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226XXX km

Brake fluid flush and swapped out for some new lines.

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New hoses

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can see the old lines starting to crack.

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used this vacuum bleeder I got off Wish after Glenn was recommending them, seemed to work pretty well.

I've since watched an article about how stainless lines on a street car are a complete waste of time ?

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refilled with this stuff from BNT.

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How do the breakes feel after the change?

Wanting to refresh my lines also

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16 minutes ago, hunter said:

How do the breakes feel after the change?

Wanting to refresh my lines also

I honestly can't feel any difference ?

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but you don't have cruty old lines so, it's not gotten any worse and will last for ages to come ?

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Also, where did you get those lines? 

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Some images  I hadn't posted on here (pre tints)

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Battery is on the charger.

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Hey Adrian, Good to chat on Thursday. Finally sat down and read through this. You've put a hell of a lot of time and $ into it that's for sure.

Here's what I did with the last pieces of mine when it was written off. https://imgur.com/gallery/np7tA Hope it gives you a laugh.

Cheers, Sam

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I hope this goes to a good home.

I'd so buy this if didn't already have both a M62TU V8 BMW and a silver BMW sports sedan ?  

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228,000

had the car into Jon @ Auto38 to see if he could diagnose the shimmy I’m experiencing at 80-100km and upon braking. Everything in the front is tight, worn upper control arm in the rear. He thought it could just be tyres. So today @mossline and I swapped wheels. We also put mine on his for extra validation. No dice. My car still wobbles and his with my wheels doesn’t. Good to be able to rule that out though. 

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so guess I’ll replace the rear arms and take it from there. 
After seeing @Jacko’s glossy car I bought some soft99 car wax (for light coloured cars) 

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and went about my commiserations waxing the beast. photos of it glossed up to follow tomorrow. side note, the E30 has a lot of play in the drivetrain so it was drop one off pick one up at Auto38 this week ?‍♂️

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3 hours ago, TermiPeteNZ said:

I hope this goes to a good home.

I'd so buy this if didn't already have both a M62TU V8 BMW and a silver BMW sports sedan ?  

You are the last person I can think of that needs this car @TermiPeteNZ ? think I’m probably going to pull the trademe add and keep it for a while so I can find what’s wrong with it. Maybe it will become worse and more obvious....I don’t notice it at my daily speeds of 50-70 so it’s easy to live with in the mean time. 

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How bad is the shimmy? Not something like a dodgy wheel bearing or the likes?

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11 minutes ago, KwS said:

How bad is the shimmy? Not something like a dodgy wheel bearing or the likes?

It’s subtle at 80-100 But more aggressive on heavy braking 

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Not something real dumb like a sticking caliper or pad deposits on the rotors (or warping)?

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14 hours ago, adro said:

It’s subtle at 80-100 But more aggressive on heavy braking 

Hey, you never said I should brake agressively! (not my style.  what's this 'slows for corners' anyway?).

It's nothing to do with rotors/calipers/pads.  Car drives like a dream, with one minor exception.  The shimmy is very subtle.

Nothing like an internet forum to 100x magnify something!  

To his credit, @adro is very sensitive to suspension and running.  I'm almost scared to give him my e30 for a blat ?

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 90 km hr sounds  the classic control arm bushes shimmy.I did the bushes twice in the E34 if i remember correctly

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48 minutes ago, Olaf said:

Nothing like an internet forum to 100x magnify something!  

He said it himself that its aggressive on braking, how is that a forum magnifying something? We're only working on the information provided.

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Has the front suspension been checked for play on a four post hoist so that the suspension is loaded in the driving position being on all four wheels ?

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9 minutes ago, B.M.W Ltd said:

Has the front suspension been checked for play on a four post hoist so that the suspension is loaded in the driving position being on all four wheels ?

Not sure if suspension was loaded when it was checked for play. I’ll ask Jon tomorrow. 

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18 minutes ago, adro said:

Not sure if suspension was loaded when it was checked for play. I’ll ask Jon tomorrow. 

You need someone in the car to shake the wheel while on the hoist and check by feel or with a stethoscope

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3 hours ago, KwS said:

He said it himself that its aggressive on braking, how is that a forum magnifying something? We're only working on the information provided.

Dick move.  I drove the car.  I was joking with Adro that he hadn't mentioned - when I drove it - that it needed aggresive braking.  

Keep digging.

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40 minutes ago, Olaf said:

Dick move.  I drove the car.  I was joking with Adro that he hadn't mentioned - when I drove it - that it needed aggresive braking.  

Keep digging.

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Have a beer bro, you're getting too agro over nothing.

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damn its a pretty car. BMW did real well on the E39.

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The only agro is the braking.  Keep on posting tripe!

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