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Classic BMW 525E presented in Bronzit Beige Metallic on Black leather. NZ new originally sold in Christchurch. Solid and honest car. Straight body with scratches/dents expected for a 32 year old car. Very little rust. Clear coat starting to come up on the back half of the car. Paint worn in spots. Interior is in very good condition aside from a few cracks on the dash. Engine was rebuilt 2 years ago. Modified 2.7L stroker engine. M20B25 head (completely rebuilt) and intake. M20B27 bottom end (rebuilt and balanced). Converted to Motronic 1.3. Dyno tuned by Hi-Volocity. 2.5" exhaust. Automatic converted to 5-speed manual when engine rebuilt. Receipts totaling over $8k in the past 2 years. Neat little car, would be a stunner with a new paint job and a little more TLC. Odometer hasn't worked since i've owned the car. Heater valve not working. Bonus items included: Sheep skin front seat covers 16" basket weave wheels (E38) Brake upgrade (calipers) from 540i E34 New WOF. Sold as it, where is. Asking $8700 Reasonable offers accepted. See trademe https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1731706778

Yes, thanks so much to sobanoodle for giving up his Thursday night to help. Thanks mate

Successfully decoded Start/Stop to remember last used setting, hapi daze!

If we had insurance then car would be fixed and he would probably have a Baycorp notice. That's ok, his house is on my way home so I don't mind stopping off every other day to see how things are going

Update time! Spent a bit of time the other day trimming & fitting the rear interior (carpets, seat base & panels). Starting to look normal again..! Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr I butchered the rear cards to make them fit past the cage, no other way unfortunately. Off to the trim repairer next to get this fixed up (it's a bit beyond my abilities). Boot carpet & trims fitted: Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Also the steering wheel turned up so I fitted it. Looks good, and all the buttons work a-ok! Test fit (ignore the airbag gap this is now sorted): Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr This was the problem: Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Glued the velvet side trims with ADOS contact adhesive, this has been annoying me for ages: Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr My Storm gearknob turned up too. It's so damn heavy!! Looks good in the darker finish imo, should suit the car. Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr I've also bought a whole lot of safety stuff in the past few weeks: Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr Also ordered these from Allports, waiting shipment later this week: Passed homologation and got my logbook: Untitled by Christian Taylor, on Flickr

Please ring or PM me if anyone is interested ph 021921377 https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?ed=true&id=1743997238

Title says it all really, even just the glass, anyone know if the e30 ones fit (the glass) the internet has mixed views. Cheers! Matt

What a stunning car. I wonder how those little brakes will go with that heavy, powerful engine.

If it looks good, it is good? No-one cares that it drives like sh*t with those stretched low profile tyres... Aside from that, a M57D30 with a 6-speed manual box should be good fun! (Being a diesel it doesn't need 6 speeds, of course, but that's another matter.) /grumpy

Why not get some rims that fit, and then fit some tyres to the rims so they fit properly, too? Maybe I'm just getting old...

I should know better by now! the nut on the second balljoint decided to strip, so it was a PITA to get off and now i have to get a new locknut. ?

Exactly why I've always held the motto of better being over insured than under.. even worth seeing a broker if your vehicle is worth it. And because you're insured from the moment you finalise it with your insurer Vs having actually made payments (obviously this is all accounted for if an incident occurs, but you're still covered) - I won't drive away from picking up a new car without insurance confirmed.. too many horror stories have me paranoid. Sorry to hear about all the stories above - such bullsh*t huh! I work for a law firm so I haven't had anyone attempt to pull anything on me yet when it comes to accidents *knock on wood*!

Yep that is what we are going to do. Even offered to pay half of the excess to avoid any hassle but not interested in that either

I usually just collect them on a shelf... it's much easier!

Hmm yeah looks like it. Seems halfway between M3 and 335i msport toe specs. I have an older alignment sheet showing the 335i specs are 1.9mm in the rear and 1.5mm in the front. BMWorkshop Botany arranged this when they were doing my service and installing the arms. Basically told them I want something that's good for the odd thrash and track session, but it spends a lot of it's time commuting on the motorway so take that into account. That's the result.

talk with ethirtyandy... use the bimmersport goodbastardexpressservice.

used about a quarter of a tank of BPs finest blowing cobwebs out of the M5, good to remind myself why i put up with its drama sometimes!!

Early on in my career, in the 90's I had some responsibility in the creation of the NHI. That was meant to fix so many of these problems and 20 years on? Not so much. But, individual exceptions aside, we are blessed with our public health system. In comparison to many other developed countries, even OECD countries we do pretty well. Could it be better? Of course.

Day 26: Tried light painting for the first time a couple nights back. I'm sure theres a lot wrong with these photos, but for now I'm quite pleased with them! Didn't bother blanking out the mini's plates as the owner quite likes people knowing his car Perhaps next bimmersport meet I'll have a play with other cars!

Wasn't today, early Saturday evening I unwillingly took mine on a short offroad expedition...... Think it needs a bit of a wash and a polish to clean it back up ???