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That's the "interior Trim Finishers"... S4MYA INTLEIST LEDER CARBONSTR SCHWARZ or in English "Interior Trim Finishers Leather, Carbon Structured Black" They do look nice, not that common.

Since apparently the market isnt interested in my excellent MSport 130i I have for sale, I've put my 550i up too. I dont need or want 3 BMW's right now, one has to go. Details are in the advert, but its well priced and spec'ed: https://www.trademe.co.nz/2036616115 VIN Look up: http://bimmer.work/vin/ab2beccd7c0d8e98b431667853f4d812/ $8550

Having BMW withdrawal symptoms and want to get another project car eyed up anyone got an e30 4dr 2dr don't mind, with live plates, it can be beaten up. as i'll be looking to do an entire re-spray

Pulled the centre console out to find out why the Aux in wasn't working on my E91 335i. Discovered it was unplugged behind the rear panel at back of console due to wires being crushed in a 2cm section. Replaced the wires and it works fine, can't understand why someone would go to the trouble of pulling the console just to unplug the connector, why not spend 5 minutes and fix it why you have access?

Ended up removing the transmission myself which wasn't too bad. The corroded starter dowel holding on for dear life and transmission dust over bolt i forgot to undo were the only issues, but my mate brute force sorted those bastards out. The replacement ZF went in very easy and even easier to bolt up with all the extra space in the tunnel. Given we are RHD, i routed the required clutch signal wire (using a ex transmission wire) and reverse light wires through the clutch line hole, made sense to me as its less wire to run and they need connect to the clutch module and instrument cluster respectively. Reverse light wiring runs runs under the heat shielding prior to going in the hole. Also made my own brake switch-clutch module adapter out of old plugs and wires from the donor car to keep it tidy, even got some Tessa tape. Swapped a pin from the EGS to DME for clutch signal then used PA soft to recode DME and IKE for manual and realigned the EWS. Car started and ran with no issues. Will follow up with NCS at some point to change the checksum to manual to complete that side of it. Few more hours finishing off then i should be driving tomorrow begin breaking in the clutch.

Sorry for your loss bro. Chin up and all the best to make bmthug version 2.0!

Ive sold my dd 318ti because i never used it as much as I thought I would. My M135i was fulfilling all the duties very well - something your 335i wagon probably does for you also. Ive also thought about the idea of an M3 and my thoughts now are - I want a car, 1 car, to drive to do everything. I dont want to mess around with 2 regos 2 wofs 2 maintenance. etc. so for now I am sticking with what I have and putting aside the M3 dream for another day.

Yes! And on the topic of AA fuelcard savings banking, here’s how you play it. Fuel up in $40 chunks. Always “accumulate” (save). Buy your fuel on BP’s 10c promo days. And perhaps even use their app for purchasing fuel (additional discounts I think) Before you know it, you’ll have a $2.00 per litre saving banked - just be sure you’ve space in your tank at the end of each two-month period. I remember gassing up on 98 at BP Drury - 50 litres and I paid only for my NZ Herald. The cashier was astounded.

Thanks Kyu. Honestly brother I'm completely heartbroken and there's a massive void to fill now but in time I shall get there man. Everything does happen for a reason indeed and I'm just hoping to bounce back stronger. I will most likely be building a mtech 1 325i convertible if I can't find a pfl baur again

Mentally accepted I have to say goodbye to my boyhood dream car. Last week Wednesday I was cut off by a driver who proceeded to dead brake Infront of me to avoid a speed camera van fine so naturally I dead braked but as I did I veered to the left to avoid impacting him. Long story short my baby is now a write off. Met with a concrete barrier and bent the chassis front and rear without the chance of repairing. Looking for a replacement will be impossible because as far as I know there aren't many 325i baurs in NZ let alone mtech 1 variants. Hoping to buy it back from insurance and possibly buy a vert or another baur to replace and replicate this vehicle. It had every option from the maplight mirror to factory tweeters. No I will not be parting it out to sell.