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did you show them your crack?

a few more amateur snaps of the car everyone is more interested in.

New lens meant car 'test' photos. Teamed up with @mossline to go double trouble.

Hi, my name is Ethan, I have just purchased my first ever BMW and I am in love. If anyone from Taranaki would like to cruise just say the word So I have purchased a 2001 525i "AC Schnitzer" and for the life of me I can't find another one of these in the country on any marketing pages. Would you lads consider this rare? and could there be any more performance in terms of power in this build?

@zero check out the listing views? 34,000++ must all be from bimmersporters ?

Thanks - keep me posted if you guys do a trip this way! Hopefully there are people keen on a run or two. If anyone wants to do a get together send me a message and we can try organise something. ?

Long time lurker here but I thought I should finally post something and introduce myself & my cars properly. 2005 E63 650i with an SMG - I know this may be contentious but it really is a hell of a lot of fun to drive (once you get the knack to it) and actually makes it more than just a comfortable barge cruiser. 1996 E36 M3 Evo with alloy doors - this is/was my dream car. It has everything I wanted in an M3 and the colour is truly wicked in the sun. I'm definitely interested in seeing if there is much of a euro scene here in Taranaki, or anywhere! Sorry for the amateur photos! (And the weeds..) Cheers, Connor

Haha, its been five years since this thread, and the cars still haven't sold. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/cars/bmw/auction-240089175.htm

Welcome Connor - nice vehicles Hope you can get a crew together for some runs. We do the odd road trip up your way...

Fixed, took seat out fully declined seat and heard a click, fixed, probably didn't need to take seat out in hindsight. I Was surprised re the weight of the seat, a lot heavier than I expected.

You should remind everyone that the spoiler is factory and you have aluminium doors... ?

There’s a curved recess which the plate sits in so not much room to move.. Prob could remove tabs on surround and reposition but never occurred to me as a problem. All lined up now.

Ye not cheap $190nz shipped, but new doors ................. That's why I have also brought (hopefully) all new clips, fasteners and grommets. And I'll be wearing a Schiedmann tee at the next coffee meeting

Aluminium Door 13.3kgs with Window regulator attached. Arrived today, Clips, fasteners and fuel flap. Turtle Laboratories door card repair brackets And a free tee shirt ☺️

Sweet sounds like there are a few locals here - maybe we should try organise a lil' meet up one Sunday sometime.

Hey Team Small update for the M3 Long story short car was damaged from transport company during shipping awhile back, took abit to get them to admit it was their fault and to cover for some of the damage. So there was two option, throw money at the crack and possibly recrack again or fork out more to get the car taken back to factory. I decided to take back to factory as id hate to have money spent on a repair to have it crack again. Picked up car today from panel beaters but during inspection i noticed a big crack in the windscreen, as was like FML just got repair done now i have another issue, the shop said it was there when i dropped it off. So couldnt really do much but happy to have her back and looking nice with fresh paint job. Also had a friend go over to the U.S for a holiday whilst there i got this goodie sent to her hotel that she was staying at, Garagistic solid mount shifter for the m3. also did a while ago, removing as much carbon build up from the heads and pistons of the m60/m62 motor that will be going into the wagon. Thanks

Managed to source a set of sedan sports seats which should arrive in a few days. They're a bit worse for wear, and will certainly require recovering. I've read a few good reviews about the E30 replacement covers sold by LSeat.com, and the price was far cheaper than paying for someone local to do a custom job. https://www.lseat.com/products/1984-1991-bmw-e30-sport-325-318-custom-real-leather-seat-covers-front.html I decided to go with a nice dark red leather with diamond stitching for the fronts. Sadly (but not unsurprisingly), they don't have any options for the split rear seats of the E30 Touring. So for now, I'll just do the fronts. If I'm happy with how the front seats turn out, I'll order some more leather in the same color, and take the rear seats to a local upholster to complete the look. I've got this coming week off, so I'm going to try get as many of the remaining jobs sorted as I can. Looking forward to making some more progress.

About 125 for all four, but I'll say between 100 and 150. I'm waiting on parts to repair the blasters pump from the UK at the moment, will be a couple of weeks before I can get any thing done.

Great result on the lights!!!

Hmm, all things considered, did you blow on the pie?

WIll call them in a second, but yes it'll be going to BMW now.... In fairness I tried Novus for a windscreen on the 130 a few years ago and they didnt bring the right windshield (same deal, no rain sensor) and cancelled it. Shame on me for trying them again I guess... I cant believe the hack job reinstall of the cowl around the wipers, there is a literally a inch between the seal and glass. Dude must have been on another planet.