Beiträge von 900ss

  • 850 4-speed auto perfomance question.

    Zitat von Noggie;63399


    BUT!! How does your 850 respond in 4th, mine needs more than 1/2 throttle for anything to happen, but press to much and it shifts to 3rd and away we go.
    Any others feel that their 850 is "without power" in 4th?



    Same here
    I put it down to the fly by wire throttle set up mind
    If they opened in 4th on the dot it might help

  • Can you drift an 8 Series?

    Zitat von Koizumi;62729

    You can turn it on/off by pressing the ASC button.



    Many thanks
    Had a little dabble the other day coming out off a private roundabout
    Could get the back end out but not much of a drift
    Mind you it was my 1st attempt in me QE2 :mrgreen:

    Its a big old bird lol :harhar:

  • Sidelight Bulbholder

    Zitat von martinw;62793

    Bulbholder is not available as a seperate item from BMW. You have to buy all the wiring and bulbholders for the whole lightstrip - not cheap !



    Sod that :ahhhhh:
    I'll try it my way :top:

    Found the grey wire was corroded under the wax ...




    Drilled a hole in the back of the holder, then attached the broken wire to the terminal inside

    That wax gave me an idea :harhar:

    Fills a hole lol





    All fixed, for now lol ;)

  • Sidelight Bulbholder

    Zitat von martinw;60776

    I have a sidelight failure and an MOT coming up.
    Traced the fault to a partially broken wire (only a couple of strands remaining) just where the wire enters the "potting" at the back of the bulbholder.



    Did you fix the fault ?
    My nsf sidelamp has stopped working this week
    I've looked at the wiring and it seems to have the same prob as yours?
    I can get power to all of the bulbs apart from the grey wire which must be the sidelight bulb.
    Looking at the rear of the holder it appears to be filled with bees wax lol
    Is there an alternative holder that fits?



  • My 850

    Many thanks for the link
    Not sure I understand it yet, so will read it a few time more to see if it all sinks in lol.
    re the exhausts, as they were on the car when I bought it I'm not complaining :top:
    Just another part I know is in good shape :harhar:

  • rear blind motor

    Zitat von ron daly;52237

    brand new rear blind motor for the 8, bought a while ago never used it, any offers, thanks, ron




    Old post I know but did it sell ?
    How much are they new or used ?

  • My 850

    Zitat von TallTony;62736

    welcome to the e31 money-pit :devilchilli:

    Nice clean car there 900ss :top:



    Cheers, it is a clean car as far as I can tell
    So far so good, 1 tank of fuel in about 300 mile
    Maybe the next 1 i'll take a bit easier lol :driver:

    Zitat von stevep840;62741

    Very similar spec to mine, hope you love it like the last Guy,I saw it for sale & considered it one of the best available most recently.

    Hope to see you at one of the summers meetings?



    Yep it was up on Pistonheads
    My mrs wasn't to keen when I mentioned Santa Pod, but I think it will be worth a blast lol



    Cheers
    I like the rims, but I still want to change them for something silver?
    As you say it wants lowering, esp at the front
    Does anyone know what spring kits are about for these cars?

  • My 850

    This is my new toy
    A few peeps on here may know the car, so I best look after it lol :top:
    Used it daily for the last week just to get used to it, so hopefully it will sort me just fine :harhar:


















    Bit dirty now mind lol :ahhhhh:

  • Can you drift an 8 Series?

    Zitat von Seb;39824

    my technique was traction off, EDC to Sport, stick it in manual mode, second gear, then drive slowly with some lock on and boot it.



    New to my car so please don't shoot me down just yet
    Only owned it for a week :winkwink:

    How or can you turn the traction control? off on a 1993 850ci auto?