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The bonnet and grille replacement on my car has now been completed and I picked up my car on Friday afternoon.

Now you’re sat with a pile of bits in front of you, I’ll show you how to put your OBC back together.

Now you have your OBC in bits (see part 1), how do you go about changing the stock orange backlight to something a bit more modern?

This story details the disassembly of the OBC.

A BMW Part number is formatted like this: 00-00-0-000-000. The first two digits reveal the section that the part belongs to. Read on for my findings so far…

Oil leaking from the front of your M30 engine is a fairly common complaint, as I found when I posted an enquiry to The UK E32 Register Forum. I was prepared to book it in to have the timing cover gasket and sump gasket replaced, but fortunately user Alan 88 UK 730i pointed me to the simple fix which was documented on the Koala Motorsport website.

Some more news about the connectivity problem, and also an update on the insurance claim for my bonnet…

The body shop has confirmed that the bonnet is beyond repair, so have submitted a quote to replace the bonnet and front grilles, and straighten the metal panel in front of the top of the radiator. The labour comes to £360, the paint and materials £155, and of course the parts need buying as well. I have sent the quote to my insurance company and I await their decision.

My car got hit on the way home from work this evening! Early indications are that I definitely need a new grille, and more than likely a new bonnet. I will know better when I see it in the light tomorrow morning.

I carried out this repair ages ago. Although you could still select reverse (and all the other gears), my reversing lights didn’t work, and my passenger side rear view mirror didn’t dip.