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I had the car out in the sun on the driveway (melting my credit card :D), cracked the windows about an inch and went about my day....... returned to find a laser guided bird sh*t had gone right through the window gap and onto the back seat! Quick clean up and all is well.

Wanting a BMW 135i but need the practicality of 4 doors and hatch? Here is your opportunity to have the best of both worlds Looking to sell my 2006 N54 3L twin turbo BMW 130i, 6 speed manual transmission Ex-HellBM conversion, you can see their build thread on the Bimmersport website under Projects. Originally this was a BMW 130i auto running the N52 engine, shell has now done approx. 75,000km Repowered with an ex-135i N54 Engine approx. 94,700km, including original computer and speedo cluster to reflect engine mileage Bought with intent to do some sealed autocrosses, but COVID put paid to that and no longer using it as intended. This car is an awesome sleeper and is fully cert'd. Specs: N54 twin turbo 3 litre six cylinder engine Fresh Tune by Autopassion in ChCh - now 278Kw and 520Nm (see dyno graph for their N54 tune) 6 speed manual gearbox Quaiff LSD BMW 335i brakes all round BMW 135i AC Schnitzer suspension BMW 135i exhaust BMW 135i nose cone H&R sway bars Additional ACR strut brace Aftermarket “aFe” air filters (new) Burger Tuning N54 Charge Pipe (or similar) & TIAL BOV Appears to have after market intercooler, unsure what type/brand Excellent Bridgestone Potenza RE003 tyres all round on 135i staggered rims. 225/40x18 front, 255/35x18 rear Headlining all good Cargo net for when rear seats folded down 2 keys WOF due Aug 2022 Registered through to Nov 2022 Very recent maintenance (within last 500km): New Rocker cover and gasket Oil Cooler and oil filter housing gaskets Intake manifold gaskets Cleaned out intake ports New PCV hose New drive belt, tensioner and idler pulleys Thermostat and Water Pump Hose from Water pump to Thermostat Hose from Water pump to oil cooler with aluminum housing (replaced the original one which crumbled) Top Radiator hose and expansion tank hose New Spark plugs New Throttle body gasket Fresh Castrol 5W-40 engine oil and new filter Fresh Redline gearbox oil Probably forgotten something Finance owing will be cleared at sale PRICE: $23,500

Having installed the same Akebono pads myself i can't say i like them due to the lack of bite (compared to OE stuff) but they do appear to have next to no dust though. I can see why you don't want to drive it in the rain after getting it to this level of cleanliness. Hopefully doesn't turn into too much of a garage queen.

Not sure I see the point, but I'm sure it was fun!

Here's a little 0-99kph on a closed road in Mexico

You'll need to take the door card off to get to the connector... plastic pry tool to unpop the clips, thump with back of fist to install. Door handles etc pop off pretty simply from cables. Easy peasy.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3434141509 And if you want a Fiji Green one, although it is auto, but low kms!

If you are going to "plug the holes" for now, make sure you strip it back to bare metal as far as you can, treat the rust, paint it with something heavy in Zinc, and then fill the holes. That will at least slow the cancer in the mean time.

If you are in Auckland I can help you change the VO

Plenty of room for a birds to hop inside modern wheel designs and let the owners know what they think

@E30 325i Rag-Top Exactly! better than burying ones head in the sand... I'm pretty comfortable with the extent of my findings (sunroof part excepted which I'm aware will cost $$$) - for boot I think I'll clean properly and treat it and plug the holes for now then get it welded and a new seal later this year when I'm getting the other 'serious' work done (sunroof tray / boot lid).

This is fantastic work, what art museum is it being installed in?

Looking for rust in an E30 is usually only bad news, but by doing this you can find it, fix it and stop it becoming terminal. Much better than ignoring it / hoping it’s not there. For that boot seal area, I would suggest the best way is to cut back to bare metal and weld in a replacement section (possibly from a wrecked E30 - worst case should be a simple fab job as it’s 90 degree bends and straightish). I would suggest that with bog it will only keep bubbling up over time - even if you treat it with rust cure.

For the price premium you pay for a 130i manual you are into 135i auto territory. The big torque curve of the 135i works a lot better with the auto than the the 130 in my humble opinion.

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Spotted this lovely e38 in Rosedale today.

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From memory the Richards car. Always nice picking up a long forgotten book or magazine 😁

So sorry to hear about your spilt up,I have just been through the same thing in December, I was lucky enough to keep the toys How much for the Mtech body kit??

Front/Rear fader, aint it?

It’s a rod bearing support group.

Wow. That is a stunning transformation!