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How about changing your diff for a lower ratio, that will improve acceleration and easy/cheap to swap. I did this on my 530. It is also supercharged and has no interior

I have a set of aluminium trim from my 2011 f11 I’d be interested in swapping... only issue is my car is a manual, I’m guessing yours is auto?

The early f10 was available as a 523 & 528 with the 3.0 n/a 6 cylinder (auto & manual). My in laws had one

Yes, wheels are a massive improvement. I’m not a fan of the standard bmw items

Fantastic work. I got myself a spare rear subframe from the scrap yard for new bushes and a clean up then lowered just the subframe to give the rear and a good going over. Let me know if you need the old subframe as I have no use for it now

I have had the arnott bags on my f11 for the past 4 years with no issues. I’ve also just put them on my friends e39. Quality is excellent

My 3.0 525d average over the last 50k miles is 40.2. On a run I can get 45 mpg but that’s about as good as it gets. I calculate the mpg between fill ups and it’s usually 40 or there abouts. I do mixed driving with quite a few short trips in there too. Car is remapped to about 260hp but it does have a manual gearbox

I’m quite sure all f10/11s have it. My 2011 plate manual has it. My 530d e61 had it too

My local scrap yard had about 8 e39s, they even had an e34 and 2 e36

whilst the subframe is down for new bushes I am tidying up some surface corrosion on the underside. Once the subframe is back together I will work my way down each side of the car cleaning it up

ill pop some pics up later of what I have achieved so far...

It’s the 4 subframe bushes I’m referring to, not too hard to remove with the subframe out of the car... not sure what your mechanic is referring to? it’s taken me ages to do! But the car is in the garage for the winter and it’s a hobby. I got the car in the air by driving the front onto ramps and then axle stands on the rear jacking points

I've removed the rear subframe from my 523 to give It a refresh, pressed in new bushes. whilst I'm in there there is some surface corrosion around the subframe mounts so I've wire brushed this back and treated it, I will then coat those areas in Waxoil. When I've put the rear end back together I plan to treat a little surface corrosion I found under the cill covers. A nice slow burn project I have been plodding away at during covid restrictions.

that's very nice indeed

I really like it - I really wanted a petrol 6 pot with a manual in an F11 but gave up looking. The n57 with a manual box is quite a nice combo