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Thanks David for your advice, I have lubricated the cable and latch, hopefully it will be fine. Thanks again.

Hi, My 120i bonnet release latch is difficult to open the bonnet. It just started causing me problems. The handles comes right up but does does open the bonnet, I need to try it about 5 times and I am worried I will break the plastic latch. My question is there a way to tighten the cable or should I just replace the cable, if so how easy is it to replace myself. All suggestions greatly appreciated.

Cheers Dave. I checked the fuses and all appeared OK. Checked the switch wires all connected. As a last resort I disconnected the battery and re-connected and it seemed to resolve the problem, just not sure if that is the same as clearing faults on a diagnostic device, not resolving the issue. Only time will tell hahahahahahah Joseph

Hi, Can anyone help, my drivers window has stopped working and is open by 2", the switch is not working yet the passenger's one is, so it's not the fuses. Would appreciate any help. This has never happened before and Goggle sites come up with nothing Many thanks in advance Joseph

Dashcam fitted, rear camera working treat, all cable hidden, very pleased and thank you so much for your advice, greatly appreciated. It still such a shame they put the fusebox in such an inaccessible place, WHO DOES THAT🥵

This is the card I found on the internet. I have circled the fuses I believe are for my car. Also, I have never had so much trouble trying to access a fusebox in my life. You have to take off so much so you can work on the fusebox itself, what were BMW thinking

Hi, I bought a WOLFBOX Rear View Mirror Camera:Mirror Dash Cam Front and Rear 4K+2.5K for Car with 12" Full Touch Screen, Waterproof Backup WDR Camera, Night Vision, G-Sensor, Parking Assist,Free 64GB Card & GPS. Ran all the cables under the trim, looks really good. I also bought the Hard Wire to plug into the fuse box. My question is which space do I plug it in, everything on line says pull out an existing fuse and use the adaptor to add 2 fuses but I have lots of live slots. I have spent hours on line and different people say different thing. I have a Battery cable (Contast) yellow\ & a red cable ACC (only works when car is on) I attach a photo of my fuse box and I was either 1 - Going to plug it into one of the free space that tally with constant power (bat) and only when key on (Acc) 2 - No 54 - take 7.5 fuse - purple out (Bat) and plug it there, far bottom left of photo & No. 57 - take 15 amp fuse out bottom right blue fuse

Hi Dave, Bike brake lead worked a treat and now installed with no visible cable. Thank you so much for the advice. Another job ticked off Joseph

Hi Dave, Many thanks for that, I will keep you updated with the steps I took. Great advice once again Joseph

Photos: 1 - Car 2 - CAble plugged in to central consol by hand brake 3 - airvents and storage compartments removed 4 - Ran the cable along the plastric trim by drivers side wopuld like to feed it up to the dash. 5 & 6 - view from above to see if there is acces from the drivers footwell. 7 - Just shows where I would like the cable to come out It all looks really tight space wise and may not be possible but thought I would try.

I want to run a mobile lead from the central glove box adaptor along the driver's side, tucking the cable behind the plastic trim. I have removed the dashboard storage box and central air vents, I am trying to get the cable from the drivers foot well up to the central storage box. This is where I am stuck, does anyone know if I can run the cable without removing the radio, air con etc etc. I can send photos if it is easier. Many thanks, Joseph

great advice, will check everything before I order anything, thanks again

Hi Stu, Thanks for that, so just rear shocks and springs, not fronts? Quarry do them at a very reasonable price.

No noise that I can hear, it's just every bump in the road I feel. When I bought the car it was scrapping on most roads, so replaced all the tyres and it was better, as it did not scrape the road so much.

I believe they are 16" according to the tyres but when I measured they were 17"

Great, so I saw on this site how to remove the empty phone cradle and taped up and tucked the wires behind the central consul and replaced the empty cradle. I remember someone saying they found a replacement central consul so I have more space, so I will google to see if I can find one. Thanks again for your advice. Joseph

The tyres I changed to were 205/55R 16 - The wheel size is 17". Spent a fortune on sorting out the splutter, so reluctant to buy smaller new wheels atm. Do you think the car has been lowered, please see attached photos. Many thanks.

So here goes: Very first car and others: Triumph Herald 1200 (12/50), white sunshine roof and red seats TR6 x 3 Porsche 924 Turbo Range Rover P38 Jaguar XJ x4(XJ40, X300 & 2 x 308X) Daimler Super V8 LWB Sabb 900 cab Volvo V70 Mini one Range Rover L322 BMW 120i E88 ------ Wife's cars Morris Marina Citroen Diana (2CV) Golf cab Series 1 Golf Cab new version

One final question, can I just clip the cables and hide them, after I have capped them off of course.

Thought I would update everyone. So after many many months of trying to find out where it spluttered and went into default and changing: 1 - Plugs twice 2 - Coils twice 3 - Cylinder head 4 - Checked all wiring 5 -Checked injectors. It was coil number 2, which was faulty twice, even swapping them around didn't show anything. So it just goes to show patience and perseverance works eventually, glad the AA paid part of the garage bill. Now the car runs like a dream. Thanks to all of you for your input very much appareciated.

My E88 has a stiff ride when I first bought it. So I changed from run flats to standard tyres, however, although the clearance from the floor is slightly higher so not scrapping as much as it used to but I feel every bump in the road. My local garage said if you changed the tyres, then another way to soften the ride could be to replace the coils (about £100 on eBay) and you get springs that can raise the car another 1" or so. What does anyone think? I have watched lots of YouTube that go on about air suspension etc but that is way too expensive for a 2008 car in my humble opinion. Just wanted to know if there are any reasonably priced options to soften the ride and raise the car, so it clears these new Forest Roads, which are not the best in the country Many Thanks as always, I look forward to your replies.

Thanks for the feedback.

Hi Dave, Once again many thanks for your input. I will get it checked, hopefully by a local member. Cheers again Joseph

Hi everyone, Does anyone know what these cables are for, I have tried to follow them but they are encased in the plastic, so can't chase them back to source any ideas. They come up through the central console. Many thanks once again, please see attached photos. Cheers Joseph

Hi Dave, Many thanks for your feedback, it's much appreciated. Once I decide on which Mirror cam to use I will update this thread. Just thought I would say this is a great site and has helped me enjoy my driving experience with my BMW. Thanks to everyone that has helped me over the past 12 months, she now drives like a dream. Cheers Joseph