Project S60 D5 SE Gold

[daza-b]

Now that I will be keeping the D5 thought I should show the project that has been going on for a few months, this is being copied and pasted from my other project thread so if there is some not related to here I appologise now... so here goes

Well i got it.. my new d5.. the pics just say it all



Nice private plate to go with

[daza-b]

Well took old goldie out for a good stroll and took some pics with my friends Mk3 Golf, also found a few faults too, typical lol

Here are the pics:











Anyway faults found so far

The lower arm is well and truly fubar!!
I think front droplinks are on their way too
Swipes to the left on bumps so either back shocks or trailing arm bushes.. guessing shocks due to having a tow bar
Whistling/rattling noise coming from passenger side at speed, like when the door is open or window

Thats about it so plans are:

Meyle droplinks, ball joints and lower engine mount
Polybush the lower arms
Clean out the egr and pipework
check for ££££ed vac lines etc and replace if needed
Bloody good detail lol
Refurb alloys

Thats to start Quite liking this goldie lol

[daza-b]

Done a couple of bits today to the 60 and took some pics

EGR valve dirty girl lol





Air filter off ready for K&N





All nice and clean





HID Fitted





Be doing some more soon

[daza-b]

Well been busy spending money and bought the following:

Poly Bushes for the front arms
Meyle Ball Joints
Meyle Track rod ends
Meyle front and rear droplinks
Meyle lower engine mount
And some Meyle rear shock absorbers

Wait for them to come over the next few days and get them all fitted, should sort out the ill feeling suspension issues

pics to follow

[daza-b]

Parts finally arrived.. **** service from an ebay member who sent the items out yesterday... the day they were suppose to be delivered and after a question asking for tracking details.... funny that lol



Just gotta wait for a bit better weather to get them all fitted, what i have there is:

Rear Shocks
Front & Rear Droplinks
Lower Engine Mount
Front Balljoints and Polybushes

[daza-b]

Well yesterday I started to get the lower control arms off ready to change the balljoints and polybush... but came along some tacky welding, which i showed to Mr Ears over Skype and it got me really really concerned, it was was around where the the hub connects the strut, and also the bottom of the strut looked slightly damaged, so this going with the burn mark i found have come to the conclusion the car has been rebounded off a kerb at some point

So after a good think i have now ordered the following bits:

Meyle HD gas front shocks
Meyle HD Tie rod and track rod ends
35mm Lowering springs
And also polybushes for the engine bar

So having finally got a Volvo its now off road up on axle stands for a few days while i await more parts... back into the BMW i go again lol

Will update when the new bits come... again lol

Lets hope this solves all the suspension issues

[martybelfastt5]

that should feel nice on the road daza

[daza-b]

Well after another few hundred £s I have done a fair bit of work to the car, so far:

Repaced Front shocks
lowering springs on front
front drop links
polybushed lower arms
lower gearbox mount
new ball joints

Bought ready to go on:
Rear lowering springs
Tie rod and track rod ends as they are fubar
Engine bar polybushes
And my best bit, these










Here are a couple of pics of the other bits:















Still got to fully settle in yet too lol

Gotta wait for another nice day now to get the rest of the bits on

[daza-b]

Well todays progress was quite nice.....














Also did the polybushes on the engine bar so still need to test that

[daza-b]

Had to get some night time pics









Not very good pics like but best i can do with my phone

[daza-b]

Well finally.. i have a fully functional S60

I have done so far the following:

New polybushed lower suspension arms with new bump stops
New Meyle HD balljoints
Meyle HD Droplinks all around
Meyle HD Gas front shocks and rear shocks
Lowered 35mm all round
Meyle HD track rod and tie rods
Projector headlights with 8k HIDs
Replaced all tyres all round from the stupid 245 45 17 that was on to new 225 45 17 that do better
K&N cone filter

Today gave it a good clean minus the polish etc which weather permitting will be tomorrow

Here are the results of how it looks so far.. quite impressed i must say lol














The handling has improved 10 fold and really makes me smile, just want to look at rear polybushes to make it exactly how i want

All round... turning into quite a machine even tho some say its a bloody MF lol

[daza-b]

Well being that it was a very very nice day today... thought it would be rude not to do some stuff on the old MF

Cleaned up and painted he towbar to make it look a bit better:





Then after that was detailing time... ££££ed now but the end results are well well worth it

[T5RatherAmusin]

dont forget them lights are mine when you finished with them

[daza-b]

Wow its been a while since i posted on this but had to change the discs and pads today so got myself some mintex discs and pads all round at my trade price lol

Here you go:







Really nice easy job to do on it and also adjusted the handbrake so happy all round

[daza-b]

Been a while since i posted on this, only progress i can give on this is I have stopped it sounding like Darth Vader with a cold bu taking off the cone filter and refitting a standard air box and to be honest it sounds much better and even think it pulls a little better or smoother

Also ordered a new intercooler to arrive early next week so will be making it just that bit better, while I have the bumper off and intercooler going to check all the intercooler pipes and also look at the A/C so I can get cold lol

Then after that its getting the wheels done in gloss black and sort the little niggly problems with it

Stay tuned

[daza-b]

Intercooler all done, 1hr 10mins to change over, not that bad a job to do

Response is much better and feels smoother, dead spot at 2700 rpm has gone, another job well done

Sorry no pics just did not have the time

So this is where I am upto at present, looking around for a bumper without the wiper holes, new passenger door and a few other bits, going through a rough patch with things at the mo so the next update may be a while

Thanks for reading folks and stay tuned

Daz

[daza-b]

that should feel nice on the road daza

Yea it feels really tight apart from the rear end now, day after i put it up for sale for sale one of the rear trailing arm bushes went so withdrew it from selling and going to look at polybushing the rear end so putting even more £££ aint gonna be worth selling and loosing even more money than what I would selling it now

[stephenevans99]

Looking good....just need it painting silver

[martybelfastt5]

lol has a nice stance now..how do you find the mintex stuff?

[daza-b]

Looking good....just need it painting silver

lol!!

lol has a nice stance now..how do you find the mintex stuff?

Much better than the rubbish that was on that didnt even brake lol but its not awesome, i put them on as a temp as was planning to put xc90 brakes on in the future, still thinking about it but it dont go fast enough to worry about hard braking lol