Ever since I got the car my headlights were always having some sort of problems. Over the last few years I sorted most of them out (electronics, wiring etc), but this one I kept putting off.

Whenever I would drive on a rough patch of road my lights would look like they are having a seizure. Thebiggest problem with this wasn't even the fact that it was annoying (beyond annoying), but the fact that it blinded EVERYONE on the road (especially with the HID's). Here is how I fixed my headlight mounting points.

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Since I winter drive my 850 it gets some wear from winter like any other car would. Every spring I usually deep polish and seal the car to give it a fresh look and upkeep the body condition. This spring has been really wet and I haven't got around to it till recently. Take a look at the pictures of me masking all the windows, trim and stuff off and polishing it then sealing.

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After a nice, long (and cold) winter came a warm summer... with it some cooling system woes. Most of my cooling system has been replaced in the last 5,000km so this posed a real puzzle as to what was really happening to the car. Here I will go through the list of things to check when your M70 is overheating and what you can do to rectify the problem. For me the problem ended up being a super simple one, a blown fuse.

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I have always enjoyed the look of the M6 wheels, but when I saw a set on an 850 on the forums, I just knew I had to own a set for my car. After browsing classifieds for a few months a mint set of original wheels emerged (it was also a pretty amazing deal that I couldn't pass up so I was quick on my feet to pick them up). They have been sitting in my basement ever since I got them, so I figured I'd make a post about some math as to what is needed to make a set fit your E31 (or maybe just a lesson in offsets).

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