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Tidy looking T2 spotted. I also saw what looked like a 135i - ‘CRBN’ that looked like it meant business. By the look of it, I could tell that there was something mean under the hood. Quite unlike all the E90’s you see with stickers, DTM’s, and M badges. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was a member’s car.

1997 BMW e36 Msport - Mora metallic individual w/ dove grey leather interior A few of you might know this car.. I have had the car for a year a bit but hasn't quite filled my gc8 shaped gap. Details as follows: Full 328i drive train swap - I bought the car with the M52B28 and a Getrag 5 speed in it but one of the bearings decided to disintegrate so now it has a nice low kms zf5 in it. BC Gold Coilovers. M50 Manifold and tune. Supersprint exhaust. Full Msport Kit including LTW wing, m3 mirrors and m3 lip Style 24 wheels. Aftermarket radio w/ bluetooth. New Michelin Pilot Sport 5 In the past year i have also replaced: Pretty much the entire cooling system(Including rad, all hoses, clamps, water pump etc) Control arm bushings. Fuel pump assemlby. General service stuff oil, air filter etc Clutch Release bearing. AC Regassed. Car is pretty tidy but has a few minor issues: Clear coat is starting to peel on bonnet. Interior could do with a few things refurbished or replaced notably the seats and door card fabric. AC Condenser is starting to rattle. Id like $18500 but that's pretty top of the market for these cars so I am open to offers around there. Contact no: 0226514005. Texting before calling would be ideal 🙂

The more evidence you have of it being a known issue and of cases being settled/recalled overseas and the more noise you make, the better chance you will have.

You can call and they’ll give you them over the phone, have to go in to actually pay (and show your card).

Welcome 👋 I see you have a Mazda MPV ... my daily is the Honday Odyssey. Maybe we need a people mover sub group 🤣

Ok, so more general admin on the car, while patiently waiting for parts to arrive. New Tial Q BOV, genuine! onto new front facing plenum charge pipe, all fits well, minor miracle. Using some prefered products for air pressure plumbing, NPT 90 deg swivel fittings w/ high temp nylon hose for the BOV to under the intake manifold fitting. Turbo guard as a no filter option Headlight lens 1 sealed back onto housing and completed using all new headlight specific sealant, happy with the results for sure. Glad wrapped to fend off any garage rash Not going to paint or powder coat the calipers, but Cerakote C series ceramic coat them. All stripped down, replaced the calipers bolts to grade 12.0 cap bolts instead of the star headed 10.9s that are easy to strip, as two did whilst removing to separate the caliper halves. Colour likely https://www.cerakote.com/shop/cerakote-coating/C-148/burnt-bronze new AP Racing seal kit inc dust boots and nipples arrived. New AP Racing CP5555 pads, very similar to ferodo DS2500. Will get calipers sandblasted first, not thats there any paint left, but to get a good key/surface finish for the cerakote to bind to. A 5 day cure tho after application... After reading for days and nights the fuel tank is back out for a Walbro/Ti Industries 535 aka 295 pump as the main pump. EKP cooling mod approaching also...found a 3d printed new cover that incorporates a fan alongside heatsinks to go inside. It'll need more fuel if I delete the HPFP and Di, more to come on that... While im under the car I may get hubs and arms cerakoted while im digging around in there. The US military use it on some of their weapons, and found a local who is reliable and cheap applying it, save myself anymore cancer breathing it in. So for sh*ts n giggles, the HPFP and HP injectors will be removed shortly and to run port injection only. It some ways its a backward step. The system is pretty good, if not getting very pricey to replace these parts. Its the ECu being the biggest headache when N54 start getting pushed. Going standalone ECU, this is a major step in being able to control the engine as opposed to suggestions with the MSD80/81, and avoiding a life dealing with MSD codes. I've experienced enough, now Ive read enough to have made my mind up. HPFP and Di delete kit on its way. Thank you to Dan Buchner on this decision. https://vargasturbo.com/product/vtt-n54-di-injector-delete-kit/ Might get my money back on a Maxx Ecu with the prices of index 12's these days sheesh

The market will surpass what you view as a peak. Just strap in and enjoy it for the number of year's it'll take until we've made it through recession, the economy will eventually recover, meanwhile e30's (and M325i in particular) will be older, scarcer, and more desirable... and more spare cash in buyer's pockets will be reflected in higher prices. We've seen it all before, 80's, 90's, '08.... the e30 is a classic car like any other.

Not gonna lie, looks like a pretty cool build to me, quite clean too. $20k is what some are asking for automatic sedans nowadays, would rather this any day of the week.