Beiträge von Ian Downie

Guys can you help.... ?

I am insured with Direct Line

37yr old with 6yrs protected NCB - Premium = £854

I now told them I changed the wheels and they want an additional £250 per year !

Doesn't matter what the wheels are - or their value - it's a modification from OEM factory spec and so they load premium.

This seems ludicrous to me.. I explained the wheels had roughly the same replacement value to my OEM cross bolted wheels and that in fact the Alpinas were MORE secure due to th elocking centre cap. Would they listen .. would they f**k.

Anyone with any cheaper policies out there that don't behave like idiots the first time someone changes something.

What happenmed when you guys with upgraded wheels told your insurers ? Or didn't you bother ?

Cheers,

Ian.

SOLD NOW

Yikes ... sorry to hear that.

Is it a Sport Front end or standard ?

I was in at BMW bodyshop today getting sunroof seal fitted and aligned.
They had a beautiful silver 850csi in with what seems like similar problem.

Crap picture taken with my phone

It looked like the lower scoop on the front end had been hit hard and had broken in two - yet the upper nose and bumper seemed undamaged.

Perhaps the best way to get this fixed is taking to an independant bodyshop who could maybe put a bracket behind join to hold it together and do a good cosmetic repair on front to hold join. The other option is a dealer £££££

Either way it needs to be a good job as the front spoiler is not only for looks but acts as a funnel for air to cool the front brakes.

I may know of a breaker who has front end - but it would still need painting and fitting and depending on the damage to yoiur sit may be more economical and also get better results form repairing the existing one.

Best of luck - let us know how you get on.

EDIT: I have edited this post to display the picture correctly - Al

Powerchips not available in UK ??

http://www.powerchipgroup.com/uk.asp

Bummer ..

Powerchips is not currently supplying products to this territory. (UK)recommends that United Kingdom residents contact Superchips for all their performance chip needs.

Good of your friend going back to take pictures in a different car.

Imagine the Viper owner's face if he had seen him get out of Rx7 with camera in hand ... not too amused.

Thanks John.

A new set of wheels and tyres are just under £4K I think.

I got mine for less than half that !

Ian

M3 in Velvet Blue picture - dont know why it doidn't work above ...

It is here

http://www.m3supercar.com/e46buyersguide13.html

http://www.m3supercar.com/e46buyersguide13.html

Mine looks different in the flesh - it is hard to photograph and catch the colour.

My car is definitely Velvet Blue Individual and looks more like the "Cadbury Purple" depending on the light, angle and the pahse of the moon.

This is a picture of E46 M3 in same colour as mine - see how different they look in different lights and with different cameras

My 840

Will be able to compare colour with yours at Gaydon in August if you are coming ??

Cheers,

Ian.

Hi AJKD,

You got Velvet Blue / Silver too - great colour combination

Where are you based ? Do you have any pics of your car ?

Ian

Hi Ian,

I was looking at Superchips - but didn't go with them as thry have a lot of bad press in UK Bimmer community.

Do you have chips in your car ?? Is it M62 4.4 V8 ?

If so - do you have dyno results or does it just "feel faster" with the old backside dyno

Some guy at Powerchips wanted me to test his chips in my car - but I didn't want to be his guinea pig.

Cheers,

Ian

Does seem to be a braekdown somewhere.

I'm sure Philippe is busy - maybe Al can get things moving.

Al - you are the MODERATOR - please can you help Alasadair !!

We need to get the UK meeting threads removed, centralised and publicised.

Alasadair has kindly agreed to put this together so let's back him up

Cheers,

Sorry Frank - try this price list, it gives you an idea of specs

http://www.hubads.com/E31.pdf

Welcome on board Rob.

Congratulations on the new car ! Looks a beauty.

I'm sure we'll meet at Gaydon.

Ian

Talk to Kevin Bird at Birds http://www.birdsauto.com

They are one of UK's leading tuners and offer a Dinan supercharged unit at £12K or the Hartge H8 set up for around £14K

If you want other eprformance mods such as LSD check the board and also http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/e31/

Ian

SCREEN CAPTURE

I use a free program called "5 clicks" to capture screen - it's real easy to use.

http://www.screen-capture.net/

Need a screen shot to send to Norris McWhirter and Guinness Book of World Records

Could ONLY happen in good 'ol US of A !!!

You've gotta take your hat off to the guy - he has done a good job.

Can't say I'd do it to my car

I ripped it !!!

Best I got is 519.6m