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Since I'm waiting on a new AC compressor ex-US and it's too hot to drive the 8er without AC, I've embarked on a few long overdue jobs... Trans service and solenoid filter clean (to fix clunking gear changes) Sort rear springs (I went a shade too low) Clean/paint calipers Detail undercarriage ('detail' might be an exaggeration for a bit of cleaning) Paint window trim

I'm so proud to be her Dad. Kerrins first aerobatic solo. She only got her PPL about six months ago, has 2 seater and 4 seater ratings and now she's into the extreme stuff. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2J1mZnCQj2GRlFZMmlyN3gyVHM/view?usp=sharing_eid&ts=569b3d23&pref=2&pli=1

They're not kms, its an hour clock, 37,000hrs sitting in the sun rotting 1541 days / 4.2 years.

Go and see Kerry at Mosen, he is starting a V8-E30 conversion shortly and should be able to help you with bits, info.

Was elijah preparing to jump Dave? Driving a Kia would make me go mad too

Dave in his 750i in Wanganui

Is that your 'kill room', Dexter?

Sure it's not BMW, but it's still German and awesome. I hacked together some clips from last weekend and it's all on again this weekend.

The Historic Touring Cars (NZ) Association is developing this class for racing at Classic and Historic meetings in NZ. Touring Cars with period racing history are welcome to join our group and while the time line reflects the Wellington Street Race era this is by no means exclusive. PM me for further info. Next meeting is the Skope Historic meeting in Christchurch and features over 30 cars along with noted drivers of the period Jim Richards, Tony Longhurst and Gianfranco Brancatelli. 5 - 7 February. Then 19 - 21 February at Teretonga.

Fuel filters get overlooked all too often.

The charge pipe is the first weak link in the N54. The plastic collar a bit of a naff design. Go the alloy one and never look back.

I believe so. I think the price filtered out those who were going to screw it over - It's one of those cars that will always be worth good money, as long as it's left alone, looked after and respected. It's honestly been an amazing little car.

Went for a walk through his lot on Saturday- pretty sad. Lichen growing on the wheel rubber etc A nice white 550i that needs to be rescued from the fate of the others.

I didn't run any

I re-used the original e30 ones. No issues, fit nicely.

Thats unlike you to stick Colin Craig to the side of your car! thought you would have skipped that sheet of paper lol

dat mean gansta lean doe....

One of those little jobs that bugs you but get's put in the "when I get a round to it" category. The top adjustment of the passenger seat has never worked and cause I never sit in it the only reason it's ever bothered me is that is never matched the positioning of the drivers seat. Pedantic? Anyway, I pulled the passenger seat from the parts car today to get at the seat belt buckle and tensioner in an effort to fix the SRS issues on the 750i. Got fed up with that job and didn't really feel like pulling another seat out of the 750i today so I decided I'd finally get around to fixing the passenger seat in the 740i(5 years later). In the end it only took about a hour. Old motor out. New motor in and all is working as it should. Before and after.

The B30 has been dismantled totally as a miniature project for my daughter and I. Ha, so its all apart ready to go on the trailer.

The AC compressor on my 8er died just before Xmas. New Denso compressor in NZ $1K. New Denso one ex-US $200... Just got to wait My E30 daily has got no AC so now both my cars are very hot!!

First how deep are your pockets? you need to considered the whole suspension set up in your car not just messing with the springs or struts to lower it for the looks. When one item in the set up is altered it places extra load on every other component and then thing start to come unstuck for one the handling goes out the window, tyre rubbing steering geo needs to be altered and set up by some one that knows what they are doing $$$$$$$ etc all for what. Bit of a rant but be very careful and think it through before you go down that path best of luck.

Bummer about the AC Brent. But a sigh of relief it wasn't coolant.

I just dont have a spare $800 for a trans at the moment, and I need a car to carry me and my tools to work in the meantime. If replacing the fluid and filter fixes the problem, even just for the short term, then well and good. If it doesnt then I'm in trouble till I can afford another box. In the meantime the trans and torque convertor has been cleaned with trans fluid, and the trans valve body unit has been disassembled and is sitting in a bucket of trans fluid with the solenoids etc, ready for reassembly. Trans was suprisingly clean inside apart from the milkshakey oil, with no burn marks or particles on the magnet. Today I also replaced the fuel filter and hoses on the car as it was due - the old filter was very dirty. I also undid the engine sump from the block ready to put on the new sump gasket, but had to go out before I could put the new one on. If I get a month or two out of the trans I will be happy. Even though the transmission rubber donut looked fine, should it be replaced?

yeah call me conservative, I reckon the drop you have already looks good. you're right about matching struts to low springs. Suggest you safely raise and support your vehicle, get under it with WD40 and a rag, you should be able to find the part numbers. Same with your springs; somewhere there (under the grime) should be a reference that you can google with. Hope that helps.

Took the 740i for a drive to Welly today and met up with some great people.

Memories of the Nissan Mobil on the Wgtn waterfront, best damn event EVER! Peugeot MI16 screaming its head off at the hairpin, honestly awesome. Scorched in my memory

I'm also led to believe Swedish girls are much better looking. They also have many crazy turbo bmws.

^word. All those water born enamels have a sh*t load of self levelling in them and if you use a good brush the finish will be sweet. Stop fkng around.

E46 M3 the better looker, the E36 M3 the better sports car

Started dealing to the faded trim. Tried some Dulon sponge on trim paint for the roof trim but it was terrible. The original paint had bubbled on the side I butchered with the Dulon so took the opportunity to sand back to bare metal. Then etch primered and painted a gloss black enamel. Although I removed to sand it turned out to be far easier to mask off the rubber edges when in place. Also tackled the rubber-coated body trim with some SEM trim paint. Painted in place as these are hard to remove without bending and/or breaking and not easy to replace. What a difference! Will do window trim next weekend. Before After

After some fiddly soldering with some tiny resistors, I've got bright white LED side lights with no errors. 21st century 8er!!

So the 850i must be the Holden Monaro coupe of Germany