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Hey team! just wanna say hi! some pics of my ride, pretty standard car except for rear muffler, Susp, rims & tyres haven’t seen much of E21 around! I’m a mechanic down here so if anyone needs help, flick me a message or Insta > Julian.Lombardo Cheers 🤙🏽

I purchased this car in the end. Needs an exterior respray, anywhere where it has seen sun the red paint is stuffed. The engine had a bad misfire which the owner said was a fueling issue, thankfully it was just a coil. Has a few other cosmetic issues, but all fixable. Drivers seat has a tear in a bolster, and the dash has cracks for Africa. Good bones though and drives nicely. Definitely keeping me entertained in the garage! Currently stripped for painting.

Here is my setup which hangs out in the laundry. Just good to highlight the space you need which can be more than expected of you have an enclosure for heat... It's not exactly discrete. I have an Inkbird pid temperature controller to control the 700w element which is in the cage. It's made of 'twinwall' polycarbonate sheet. Once up to temp with the build plate at 110 degrees the heater is actually not needed to maintain about 45 degrees in the box.

E87 N55 DCT Converted. Certified. AFE Power induction, charge pipe. 135 Suspension, Brakes, Rotors. M3 Suspension components. Strut brace rear. E9x M3 seats. In house conversion done @ Hellbm Motorsport $12000 reserve on T Me https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/4164590535?bof=scXIAZdx

The M8R looks nice. I guess its a BBS replica so of course it looks good.

An e61 that has been shown some love! Could be worth it…

There’s an E30 gone on TardMe for $1 reserve, so this should give an indication of how strong the market is at the moment. https://www.trademe.co.nz/link.aspx?i=11092&id=4158121841&t=ca&s=2078141&c=291&tm=email&et=47&mt=447A056B-A2F6-40BB-A9A0-FFDEE8340445 Ok, it’s a fairly low spec, 316i 4dr Auto, but it looks fairly tidy and clean. So it will give a decent indication of the entry level pricing into a decent E30.

I was going to comment that I don't like grey interiors...

NZTA says "All plates must be fixed securely to the vehicle in an upright position. They must be displayed so that all the characters (numbers and letters) are clearly visible at all times." You can paint over any and all of the rest of the plate with body colour or whatever you want. I had the police stop me once to check this was a legal plate, then they admired my creativity.

We do all 3 as a package Deal @HELLBM Call Sam for info. 0212455006

This was going to be my next attempt. Gives me hope, thanks.

@HELLBM if this is still around when I get back from the UK I may well be in to see you!

Yes it had an S65 for awhile. A friend of mine bought it then decided that she liked a E82 that we had and it was. `Could you put the s65 into the E82 so we duly oblidged`

Where is the like everything button!

Finally got onto cleaning up the manual diff. Disassembled the thing, gave it a good clean with a bunch of wire brushes, hit it with rust converter/primer and a few coats of paint, then resealed and put back together. Made for some pleasing before and afters. Then went on a hunt for the culprit of the clunk but still couldn't pinpoint it with any certainty. Jacked the car up and had a mate operate the clutch. Clunks like a bastard every time the clutch is engaged to go into gear. Video Found a few videos on YouTube as well with exactly the same issue, combed through all the comments but doesn't seem like anyone's found a definitive answer either. Some are blaming the dual mass flywheel, some say it's driveline slop and their mechanics are claiming it's perfectly normal. I somehow doubt it. Regardless, got onto swapping out the diff. Tried reproduce the clunking with the driveshaft disconnected but all seemed fine with no load on the gearbox. Had another try once the shaft was connected to the diff and still all good. But then with the axles hooked up to the diff the noise came straight back. The search continues. Bit disheartened, bolted everything back up to go test out the manual diff and was pleasantly surprised to discover that the clunk had became much harder to reproduce. Definitely still there if you're looking for it but nowhere near as prominent under normal driving circumstances. Going from a 3.38 diff to a 2.93 fixed the gear ratios right up, 1st gear actually became usable and overall the car was now more pleasant to operate. Properly enjoyed driving it for the first time since the swap... ... just in time to park her up for the next 3 months as I'm off to Europe to catch up with family after 4 long years. Will pick up where I left off in September ✌️

If you borrow my Eibach hubcentric ones for finalization if you like.

No sunroof is a plus in my books - it’s not uncommon for these to rust and leak