construction in our flat this year so that will be the priority for now .......

[momo]

Kinda in a similar situation myself..

Spent so much on the upkeep of it over the years, needs rear wheel bearings this month (absolute nightmare with mine as the hub nut is completely rusted, so there's nothing left to grab). It's costing more than it should. BUT once done - it'll drive like new again as i've had everything else done recently. New tyres, brakes, RTABs, CSB, Guibo, shocks, springs.. lol.

Fitted new front wings a few years ago, but the rear arches are rotten. They look horrific! But I just don't think it's worth getting them repaired. Been done twice, came back worse than before twice. So the only way to sort it properly is weld in a new patch panel on each side - so £1k? Not worth it..

No idea what i'll get next though - been saying i'll sell it "next year" for the last 6 years! I'll keep running it until it dies I think.

[The_Judge_]

30 minutes ago, momo said:

Kinda in a similar situation myself..

Spent so much on the upkeep of it over the years, needs rear wheel bearings this month (absolute nightmare with mine as the hub nut is completely rusted, so there's nothing left to grab). It's costing more than it should. BUT once done - it'll drive like new again as i've had everything else done recently. New tyres, brakes, RTABs, CSB, Guibo, shocks, springs.. lol.

Fitted new front wings a few years ago, but the rear arches are rotten. They look horrific! But I just don't think it's worth getting them repaired. Been done twice, came back worse than before twice. So the only way to sort it properly is weld in a new patch panel on each side - so £1k? Not worth it..

No idea what i'll get next though - been saying i'll sell it "next year" for the last 6 years! I'll keep running it until it dies I think.

Maybe give this a go: 

 

 

I think I will be doing this at some point:

 

 

 

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[The_Judge_]

One of the reasons I do want to keep the car is because it's the ideal way of trying out all these types of things on a car where if I bugger it up, who cares, it's an old ar anyway.