[748adam]

Originally Posted by AD18

£40 for the steering rack? I've been quoted well north of £1k as mine has play in it. How did you get one so cheap, was it a part from a scrapped car?

Yeah bought it used but with warranty, bmw wanted over £1000 for a new one!

[AD18]

Originally Posted by 748adam

Yeah bought it used but with warranty, bmw wanted over £1000 for a new one!

Thats what I've been quoted so not paying that, could you direct me to where abouts I go to finding one like you did? Was it loose steering you had too and was there a big difference when you put this used one in?

[therealdb1]

Originally Posted by therealdb1

A month worth of tax and insurance but MOT is due next week and it has done a whole 504 miles since the last one!

Well it passed
I guess I'll have to put some super unleaded in the tank in the next month or two!

[748adam]

I just scoured eBay for the best one I could find, i found a lot of 1 series racks to be the same as well. Mine did'nt have any play in but the seals exploded on me which was not fun, tried to get my original one refurbished but they condemned it.
You looked into getting yours refurbished? I found a place near Birmingham that could do it for £170ish

Originally Posted by AD18

Thats what I've been quoted so not paying that, could you direct me to where abouts I go to finding one like you did? Was it loose steering you had too and was there a big difference when you put this used one in?

[mjn77]

Just £56.94 for a broken seal.



But i had my windscreen replaced on Wednesday and waiting for the insurance company to extract the £95 excess from me

[Shanusascarabus]

A new rear light for the e92... 65 quid

[Shanusascarabus]

Oh and add £589 for the rear main seal

[Chappers 71]

Another month gone by, no real issues other than replacing two vacuum lines £75 including a diagnostic. Am going to replace the low pressure fuel sensor next Friday though, £85 for the sensor is a bit steep but what can you do? Still could be worse

[Shanusascarabus]

Originally Posted by Chappers 71

Another month gone by, no real issues other than replacing two vacuum lines £75 including a diagnostic. Am going to replace the low pressure fuel sensor next Friday though, £85 for the sensor is a bit steep but what can you do? Still could be worse

Yeah... worse as in paying 600 quid for a £23 part lol

[748adam]

Best part of £300 in rear wheel carrier bushes and camber arms, only 1 bush is showing signs of play but best to change them all

[MattOz]

It's 'cost' me a set of 19's. But I guess that was choice, rather than requirement.

[Chappers 71]

Had the 35i in to have the low pressure fuel sensor replaced today at a cost of £200, sensor was £85 although I suspect the garage would have paid less than that for it but am happy enough. I think this garage will be my go to place from now on, even though they aren't a bmw 'specialist' they are friendly, seem knowledgeable and I think not to expensive.
On the drive home the car felt smoother and the slight lumpyness on idle seems to have gone, although my drive home gave me no chance to 'test' that limp mode under hard acceleration has now been cured, I am sure I will get the opportunity tomorrow

[Arch Stanton]

Paid £400 for a set of spare wheels and decent winter tyres, £42 for a replacement angel eyes bulb, and now the limp home engine warning has beeped, a quick check reveals a vans code, will get that fixed when it goes in for the recall stuff.

[AD18]

£80 for EBC yellowstuff for rear
4 x Zimmermann Sport Drilled Discs - £250
Fitting of above - £145

Total approx £475

Stainless steel braided lines next...?

[MattOz]

Here's mine. Sitting on the OE F80 M3 winter 19's. I swing from loving it, to not being sure. Bloody thing!

[E60525d]

Originally Posted by MattOz

Here's mine. Sitting on the OE F80 M3 winter 19's. I swing from loving it, to not being sure. Bloody thing!

Lovely looking car!

[Dann]

I'm not sure on those either. Front pic looks good but rear doesn't.

Needs a spoiler too

[Arch Stanton]

£90 for a new battery. Need to find a way of coding it now

[Sandy335]

8 months in, I was all pleased to have nothing to say on this thread, until the boost became a bit erratic and I noticed some odd part throttle behaviour. I thought vac pipes, I feared turbos (N54), a smoke test revealed a crack in the cam cover and the breather matrix becoming unstuck from it too. I was able to get the new cover at trade, but still just under £400 all in, which really grates my gears when there's so obviously a common flaw with it and it's no more than a plastic moulding with some bolts; but pleased to report it's solved all the issues and the car's never been so smooth to drive, must have started before I bought it.

[mjn77]

Expensive month......

Carbon grills and rear spoiler £339




Air-con re-gas £60

New vignettes for Europe £65


New wiper blades £22

[Chappers 71]

I spent £285 in June on a diagnostic, replacement of boost pipework to turbos & a low pressure fuel sensor.
Car is running nicely now. I am considering buying a 4.8is X5 to take the dog out in so I've put the 35i back into the for sale section.

[748adam]

£400 on headlights from KYCS, i see this has a cost as...erm...yeah...one of my lenses had a mark in it, yeah that’s it, that’s how I’m justifying it to myself