Imola sedan DD

[d-rod]

Whats the reasoning for the sale? I been eyeing the market for an E39 M5 but prices are all over the place.

BTW is the new owner EAG?

The buyer was someone from the Bay Area.

I was on and off about selling it, I posted it and it sold pretty quick. I need to buy a bigger home and it’s a little pricy in San Diego.


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[d-rod]

Today I got the chance to replace my front lower control arms/bushings.


Passenger side:


Driver side:






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[d-rod]

100,470

Stopped by Costco and got my new tires and wheels put on










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[ZHPizza]

Nice setup! How did it affect the noise from the spherical ball joint rtabs? Mine are stupid noisy in the city with my current wheel/tire sizes.

[d-rod]

Nice setup! How did it affect the noise from the spherical ball joint rtabs? Mine are stupid noisy in the city with my current wheel/tire sizes.

Thanks, my tires are Michelin ps4s 235/40/18.
Unfortunately NVH seems to have increased. Also, I’m noticing more rattling in the cabin that was not noticed before.


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[d-rod]

Small update : the previous owner had wrapped the alcantara steering wheel in a cheap leather cover. I read post of members being able to clean and revive old grimy alcantara wheels. So I removed the leather cover in hopes of doing this, but there was a tear on the fabric and just didn’t like it.



I ordered my coby wheel and got to work.

Looks much better !

Also if you noticed I took a temporary measure of repainting the trim
Did a little update to the shifter and looks good enough for me.






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[fredo]

[ZHPizza]

Nice timing stripe!

[d-rod]

Haven’t been on here much, been messing around with my first SUV ever. Had brakes, CV boots, fluids, and new tires and wheels done.

103,390
The ZHP has developed a coolant leak from the temp sensor. I knew this was as simple of a fix as replacing the oring on it, but I opted to do a mild cooling refresh instead. (Upper/lower hose, temp sensor, water pump, engine and trans t-stat).
Leak: start removing crap old hoses, pump, t-stat . Records indicated expansion tank was replaced about 3-4yrs ago so I opted not to change it this time around, but after removing it I found it was a China made part. Should have just purchased a new oe one. I will do another time, for now this one was in fine shape. New parts I went with OE everything else but rein on hoses. I didn’t know the hose would already come with a temp sensor so I had ordered a bmw piece separately (swapped it out anyway) New pump and t-stat installed New G.A.S. cap put everything back together, bled it, drove it around and everything went right the first time !

A few bonus items I forgot to post about..
At 102,217mi I was getting some evap codes which led me to replace the purge valve.

Super simple job, no SES light came back.
Then I got the morimoto fogs which work awesome, never really took good photos of this.

My buddy got me a BMW windshield screen for my bday which I really like

Then completely unrelated but my lady took me out to drive a lambo for my 30th



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[johnrando]

Good stuff

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