Hi craig try these ive used there stuff before and been happy with the results
  www.liquidleather.com

    Darren

Thanks for the advice Richard think I will give it a miss then especially as I use the car for towing my caravan too
Cheers
        Diz

Just after some advice please , I have a set of 19in csl replica alloys they are staggered fitment which I bought for my e90
2x 8.5in wide offset 38
2x9.5in wide offset 35
Will they fit my 2005 e53 3.0d or would they need spacers and if so which spacers and where from ?
Cheers
  Diz

Ok cheers will pop it off at the weekend and have a look and see if there's anything obvious a miss

Diz

Hi  my front passenger interior door button does not go down when I lock the car but the door does lock,the other three doors work fine a y ideas on what it could be ? / easy fix ?
Cheers
  Diz

I have a detachable witter towbar fitted to my 2005 3.0d with the single electric socket for towing my caravan and can't fault it
   
    Diz

Cheers Richard , great site that  and you can quote the exact part numbers you need and impress your local dealer with your parts knowledge

Diz

Cheers for finding that looks like quite a few little parts there 

Cheers for that shadrack my Bm Indy has said that the bushes and bits aren't that expensive to get like you have put for your e30 that's a reasonable price for the parts Thanks for the link x5sport that's for your x5 and I'm going for the x3 but am sure they are similar and I will put my details ...

Mileage seems genuine looking at the old mots and stuff, could be just a rough previous owner, am not too bothered if its just some bushes need replacing as they will probably be quite inexpensive

Diz

Cheers don will do, it still goes into gear fine and drives well with no noises just not used to the slackness in the gearstick  >:(  as my present BMW e90 330d m-sport has the same miles as this x3 and is as tight as new with the gearstick, fingers crossed for just bushes

Diz

Thanks for the replays fellas and the warm welcome :), have asked my local Bm Indy and he has never had one in with that problem before but said it could be as simple as worn bushes or the entire mechanism but without seeing it he couldn't sure, but said to try knock some money off just in case off ...

Hello this is my first post :), have just been to test drive a 2005 x3 3.0d manual with 112.000 on the clock, she runs as sweet as a nut but noticed a bit of slop in the gearstick, just wondering if this is down to worn linkage / bushes or something more sinister ? Can't fault rest of car so could ...