BMW E39 530i M-Sport Individual Aegean Blue Edition 2003
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New Stuffs Arrived
Some stuff that I ordered from UK has just arrived on Saturday. Bought some of these stuffs from dealers and chop shop in the UK, sent to my friend who's coming back from Bristol and 'tumpang'ed his container. All in all 7 boxes altogether, no taxes! :rock:
All the boxes together, which have:
1) Complete set original BMW brake discs, pads and sensors
2) All 4 new suspension struts (front Sachs Advantage, rear Boge Turbo)
3) All 4 second hand original M-Sport II E39 suspension struts and springs (fellow forummer's items)
4) Complete set Birch Anthracite interior trims exactly the same as the one in my car (fellow forummer's items)
5) Second hand E39 car jack (to replace my stolen one at the port when I brought the car back last year)
6) Second hand rear grey seatbelt (to replace my broken one at the port when I brought the car back last year)
7) Original BMW fire extinguisher
Second hand jack and rear seat belt
Fire extinguiser installed
Sachs Advantage for the front, exact replacement for M-Sport II suspension for E39
Boge Turbo for the rears, exactly the same as Sachs Advantage above but just different branding. Made in the same production line and the same factory, just different name for different market. Same price and specs as Sachs Advantage above but seller didnt have stock for the Sachs. As long as its direct replacement for the original M-Sport II was OK for me.
All original BMW discs, pads and sensors
Some stuff that I ordered from UK has just arrived on Saturday. Bought some of these stuffs from dealers and chop shop in the UK, sent to my friend who's coming back from Bristol and 'tumpang'ed his container. All in all 7 boxes altogether, no taxes! :rock:
All the boxes together, which have:
1) Complete set original BMW brake discs, pads and sensors
2) All 4 new suspension struts (front Sachs Advantage, rear Boge Turbo)
3) All 4 second hand original M-Sport II E39 suspension struts and springs (fellow forummer's items)
4) Complete set Birch Anthracite interior trims exactly the same as the one in my car (fellow forummer's items)
5) Second hand E39 car jack (to replace my stolen one at the port when I brought the car back last year)
6) Second hand rear grey seatbelt (to replace my broken one at the port when I brought the car back last year)
7) Original BMW fire extinguisher
Second hand jack and rear seat belt
Fire extinguiser installed
Sachs Advantage for the front, exact replacement for M-Sport II suspension for E39
Boge Turbo for the rears, exactly the same as Sachs Advantage above but just different branding. Made in the same production line and the same factory, just different name for different market. Same price and specs as Sachs Advantage above but seller didnt have stock for the Sachs. As long as its direct replacement for the original M-Sport II was OK for me.
All original BMW discs, pads and sensors
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Replaced some parts at Bomin
Went straight to Bomin from my friend's place above, arrived there at 2.30 pm and they started on my car at 3pm so they dont have time to finish my rear suspension parts, only all the brakes and the front suspensions.
The old tired brakes and suspension parts
Leaking front absorbers. Damn the potholes and bumps!
Old rusted discs. Was meaning to repaint the calipers as well but dont have enough time, maybe next service. I'm thinking RED calipers to give the car some contrast it needs.
New original BMW pads. As you can see from bottom left corner, its made by Textar.
Rusted discs again, look how bad they were from UK. Was meaning to change these for a while now, its recently warped and giving vibrations under braking.
Old suspension disassembled, new absorber alongside new one. The old strut doesnt even spring back out anymore, its really tired, glad I changed it now.
Old mounting and rubber parts. All oily and expanded
New parts. Lemforder drop links, mounting and rubber bits.
New mounting VS old one. Look how flat the old one is!
New Sachs Advantage absorbers. John @ Bomin was initially condemning these absorbers, saying these are only normal absorber and I would be better off with Bilstein B8, but I told him I preferred the ori M-sport absorber feeling. He was later surprised for its performance during test drive in the end.
New suspension re-assembled with new parts.
Completed re-assembly of front suspension
New suspension goes back on the car
New brakes go on.
Realised that my front auto-levelling headlight sensor arm was broken. It was supposed to be attached to the lower arm, to determine the height of the car. Parts of it was missing, will need replacement later as this is probably why my headlight was dipping too much.
At this point also decided to change the lower arm and the steering tie rod, the upper arm was just replaced last month. Replaced with TRW arms as Bomin dont have stock for Lemforder, and too much parts to replace already, poket koyak.
New Lemforder rubber boot for the tie rod.
All new arms, suspension and brakes installed.
Tyres goes back on and went to a nearby tyre shop for realignment. Will have to come back later for the rear suspension after raya.
Went straight to Bomin from my friend's place above, arrived there at 2.30 pm and they started on my car at 3pm so they dont have time to finish my rear suspension parts, only all the brakes and the front suspensions.
The old tired brakes and suspension parts
Leaking front absorbers. Damn the potholes and bumps!
Old rusted discs. Was meaning to repaint the calipers as well but dont have enough time, maybe next service. I'm thinking RED calipers to give the car some contrast it needs.
New original BMW pads. As you can see from bottom left corner, its made by Textar.
Rusted discs again, look how bad they were from UK. Was meaning to change these for a while now, its recently warped and giving vibrations under braking.
Old suspension disassembled, new absorber alongside new one. The old strut doesnt even spring back out anymore, its really tired, glad I changed it now.
Old mounting and rubber parts. All oily and expanded
New parts. Lemforder drop links, mounting and rubber bits.
New mounting VS old one. Look how flat the old one is!
New Sachs Advantage absorbers. John @ Bomin was initially condemning these absorbers, saying these are only normal absorber and I would be better off with Bilstein B8, but I told him I preferred the ori M-sport absorber feeling. He was later surprised for its performance during test drive in the end.
New suspension re-assembled with new parts.
Completed re-assembly of front suspension
New suspension goes back on the car
New brakes go on.
Realised that my front auto-levelling headlight sensor arm was broken. It was supposed to be attached to the lower arm, to determine the height of the car. Parts of it was missing, will need replacement later as this is probably why my headlight was dipping too much.
At this point also decided to change the lower arm and the steering tie rod, the upper arm was just replaced last month. Replaced with TRW arms as Bomin dont have stock for Lemforder, and too much parts to replace already, poket koyak.
New Lemforder rubber boot for the tie rod.
All new arms, suspension and brakes installed.
Tyres goes back on and went to a nearby tyre shop for realignment. Will have to come back later for the rear suspension after raya.
