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Hi Jake...welcome to the Forum

Great looking car!  

I always work on the principle of getting the best you can for the money and I think the Eisenmann is worth the high cost 

Let us know how you get on with this

Cheers,   Trevor

I'm only guessing here as never done it myself but if the replacement engine is only a larger capacity then it would be done by bore or stroke and as long as you swap over as many ancillaries and components as possible then it should work okay

Let us know what you discover

Cheers  Trevor

Hi James...welcome to the Forum

I think Greydog summed it up nicely....Warranty!  as long as you have a comprehensive warranty then you should be okay.

Good luck with your purchase

Cheers  Trevor

If you trickle water over the auxiliary drivebelts and see if the noise goes then its just dry belts causing the noise.

If it doesn't go, then possible tensioner bearings, etc

Hi David....welcome to the Forum

Sounds like the glow plugs need replacing to get it starting properly.

You could try a tuning box (DTUK do a good one)

Cheers  Trevor

Hi Rob....welcome to the Forum

Good to have you onboard

Cheers  Trevor

Hi Joe....welcome to the Forum

Great choice of car!

Got any piccies of the Beemer you can post up?

Cheers  Trevor

Hi Stephen....welcome to the Forum

Ebay is as good as anywhere really...bought some panels for my Z3 from a guy in Chippenham who has about 15 of them that he breaks up...always sells on eBay

Cheers  Trevor

Hi Phil

Sorry, not sure what these wheels are but I wonder if they may be copies of an Alpine wheel as when you look at the centre where the wheel bolts are, there are no markings which you normally expect to see (rim sizes, BS number, etc).

Hope you find a suitable replacement. 

Will post up some piccies as and when I tackle the mods,  Cheers

Hi Gil...welcome to the Forum

You can occasionally find an ABS ring of the right dimensions through some suppliers.

Here are some for other BMW models although probably quite similar if same diameter and number of teeth, etc

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&selfil=2%2C3%2C1&mvsub=1&_mcatda=true&selvel=BMW~6%20Series~1985~-~-&_nkw=abs ring BMW 6 Series 1985

Cheers   Trevor

I've got a year 2000 Z3 2.0 ltr....needs a bit of work on it now...probably just right for modding I would say!

Hi Mohammed...welcome to the Forum

The Beemer certainly looks the business!

Good to have you onboard

Cheers,   Trevor

Hi...welcome to the Forum

Great looking car!   Looks the business

Cheers,  Trevor

lol...played that game....I believe from memory you have to really push it back hard at the same time.

Q2   I think this is a programming process rather than a physical unplugging of leads, etc. You should be able to programme it back in by following a sequence (not sure of the sequence though I'm sure someone on here does)

yes, after 2007 should be okay

certainly looks effective once its wrapped

Not sure about the exhaust...apart from replacing the rear silencer which would enhance the exhaust tone and possibly offer some performance increase

Hi Karl....welcome back to the wonderful world of BMW

Yes, come across that before...but if its the seat occupancy sensor that's faulty it is the passenger one that it's referring to 

Hi Jay....welcome to the Forum

It's obviously worth looking for one that has full service history, preferably dealer history but independent specialist repairer is just as good.

Look at whether the swirl flaps in the inlet manifold have been removed and plugged up so they don't drop into the engine

http://bmwspecialistreading.co.uk/what-are-swirl-flaps/

Otherwise, they are a pretty good car, but worth trawling the posts on here to see what other issues arise.

Keep us updated on you potential purchase.

Cheers   Trevor

I think it is the seat occupancy sensor mat which usually break and flag up a code for the front passenger seat

Here is a link to one of many bypass kits available to switch it off 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E90-E60-E87-E88-PASSENGER-SEAT-OCCUPANCY-BYPASS-MAT-SENSOR-AIRBAG-EMULATOR-/200967932097?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Plat_Gen%3AE87&hash=item2eca9f48c1

certainly look great !

any drawbacks or anything to look out for when getting a car wrapped?

Thinking about getting one of my cars wrapped but never had it done before

Hi Rich

I have found with remapping that it is the improved flexibility of the engine/drivetrain that does it for me. 

Makes it smoother and flexible in round-town driving and economy improved on extra-urban runs allowing me to come off throttle/turbo a little which improves things all round.

Cost, well...that's a little harder to justify 

Cheers  Trevor

Hi Marinaman....welcome to the Forum

The X5 is a gerat car but I would have gone for the motorbike personally 

Cheers  Trevor

Hi Daniel...welcome to the Forum

I totally agree with Greydog's comments....the components that have been replaced are common place on a lot of cars around a certain mileage and if it has been a company car, the mere suggestion that the gearbox is hesitant or the performance is slightly dropped then these components could have been replaced as a matter of course.

As for the colour choice...its a personal thing I suppose.  I personally love silver cars and very rarely go for any other colour...each to their own :-)

Cheers  Trevor