It's amazing what a difference new plates can make

Banish · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:16

does look much better and cleaner

great cars too Look, mines nearly the same , just wish I had the leather, even after 8 years and 100K miles

Desmo · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:16

The new plates came with screws, caps and the sticky pads

We're just using the pads for the cleaner look.

[TW]Fox · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:20

Piggymon said:
Wheels/Angel Eyes and maybe Sports Bumper but that's it

Oh yes

You're learning

Awesome car, congratulations. Love the interior colour - really hope mine has that colour but most of the Sports are Titan Silver which has the black interior

SaBBz · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:25

What reg was it the 2.0 changed?

loltim · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:25

Why does everyone buy GB plates anyway? They look much cleaner/better with just plain letters, IMO.

moss · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:26

Tim said:
Why does everyone buy GB plates anyway? They look much cleaner/better with just plain letters, IMO.

I think GB plates make a car look 'newer' some how

Firestar_3x · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:27

moss said:
I think GB plates make a car look 'newer' some how

Yep me to, GB plates look loads better

loltim · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:29

hmmm they do look better than the England ones I'll admit that, still not a fan though

[TW]Fox · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:38

SaBBz said:
What reg was it the 2.0 changed?

X reg - when the car was facelifted. Prefacelift X reg 520i's have a 2.0 with 150bhp, post facelift have the 2.2 with 170bhp.

SaBBz · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:44

[TW]Fox said:
X reg - when the car was facelifted. Prefacelift X reg 520i's have a 2.0 with 150bhp, post facelift have the 2.2 with 170bhp.

Ok thanks. Just wondered whether the gf's dad's Y reg 520i was the 2.2 version

[TW]Fox · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:49

SaBBz said:
Ok thanks. Just wondered whether the gf's dad's Y reg 520i was the 2.2 version

Yes it is - suprisingly not that slow, actually. It's not going to win any races but it's quick enough not to feel woefully underpowered.

Duke · 7 Apr 2006 at 20:57

That looks a lot better. All the small touches can make a nice improvement to the overall look.

Kreeeee · 7 Apr 2006 at 21:02

Desmo said:
Was done by the last owner, not by us. I wouldn't have bothered debadging. But at the same time I don't dislike it enough to bother buying new badges.

Looks great but I was always a fan of the badges on those cars.

Likewise, I wouldn't purchase them separately.

thebrasso · 7 Apr 2006 at 21:10

Very nice car that..ideal for the longer journeys. I got some GB plates as well, makes things look much cleaner and less hassle if you decide to nip over to France etc as well.

iv-tecman · 7 Apr 2006 at 21:32

Lovely clean car mate. Always liked these over the newer BMW's being churned out at the moment, It great condition, leather looks really nice and conditioned well.

Body work looks nice, good purchase I'd say. Not so keen on GB plates myself. but I will admit, it has really cleaned it up. Looks really nice, I'd be happy to have that. Even like the colour.

Freefaller · 7 Apr 2006 at 21:38

I approve

A huge car for 2 little people

jamoor · 7 Apr 2006 at 21:55

how much were the new plates?

Desmo · 7 Apr 2006 at 22:43

[TW]Fox said:
the black interior

We looked at other cars with a dark leather interior (black/grey) and it just didn't look nice in our opinion. The cabin just seemed so dark :/

The set of plates (from Fancyplates) was just over £30.

There are a couple of little nicks in the paintwork that we'll get sorted along with a couple bits to clean inside. But overall, it's a clean car considering the mileage

lordrobs · 7 Apr 2006 at 23:22

Its human nature to look at a car then straight down to the plate to see how old it is so a nice set of plates really freshens up the look imo.

SaBBz · 8 Apr 2006 at 00:11

[TW]Fox said:
Yes it is - suprisingly not that slow, actually. It's not going to win any races but it's quick enough not to feel woefully underpowered.

Yep I agree. It's debadged so I didn't know what it was the first few times I was in it. I was surprised when he told me it was a 520i to be honest, as I didn't know the facelift one was a 170bhp 2.2