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Finally got around to replacing a blown bulb in the e36 dash cluster, now i can see how far ive gone at night! Its only taken 2 years to get to it!!

Drove to Napier and back this weekend - just under 1000kms round trip - and it was an absolute pleasure. So much grip in the twisties it's insane and more than enough power to make the very best of the steep uphill passing lanes between Taupo and Napier. Engine absolutely purred and managed a 12.7L/100 average despite some spirited driving. That may not sound that flash but is pretty amazing compared to the 24L/100 she sits on with my general weekend use! Unfortunately, the AC compressor developed a death rattle halfway. I'm picking failed clutch bearing as the same thing happened to my old E39. Probably cheaper to replace the unit than repair, so hoping I can find a good used one. It was stinking hot in the Bay, so it was a tad sweaty on the return journey but that's what the big pillarless coupe windows are for. I am deaf now though and my hair looks like Kramer from Seinfeld. Forgot to take the camera so had to rely on phone pics...

Think you need professional help... I'd recommend a psychologist.

Done and ordered. Oh my god. I just spent a cars worth in wheels. Ah well haha. You only live once right? To celebrate, I put my Front Splitters on. Choice

But we are the professionals.

Just replace the WHOLE LOT - I used some high temp, high pressure silicone tube and did the whole lot from bottle to jets - no issues now - got rid of shitloads od connections too.

So this turned up last night. Rolling E28 525i manual chassis. Still registered but no engine or running gear. So basically a blank canvas. Idea is to build a low and low budget rider for beach hop next year. Things I'll need to start looking at, - E34 540, complete car. Preferably decent engine and running gear, chassis can be in crap condition as I'll Land up scrapping it. The cheaper the better - Either full adjustables or possibly air bags for as low as possible. - 17" BBS mesh or similar. - E28 lower front bumper But for now I'll start letting the 'paint' job set in after stripping the car down this up coming week

About 5 years a go we (bimmersport (Graham and Ollie) wrote to the government and looked at becoming a legal plates reseller. The government replied back and were open to the idea and put out a tender. The cost of setup of systems and integration into the backend systems as well as secure data soverinvty was the issue. It was going to cost a lot of money we didnt have to setup. Also the payback on profit from selling plate for $150 was going to take too long. It would of been hell popular again. I actually think personalised plates can stay with plates.co.nz but euro plates with normal government letters should be kept in the realm of NZ government liciencing system. And yes maybe you pay a little bit more ($50) for a euro plate with various end colours. So yes its a monopoloy .. however it is challenagible and the government are open to it. Youll just need 200k for startup costs and some water tight processes and systems already in place before you will be considered.

Got a replacement getrag 260 pfl e30 gearbox for a steal at 300 bucks. Seems to be in good nick. Hopefully it doesnt have the synchro sitting in pieces near the drainplug like the one in my car which I found last week after trying to change into second gear and hearing a humming noise. Will be rebuilding the box in my car and keeping it as a spare or could be sale for the right price after rebuild. Also sold my BBS rg239s to some kid who wants to use them as skid rims and was pestering me for em at the shop. Its amazing what you hear when your exhaust is at a sensible noise level. Never would of thought the box was a problem. Sigh

SOLD.

Better to go for Martins, not red but at least you know your getting a super solid car and all the works been done

try blackduck.co.nz

How about Nogaro silver centres? Shown here on LM:

So I think I've settled.. And about to order. Matte Silver Center, Polished Dish. Bolts to match. 19x9 38F 19x10 23R 8-12 weeks expected time. They say good things take time!

good golly thats a good looking car. That height coupled with the lower skirting looks great. Loving the first pic!

might as well swap the 540 calipers and rotors on too

My quest to battle the insane oil temps finally descended in to going all out. At the same time I decided to replace anything on the belt that had a bearing ... Coolant thermostat Water pump Tensioner pulley bearing Guide pulley New belt Alternator ICV to head vacuum drain pipe Internal oil thermostat replaced with external Mocal thermo -8 replaced with -10 AN lines and fittings Vac s50 oil housing to -10 AN adapter. Machined oil diverter valve to allow 100% flow Various elbows and separators The problem with the internal thermostat is that it only allows 33% of the oil when fully open to the cooler. Because I run a larger cooler the oil was not cycling through the cooler properly. It was taking 30mins of driving to even get hot. So it wasn't flowing at all. Effectively making it so I didn't have a working oil cooler. I came up with a much better solution which would push 100% of the oil through the cooler, however it did away with the internal oil thermostat which isn't ideal on a road car. So I sourced a external Mocal oil thermostat which is fully closed under 80 degrees C then will open and allow up to 100% flow to the cooler, which is what I was after! There is one draw back to this option, you are now pushing full pump pressure through a system that isn’t designed for it. So and upgrade of the size of pipe and fittings was in order. I went for -10 AN fittings in a nice black colour (I'm not usually into dazzly colours) and in keeping with mostly stock look. Removed Stock oil thermostat. And replaced with the diverter valve Installed the new Vac oil housing -10 adpater Installed all the boring stuff.. Made up some lines And installed nice 90 degree AN elbows for the oil cooler. Had to install 7/8-14 UNC to -10 adapters .. imperial sucks. Now to finish up tonight and burn everything in... Doing the oil took a while priming all of the lines but lucky isnt something I have to do too often as its really a two person job.

Yanked the intake off my 535i and walnut blasted the valves.

this guy has too many projects going on but not enough progress! come on francois get on to it!

Time has come to sell one. I need to buy a house while this market is a bit more settled. Imported by Claytons in 03' .Ex SA press vehicle. 194km. Good tidy honest machine. 26k ono

"Bargin V12"

If only cars held up just as well

Thanks mate, clean sailing thus far, no real surprises... surprising for an 87 year old house

And the 7k balance over an easy 60 month term at a generous 29% p/a interest rate? Sold!

I'll give you $100 for it

With respect Toby - you really are stabbing in the dark here. Will gave comprehensive testing procedures a few posts back. Off the top of my head: Water pump - unlikely Thermostat - maybe Air lock since refilling - maybe Cam timing - maybe Ign timing - maybe Crack - block/head - maybe Head gasket - maybe You cannot assume there are no issues with what has been done. It requires systematic diagnosis of all possibilities. I realize you are on a budget but if you don't have the resources to diagnose/fix, it might be a lot simpler to get it professionally checked. It will not be a major to diagnose Edit - how do you know the gauge is working correctly? the fact it goes from cold to hot by earthing/insulating the wire does not mean correct operation. What is the actual temperature? Also - is it still using water?

But Princess!

Yeah. Had a bit of a wank on about mine on tm but hey if it sells i'm happy.

What about Milland? Tried Sterling Brake & Clutch in Onehunga?

Get it scanned.

Yea, the brakes on this are shocking tbh. Car hasn't got s brake pedal, so I'll probably grab one of Brent and then also swap everything I can from a donor when I get one. Current brake setup is 2 wooden blocks and a rock.

Cambelt due at 6 years on these and DSG service every 60K... both not covered by your warranty

Lol that is still a gunmetal type silver... Haha yeah. When did my car become yours guys car Edit: to Dion above lol

okay. i have made up my mind. white centres with polished lips! *oh wait. its not my car.... do'h edit: actually i changed my mind again, silver looks amazing

Other option in Gunmetal but not a favourite for me on Topaz cars sadly. I've seen one other topaz with similar (he went gloss silver I think) and it looked the best.

Yeah much improved with that front lip extension. They should have all been like that front factory Pretty good economy too. Its nice when big engined cars deliver such.

needs colour matched bumpers!

like Auckland.

sweet jebus it looks good in red. Shame about the comfort seats though.

The E38 failed a WOF on an inactive windscreen washer - so go a new pump from Brent - fitted - victory! But the extra pressure seems to have caused the brittle pipes under the bonnet to crack! FAIL! Now that is a fiddly job to fix....sigh. Went for drive to Colville after giving up in frustration..... Anyone know an easy fix for windscreen washer pipes? Update - now fixed with new pipe and warrant scored - score! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

agreed, you should be able to pull a litte bit more dish in the front, also those tire sizes are wrong in the front, you can see the front wheel profile is larger than the front because they use a 245. should be a 235/35 for the front. This is mine on non m offsets.

Shadow chrome finish for that colour would look stunning, still keep in with your darker theme with out looking ghetto. 19x8.5 front 19x10 rears ... any bigger and it starts to go backwards on the performance stakes. work vs-xx are a great choice of wheel, and the barrels are very stable when you hit a pot hole by mistake, keep the tires inflated to 38-42 psi and it will keep you from damaging them when you do hit something, unfortunately I say when because it doesn't matter how good you are, it does happen eventually. Also you get the nice protruding 'ring' of the lip of the tire which is key to making the car look awesome. It is an anodised coating over flow formed barrels, if you curb them, the only way to fix it is to use a very sharp cutting bit which keeps it close to the same shine. Again offset is everything, so do you research so you dont have fall back on spacers. When you order your wheel you get to choose exactly what offset you want which is awesome. Its less off the shelf and will give the car the unique look. Get some decent lock bolts for security ... unfortunitly the car will attract a lot of attention with nice dished wheels on it. Had my 19 inch Work Rezax IIs on my e46 on for 4 years and it became hard to park with always having to keep security in mind. Going the movies was even a pain. So just something to think about.

yea, why go out on real dates when theres camgirls etc?

Bought a shitty old e34 and drove it 800km. Didn't break down. Success.

Just over 290000 miles.

Fuggin love the shape of these with the windows down.

whaaaaaarrrrrrpisssssssssshh

Say no more.

I think the red had faded pretty badly... And it was in Hamilton.