Sacrilege and on a Sunday.

[brucemillar]

Sorry folks. In a moment of sheer lunacy, I promised my beautiful wife, that were I to feel better this weekend and not lose any more weight [emoji56]. I would give her BMW a good clean and polish all over.

She won.

But you know what? I love this car. The V8 is a beauty married to a heavily modified exhaust (did I just say heavily modified) and a Tiptronic 6 speed box and Air Ride it is a fun place to be.

The result of a mornings hard work.

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[Ted]

Looks fantastic.
The flares on those wheelarches are bigger than the ones I wore in the seventies!!

 

[SmartAmg]

Must admit, that's nice,
for a B.M.W

 

[Darrell]

I’ve always liked the first generation X5.

If only I had big enough gonads....

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

Good photographs, have you any showing the car ' after ' your efforts?

 

[zipdip]

Only you Bruce would show a great load of pictures of your wives X5 ,well it looks great and very well cared for,without doubt the early X5's ,were the best of the lot,apart from a the auto box playing up around 130,000 if it is not looked after they are bullet proof,and of course the V8 is one hell of a engine,pleased to see a new posting from you Bruce,don't let your wife ftten you up too much you need to keep that lean and mean edgy look.

 

[gaz_l]

My old boss used to have one of them. Hilariously quick for a 2.5 ton 4x4.

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[DSM10000]

Now for the weeds on the drive

 

[wu56Shoozz]

Ahhh... I get it Bruce, you're concentrating your efforts on other "Things" to bother to reply to PM's or postings.. fair enough

 

[Brian k]

Gotta love a clean car no matter what make lol.... I hope she bought you Sunday lunch as a reward..

 

[brucemillar]

Ahhh... I get it Bruce, you're concentrating your efforts on other "Things" to bother to reply to PM's or postings.. fair enough

Not sure what’s happening with PM’s? I have had some in the past few days and also sent some. I did see your post but noted Trevor’s response.

Not to me. Must do better. [emoji4]


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[artyman]

I guess one advantage of a wife that doesn't drive is I only have to clean one car

 

[D-18]

That looks like a good first attempt Bruce, but I think you should now get some more practice to really get it right. Can I suggest other forum members pop round for you to give their vehicles the same (or better) treatment? I'm sure that would help you hone your skills.

 

[Colesy]

Was that a rusty bolt on the front cross member? Tut tut.
Lovely job on the rest of the car though

 

[brucemillar]

Was that a rusty bolt on the front cross member? Tut tut.
Lovely job on the rest of the car though

I noticed that [emoji3] and there is one each side. I shall order up some stainless replacements [emoji56]


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[DSM10000]

I noticed that [emoji3] and there is one each side. I shall order up some stainless replacements [emoji56]


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After all, it can only be a 5 minute job

 

[millc63]

Nice work! That is probably the cleanest engine bay i have ever seen outside of a brand new car!!

 

[brucemillar]

Well I went to BMW to buy replacement headlight bolts (to replace the rusty ones). BMW (this is true) only wanted £17 for the four bolts (and they are not stainless).

Not surprisingly I headed to my local “fixings” store where I bought 50 stainless replacements for £5.00

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[Bobby Dazzler]

After all, it can only be a 5 minute job

Only if you have the right tools. I hope you have a comprehensive selection Bruce

 

[Deleted member 113659]

IIRC he has a spanner or two.