DIY> Clean your car leather with Leather Master
June 20, 2010 – 4:38 pm | No Comment

Leather Master is one of the best leather cleaning brand on the market. They also have alcantara cleaning products, but for this DIY, we are going to focus on the automotive leather. Their products are …

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FAQ > What is done during Inspection?
March 1, 2009 – 6:22 pm | No Comment

Here is an overview of what is done by the dealer when your car goes through the “Inspection”. This is a general list based on BMW recommendations. Please note that depending of the exact model, …

DIY > Under Drive Pulley Change/Upgrade
March 1, 2009 – 5:58 pm | No Comment
DIY > Under Drive Pulley Change/Upgrade

Here is the install of my UUC Under Drive Pulley Set. UUC includes a set of instructions that are rather good but not perfect.
** Use this at your own risk **
There are several different …

NWS > Measure your car performances (Any)
February 17, 2009 – 11:27 pm | No Comment
NWS > Measure your car performances (Any)

Here is a great software that runs on iPod/iPhone that allows you to measure several performances figures, thanks to the built-in accelerometer of your device.
Many report results are extremelly close to a real Dyno.
Some of …

DIY > Change/bleed your brakes fluid (Any)
February 17, 2009 – 6:20 pm | No Comment
DIY > Change/bleed your brakes fluid (Any)

BMW Brake Fluid Bleed/Flush DIY
Scope:
This DIY article will address how to flush or bleed a BMW X5’s brake system. Or for that matter, any BMW model.
Subject used was my wife’s 2002 E53 X5 4.4. All …

FAQ > Why change brake fluids regularly (Any)
February 11, 2009 – 8:10 pm | No Comment
FAQ > Why change brake fluids regularly (Any)

Brake fluid is one of the most neglected fluids in vehicles today.
Brake fluid is subject to water and moisture contamination.
What does it means? It simply means the boiling point will drop significantly if the fluid …

NWS > Car manufacturers reliability study
February 11, 2009 – 7:44 pm | No Comment
NWS > Car manufacturers reliability study

This is an interresting study performed by J.D. Power last summer 2008.
It shows the reliability of the main car manufacturers and BMW stands in a better place than Audi and Mercedes And things …

DIY > Bypass/Trick the handbrake signal for video in motion (Aftermarket radio)
February 8, 2009 – 1:21 am | No Comment
DIY > Bypass/Trick the handbrake signal for video in motion (Aftermarket radio)

Aftermarket radio require a connection to the handbrake in order to play video/dvd. So in essence you are not supposed to drive and have the handbrake on to play movies. Which is fair enough, security wise. …

LIB > iDrive basics (Any)
February 4, 2009 – 12:09 am | No Comment

Get the Flash Player to see this content.

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‘file’ : ‘http://www.bmw-planet.com/lib/idrivebasic.flv’,
‘width’ : ‘400′,
‘height’ : ‘280′,
‘controlbar’ : …

LIB > BMW Wheels Library
January 31, 2009 – 7:20 pm | No Comment

Wheel library link

LIB > Engine oil capacities
January 31, 2009 – 5:53 pm | No Comment

Hi guys,
There you go some reference below with regards to engine oil capacity, so you know how much oil to buy exactly to feed your baby
Download link (12Kb)
HTH

LIB > BMW Wiring Diagrams (WDS)
January 27, 2009 – 1:35 pm | No Comment

There you go guys, we now have BMW WDS online at BMW-Planet.com
Follow the link here, the link is also in the “link” section of the site.
HTH

LIB > Install Carbon Fiber Lips (E9x)
January 25, 2009 – 1:41 pm | No Comment

Here is an official document from BMW explaining how to install those good looking lips for your front bumper. Enjoy.
Download link (700Kb)