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This looks great! Awesome to have the 5 speed with an LSD in this. The Recaro's look like SR2's or SR3's. It's a shame they've been retrimmed as they would have looked sweet in their original colours. I think I'd want my agent to be a little more up front and informative too. I've never imported but I reckon it would make me a little nervous, so the more info the better.

Is this a critter cage for rescues?

Woot! My diff is done! I just need to finish doing a wheel bearing while the exhaust and shaft is out of the way, pick it up and hopefully put it in next weekend!

Go back and watch the video again...

Did you even watch the video? Its not a steering wheel.

You've been so patiently waiting for your moment! 🤣 Haven't got enough time on the freeway. I did drive it up from Canberra but I have no idea how it did in this area.

But not with the Wrist Twist!

Oh, forgot to add, A few months ago I was getting mixture codes and the car was using crap loads of fuel. You could smell the unburned fuel in the exhaust, it was crazy strong. Economy was over 17.5 l/100 and usually around 19. I smoked the engine and found a leaky CCV hose which I replaced and then I replaced my two pre cat O2 sensors, I also replaced the MAF. This fixed my mixture codes and improved my exonomy but I'm still 14 - 15 l/100 when pottering about town so something is still amiss. Throttle response is much better and it has more pep but I'd like to know why it's still so thirsty (and I'm hoping that whatever it is gives me a bit more poke).

Omg. I want it!

That's all I needed mate thanks. For context, we've seen a big number of old accounts being hacked into and then used to post spam. I was wondering if yours had also. I've never had a good funnel. My driveway can attest to that. 😔

Your post has me puzzled. I have a lot of "spammer" warning signs flashing at me. Are you honestly, truly, asking for our feedback on oil funnels? For 4 completely different cars? They're 20 bucks! Just buy one and see! Maybe I'm missing something? My finger is hovering above the "flag as spammer" button... Convince me not to click it.

Thanks for that, I'll check it all out. I can always do the brakes last anyway if its a problem. The 16's are super cool, if they do fit I'll cruise around with them for a bit.

I forgot about my shiny new plates!

Well, apparently they do fit, however this wont be a problem if not because the car will be stationary while i do the suspension work. I was just going to use the 16's to roll the old girl around if I needed to. I just need to get the E90 back on the road first. Yes! I'm a believer! 🙌 So, I contacted them because the site kinda sucks and I was really confused about what I'd need. They put together a package for me and because I was spraying all the seat surfaces and not doing spot fixes I decided not to send them a headrest to colour match, I just used their colour on file (and it was spot on). I got some heavy duty cleaner, 1L of colour, a small bottle of dye hardener and a small bottle of the dye top coat. I also got a spray gun as I needed a larger nozzle than the gun I had and it was only $40 extra. From memory the total was ~$450 ish. Its not cheap but the result is awesome. They did add repair bits and pieces to the quote originally and the cost came down significantly when I said I didn't need any repair products. I did it over a weekend. The only issues I had were my own; I forgot to mix the hardener into the dye two coats but I had enough dye for 2 more coats with the hardener. I also just used up all the dye because why not and i rushed the last coat which gave me some runs. Thankfully the runs are under the headrests. The gun pattern wasn't great, very round and would have been better if it was a line. It made it a little tricky to get consistent coverage and I think having done the extra coats probably helped conceal any coverage issues. I contacted them again a few months later so I could get our X5 done (who the f**k thought white leather was a good idea for a family car?!) and they said they had some training to do in Sydney and I could get a reduced rate on the leather fix in the X5 if I let them demo their product on our car. So I agreed. When I took Bec in the E39 to pick it up, I showed them the job I'd done in my car and they were all (students included) really impressed. Note that they said the runs I created could be fixed easily at the time with a brush or an air compressor gun. So, now with the two cars done I can absolutely recommend Colourlock. I'll take pics of both interiors and create a new thread.

The leather work properly stunned me. Again, I am thankful that the leather was in such good condition. I'm not sure what the indent is at the top of the passenger seat. Like somebody was sitting in it with a golf ball between their shoulders. The wheels are more grey than silver now and missing a lot of gloss. Here's one with nice silver wheels.