M5 Paddles on 535d Sport
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Just wanted to post some pics and say a massive thanks to Hobi for fitting this to my car on Saturday. I don't think I've met a more professional and dedicated individual in my life - nothing was too much trouble for Tim. The completed mod itself is absolutely tremendous - transforms the car in my opinion and I'm looking forward to trying it out on the ring in a few weeks time 
Many, many thanks to Eva, Bridget and your mother in law as well
Many, many thanks to Eva, Bridget and your mother in law as well
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My Ride: 2005 MY 545i Sport Saloon. 2006 MY Alpina B3S Convertible. 2006 MY Brabus Smart 42 Cabrio. 2006 MY AM DB9 Coupe.
Thanks for letting me drive your re-worked car!!! It has so much pulling power - it's great! Hope the new bits are working well for you... it was nice to work on a well spec. car! Hope you passed on my apologies to your wife for the lateness of your arrival back home!!!!!!!! Eva thought it was one of the funniest "mistakes" and she was VERY pleased to be involved. MAD!!!!!!
Hopefully there'll be more and more people interested in the September Ring visit and I'm tinkering with my car in the next few days for the 21st August show - and finalising the mount for the front cam.
Speak to you soon
All the Best
Tim
NB: Great closeup shots of the paddles btw..
Hopefully there'll be more and more people interested in the September Ring visit and I'm tinkering with my car in the next few days for the 21st August show - and finalising the mount for the front cam.
Speak to you soon
All the Best
Tim
NB: Great closeup shots of the paddles btw..
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Ok, I'm VERY jealous - very nice indeed.
Tim, are you ever around Mr Thorne's new "premises" - I visited him yesterday - would love to meet up for a chat.....
Tim, are you ever around Mr Thorne's new "premises" - I visited him yesterday - would love to meet up for a chat.....
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Originally Posted by clived' date='Jul 26 2005, 08:20 AM
Ok, I'm VERY jealous - very nice indeed.
Tim, are you ever around Mr Thorne's new "premises" - I visited him yesterday - would love to meet up for a chat.....
Tim, are you ever around Mr Thorne's new "premises" - I visited him yesterday - would love to meet up for a chat.....
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Hi Clive
I'll be back in the UK next week and will probably meet up with Thorney at some point. Would like to see his new place anyway too...
BTW, is your car manual trans?
All the Best
Tim
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Help me understand this....
The paddles were designed for the SMG tranny. Do you have it contoling the Steptronic?
The paddles were designed for the SMG tranny. Do you have it contoling the Steptronic?
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Originally Posted by alohalc' date='Jul 26 2005, 10:55 AM
when are you coming over to hawaii, hobi 
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I would LOVE to come over to Hawaii...... you offering air tickets???? For free???
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Originally Posted by bitboy' date='Jul 26 2005, 01:57 PM
Help me understand this....
The paddles were designed for the SMG tranny. Do you have it contoling the Steptronic?
The paddles were designed for the SMG tranny. Do you have it contoling the Steptronic?
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The paddles were designed for the new M5 and basically I found out how to make them with Steptronic-based cars. At the same time, I worked out how a normal SMG E60 with push/pull levers can be retrofitted with the M5 -/+ paddles instead.
All the Best
Hobi