id guess one of the rear brake pads has snapped a backing plate tang off and whenever drivers foot is off the brake the pad is riding up direction of rotor rotation...5mm or so...gravity and impact pops the pad back into place, and its a perpetual movement...until driver touches brake pedal or car i...

Did this happen after a battery disconnect or was door apart for some reason? Does one touch function work? Could be a variety of things like bad switch, motor, mechanical tracks, pinched weatherstripping, etc. Read codes out of obd2. At best, You may just need a normalization of the motor, or a ful...

Sounds like you put the belt on backwards. Yup, thats a thing. Especially a problem with high mileage belts. Carefully drip water only on the belt to confirm. The pulley grooves on the new alternator are likely machined different than oem or belt was extremely worn and/or delaminating, flipping belt...

Yes NCS expert, ISTA/rhiengold, protool (easiest imo)

Yes junction box electronics under glovebox. Second fusebox is also at same location. Vehicle order exists in CAS and also in FRM (footwell module) and is your base options plus additional options..that higher wattage fan is usually found on cars with tow package prep or hot climate version and any ...

Well, the 2 panoramic sunroof portions are standard bmw glass, same as on every other e70.. not sure why some are saying its painted? Appears someone used a chemical such as paint thinner to rub off the typical mold or sap that builds up over time (mine does anyway) and destroyed the paint in the pr...

The lag in those zf units is usually caused by slow fill times in clutch packs and pistons, but definitely improves after a fluid change as additives will swell up seals a bit and help out, as long as you catch it before trans cooks itself. Worthwhile to replace the 4 transfer tubes between mechatro...

Before anyone goes and swaps to the 850 watt fan, be warned its not that easy...in fact, the car wont even take advantage of the new fan and may create a fire. The dme controls the fan via a pwm controlled relay (a very large relay) and reads fan rpm to determine strategy based on cooling system sen...