Beiträge von Stuart8er

Has anyone that's done a door change in the past got any advise to offer?
I've got to swap one over next week and wondered if there's anything to watch out for that isn't obvious at first, are there any special tools I'll be wishing I had before I'd got started or are there any checks that should be done with the electronics before instalation?

If you've not got that window yet let me know, I've a passenger side door that I need to change next week and once I've tested the window in the replacement door and verified that all's well you're more than welcome to the fully working one still in the damaged door I'll be taking off, if you still need it.

Hi Paul,
That's typical, I picked the car up from Auchinleck, Scotland, and drove it home!
I'm located in Luton, only 30 miles from London so a fair way away from the seats I'm afraid.
Cheers anyway, if you end up stuck with them and realy need them gone let me know, maybe I can get TNT to collect them on the works account.
Interesting project for sure, fortunately I've a freind that's an independant BMW specialist in Luton (that used to have an 850 and still looks after a few of them) and being in the motor trade myself I have an inabilty to pay the going rate for anything!
So far so good.

Hi Paul,
This is my first post as I bought a damaged silver 850 at the weekend with the view to fixing it up and keeping it (for as long as I keep it, if that makes sense, why do people aways ask if I'm keeping it?).
The seats in mine are looking pretty sad (the fronts anyway, the back's OK) so I'd be interested but only if very cheap.
I've just paid out for: N/S headlight, N/S wing, N/S door, N/S rear outer light cluster, roof trim, door trim, a pair of front driving/indicator lights and have a man waiting to remove a pound of flesh for repair of the rear quarter and repainting of wing, door, rear quarter and front and rear bumpers!
Despite an oil leak from the transmission to sort out I'm (almost) on budget still but hadn't figured how these things kind of beg to be perfect.
Anyway, let me know the damage and we'll see if we can sort something, if it works out then I'll happily donate mine for free to anyone that wants them.
Cheers,
Stuart.