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Suspension upgrade Before the engine went bang I had just pulled the trigger on some Bilstein Touring shocks and Eibach Prokit springs from Demon Tweaks. I already had rear sachs shocks I purchased from @Eagle which were for the motorsport setup so went with the B4's which from the looks of realOEM are the factory motorsport package shocks. New bits Lemforder front shock mounts Bump stops and dust covers Bilstein B4 front shocks #BLS22-139948, BLS22-139931 Eibach Prokit springs #EIBE2067-140 Meyle HD rear shock mounts Sachs rear shocks #556 882 I got a shop to do the spring compressor part but i DIY'd the rest to try save on labour (the rear is pretty labour intensive) the rear shocks were completely dead. rear spring height comparison bit of trim removal Found 1 random Monroe up the front. New fronts After a few KM's they are settling in. So far I'm really impressed with the quality of the ride. Comfort vs handling I think it's a great combo for the daily driver.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3011727480 $10K?? Seems like wayyy too much for what this is.

Looks like both Arron and Blackie need to take a look at the forum rules.

Average showing 16.7l/100km at the mo after being away at the BMW Club National Meet near Taupo 335i DD is showing 10.9 average and the X5 4.4i sits around 15.6 - both urban use figures. Bearings - done ; Vanos line - done! In no way shape or form does adding X5 M really make sense - but ... life is short so fun matters!

Oh dear... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrome-Headlights-Trim-Bezel-Cover-Surround-Rim-For-BMW-1-Series-E87-Hatchback/192957785005

That's a bit sh*t. It's a wanted ad but I thought i'd made it clear that I was happy to hear any suggestions etc for what to get and from where. I thought that was the point of the forum?

pm sent... looks like the mods have removed my reply for no reason at all 🙄

Hands down the best 404 screen I ever met https://www.carthrottle.com/post/66dy4dx/ Try all combinations of the arrow keys to see how it works. Cheers...

Well, interesting reading, I now own Ray’s LSB M3, picked it up last week, love the car & had to have that colour

Hi all My E39 has been written off by a minor in a stolen Nissan Safari. Vero has offered me the wreck for $1,500, which I actually thought was quite steep. Anyway I just thought I'd see if anyone from the Bimmersport community wants it first? Let me know by this Sunday 21 March via PM. The only panels not damaged by the hit are the front bumper, LR door, LR quarter and boot. The RR wheel has been toed in too, so there's something bent back there. The M60B44 had not had its timing chains done and was idling rough when cold due to a suspected faulty vanos unit or two. But once warmed up it hummed along nicely. The gearbox was a little whiney when warm. It moved through the forward gears well but would be slow to engage reverse. Had the seat twist issue. Can't think of any other issues. No leaks. Just wof-ed a month prior to the hit. The wreck will need to be collected from Ngauranga. Thread on the vehicle:

From what I could tell, OBD2 was standard on bmws on later e36s in the USA. I had a 2000 318ti, still didn't have OBD2. Just good old OBD1 which is the round plug in the engine bay.

hi Jon @E30 325i Rag-Top I'm keen for the Lachssilber metallic decals please, post to Welly.

I just hate that its so many lines and sharp angles. The grilles just the fly on top of the sh*t pile. In comparison the previous model looks so sleek and well designed.

I never understood why people wanted carplay/android, always thought and still do think native idrive is better

I guess you have to have a point of difference tho I guess you have to have a point of difference, when joe bloggs kia has carplay you would expect something better from a premium brand wouldn't you. The costs must be horrific to do it and the threat of being hacked would be a smaller footprint than say generic android but wow your name would be mud if it came out that somebody could get into your cars software with some simple hack, they must live in constant dread of that happening

La la, la la la la ....

First rule of S85 is that we do not talk about fuel economy Second rule of S85 is... we do not talk about fuel economy!!!

@Olaf I'm not sure there's anything worse than an S85 V10 for fuel economy...

Laughing as just found this thread again. Another fav band from the 80s

212 xxx km. I ran into a bit of a problem when I dropped the disa pin into the intake and it found it's way to cylinder 6. No compression in cylinder 6, Jon at auto38 advised that an engine swap would be his preferred option. Plug in cyl 6 off to Auto38 Old piston cyl 6 Head off old engine. Bought an engine before Christmas, organized a mate to put it in. He didn't get to it till the new year where he found 8.5L of milkshake in the sump instead of 6.5L of oil. So the vendor kindly refunded and i got one off Nick Weitz. Nick compression tested it before sending and it was algood. Came out of a running car so confidence was high. This engine was the older coil style so the manifold and valve cover from my original engine was swapped over (since CCV had just recently been repalced meant it didn't need to be pulled apart), along with the loom and headers. New parts that went in while engine was out Engine mounts Sump gasket Plastic coolant hoses under intake manifold x 2 upper and lower radiator hoses water pump (graf metal impeller) Thermostat Valve cover Gasket Oil filter housing gasket Vanos seals Spark Plugs Electric Fan from @zero upper intake boot oil filter Penrite 5W-40 rebuilt Disa Valve Car was running rough and was throwing lean codes for bank 1 and bank 2. Turns out the 02 sensors weren't plugged into their corresponding bank. Car is now running very smooth and I'm waiting for the vanos seals to break in. I replaced the seals in my old vanos unit to make it quicker to install. Also my solenoids were cosmetically in much nicer condition. New engine looks really clean. No idea of the mileage as it had been swapped into the car it came out of. Up at mt Vic watching the hill climb today. The list of things still to do: Gearbox filter and oil - have parts. Fuel filter - have parts and have replaced the vac line. Xenon - have parts but need to code LCM and there are still some wiring to do. Bilstein touring shocks and Eibach prokit springs. (these were in the post when the engine went bang) Remote key still isn't working despite changing the FTZ module Tints soundsystem/handsfree bluetooth. So been a bit of a mission, I was completely stumped by the lean codes and was pretty stressed out that the engine was toast. I'm really enjoying having it back on the road.

OK Brett

What we need is for the current administrators (i.e. not the proud folk that have "Admin" roles/status here and seem to do nothing at all helpful) to actually engage with the community to discuss this, it shouldn't be a binary us/them thing, I'm pretty sure with an open dialogue we can get this sorted. Is it Ollie? James? Both of them? Get them to actually get online to let us know why they're struggling, we can probably help!!!! Feel free to tell them they're being irresponsible by not engaging and letting things go to sh*t.

For the 80s kids, epic.