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WRONG FLOORMATS?? OMG NOOOOO!!!!

Hi all, I thought I should start a thread for my daily driver, to use as a to-do list and keep track of its progress. My name's Kasey, I have an E36 auto 325i coupe as a daily driver and general beater vehicle, I picked it up with 130,000km's on the clock for $2,400 in reasonable condition. All with the goal to: a ) keep it reasonably comfortable for the Mrs b ) not modify it to the extent that it'll need a cert (already have one car that needs that!) c ) do no performance mods, this is my luxobarge workhorse, not a sports car to put a poddy on and do skidz bru Our family has come to own quite a few E36's recently, so I jumped on the offer when I could, it's awesome having all of our parts to swap around from car to car without worrying if it'll work or not! Things to do as of 04/05/14: - Replace RL tyre - Replace brake bulb - Replace foglights - Dye headliner black to match leather interior - Lower front to even out rear I like to take lots of photos, so 56kbewa- everyone has ADSL at least these days so screw it let's begin How it was when I got it IMG_9739 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Family's 328i manual IMG_1313 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Family's M3 IMG_1308 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr I picked up some Style 42 reps for cheap! Was very happy for a while, but now it could use a little drop in the front IMG_0048 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr IMG_0037 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Untitled by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr I did a few things like repair the window wiper module, replace brake bulbs and found that there was a corroded contact causing my "Brake Lights Failure" error, jesus that was annoying! The culprit, afterwards I sanded it clean but I'll need to add some solder in there to make it better DSC_0250 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr The bulb holder, I bent out the pin more to push against the contact for a better connection, hopefully! DSC_0249 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Took some victory photos with my toycar IMG_0739 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr IMG_0733 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr A while after, helping my friend Ben with his high hp mx5 project, we popped into Crunchy's, got to see his E34, hoooolyyyyyy IMG_1290 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Got to hear it idle, that thing is a beast! Remind me and I'll make you a new cushion for your seat, Steve. Did some work on the turbo mx5 for a while IMG_1550 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Which brings us to this weekend just been, on my way down to Waihi at 9pm Friday, I got a puncture, had to limp it to the nearest place I could safely jack it up 20140502_204248 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Unfortunately driving on the tyre for that long lead to this, holy sh*t 20140502_204925 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Midway through swapping the tire, the factory jack folded on itself and the car fell on the ground, luckily I had two wheel nuts tightened on the spare, so it wasn't too bad. Safe to say I wasn't a happy chappy. Fast forward to today, I've had some leather seats in storage for a while but I've always been put off because the seats I have in the car are manual, and the leather replacements are electric ones I haven't been bothered to wire up. The main thing that put me off wiring the electric seats was that it was common to run power from the lighter 12v, but you coudn't use the lighter socket (or so I've read?!) which pissed me off, because I use it to charge my phone all the time. So I thought about just putting the leather seats on the manual frames so I went at it! The old seats IMG_1669 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr The new IMG_1666-2 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Let's get started IMG_1672 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr The damage to the drivers side seat, which I'll repair at some stage when I can be bothered (for the mean time I sprayed the foam black so it didn't stand out like dogsballs) IMG_1693 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr IMG_1695 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Manual frame stripped, everything worked out well! IMG_1698 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr By the time it had finished it was dark so I couldn't take photos, everything went in without a hitch though, was a pretty simple job, just take your time and don't be rough, there's only a couple of screws and a few clips holding everything in. Found this glued to the inside of the standard seats, must be the options for when the car was ordered? If anyone could decipher it that would be greatly appreciated. IMG_1704 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr The loot I found IN the seats, some japanese coins (my car is a jap import) and a Barkers cuff link (I think that's what it is? I'm not that baller.) IMG_1711 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr While doing the seats, I saw the silver duct tape the previous owner had put over the fog lights (they're cracked) was peeling off, I only had black electrical tape but it'll do the job 'till I can order some new working fogs. IMG_1686 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr IMG_1677 by Postcard from 2309, on Flickr Cheers for reading!

A Vortech V2 supercharger kit. came off an E46 330ci. Fits M54 engines but will also fit M52 and M50. Comes with belt, mounting bracket and extra pulley. The Bearings in the supercharger its self need to be replaced as they have become quite noisy. $500 takes it away. I'm happy to arrange freight. Any questions please ask 027 452 0005

As titled, after a turbo manifold to suit e36. Cheers

Thanks but hard to find RHD mats from a US seller.

Cheers Tristan and Christian! Was in Parnell this afternoon and bumped into the same E46 part of the photo shoot at Rays last weekend. Ray had mentioned the owner ordered some new wheels and I noticed he's already had them fitted.

they are designed to take heat and engine rpm has nothing to do with it, the shock loading killings they also well known for back feeding into the exhaust port when they fail but hey what would i know they are nothing like a N1 turbo have no idea where people get their info from, if you want to up grade them as such to GT28 cores itll take 3k out of your pocket bargain. N1 turbos are .60 a/r comp cover 47mm inducer, .63 a/r turbine and 47mm exducer

Your problem can be fixed by lead treatment. You carefully place a piece of lead between the cats eyes. Ummm make sure you do it at high velocity.

Looks like a waste of time to me, its a f**k ugly Ford that no one bar some bogans care about. Just do some skids and take the kids to school in it.

I don't get it. Besides buying something and never using it for it's intended purpose - petrol goes off, oil breaks down over time... So how well preserved is it really? And the cars ugly

that intake is... unique