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Got the car back today from the transmission shop, as I alluded to above it was a bit $$eye watering$$ to say the least, but it's gunna be worth it - or at least that's what I keep telling myself... next up - back out with INPA to read the airbag codes again, my refurbished airbag module is on it's way home from Texas via Japan so will fit that back in... but interested to see what the codes are anyway.

This is the equivalent of rolling up to concurso de elegancia with a PT cruiser.

Retrofit it into your Leaf....

the "-c" stands for Classic. Peugeot made 30 limited edition cars to mark the very end of 205 production in Australasia. Fancy paint, leather interior and a nice plaque but no other enhancements. Most of the 30 stayed in Aus but a handful made it here. And my number 26 of 30 has been sent back to Perth.......

Let the fun begin!

did the wof guy also tell you to reply to a thread from the last decade? just kidding.. welcome to BS

Never had one in my old car. Just set mine to manual mode and adjusted them with the level control on 0.

Hey Team long time no post. Well what can i say, SHE'S ALIVE Finally got the x5 manual swap up and running, its surprisely quick too with the factory 3.91 open diff, was only sitting around 2.3k rpm at 100kmph. Custom x member and shifter rod extended. So just a few more tweaks, the x member needs to be raised 25mm to line up the driveshaft straighter. REst of exhaust fitted but first get the rear mufflers deleted. I also sourced this a while ago while discussing diff options with Kayne Barrie, I saw this on trade me and he said it could work as he had rebuilt it and knew the measurements. a e92 m3 LSD Diff with the flanges changed out to match the x5 ones. I have mounted it up and almost perfect I just need to find some big washers to go in between the front two mounts as you can see picture above, take the drive shaft in to be shorten and it should be home sailing. I did run into some small issues with the car trying to cut out when i was over 50% open throttle at around 4k-5k rpm does any one have any ideas of what this could be? i pressed the dsc button but no change. Also coded out the auto and made it manual so just a bit stumped. Feel free to chime team.

It's a 3M product, "Acryl-Red Glazing Putty" Good for the stone chips and shallow curbing.

232XXXkm Replaced the thrust arms (again) . Once warm the shimmy on braking was terrible. Ordered the parts and when I got around to fitting them noticed the right arm was obviously leaking fluid. these arms have done 20,000km and the RHS was installed by a very experienced mechanic, so not sure if installation error or wear and tear....either way; new arms are in (replaced both left and right) and the cars driving silky smooth. Felt like i was on a roll. Ages ago I bought diff fluid and drain plugs off @Gabe79. Problem was I couldn't get my fill plug loose, 4th attempt it finally budged. According to service history last fluid change in the diff was 60,000km ago. Out with the old: In with the new: New fill and drain plugs: Also replaced the drivers side headlight adjusters. Wow....what a fiddly job that is. Still have 1 broken adjuster on the passenger side but need another set of adjusters. Also chucked in some new cabin filters which I'm also guessing I got off Gabe.

I had to transfer an O2 sensor to the blue one in order to get that running without faults for sale and the replacement Bosch unit arrived from FCP today. Test install (no cable management), cleared codes and nothing came back, yay! I'll route the cable and install all the crap in the engine bay over the next day or so and she'll be back on the road. And when I do get to drive her I'll have automatic DSC off (w/DCT on) from startup courtesy of @wrs who's done me a solid and created a timer board that effectively does the job of pressing the DCT button for me when I start the car! DSC is completely unnecessary in a car like this (< 300hp for a start), especially with an LSD and good tyres. DCT on the other hand allows me to play with the rear end without getting totally out of control. I can still press the DCT button to re-enable DSC or press and hold to turn it 'all' off. Essentially my start-up mode is now DCT (less nanny) rather than DSC (too much nanny) which is perfect. Thanks @wrs, you're a legend. BMW should allow you to set this to the default you want, "ultimate driving machine" lol.

The leather has also had a bit of attention with the Colourcare system, looking a lot better now, also replaced the back seat base with a spare recently acquired...

I knew hoarding e36 manual conversions and useless OEM junk was my great retirement plan

I also replaced the tired looking kidney grills, they look worse in person than the photos (much like the rest of the car actually). And too yellow. With these matte black ones which fit perfectly and I think look great... Seems I need to adjust my bonnet a little. ?

First time I drove mine, 5 years ago now, first thought was - This is a "modern" E30 325, feels really similar.