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Managed to find the right pre-2013 front seats on eBay to replace the incorrect fit ones [ https://beemerlab.blogspot.com/2017/05/f10-530d-b...

Lovely front seats do not fit. Thought I would treat the F10 to a nice leather interior, replacing the tired and fluffy cloth front seat...

Just as on E46, the two bolts holding the handbrake down hold the right side of the arm-rest bracket. The third threaded-hole is covered b...

I got asked on eBay UK if my E21 steering wheel would actually fit an E30, which it turns out they don't. The wheel was then snapped up ...

As my bumper didn't come with the cover-caps or hinges, I had to source them separately. I got the headlight-washer hinges directly from...

1. Bumper Removal: 1.1 Remove the bolt holding either corner of the bumper, just inside the wheel-arch, using a 10mm wrench. The edge...

I have mentioned hankering after an M-Sport or M5 style front-bumper for my 530d, but they are expensive. A new spurious one will cost about...

When the seats arrived the rear one had a noticeably big tear on the top of the back-rest. By the time I'd finished cleaning them howeve...

Stock fit works, but leaves big gaps. As with the front seats I used HSVTurbos build [ here ] as a rough guide. His rear bench-seat is the a...

I'm all for keeping things so they can be converted back to stock later on, but fitting seats with the E21 base-mounts is a nightmare. O...

I had noticed a few electrical gremlins since fitting the modern stereo and have finally figured out the slight wiring difference between th...

Yep, the old adage of BMWs not coming with a radio is true. For higher models an FM-radio or 8-track tape player (this was the '70s) was...

* The Full How-To Guide is on this page: Audio: Wiring Amp/Subs into Standard Head-Unit The standard BMW Business stereo is a masterpie...

Always wanted to get a set of these for my old 3 Series, but never managed in the end, so it seems like a worthy first mod for the 5. I'...