Ragtop Steve

At Last, after owning a e36 convertable 325i, a e39 525d, i will become the proad owner of a e60 530D M Sport on Tuesday

But before i go there,

Just a Big Hello to every one world wide. I live in Wiltshire UK, Not far from Stone Henge, and if your ever over hear and planning a visit to this monumentus pile of stones,,,,,,,,DONT,



I am flying up to glasgow (Scotland) on Tuesday to a Arnold Clark Dealer ship and picking up a e60 530D M Sport in Gray with black leather. Its a 06 plate with 46K Miles, 232bhp and lots of grunt. "O" and its a manuel gear box.

This is going to be a bit of a weekend car / project to do up a little. I Already have the MK Motorsport Wheels 9X20 and 10.5X20 and ordering a twin exit exhaust and a twin exit defuser as i am trying not to go the M5 Rep route as its so over done, and its not an M5.

The cat,s are going to be removel and the The Diesel Particulate Filter replaced and then a remap to delite the filter on the ECU as this thing is renowned for blocking and requiring replacement at a cost in the region of £1200 from your local BMW dealer.

Just a taster, got them of the web site today, with a couple of subtle mods its gona look sweet

This will be droped on coilovers,along with the M Sport front spliter over the next month or so. Also going to do some audio improvements over the winter

info@trinityautosport

welcome and enjoy the forums.

Ragtop Steve

Bit of an Up Date

Had a good day of car cleaning at the weekend, the e60 got a good wash, clay, wash and paint clean and then another wash and polish.

The wheels are on but i need to replace the front tyres from 225 to 245 as the 225 keep comming off the rim, unless you put well over 40psi and thats not good.

jojo's beamer

Looks real nice I love the staggered look

Ragtop Steve

Little Update

I did not like the orange glow on the side/angel eye lights so I got hold of several of these to replace the standard bulbs



This is showing you the difference between the bulbs, New brightness on the left



Both bulbs replaced



And all 4 replaced, they are not like the e39 led bulb but they are almost as bright



Then I replaced the rear number plate bulbs with some LED items, so much brighter



Then the interior light bulbs were replaced




And then I received this today as well, it?s the BMW I Phone cradle, this works a treat.

Ragtop Steve

Another update:

I have had a productive couple of days. As the front discs were warped i decided to replace the discs and pads all round as well as the hand break shoes, i removed the discs/pads and then removed the calipers/carriers as i wanted to give every thing a good clean and then paint every thing.

What a mess,,,,, all down to poor maintenence from last owner. BUT, its going to be all good.....

Car jacked up and every thing removed.



all down to the hubs, every thing got a good clean and all the crap removed



Every thing has been cleaned ready for paint



I also had my black grills arrive so they were replaced







The stuff is being spray painted tonight and will be fitted back on the car Friday, i will update again then.

And at the weekend its being lowered on eibach springs 25 front and 30 rear.........

Ragtop Steve

Another Update

Well, its taken a while but i finally got every thing painted today and the rear springs replace as well.
Had to get the car covered before we started



All primed and drying waiting for the top coat




The rear disc covers were also done


Painted in gloss black


Then the top coat went on, this is a Porsche Red


Then the rear struts were removed and the springs replace with eibach pro springs



Leaving every thing to dry over night and tomorrow i will be fitting the new discs and pads along with the rear drums.

Ragtop Steve

Bit of an Up Date

After getting xmas out of the way i decided to treat my self.

I decided to do the swirl flap delite. This was a bitch at first due to a hidden bolt but i got there in the end





I got some upgraded rear LED lights, and fitted them




They are a After market item

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3206249656...84.m1497.l2649

www.energizedcustoms.co.uk

No errors or problems when fitted to the car, just like the origanal items but half the price.

Ragtop Steve

Well, I forgot to do this yesterday so, Lights On,,,,,,




I also did a bit more to day, as its getting a remap and exhaust on Monday I thought it would be an idea to do some maintenance, When I picked up the car I was told it had recently been serviced,

After lifting the dip stick I could tell it had not had an oil change in a while So, to day I gave her a new Oil Filter and Oil, as well as a new Air filter

Used this oil


Old and new oil filters



And the Air filter was replaced with a pipercross performance filter


And then to make my day this turned up this afternoon thanks to Phil @ CA Automotive

http://www.ca-automotive.co.uk/home.php

It?s like being a kid in a candy shop







The Coilovers are being fitted Saturday, I intend on doing a full start to finish documentary on this with picks

Ragtop Steve

Well, The coilovers were fitted, i had a mate help me as he had a 2 post lift in his workshop, I couldn't do a write-up on this as i was under the car most of the time but some random picks