Gabe79

Brake rotors, at least.

HI Glenn, can I buy the E39 Bentley from you?

Fair enough. I am happy with HPR5, will stick with it until I run out and come hassle you for your discount.

Honest question... why would I want this over my HPR5? (aside from qube's discount!)

Can you add a E61 M5?

"new"

That looks dodgy as anything...

I've not driven one of these. I can say not all EVs accelerate "like a Tesla" but even on the Leaf, if you floor on an uphill, you can easily lose contact on the rear tires. This happens a lot to us coming out our road turning onto a busy road with narrow gaps. Even with very good tires, it's hard to keep traction and I could see someone losing control, or not having enough traction/grip to get out of a tight spot if inexperienced. In a straight line it is a wee tiny tiny bit like driving a Tesla, I suppose.

I suggested that pretty much everything small I am touching along the way to whatever I am doing, gets replaced. Like if I am doing brakes, I replace lugs, rotor holding screw, caliper bolts (to the carrier) and guide pins. If it's adding say ~10% to my order, I usually just replace it all, as my car has turned out to have been extremely poorly maintained, and pretty much every single time I change something, I have found quirks from previous owners... I am getting a sense I am going a little bit overboard with this thinking though. EDIT: Note I wouldn't replace lugs during a second repair in the area. Only the first time I went into an area of my car would I do this generally. Thank you for the clarification on #3. I see your point about bolts/washers/etc... I should update my thinking perhaps (at least until I get burned by a previous repair again... ) I might well end up doing that. As is, that kit is well over $400NZD, so it'd get broken up into two orders anyway... How's your experience with Rockauto been? I have honestly never used them. They are very popular in the US, but I feel a weird loyalty to FCP Euro.

They are. Thank you. I see what you mean. I will probably get them anyway though. Yeah 3/4 in that second diagram is what I figured too. I will order them, seems reasonable.

I'm inclined to this way of thinking too. What number are bottom mount bolts in that diagram I linked? Or number 3 in this diagram, the collar screw?

What do you mean about the coil spring seats being pointless here? I am clueless on this point. EDIT: I do totally buy bits and bobs I don't need. Usually any bolt I am touching gets replaced. Any washer, etc... Smaller parts too. If it adds relatively negligible costs, it's getting replaced as collateral cost/damage as it were.

If I need those, they're the relatively expensive bits. The rest feel like peanuts afterwards. I might just get the whole kit anyway. If I could have skipped the mounts, or the bump stops, that'd been a good saving, but if I can't, I won't skimp on the little pieces.

Thanks. I think I'll just accept I need a whole assembly. Seems safer.

So, front right strut looks pretty failed. It's only 231k km young... Do I need a whole assembly, or can I reuse any parts from the existing assembly? RealOEM diagram for my car's front strut assembly. Or looking at buying this kit from FCP Euro but do I really need all those parts? EDIT: Specifically, do I need to replace this strut mount?

Nice colour! Got some internal pictures? Cheers!

Hi Glenn, thank you for that. I double checked it and indeed you are correct. I've missed out on some opportunities due to my misunderstanding, alas.

It's an auction... buyer beware. Even if that dude was a dealer, auctions are as is, where is in this country.

In theory the 540i one should fit a 530i (and vice versa) can you PM/post some pictures? Does it have a part number on it?

Looking to try my hand at rebuilding, and painting some calipers... Looking for a pair of front calipers that'll fit an e39. According to realoem the part is the same on the e38/39/53/83 LCI. Cheers!

The problem with the VIN approach is that VIN isn't used in Japan. The vast majority of our cars coming from Japan, makes that method tricky. It can be black magic deciphering year of manufacture versus model year for a Japanese made car from numbers alone.

Thank you. That makes things really easy.

? That's my disappointed face.

I like cars, I like BMWs... link with "cute frenchie" please?

I've read we need DOT4 Low Viscosity, but can't find any such examples in Repco, or Supercheap. Fuchs seems to make something that fits that specification though. Penrite has a DOT 4 ESP, but I can't found that for sale in NZ. Castrol's website suggests I can use this: Castrol Brake Fluid DOT 4 Or should I go buy some from the dealership? EDIT: The MSDS for Castrol Response Brake Fluid Super DOT 4 says it is lower viscosity for ABS applications...