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*SOLD* Sadly, with the purchase of an E30 M325i, my beautiful E46 will be for sale. As often is the case, my intent had been to keep her long term, and I had been spending accordingly, but it wasn't to be. Have owned just over 2 years. 2001 330ci / 160km / Orient Blue over Caramel Nappa Leather Car is excellent condition inside / outside / mechanically - it looks great in the photos and I can assure you it looks like this in the flesh as well. The car drives great, sounds lovely and looks fantastic. Has been rock solid - 99% of work done has been preventative / proactive with OE parts and all done in last two years (i.e. car is fresh as). Maintenance / 'Performance' Oil and filter (every 5km with Edge or HPR5) - will do a fresh change for new owner as almost due Plugs / Diff and Tranny fluid New intake boots, DISA O ring New waterpump / thermostat / radiator hoses / expansion tank / belts, all tensioners and pulleys Short ram air intake, fully heat shielded and ducted from kidney grilles - sounds great IMO Valve cover gasket & oil filter housing gasket Vanos seals & Oil line / Fuel filter Supersprint axle back and secondary cat delete - also has a switchable burble tune I was going to get rid of but will leave for new owner Meyle HD CABs / new shock and strut mounts with front reinforcement plates Meyle HD RTABs Front and rear tower braces (ARC) E46 M3 front 26mm sway bar / E46 Msport Vert 20mm rear bar, new bushings and adjustable end links (upgrade from 23mm/18mm bars) ST XA Coilovers (Same spec as KW V2) - height and damping adjustable Lemforder Tierods and boots Fully certed for manual swap, coilovers and all mods (inc driveshaft hoops) Exterior Front end respray (stone chips plus caught bumper on a curb) and boot respray (small dent from a branch) Euro personalised plates - 'NZ E46' ESR SR01 18x8.5 ET30 and Hankook Ventus V12 235/40/18 (Tyres have 10,000km on them - heaps of tread) New headlight lenses / New clear corners / rear LCI boot lights / Dual slat front grille Interior Fully refurbed and re-coloured M3 Nappa leather to BMW Caramel Piano black trims Re-wrapped steering wheel and refinished trim Billetworkz shift knob, RUFF short shifter (nice and notchy but it is adjustable) and clutch stop Alcantara shift and handbrake boots Factory style Android touchscreen with wireless Apple Carplay - looks OEM but with 2021 functionality Front JBL components, Pioneer amplifier and 12" sub Both Airbag recalls done 'If I was going to keep' list: IR to RF key conversion (have the parts, will come with car) Engine mounts (Maybe - occasionally on a cold start will get a little vibration till idle drops) Diff bushings (A little wear and get that E46 diff clunk sometimes if you are not smooth with your lower gear changes) Asking price - $18,000

Not in my possession yet, but quick snap last night. 1989 Lachssilber M325i

A little while since my last post and not too much to add, Cars out of storage now our new place has been built. - New WOF and Service from P&S a few weeks ago. Here’a a couple of pics from the other day, look forward to taking it out more during summer ☀️

Lachssilber - Darker than normal silver but lighter than Delphin

Hey Team Hope every one is well and ready for the silly season. Small update but a good one. Finally got my oil pump setup back from the turning shop. I had to source two n62 front oil shaft supporters to hold the new longer shaft in place. the X5 pump now bolts right up the back. Also had to get a spacer made for the pick up to be able to rotate it inwards. Next step is to get my engineer to help fab up the new sump and oil feed lines. Also got my exhaust flanges cut, Brought a lego kit to help aid in making the headers myself and brought all the 180 bends ready to go for over the summer. As i was originally was going to use a steering shaft from a e87/e90 when i was at the wreakers i noticed that the F series have even a slimmer one. so i took the plunge and brought two. After some test fitting the base U-joint are the same spline as the e46, the top needs to be swapped with the e46 one and the total length was shorten by 20-25mm which now matches the factory e46 length. I will use one for the v8 swap and one for the v12 swap. Now the main part is back ( the oil pump) i can get the ball rolling again. Thanks Team

I’m sure you’ll add your own twist to the car and it will come out perfect ! Make sure you start a project thread so we can stay up to date 😊

18 months later I did not forsee myself snagging your cars uglier twin 🤣 Definitely some inspo here as I start restoring mine!

I hope so, picking it up Thursday 🤘🏽

Hi all It seems now isn't the time to sell an M135i - so I'm not putting mine on Trade Me (or anywhere else) until the new year some time. That said, I have no need for an extra car so if anyone here wants it, you can have it for $21k - and I'll chuck in a couple of bimmersport.co.nz stickers you may or may not want to put on the car (or elsewhere lol). I have a couple of people keen but unable to get the funds together immediately so if one of them does so then it'll be gone; will update this post when/if that happens. Car has a decent BMW service history in iDrive and presents/drives well... especially for this kind of price. No, it's not the best one for sale - but looking at Trade Me it isn't the worst either. Get yourself a bargain. Here's the spec details: https://www.mdecoder.com/decode/wba1b720x0j777037

Says they retail for $532 in the ad. And yes, legit goods.

New for $290 at Continental Cars BMW: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/accessories/listing/3370432615 I'm not sure what they normally retail for but I suspect it's more than $290. No association but I believe everything they've sold so far has gone to a Bimmersport member, including me and they're legit.

E46 330i Coupe M-Sport FL still a wonderful looking car even today, with decent performance to boot. I would have ticked the E30 box but I think I’ve got enough of those to work on already!!

Hey team hope every one is well and ready for the silly season. So got a few more things done to the wagon. Car is finally up and running now though not without a few little issues. Exhaust leak, rear adjustables rebound need to be wound up to make it stiffer, wheel alignment, smaller mid muffler to be welded in as current one is a tad low, change rear seal in the gearbox and get some tyres for the Hamman wheels. Painted the exhaust and baked it in the oven. Changed out the factory twin fuel filters and put a single one in with a regulator and ran a vaccum line up to the manifold. Custom clutch and flywheel installed. Exactly the same setup as the manual swapped X5. Running my spare LSD 3.15 till my LSD 3.64 gets back from Kayne Barrie getting a rebuild. Driveshaft made to length. Tack welded the nuts in tunnel so i could bolt down the RTD shifter without needing someone to hold the nuts for me. Brought this ultra racing Strut brace cheap, it was made for a 525i model. I cut the bar off the hinges and flipped it, rewelded it to make it work with the 540i The Factory mid muffler was rusting and had a small hole, so decided to redo the whole exhaust from the new headers back. Redid the o2 sensor bungs too. But after lowering the car found the mid muffler sits too low so will change out for a smaller one. Fitted the new Zimmermann sports brakes and pads in and flushed the brake system with new fluid. Just arrived a couple days ago this M5 rep center console surround. .Will be running these wheels on the car. 18 x 8.5 fronts 18 x 9.5 rears will get a exhaust clip onces its fully running good. Thanks Team

3.0L Z3. 231HP in a little car = awesome performance Doesn't take up too much space in the shed Easy to work on/low level of technology which is well known Topless driving, wind in your head, open spaces all round, just watch out for sheep/cattle trucks. No back seat, so no kids along for the drive to annoy you. Your time out car.

My pick, in this order. E34 540i. E38 740i Msport (if you can find one). E39 540i Msport. E87 130i manual. E46 330i.

Bravo!

Wow that’s a great find!!

Get in! Eagerly waiting to see what you turn it into

Yup I have the LK03's on my 130i now. They have been great on the crappy Wairarapa roads. Especially over the hill to Welly. Rain or shine. Very happy with them.

Congrats! Pics of E30?

Nice... So when's that lovely E46 going up for sale then..?

Hankook S1 Evo 3. Haven't heard bad things about RE003s but haven't tried them myself... Grab some Laufenn LK03 if on a budget.

Yup!!

It's only cosmetic, so I'd just say don't consider the coating as a worthwhile selling point. I think the OEM discs for that model are uncoated anyway so will do the same. If you have rims that make the centre of the brake discs prominently visible it's just nicer to have some kind of coated or two-piece disc. What you can also do is just buy an uncoated disc and then paint it with high temp paint - something rated for brake calipers will do.

It's sad that a lot of passionate car enthusiasts have been priced out of their favorite marquees by investors. It was better when these cars were on the road not parked up appreciating.

I had seen their forum. Wasn't sure if I wanted to fork out $25usd for a forum that isn't very active.

Converted to fully fledged Manual for a change. CIC Retrofit with M Track mode. Certification completed.