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Or people could stop moaning and get on with it... Seriously, All it takes is a bit of willing intent to mod a car. The biggest problem I see (and I have done it many times before myself) is peoples eyes are bigger than their stomach so to speak. Bite off only what you can chew, be very happy with what you have, even if its not the fastest, best looking vehicle around.. who cares ? just enjoy getting into it. When I joined bimmersport I was pretty much the biggest noob when it came to modding cars, but I learnt by doing things and making mistakes. Most of my success in modding came from careful research into what I wanted to do. Am I some guru, no ... just a dude who likes to approach things practically. This weekend, Westy decided that hes gonna try and give it a crack at the wiring thing for his e30 / v8. He got the whole thing started, despite some pretty interesting hurdles to get over. A bit of determination is all that was needed and some research. One thing cars have taught me is how to understand engineering and problem solving from a pratical point of view. Instead of problem solving in a computer. This is why I love it.

Lol, you forget who you're talking to. Anyway, if you thought my pics were a bit average, you outta see my vids.

Some pics form targa south island

Well I just got on with rebuilding injectors and my intake manifold gaskets. It's been 4 hours of rain, cursing and bloodied knuckles. Things learned so far: - The last bolt, it's a royal pain - Just because it is sunny today doesn't mean tomorrow will be, clean the garage out and put the car in, instead of doing the job outside at the bottom of driveway. - You will need more parts than you bought - You need more tools - the exhaust will rust though and fall off your sisters car which you have borrowed whilst yours Is disabled meaning you're stuck in town for 3x hours waiting for a ramp truck because of course she doesn't have a tool box it and on Sunday the workshops are closed. - After doing it the the hard way someone will inform you of the easier way So after sitting on the side of a road, working in the rain because even if I cleared the garage out now I can't get the car up the hill, destroying my knuckles, nearly destroying my intake (nearly dropped it) and hours scraping old gasket crud off very hard to reach spaces..I'm happy!

Going to meet up with Alan Ferguson soon for a debrief and tabling some ideas (not dissimilar to yours) for next year. Bigger, better, summerier and no major clashes.

Sam Gibbons http://attentiontodetail.co.nz/ https://www.facebook.com/attentiontodetailnz?fref=ts

well said Josh teaching yourself is also a lot more rewarding than being taught, and seems to stick better too

Hi All Just found this site after a long time searching the internet. I am an Aussie living in Wellington, I recently moved here and picked up myself a 550i 2007 Jap Import. Its a pretty sweet ride. Back in Aus I've had the following Bavarian rides: 1986 M535i 1996 328i Convertible 2004 Mini Cooper S 2004 X5 3.0D I am keen to do the Nav and TV conversion, considering a radar detector and other mods. I am keen to hear other members thoughts on good roads, drive days and meets around NZ. Below are some photos of my more recent rides and the new beast.

I'm all for a good sales pitch but lets not be delusional!

I can personally recommend Sam. Honest and dedicated detailer who actually cares about your car!

Wasn't really the day to go nuts on normal road tyres... Whatever the car.

Thank you both, much appreciated! They both look excellent. I'll give Sam a whirl first since he's in the neighbourhood

Same looking.. But not the same one. That's a 2001, manual I think.. I picked up my blue beast on Saturday and it looks so naff with the standard narrow government plates. But still, love.

It did start first attempt though so get that in yas.

http://www.cleanandcapture.co.nz/

I didn't see it but I think someone said he went off on the long sweeper before the straight... I doubt he would have slowed down any on the grass!

^^^ This It's far easier to just buy a car that does everything you want than build it. When an E36 M3 can be had for 15 grand why bother turbocharging / swapping engines / paying for certs etc? There will always be a subset of the population that tinker because we love it. Hopefully the majority will keep posting what they're up to here

The good old days aye bro. I used to spend every Friday and Saturday at the "drags" was fun. I think technology is a huge distraction, we didn't even have cell phones back then, nothing was organised and the excitement was finding the pack and getting amongst it... you couldn't simply keep track online or txt your mates. Was exciting. The modern technology the Police have makes it harder, CCTV etch, your always being watched. I think general congestion and population / couture growth muddy's things a bit to. And cars are generally faster these days, back when I was a boy racer (still am really) cars with 300bhp were monsters, now days your mums mini van is packing that. Oh, and fuel was 80c a liter, that helped. 90% of modern BMW's are hardly inspiring, as someone said above, this doesn't help things.

Swapped an auto box that only went forward for one that doesn't go at all. Well that was a full day wasted!

LUSH nothing better than a clean engine bay!!!!!!!!

I love me an old 911, but that really is the redhead stepchild of the Porsche range.

I think the problem is the original crew have moved on / changed priorites and are here less often. Those that drop off aren't being replaced as the younger crew are heading to FB instead. I don't currently own a BMW but still check in here every once and a while I still think there is a place for a forum, but NZ and BMW's only is too small. Shame there is no car centric forum for grown ups (i.e. no flat peaks, slammed cars etc) specific to NZ.

The body parts market only wants right legs so smg wont help much there.