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My 335i always had a shimmy under braking and it bugged the hell out of me. The rotors and pads looked pretty new when I bought it so I soldiered on, new wheels, tyres, balance and an alignment never quite made it go away. I bought some RDA rotors and went for some Stoptech street performance pads. So far so good. Pedal pressure is a bit higher when cold as you would expect but the feel is very linear (the old brakes were a bit grabby as well and this always lessened my confidence to really press on) but when warm they feel very good indeed. I will report back after I have some real mileage on them.

Some of y'all will know, others will have seen, but our recent trip to the South Island was to collect a car for Mrs M. A mid-1990 ex-South Africa Baur 325i. We'd had it checked over by a friend in Dunedin and while certainly not perfect, it was substantially a good car, so we flew down and were met at a very sunny Dunedin Airport by the seller. My chance to drive and check over, find a few more things that need sorting, pay some money and start our trip towards home. First stop - Oamaru. On the way up I noticed a quite pronounced shake through the steering wheel, and Beaurepairs in Oamaru found one wheel was 50g (!) out of balance. That'll do it. They also noticed that while we had a matching set of tyres in terms of manufacturer and model, the fronts were a different profile to the rears. While in Oamaru I checked the toolkit: There's something you don't see every day. From Oamaru to Lake Brunner via some scenic roads: And an overnight stop at Moana. Awesome place to stop. Not cheap, but great hospitality, location, food, wine... Aldamere Lodge. After that, it all gets to be a bit of a blur. Lake Brunner to east of Picton via Greymouth, stopping in Greymouth to replace the front tyres with some that were the correct size. Made a noticeable difference. North up the coast towards Westport, stopping at Pancake Rocks, then across south of Nelson to Waikawa Bay where we stayed at the Buccaneer Lodge. Cheap, cheerful, and would go back. Nice scenery for dinner, too. The following day we had a quick tour 'round some wineries and got the boat to Wellington where we stayed with friends, before joining Andy and the southern convoy heading for Taupo and the E30 Megameet.

thanks for the advice guys. i couldnt bring myself to part with the STI , my heart was still in it after all haha. i just changed a few 'racecar' things to make it more comfortable/quieter for my every day use.

2007 Z4M coupe, not just a z4 with "M sport" a real M car just under 75000 miles (120,000km) will go up a little bit as I like to take it out in good weather. UK NEW car but imported here which i brought over myself as i didnt want to sell up when I left, I've owned since Nov 2014, its an occasion everytime you drive it they don't make them like this anymore, for those who dont know there was 4507 made worldwide and just under 1054 ish RHD coupes, 3.2 s54, 343hp (255kw) CSL front brakes, upgraded mangement system, proper hydraulic steering, faster steering ratio, all standard Full service history with documentation to prove so, last service being at Bellars at 74000 miles ish, had full oil service and all brand new spark plugs. Tyres are Goodyear Eagle F1 2 good tread all round, brakes wont need replacing for a while. Has NZ maps and updates too. Receipts to prove work done Only mods: Eventuri CAI (real carbon fibre, great induction noise), genuine ZHP gear knob, Bilstein shocks and Eibach springs as a OEM replacement as I wanted to replace standard as they made the car pitch to much , these make the car more planted in the corners and genuine E9X m3 18" wheels, genuine BMW strut brace, billet exhaust hangers Few honest bad bits Some wear on drivers bolster, few marks on steering wheel, few stone chips etc but nothing major I have had bumper resprayed, bonnet, wing mirrors in my ownership Car has to be seen to be appreciated Looking for $39,000k or a very close offer I need this car gone this month (end of May) so make me an offer the sooner it goes the less I stress. Car is a good investment as these are going up in value, I will be buying another asap Can test drive if you have proof of funds etc 022 370 1910

Hi there...thought it was about time I joined here with my 2005 E90 325i...looking forward to find out more about bimmers and the people who enjoy them

Giving trademe a go https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1476878946&ed=true

Finally found and installed a mint set of 350M wheels 8x18. Given the chance I put 4 new tyres as well. No more run flats... looks good and most Important did not cost me a fortune. Thanks to Kyu he sealed the deal super fast.

Graham, when I next run into it in my (somewhat disorganised) workshop, I've got an e30 service light reset tool. It's yours if you'd like it, gratis. best R

Hi Guys, I'm the lucky owner - my gut said this was a unique opportunity to pick up an unmolested E30 Touring. The seller picked it up for ~9.5k around 12 months ago and has probably spent ~2k on it tidying it up, so thought the price was fair. Keen to bring it along to a meet soon! Should arrive in Auckland next week.

$100 wouldn't be enough for a pixel repair, $200-300 would be more relative for an electronics tech to sort such. Disassembly, reassembly, parts, time to do the fix and testing would take at least a few hours if you're doing it properly

So I decided to enter into 4's and Rotors down in Timaru... that meant that I really needed to respray my front bumper to get rid of stone chips along with a few other bits and pieces. While I was at it I couldn't deal with having a sagging headlining any more! My dad gave me a hand and we wrapped the whole thing in some nice faux suede for that alcantara look! I still have the black sun visors to put in, however I will never ever do another sunroof headlining! The sunroof was in and out about 6 times to get it working correctly with the sunshade pulling back correctly! This was all followed by a good cut and polish! The missus even lent a hand to help with the wheels! After cleaning everything and giving it a good cut and polish here are some glamour shots from after 4's and Rotors in Timaru!

Yep loved the performance of the Srt.t's in my E34 compared to the B6's i had. They only cost me $550 for all 4 incl shipping and GST when shox.com had a special on back in the day.