Guess I should intro myself...

[vietsb]

(Haven't meet me on other BMW boards I frequent or in person? Read on.)

It started back in 1995 with an '89 E30 325i (5spd) and I was officially hooked in 2000 after adding a '97 E39 540iA to the stable.

Over the past few years, I've spent quite a bit of time performing and documenting as many do-it-yourself (DIY) mods as monetarily possible. Even though my mod-fever is slowing, I still enjoy answering all the easy questions like, "why doesn't my passenger-side rearview mirror tilt down anymore?". :p

For my efforts, I'll be spending some time over at the brand-spankin' new 5-Series DIY Forum (http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=46) (Thanks Jon!).

For folks attempting to perform some of their own mods and basic repairs, I hope that forum will be an excellent info source.

I maintain two sites, BMWdiy.info (http://www.bmwdiy.info) and e30.BMWdiy.info (http://e30.bmwdiy.info), and highly recommend BMWTips.com (http://www.bmwtips.com) as the definitive BMW E39 DIY site.

BTW - My name is actually "Viet", with the "SB" portion a reminder of the 14 years I lived in beautiful Santa Barbara.

Happy motoring! :thumbup:

http://www.bmwdiy.info/pics/front-rt-01-lg.jpg

[Mr. The Edge]

:thumbup:

[Ågent99]

Welcome...glad to have you onboard!

Chris :D

P.S. I always wondered WTF the 'sb' portion of your handle meant!

P.S.S. I wonder if we should do an ESS S/C 530i page of some sorts....nah!!!!!!! :thumbdwn: :mad:

[vietsb]

Maybe if my handle was "VietSB" it might have made more sense...

Come to think of it, we didn't take a zillion pics of the install, did we? Just pics of the "special" steps we had to take.

That was fun, but next time we're charging double the rate! 2 boxes of KrispyKreme's/hr... :p

[MegatronM1]

finally someone with merit to the BMW community in helping others.

I like your sites VIET, thanks for your contributions to the BMW community all over.

Especially the E30 board on Roadfly.

[johnlew]

BMWtips.com was a godsend for me. Fixed my seat, got bulb numbers and other stuff I don't recall. A great site. Look forward to some other E39 tips. Welcome aboard!

[Ågent99]

Originally posted by MegatronM1
finally someone with merit to the BMW community in helping others.

I like your sites VIET, thanks for your contributions to the BMW community all over.

Especially the E30 board on Roadfly.


Hmmm....who, exaxtly, are you saying DOESN'T have merit? :D

:rofl:

Chris :yikes:

[DDB]

Originally posted by Ågent99
P.S.S. I wonder if we should do an ESS S/C 530i page of some sorts....nah!!!!!!! :thumbdwn: :mad:

Hey Chris, how's the E39 shock/spring writeup going? :)

~ DDB