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Latest mods: E9x M3 rear sway bay, floating rotors new pads and a set of F30 Style 400M wheels. M3 Diff,1/2 shafts and swaybar takes out most of the stock twitchiness. Stock 335 rear swaybar vs E9x swaybar

Hello, everyone! When I came from Germany last year, I bought an E39 540i straight away. I was lucky to find a New Zealand new one with low mileage and previously driven by an elderly woman. I love my bimmer and don't regret the buy. In my opinion, a lot of these ‘modern classic' cars come for a very fair price here in New Zealand. Even, if I needed to address a couple of issues, such as valve covers, brakes and many smaller items. I believe this is a great forum, and I'm looking forward to swapping ideas with you.

Finally got all the 10" wheels on but not quite their yet... can anyone recommend a good suspension set up. If I just get my standard springs compressed will this suffice? Or is there decent lowering springs out there ? i just want to sit the car a bit lower... any my help is appreciated. thanks,

Hi folks, put a few pics of my latest E30 up and have had more comments about the stereo in it than the car so figured I'd stick a post here. Probably no much use if you're after subwoofers and amps etc but for the likes of myself just powering 4 regular speakers and want a bluetooth phone/music option and a head unit that looks like it belongs rather than something that sticks out like a sore thumb i cant recommend highly enough, the amber backlight and similar lettering on the unit did it for me as it matches the E30 interior pretty well - only gripe I guess is that when using the front usb it always starts from track 1 rather than continuing from whatever was last played - I just use my phone so doesn't bother me and it sounds more than fine to me - got it from here but other places do them also - https://bavarian-retro-cars.myshopify.com/search?q=continental full range looks to be here http://www.continental-automotive.com/www/automotive_de_en/themes/commercial_vehicles/ch_interior_en/audio_products/radio_products/

Here are my 'secrets' 2002, 145km (NZ) 'CSL' software (HellBM+Tom) Simota panel filter (lol) Gull 98 Last oil service - Dec 15 Red line it every day Amber corners (+10hp)

so how do you predict the electric water pump failure on the N52, Ron? I understand when they do sh*t the bed, you get an orange light and "do not drive vehicle" up on the dash. Surely replacing a leaky radiator is reactive, not preventative maintenance? Unless replacing your leaky radiator is "preventing a blown head gasket"?!

Im not happy with the registration label placement but otherwise looks immaculate!

That's mine. It was Tom's (M3_Power) from brand new. Those are the stock 18's. I have two sets of the stock 18's so I can run a square setup to fill out the front guards a little better, and have a full set of the 19's plus a set of the rears (thanks Brent), so I can run those square if I want too.

I do a bit of possum trapping on the side. It's good pocket money and I enjoy being out in the bush. I really want a 4x4 van so I can get into some areas I really cant access in a 2wd V8 BMW..lol Some of the places I go to are so far away it makes scence to camp for a few days and I'm getting to old to be sleeping in a tent on the ground so a converted 4x4 van will be perfect. All the comforts of home but mobile and 4WD. Sounds perfect..:-)

those are 18" , the smaller option they offered , john's car , he is upgrading to 19" I think. my run , was pretty cool there all day IMG_7718.MOV

They have been sold. RaceLand coilovers are quite soft compared to the XYZ

Pretty sure that was the L7 advertised on TM for a while. Not liking the addition of the M badges much..lol This little piece arrived yesterday so I can finally start getting the car back together again..

Varta makes a lot of the OEM batteries for Euro brands. I know most, if not all of the Merc genuine batteries are Varta, and the genuine battery in my old Golf was a Varta.

good thinking, Dave. Damn, that's tempting. GLWS. A van as your daily? Some changes afoot? Look forward to catching up soon. R

Yeah. I've decided to keep the 750i after all. I need a van which will become my daily and given it's rarity the 750i makes more sense as a weekend cruiser.. It's taken a while for me to come to grips with it but at the end of the day I can always get another 740i, I may never find another 750i though.

Bought my E36 Evo vert and drove it home from Christchurch. Absolutely no regrets its amazing to drive.

put doggy treats all around the lip. ez