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Should show up on VIN decoder unless someone has retrofitted one. Last time i saw one for sale was $1500 and you dont know what condition the clutches. Either way its not cheap given mfactory ones around around 2k+setup costs if you pay someone.
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buy a silk scarf for your wife or girlfriend, buy this, get away for a long weekend with the top down. go for it!
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Watch M Tech guy channel, his car and our car came from the same lot and batch. (1) M Tech Guy - YouTube You can see my pre-purchase thread here, might be useful in your pre-purchase New here, seriously thinking about E60 M5 - New Member Introductions - bimmersport.co.nz I still keep my thread updated now and then, if you want see how has it been with our ownership of our E60 M5 E60 M5 on its first 2 week and 2,500+ kms with us - Page 4 - Projects - bimmersport.co.nz
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Bummer, so hunting for one with a factory is a bit of a pointless endeavour? I'll have a look at MFactory kit. Thanks Eagle.
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Picked the manual 130i up today. It's pretty neglected. One NZ owner. Typical NZ A-B owner that has done the minimal it's entire life. I do have a ton of receipts for it though. It is the grubbiest BMW I have ever been near. Thick grime on all surfaces that you would touch. I went through about a dozen wet wipes just cleaning the gear knob. Yuck. Clutch is gone but I was able to drive it over the hill without it slipping much. Will decide if I go single mass or dual mass once I decide what I will do with it. Paint is neglected to hell. I did a quick spot check to see how it would react to some cleaner wax and it came up not too bad. So will cut and polish the car. There are dents and some shitty paint from a cheap repair on one of rear quarters. Car has been sunbaked so I will replace a bunch of common trim bits. Standard oil leaks. Needs a new steering wheel badly. But other than that there are no vibrations, suspension is better than my white ones. Engine seems responsive. Good deal for $3K.
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
Eagle replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
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All the ones ive come across and owned with factory LSD's are earlier 6 cylinder models without traction control, typically M50 engines. Like the E34's before it once ASC was standard equipment they tended to stop using them. There are examples of cars having both but its not very common, maybe customer optioned or certain packages in other countries?. Mfactory is probably the best aftermarket for the money imo - clutch or helical types.
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I know this question has been asked a million times before on other forums, but: Which E36's have LSD's? I've seen so much conflicting information. "Winter package only" "is models only" "Sport package only" "328i only" Also, are there any other LSD options I can use? For example E46 M3 or E60 M5. Are there any good aftermarket options? I read a few posts saying the RacingDiffs kits were crap. Keen to hear thoughts from resident E36 nuts, I know there are a few of you here.
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I'm throwing money at the screen but the car isn't appearing in my garage?!
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Is This Where The E30 Market Is Now..?
Neil McCauley replied to E30 325i Rag-Top's topic in TradeMe discussions
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/316i/listing/4671966332 Give us the gossip SJ!! -
Thanks Vass, it has been quite a while since I last updated this thread 😊 The car's still going well, no real changes or modifications since the last update.
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2008 335i NZ New 130,000 km approx $15900 location Marton , Rangitikei 021651591 For sale is our meticulously maintained 335i Convertible, a New Zealand New Motorsport edition. This vehicle has only covered a low 130,000kms and comes with a VTNZ warrant and registration. This car has undergone extensive mechanical refurbishment and maintenance to ensure it's in top-notch condition. Both of the turbo cores have been overhauled, and the inlets have been walnut media blasted for optimal performance. A new rocker cover has been installed, and the PCV system has been modified, including the runners blanked to prevent typical N54 issues of oiling up inlets. To ensure the best possible performance, we've installed twin catch cans for both high and low sides. The transmission has been thoroughly serviced - the mechatronic unit has been removed, new case and bridge seals have been fitted, and a new pan has been installed. Also performed a full power flush with genuine ZF oil. The engine has been given a thorough inspection, with all Cam ledges removed and checked. Cam ledge seals have been upgraded, from the steel styled, to the superseded PTFE OEM BMW replacements to prevent ledge wear. All 24 valve guide seals have been replaced to ensure piece of mind . During our ownership, we've also fitted new Hankook Tyres and installed a new battery Various coolant pipes, power steer pulley and tensioner Its also worth noting this car has already been modified with Catless downpipes and Coby muffler system. This 335i Convertible is the hardtop type Convertible as opposed to the conventional rag top and it's water tight. I've extensively photographed the repairs done to this vehicle and they are available for the new owner, There is no money owing on this vehicle and a vehicle check has been provided in the Auction. To clarify the previous owner didn't keep the registration current, and the plates lapsed and subsequently has had it re-registered. A factory recall is up-to-date that has been completed by BMW .We are currently using the vehicle over summer and the mileage may increase slightly.
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All that effort on body work and the intake boot gets a roll of duct tape.
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The amount of effort that's gone into it is kind of impressive but also... somehow nauseating? Won't see another Z3 like it, that's for sure. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/z3/listing/4674093509?bof=hgofd8wg
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What an absolute weapon! Never realized this existed, your latest project thread led me to it. Glad it did. Amazing work!
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Dude that is heartbreaking Everything about this was perfect. Sorry this happened to you.
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any news on this build? i'm planning the same...i have a m62 and a N62B48 and i don't know what to go with...i would go with the n62 but i don't know if the ecu will comunicate with the cluster rpm and water temp.Also one question ...what engine mounts did you use for the photo? Would e34/32 v8 mounts work ?
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Absolutely insane attention to detail. Following closely!
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It has been a few years since my last project (E46 M3 Sedan), and while I'd initially purchased my E39 as a reliable daily driver (specifically not to be modified), I needed something to do a bit of a resto-mod on. An N54 is pretty similar to an M54 though, right? 😁 The subject in question is a 2002 E39 530i touring, purchased in 2018 from a fellow Bimmersport member. Since purchase, I've put around 30,000km on the clock, performed a full suspension refresh (all bushes, bearing, shocks, struts, air springs) and manual conversion. Unfortunately the vehicle was purchased with some clearcoat issues, which have only gotten worse. As this vehicle is still a daily driver, I've also picked up a 2003 520i insurance write-off to use for development / mockup - the pictures below will be of this car. For a donor, a 2008 E82 135i insurance write-off was used. Unfortunately, this vehicle was fitted with an automatic transmission, something I'm not interested in for this project so a GS6-53BZ was sourced from the UK and imported. The underlying theme for this project is "if BMW were to have made it" - I'll be trying to keep everything looking as factory as possible, so no aftermarket BOVs or pod filters. 😀 This theme also flows through to the electrical architecture of the vehicle, I'll be keeping the factory E8x modules (thankfully the donor vehicle came with an MSD81) and aiming for full integration with the E39 instrument cluster via a custom CAN translator of my own design. The vehicle will have fully-functional A/C, DSC and cruise control. The translator I've developed has been proven in the manual HellBM 135d. The first step with the mockup car was stripping out everything not needed: Initial test fitting was performed with a spare N52 parts motor with a GS6-53BZ bolted up: With it generally looking good, an N54 parts motor was made available and put in instead, allowing test fitting of turbos, etc. Looking doable on the exhaust side: Going to need to do something about the rear turbo's coolant line: Enough sump clearance: Tons of room on the intake side: Some shims underneath to get it all lined up: Sway bar at full droop, clears ok: Just need to get an engine mount to join A to B and we'll be done in no time 😉 Bolted up a few more parts, still clearing ok: Starting to work on some mockup engine mount arms so that we can remove the shims, these will only be temporary: Looking pretty tight on the exhaust side: Onto some temporary gearbox mounts: With the temporary mounts made I could then start designing some more final mounts. A 3D print of the design for testing fitment: Same again for the gearbox: The exhaust-side mount ended up being rather tricky, requiring many iterations: Final design of the exhaust-side mount: While that was going on, I took a look at fitting the oil cooler - a factory item on E39 540i's built for the Gulf region: For fueling, I'm wanting to use an E82 135i pump in the E39 holder. The fuel lines will be the factory-fitted E39 M5 lines, filter and 5 bar fuel pressure regulator. Unfortunately, the E82 fuel filter sock won't suit in an E39, so a mockup adapter was 3D printed (in PLA, this will be printed properly in carbon fiber reinforced nylon). Another item to tackle is the coolant radiator, condenser, intercooler and power steering radiator pack. Initially I'd planned on using an E60 535i radiator but found the dimensions won't work in an E39. The E82 pack seemed like the best choice, here attached with some temporary mounts (again, will be 3d printed properly in carbon fiber reinforced nylon): 4 Picked up a 540i rear diff and half shafts, it should handle things a little better than the 530i items: Started mocking up a top cover panel for the radiator: The intake-side engine mount arm machined in T6061-T6 arrived: Fits perfectly: With the N54 having the A/C compressor on the opposite side of the motor (compared to M54), we started working on custom A/C hardlines. This one will run from the E39 bulkhead, around the back of the motor to the intake side, and will have a flexible section running under the manifold area to the compressor: I'm also working on some mounting brackets for it: The next items are sorting out the coolant / power steering / oil line situation which is underway currently. Unfortunately, the supplier sent the wrong size hardline which has caused a bit of a delay on this aspect. Another item we're working on is relocating the DSC module to behind the headlight - the E39 units often get baked in the factory location, leading to failure and other weird issues. The DSC module to be used is a DSC8+ module from a facelift E60 rather than the (unreliable, relatively expensive) DSC5.7 factory-fitted in the E39.
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This. And that most BMWs I'm interested in are poorly specd. Or grandad colours. So imports that have been owned by a NZer could be even worse than a fresh import. Total lottery.
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Given the same condition and price id always take NZ new over import but that's probably not a likely scenario in used car market. My main issue with imports (usually Japanese and Singapore stuff) is the region specific electronics, body panels, sometimes odd things like Jatco transmissions etc. Less of an idea what sort of life its had\no history. Not really applicable to an M2 but the worst cars ive owned and problematic ones i see on a daily basis are typically low k~100,000km imports, mostly entry level models that have usually been imported way later in life as opposed to a few years. NZ new cars do seem to be generally cosmetically worse eg stone chips and have higher k's, but usually some sort of service history with BMW's and more of an insight of it life.
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I was once told that buying any second hand car is a lottery regardless of age, kms or if nz new or imported. If you can, view for condition, check any maintenance history and perform due diligence to make an informed decision - trying to somewhat mitigate the risk.
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Singaporean cars should have an engine hours gauge rather than an odometer, for the reasons Olaf mentioned.
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I think the Singaporean thing is luck of the draw. My friend ran an ex-Singapore Volvo 855 for ~16 years with zero issues, other than the car-audio install. Other friends have had Audi, BMW, Mercedes and said "never again!". I've heard a theory that they're left engine-running, aircon-on while in shopping mall parks to keep interior cool. Loads of time idling. So although the car may have a low mileage, number of hours corresponds with nearer 100-160k kms. Ex-Japan? not much different to NZ - plenty suffer 'deferred maintenance' at end of ownership, irrespective of Japan or NZ. It seems that when cars come to end of warranty cover, some items may 'escape notice' and cost the owner $$. It's all down to the individual car. NZers are notorious for only getting their car maintained when a WoF fails; why this would make an NZ-New BMW more attractive than a used import from Japan, I don't know. OP @Kaz_, your seller is talking up a notional point of difference on his M2 for sale, in an attempt to dissuade you from other examples in the market and net himself a sale. It's a load of horse manure. If you're buying a recent M-Car, get a pre-purchase inspection done at a BMW Dealer or BMW Specialist. You need to determine if it's been driven spiritedly, or simply thrashed. HTH
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Only thing with Jap import M2 is the idrive and connected services takes a bit more programming to sort. Make that part of the sale process or get either local company or these Guys to do the usual NZ maps and change country code , FM tuning etc. eg https://bimmer-remote.com/products/region-change-for-bmw-nbt-evo-id5-6?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=f83b476b8&pr_rec_pid=6269099049134&pr_ref_pid=4480593395767&pr_seq=uniform
