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charles is an expert here albeit for an S but he will know Not necessarily but, as luck would have it, I am researching this for my car at the moment. If you select an E46 B3 on the Bilstein website, the first suggestions that come up are for B8 shocks, which are the part numbers that you have list...

I lost mine a while back and decided to buy a new cover - about £100 or so at the time but probably more now! As soon as I got it, I softened the glue holding it in and reglued it with something much stronger and heat-resistant (because that's why they loosen over time, I believe). Still there - but...

It's not a complicated or time consuming job, but OEM parts aren't cheap.

woolley11 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:55 pm

Certainly find the gauge doesn’t move much at start if over half a tank but does fall quickly after.

I would definitely put my money on a faulty level sender in the tank

This has reminded me of similar behaviour on my car a while back when the fuel level and OBC "range" started to behave differently to what I was used to, whereby it appeared that my fuel consumption was minimal for the first half of the tank and then plummeted for the second half - instead of the li...

g26rebuild wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:47 pm

Thanks for all the work, donation made.

BW
James

Thanks James

Fitted the summer set, with a new pair of PS5 tyres on the rear ( still got plenty of life left on the PS4 fronts).

Similar tread pattern to the PS4, but too soon to offer any thoughts on relative performance.

Meister wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 31, 2024 1:57 pm

Donation made, ta.
Regards.
Carl

Thanks Carl

Perhaps an ailing battery?

Knocking sound from the rear - particularly when engaging reverse

That's brilliant, being a 1 owner car is something special but with that mileage as well. I've done 50,000 in mine in the 6 years I've owned it and still enjoy every miles so doing 385K is a bit special. Mark, this is a thread resurrection from last year 😄 To update, as of March 24, the car is 21 y...

rc944 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:56 pm

A known pita job but anyone done it themselves or had it done to their coupe or touring?

At least once and probably twice

Left it to CPC to do as part of whatever long list of things they were doing already.

hap wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:22 pm

Charles did Sytner notts have that book ledger you posted a while back ? Or was it where u picked it up from ?
Ta

That came from my contact at Buchloe - it's the old school ledger thy had been using for all models over the years. Probably all computerised these days, unfortunately

Charles wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:07 am

Avtar wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:17 pm

Paid and sent email on Feb 22nd, how long do these normally take to arrive?

I'll nudge Simon

Check your emails

Avtar wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:17 pm

Paid and sent email on Feb 22nd, how long do these normally take to arrive?

I'll nudge Simon