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So for people with e46s that want them a bit harder to take. 1, enable the factory alarm even if it’s just set to flash lights. Add Bonnet switch at least. Needs enabling at your fav BMW agent. 2, consider disabling internal obd port or get the product that adds a siren that activates on the dummy port. The siren can fit where the original hands free speaker used to be located. 3, mongoose or similar tracker which has a disable circuit. Mobile app will tell you if car is moved. Choose something like fuelpump or dme power to disable. 4 , payback circuit 😀, add an old spark plug coil to your fake internal OBDI port on the bus transmit. , will blow the …. out of any of the devices that tries and circumvents the EWS.

Hi All, just wanted to let everyone curious or posted here that the car was found, in Torbay of all places. Police has done their forensics and suggests a “deep clean??!” not knowing who’s been in the car. I haven’t been able to see it and won’t be able to see it till insurance is confident car is what it was before claim. from what I can see from photos was mostly bumper damage and I’ve been told only the battery is missing, not sure about engine etc, but Car is heading to BM Workshop for diagnosis and then German Kollisons for panel and paint. thanks for the discussion everyone. Keep your cars safe.

Firstly you need to get the car scanned for fault codes. There is no way of knowing what is wrong with the car without fault codes. If you post the codes here somebody may be able to help.

I have a M54B30 I'm taking the rotating assembly from. I'm not sure what the state of the block and head is but you'd be welcome to them if you're prepared to take the gamble on freight and them being no good. If they're of some use I'd be open to some beers...

Alas all in 'murica.

https://www.driven.co.nz/news/a-collection-of-rare-cars-up-for-auction-after-owner-was-arrested-for-drug-trafficking/?utm_source=nzh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=topbox Kid has good taste if nothing between the ears

An excitable guy here.................

Haven’t heard anything from insurance company, who probably has got anyway with the police on it. Not sure Police will be interested now that the car has been located. Hope there’s someone who’s got time to look through the footage to find who gone and done it. Should help Wilson Carpark too to improve there security.

Welded the broken seat hinge L bracket and also removed some play in the base by adding some washers (worn out or missing?). Still not perfectly solid like the F31 but at least an 80% improvement. Tiniest play in one rail left and a few mm in the hinge mechanism itself, but seat is *far* more solid an most importantly, safe and secure. Hoping once I add new seat shocks they will minimise the little play left by holding it firmly in position (current ones were easily compressible by hand and are supposed to be 400nm or so)

Finally got around to listing the parts that came off my E46 318Ci (NZ new automatic). A lot of parts might also fit other E46's etc ... all going pretty cheap i think. Full exhaust with Remus muffler: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588233219 Diff: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588246855 Drive shaft: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588255174 Hand brake cables: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588259652 Front hubs / knuckles: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588274824 Rear subframe: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588281998 Brake pedal assembly: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588286804 Rear brake calipers: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588290505 Front brake calipers: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588295547 Rear trailing arms with axels, hubs / knuckles and discs: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588307288 Radiator with fan and hoses: https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=3588317863

Yeah, stock downpipes on those Stage 1 runs, only mod was charge pipe at the time.

Lovely afternoon for it

Squirrel! ----> zoom.

That was Kevin Birds old car, the engines epic!

Haha I just realised we are rocking silver E30s and white wagons

Spotted an E21 in the wild, spoke to the owner who had it since new and its done half a million ks and a phoenix yellow m3!

My grille is bigger than your grille

Don’t most people burn those?

I never came back on this....a set of extractor drill bits got this out...$15 from Toolshed or whatever its called.