Re: the trim, mine's the same as in your pic.

I think you have the same set up as me, if so there isn't a separate amp, it's all taken care of in the head unit. I changed all the speakers for a set made by O.E. Audio which added tweeters in the door sales plus cross overs in the front doors. A pair of 2 way 4" in the front doors replaced o...

It seems if you run the recommened tyre pressures you'll get feathering of the front outer tyre edges despite running the correct geo settings. Mention this at service and BMW will of course "check" your car and low and behold you'll get it back wth 40psi in the front or at least I did :ro...

You may have seen a recent post from me about a flapping knocking noise from the rear end, after this mornings events it would appear that my skills of deduction are somewhat flawed. So depsite assurances from my local BMW dealer and BMW UK (in both November 18 and Jan 19 that my front prop shaft wa...

Thanks for the response I will take a look and see if that might be the culprit.

Evening all, I wonder if anyone can shed any light or have any thoughts on this. Set off from work tonight driving slowly across the car park and heard a flapping type of noise from the rear. The only way I can descibe it is if you whirled a wet towel against the floor (please feel free to get a tow...

Replaced a seized nearside front a month or so back. Sourced replacement from Eurocar Parts and after their usual discounts was around £100 and helpfully came with sachets of lube for guide pins etc. Your procedure is how I did it differing only in back filling the caliper with brake fluid with a bi...

I've got three within 15 miles so that's good. I hear what you're saying about escalation from QE to recall, only my VIN isn't covered by the VOSA list so I might be lucky or might have a little battle on my hands.
Thanks for the advice.

Thanks bubbabear, that sounds like a good plan, MOT not due till September but I will have a chat with my local service manager and see what the sp is.

I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do. Reading the above posts it seems recall letters are going out so I found this document from VOSA: http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/searches/expand.asp?uniqueID=978CAA037350BD45802581010045FE2F My cars chassis number isn't included in the list, the cars...

You may get lucky with the ebay ones, I know many have just not me but I can't fault the quality of the Bilsteins compared to the cheaper ebay ones. Maybe wait and see how the compressor is once the springs have been done. They're not the most tuneful of things at best, mine sounded like a cow being...

Air bags not that difficult to replace, I should know I've replaced 3 sets now in the space of 2 weeks. The first 2 were the Ebay specials at just under £50 each, these failed within an hour of fitting, supplier sent replacements, these failed within a week. Gave up with them and went to Eurocar Par...

Great write up on the glove box Sam, have been looking for a 'how to' for ages. Thank you.

Bikes are so much easier, most just honk the horn and it's a pass, if you get a real jobs worth he may try an indicator but brake test! you got here, you're still alive your brakes must be okay then!  ::)

Thanks for the replies chaps, crash test dummy it is then!