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Spent a couple of hours at the annual 'hot rod' show held locally here. Lots of chrome and V8 muscle! There was even a late model AM V8 Vantage on display. The car park was just as interesting as the show. I think I've found my next goal - how is this for a special edition 'Hotwheels'

Appropriate for a rap star with gold chains and metallic basketball boots - or a UK footballer perhaps. Different but not my bag. Pics for posterity ....

Looking for complete rear bumper cover, carrier and trim strips for 2002 E46 Compact. Will be nice if the colour is Titansilber

Thank you for that. I'm in touch with them for something else already, so might lump this in.

I bought one from Wellington just under a month ago and drove it back up to Auckland. They are awesome cars and I use mine as a daily. Plenty of power when you want it and nice and comfortable and quiet when you don't.

YES. I've been lusting after one of these for a long time. Congrats mate.

that timing...

I'm thinking about getting a new car just so I can put these wheels on it!.

I didn't forget to take them to Kyu's. sold.

In my humble opinion the X6 has fallen to a new low for the style deprived https://www.trademe.co.nz/1408139147

Ultrasonic cleaner will work - cheap ones on TM for as little as $20 but $60 should get you an okay one. Tray size is important, you don't want to have to do every bolt individually.

Someone's pinched your springs!

I like this! And pretty good buying at $13.5k I reckon. And that blue is nice...

my family has just given me father's day present early. I've enjoyed a glass of Rockburn pinot noir, and watched Ghost in the Shell on Blu Ray with my family. life is grand. May not be everyone's cup of tea, I really buzzed out on the movie.

Gave the M5 a service this morning including : -Engine oil and filter -Engine air and cabin filters -PS Reservoir rubber mounts -Boot struts -Switched back to oem chrome front grilles Angle of the camera shot makes it look like the M5 is on the piss but it's not

But the grin on the daughters face more than makes up for it ...... can we go in daddy's car ...... If you think about they are a smaller version of a race seat with a 5 point harnesses

An m3 post and you're talking babyseats... Now thats funny :-)

UPDATE I got given a m62b44 non vanos by forum member @francoisv, so huge shout out to Frank. I disassembled the block and cleaned it with degreaser and the water blaster. Then I took the block, heads, pistons, crank and cams to Taylor Automotive to be thoroughly checked. The bores in the block were out of round by 7 thou, so the block is no good, but I will keep it to use as a dummy to test fit in the engine bay. Then maybe a coffee table The heads, crank, pistons, rods and cams all passed with flying colours so I'm really happy about that. I put the block in the engine bay to get an idea of fitment. I made cardboard mock ups of the cylinder heads to scale, and taped them on. This is just a rough mock up stage and I don't want to risk damaging the good heads. There is a metal piece on the passenger side of the engine bay that fouls the passenger side head. So this piece was cut out. It will be tidied up later when I smooth and paint the engine bay. The cardboard engine now fits. I got a bellhousing for $30 from Zebra wreckers today, so I will bolt that on to the dummy engine to help with the placement in the engine bay. I want the engine as far back and as low as possible. This will make it even harder, but its what I want. While this has been happening, I have been slowly progressing with the rear axle. Forum member @BatMansWilly was a great help with removing all the suspension from the car, and now its time to put it all back in. Once again its all been sandblasted and powdercoated. The difference between the old, and the sandblasted and painted part, is displayed really well by this next photo. All new rubber bushes were pressed in with my homemade bushing tool. I took all the suspension and underbody bolts to the electroplaters and it only cost $40 to have them all zinc plated. I'm really pleased with the result and with the price. This is a budget build after all. Then I spent literally hours with the tap and die set, tidying up the threads, on the lounge floor in front of the tv. My wife, who is not at all interested in cars, volunteered to help with this process so it was really cool to do together. Here is an example of what the zinc plated bolts look like in the rear upper control arm.

I guess you can maybe hope for some good speed camera footage heading into wellington then!