BMW 730d 2005 Restoration

[msabbasi]

Customs officers are jackasses

Absolutely.

[msabbasi]

Ordered these replacement parts Hope these work

I pray with all my heart they work out. I know the pain of spending money on hard to find bits and then they don't work. One can't even ask for money back. .

[msabbasi]

This is satisfying though

Washing carpets is satisfying indeed. Here is a picture of the front carpets out of my 1985 VW van - Before and after:

Van was bought from a govt. auction so you can imagine the care it had during its tenure as a "sarkari gari"

[mbarlas389]

The look sweet. Govt vehicles are thrashed

[mbarlas389]

They*

[mbarlas389]

Now my childhood dream garage is complete Period.
Say hello to the new guy BMW 735Li 2004 Presidential Package with double panned sound proof windows with ac vents on the roof and fridge at the back.

[mbarlas389]

One of my good friend was selling it so i sold out my daily driver cultus for it. I was reluctant Yes! But had no regrets

[msabbasi]

Excellent. BTW Mine had a fridge in the back too. Unfortunately the trunk luggage space gets compromised with the fridge.

[mbarlas389]

True it makes a huge difference

[mbarlas389]

Rear view at night!

[nfsmostwanted]

I like the cars registration number

[mbarlas389]

Indus Autos Rawalpindi are gems. I need air filter and oil filter for my 735Li. Everyone were giving just the air filter for 11000. Indus autos gave the air and oil filter for 10K. Really appreciate them for not ripping off customers because they have a BMW

[dayrider]

Not the wisest choice by far.... bmws are high maintenance. Now you have 2 as daily, i just hope that you don't pull your hair out, because these have mext to nil parts support locally

[mbarlas389]

I know what i got myself into May Allah have mercy on me but tbh i am happy i have owned alot of cars and honestly i was getting bored i wanted something different since i opened my eyes for cars its always been jdm this or jdm that. Dont get me wrong jdms are wonderful reliable cars big or small but a decade or more of owning these car i got bored and nowadays parts aint cheap for these jdms either be my guest to visit the junkyard for parts. And now i have seen many people car enthusiasts specially turning their eyes to germans now. Sometime ago you couldnt get a damn air filter for these germans now its changed. Now coming to these E65/E66 7 series these car were imported way back when people had no clue about german cars or even had scanners to diagnose the issues. So mechanic ustaads basically runied these cars back then which we drive now. If you follow bmw forums on the internet there is a solution for every problem. Pakistani mentality can never change brother i remember even when toyota and honda started to give automatic cars in Pakistan nobody wanted to buy them it took a good decade or 2 for people to shift to automatic cars. Now automatic gari ki hi market hai not manuals. Anyways i love cars especially these 2 bimmers the change of perspective a person gets once driving germans is just amazing. I know for a fact i cannot revert to jdms now

[mbarlas389]

And you can see my whole thread the parts i have been acquiring locally and some outside the country. Pakistan se sub koch milta or agr na milay to dubai to car parts ka hub hai

[dayrider]

I have been driving germans for decades now. The issue isn't with germans, its specifically bmw and bmw within pakistan, parts aren't available, chinese copy parts, yes, used parts to a certain extent, but mostly none.
If all ypu wanted to do was drive german, you could have gotten a benz, much more reliable and with a wider availability of parts.
The electrics and sensors on a bmw are pathetic and always cause issues as you will come to learn, and also, diesel bmw has zero support here and in dubai, for that, you will have to get from the UK.
Another main thing is, BMW has no resale, none, so if it goes wrong and you want to throw it away, you will need to throw away a kidney with it.

Anyways. Whats done is done, congratulations on the purchase, may these serve you well

[mbarlas389]

I had w203 c200 2004 and recently sold my w211 2007. But thank you next time I'll keep this mind before buying a German car.

[dayrider]

Thats nice, then you would know that the similar model mercedes is significantly more expensive than a bmw, for the purpose mentioned above

[mbarlas389]

It was but also it was a pain in the bottom to maintain them mechanically* lousy ESP system thank God they changed it to ABS. Heater core issues had to pull out the whole dash* interior quality not as good as a BMW. Pulley changing was not cheap at all. I was fed up by repairing it's interior components had to buy used parts. Bad leg space for rear passengers. I closed the mercedes chapter after these things. Anyways I am here share my knowledge and the restoration tid bits for both my 7 series. Its something very rare and people hardly touch. As a car enthusiast I love to restore these big things and would love to help people if they get e65/e66. I won't bash them for their purchase decision it's not in my nature

[dayrider]

I won't bash them for their purchase decision it's not in my nature

I do apologise, my tone or method might have been incorrect, but i did mean well. Anyways, as i said before, best of luck, it would be good to see how this goes.