Sorry for the lack of updates folks I've been busy getting settled into a new job and with some more spare money around I've re evaluated some of the design decisions I had been working out. For example instead of spending a week making a coolant header tank out of a blowtorch propane bottle and some hose tails I picked up a nice shiny ali tank on ebay. So it has put a delay on things just waiting for bits to arrive but will pickup pace. Two weeks ago I took a trip up to Northern Ireland to visit a specialist BMW breaker and picked up some nice bits very cheaply. On an impulse I bought a complete leather interior out of a just arrived 530i. There was some logic behind this as the cloth interior was quite faded and the previous owner's baby had vomited in the back and I never could get rid of that smell
So here is my ham fisted attempt at a leather seat swap in an E39 :
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Now, Cole, when you shift the gear and that little needle on the ammeter goes into the red and reads 2000 Amps, that's bad.
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