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Here she is. Going to drive it a while as is but will be ultimately be looking to use it for some track day fun so will go down that route eventually. Had a good read of your thread @Jacko. Some great info in there!

Just listed mine, open to offers: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/130i/listing/4316273265

Thank goodness he's used a cover on it

I was getting sick of the diff noises so i swapped the mfactory helical back into my original diff. Decided to do it myself to avoid the shipping hassle and buy the shim kit with new output shaft bearings from difflabs.au. Since i had 4x original shims from both diffs including thinner shim i could build up, figured i could make most sizes without needing to get them machined down. After a bit of fiddling around with different sized shims i got the backlash and gear pattern looking like it was originally. Backlash @ 0.09mm down from 0.14mm so clunking\knocking mostly gone or much quieter. Unfortunately still have a similar gear whine when cruising ~110kph. Both diffs have wear to some extent, but i can only guess based on the previous diff being ok before the solid subframe mounts and\or meyle front diff bushings that they are allowing more noise to be transmitted. The plan now is to convert most of the suspension back to 'OE' spec, chuck in a replacement open diff and sell it when economic outlook is better. I did plan on keeping this but i find i don't really desire to drive the car after converting my Ti to manual. Given the state of the average road these days its very harsh (compared to that) and only really enjoyable when driving fast\hard on decent condition ones. The 80's BMW ethos is what drew me to them nearly 2 decades ago and why i had E30 for 8 years.

Looks nice! Good luck with the sale

Did the engine get swapped with the trans? Good luck, looks like a nice one.

Saturday drives in my neck of the woods

f**k all new cars in general. Soulless crapbuckets.

I’ll send you a direct message with my contact number. Would love to come check out the car sometime and let you know what I think.

To be fair, its in magnificent cosmetic condition (mechanically can assume it needs attention, sitting around so much). 48km would be more of a factor in a rarer spec.

Very good deal for someone that doesnt have most of these. What's the big puller in the middle blue container used on? if you dont mind me asking

I thought I’d keep this for a while, but things have changed. Trademe link let me know any questions etc. $15000

Seems someone has seen this and has listed their ‘regular’ auto beige 635csi for $78k 🤔