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Thats what she said. Sorry. Ill see myself out.

Hi, welcome to the forum, Lidushan. lovely looking e30 you have there. I'll make a prediction: soon, e30's on Bottle Caps will become preferred, as they'll be rare. Everyone else will be running cross-spokes (basket-weaves). Those running bottle-caps will be seen as people of discerning taste. cheers!

Hi guys, My names Lidushan, my brother got me hooked on the e30 since he bought his first one a couple of years ago. Finally bit the bullet and got this amazing 1986 325i. Love it to bits. Looking to do a manual conversion and put 15inch spokes on it. Any advise would be great. Thank you (sorry the sun roof isn't up in the photo) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As with most problems in life, more power is the answer here! If the brakes are a sensible size for the mass of the car they will pass the test, decent tyres and abs help.

If you're the first NZ owner after life in Japan, there's a good chance that at 80k kms, it's probably suffering from a bit of deferred maintenance. You're approaching the 100kms mark, which will cover more than an Inspection II anyway, so you can expect to be replacing a few items, and getting a thorough Transmission service. As Glenn points out, if your PPI wasn't done by a BMW Dealer or good Independent, it's about as much use as a chocolate teapot. I think Pete's recommendation - get a repair warranty - is a good one. Had I splashed the extra when I bought my car and purchased Autosure or similar, that transmission failure 18 months into my ownership wouldn't have stung my pocket to the tune of $5k (trans rebuild, new trans cooler, hoses, fluids, assorted gaskets for valve cover, power steering, seals, and fluid top-ups including CHF-11 and full synthetic trans fluid, and labour). Still, a trans failure in a Maxima, Falcodore, Diamante etc would have cost between $3k and $5k so it's all relative, right? Finding an excellent Independent BMW Specialist workshop to do business with will help keep your car maintained and running well, and provide a more enjoyable BMW experience. Using Joe Bloggs motors will be more of a crap-shoot; the specialist knowledge brought to the party more than make up for the slightly lower labour rates of 'the other guys'.

~$6K so pretty cheap and very nice in silver but has an oil leak and some upholstery work required. http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-1063954394.htm But I have enough cars... :\

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1086939727 *** Odometer certified *** 21000 KMS ON CLOCK!!!! * Multi Functions Steering Wheel * Second Generation I-Drive * Automatic Dual zone Climate Control * Keyless Entry Comfort Access System * Full Black Leather Seats * Heated Front Seats * 245/45 R18 Four Brand New Rims and Four Brand New Tyres (2K done from Hyperdrive) * Dynamic stability control (DSC) * Front and Rear Parking Sensors * Reversing Camera * Push Engine Start * Cruise Control System * HID Xenon Headlighs, LED Interior Light, LED Tail Light * Electric windows, heated rearveiw mirrors * Electric memory seats *8-Gear Automatic transmission * 245BHP engine with Normal/Sport/Sport+ * 8 Airbags *AUX-IN, AM, FM, Bluetooth music and phone Selling on behalf of my wife. ASKING PRICE: $41000 Inspection welcomed, view it in Flat Bush Contact number:0275199009

Cheap? I thought it was expensive

Not much in the way of actual progress despite most of Sunday spent on the car and 5 hours last night. So on Sunday, 2 hours were spent on removing the old rear subframe bushes which we finally managed after a lot of sawing, hammering and verbal threats. Thank you to Jibs and my friend Johnny for the help. The new ones just slid in thanks to my forward thinking and my friend's commercial fish freezer which I left them in overnight. So with that done and rear subframe back in, I went to fit the e34 trailing arms which apparently 'would' work. Well. After having to do a bit of clearance making on the rear subframe seam lip to get the bigger arms to fit, I finally bolted up the arms and all looked well. Until I walked out from under the car and had a look at the side. Behold before you, maximum stance. There was a good 10mm difference in toe just from the edges of the hub. That is where I left it for the day. And, in the process of all this, one of my e28 handbrake cables somehow got mangled so now I have to wait for the new ones to arrive. Went back yesterday and removed the e34 hubs to swaps the e28 ones back on and pulled the brakes off the e34 ones to now put on the e28 hub. And in the process of removing the slightly seized on discs, I sent the hammer right into my knee and am now very sore. But I carried on. Once that was done, I proceeded to remove the steering box, with the help of my still sick friend (the guy just won't give up), to replace with the lower mileage e34 box with again 'would' work. Well. Got the steering box off after a good hour of hammering only to realise that the idler arm spline is different. Ok, not such a big deal. I put the steering box in the car to mock up the lines as one has to bent for it to work. Well it's a pretty slim chance of stretching the line to get it to fit, and being the high pressure line, I didn't want to take any risk. So swapped the newer e34 uni joint onto the e28 box and put it back in. Another few hours wasted. And the steering box is probably screwed now. At least I managed to cut a big hole in the front, which was some consolation. But that is also bitter sweet as the e34 radiator I wanted to try and use fit perfectly width wise. Then I looked at the car from the front. 50mm too tall. Luckily the radiator that came out of the parts car does fit so it is a backup. Moral of the story: E34 trailing arms do NOT work (on early subframe). E34 steering box is not a bolt in upgrade/solution.

Did a Dealer / Independent Specialist do the PPI ??

The market is pretty dry atm, there were heap of cheap 36 M3s a year or so ago. Keep at it, youll get one eventually. Sadly for buyers, the market seems to be in the rise again for 36 M3 prices from whats sold recently.

It's the torque that gets ya.

Its the time factor that most cant cope with, 0-100-0 three times in 2minutes without a noticeable loss of performance! It can be fun to watch!

Photos for tyre kickers ))