Noob with a V8
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:10 am
Hello everyone. My name is Mark and my cars have a drink problem 
Picked up a 2004 X5 4.4 Sport yesterday to replace the outgoing Galaxy daily. It is Sterling Grey with Dakota Leather trim and is a one owner car with full history from the original supplying dealer and 63k on the clock I will post up some better pictures once it has had a proper clean at home, so pic from when at the garage:
The steering wheel was letting the side down, with the standard issue soft touch covering coming off. Anyway I decided before I picked up the car I would start to sort it out. You may remember the wheeler dealers with the Range Rover that the did the carbon dipping on the interior bits ? Anyway the I found a local company who did it and a cheap wheel centre on ebay which looked like this:
Then they made it look like this:
This was my untidy original which was letting the side down somewhat.
Now after fitting the CF part:
Quite pleased with the first mod ! The company is called Hydro Graffix and they are in Maidstone in Kent, Adrian who runs it was great and turned it round really quickly for me.
http://www.hydro-graffix.co.uk/
Now to sort out the slight wear on the door handle on the drivers side (jewellery I guess) and replace the wheel centres as they are looking a bit tired. Then get her fully up to scratch.
I also have an old E28 M535i which is my true love. Which gets properly used and has been driven hard at Snetterton, Brands, Bedford and RAF Marham
I look forward to sharing my experience and asking lots of dumb questions The excellent steering wheel guide has already been put to good use !
Picked up a 2004 X5 4.4 Sport yesterday to replace the outgoing Galaxy daily. It is Sterling Grey with Dakota Leather trim and is a one owner car with full history from the original supplying dealer and 63k on the clock I will post up some better pictures once it has had a proper clean at home, so pic from when at the garage:
The steering wheel was letting the side down, with the standard issue soft touch covering coming off. Anyway I decided before I picked up the car I would start to sort it out. You may remember the wheeler dealers with the Range Rover that the did the carbon dipping on the interior bits ? Anyway the I found a local company who did it and a cheap wheel centre on ebay which looked like this:
Then they made it look like this:
This was my untidy original which was letting the side down somewhat.
Now after fitting the CF part:
Quite pleased with the first mod ! The company is called Hydro Graffix and they are in Maidstone in Kent, Adrian who runs it was great and turned it round really quickly for me.
http://www.hydro-graffix.co.uk/
Now to sort out the slight wear on the door handle on the drivers side (jewellery I guess) and replace the wheel centres as they are looking a bit tired. Then get her fully up to scratch.
I also have an old E28 M535i which is my true love. Which gets properly used and has been driven hard at Snetterton, Brands, Bedford and RAF Marham
I look forward to sharing my experience and asking lots of dumb questions
The excellent steering wheel guide has already been put to good use !