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This is my ally. I can vapour blast nuts and bolts but it’s a bit of a prick and my hands cramp up from holding them under the blast stream. But they do come out very very clean. Soda. It’s a slow processes and is very messy unless you have a cabinet. Cheap place to buy from are pool supply companies. My day job is in a council pool and we use bicarb a lot for cleaning and pool alkalinity. Different suppliers have different sizes. but we buy it by the 500kg pallet so my price is very different. Its feed grade not food grade so that part of the cost is not there. As you are not eating it no point in paying for it. Glass bead I buy it in 25kg bags. Im happy to help out and supply small quantities for a good price if you want a kg or two. PM me. Tumbler Im currently looking in to a tumbler. Enabling me to clean up bolts and small parts to go to platers after. All steel parts get washed in a rust blocker that is coating safe so gives a bit of time before rust starts again. Looking at videos on you tube you would have to leave the bolts in the tumbler for many many hours, days even, in order for any damage to occur on the threads. It’s a slow process. Plating in Auckland I have heard and seen good results from Terei brothers. They still take small job lots from car guys, many others do not.

nice work, Kyu. So this was in preference to your 130i? We need a road-test write up man, scoop us in on what its like to change from one to the other!

.. it is a 6 speed manual JCW cooper S

Whatever you use, we demand before and after pics

Engine is unrecognizable ? looking forward to seeing how this build turns out ?

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

Hi folks Another Wellie newbie. I'm picking up my 08 525i Motorsport e61 from Auckland next week and driving it back down - got to welcome it to the family with a decent drive. I wanted the 530i but couldn't find one in Motorsport spec in my price range British bloke, lived in Wellie for 15 years. Moving from a V6 Audi A4 wagon to the touring. I have only had Euro cars apart from one japper which confirmed my belief that they are dangerous... cos you fall asleep while driving the boring things. This will be my first bimmer, but have had lots of vag group cars, a couple of Saab's, a couple of Peugeot/Citroen's, a 70's Merc that had to be sold to buy a house (pesky houses), and a couple British and Italian runabouts. Have always lusted after a beemer since the original m5 days, and have finally got my way. The touring will be the family run about, as the daily driver is an Aprillia 1000cc motorbike. Hope to see a few of you around the windy city. Adrian P.s. I have NCS expert + D/k cable on its way from Europe so if anyone needs to borrow it, or me when I've worked out how to use it, give me a shout

yes but you are only reading half of the statement, the first half clearly states "Only plates issued by the Transport Agency and its agents are legal"

Great post, thanks.

Fair enough. I may be weird (no maybe to it, according to my wife...) but I keep a bookmark to my registration on carjam. That way my VIN is always just a click away. https://carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=AHP173

I don't know, but if you have the VIN from either, compare the parts on realoem?

brilliant little cars eh .. can throw it around all day, not a JCW but a CooperS 6 speed manual

Thanks Brent.

Thanks Frank. And thanks again for the engine.

Took one for a long test drive when they first came out, made my passenger cry like a baby. Much, much fun to thrash.

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.

Here is where my dip stick tube ended up, was just a bit of trial and error really. From memory I don't remember worrying about those black and white plugs.