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Reminds me of this scene, such a funny series from back in the day 🤣

I polished the headights using a fine compound on an orange foam pad, and the problem is now fixed!

VID-20241123-WA0001.mp4 VID-20241123-WA0000.mp4 VID-20241123-WA0000.mp4 Rear loose on 1st test drive.. Car feels sooo much more solid and planted now!! Had the tyre pressures at 36psi and feels abit too firm. Way too loose!! Alot of adjustments needed to the suspension to get the grip. The other 36, with no stiffening, even no strut bars planted the power down. One thing though, she darts straight ahead, no fish tailing. Exciting Build with full blown cage steup. Authority card next, then can start the cert inspection after she's ready.

SOLD Located Whangarei 330i Msport with full bodykit 140k Kms Auto(tiptronic) 3.0l rwd Fresh WOF and reg Genuine Alpina wheels (bad curb rash) Mishimoto air intake Phillips Head Unit Sunroof and alcantara seats (great for summer!) Spare set of factory Msport wheels can come with the car Since owning I have replaced oil/filter, 6x spark plugs, L/R front control arm bushings, rocker cover gasket, camshaft sensors, battery and alternator Cons Occasional rough idle, the engine light comes and goes with it. Passenger side front window not working Power steering has seen better days, unsure of cause. All round decent condition with a couple goodies. Shouldn't cost much to get back to perfect, could fix the remaining issues myself but running out of time and need the money. Still drives great and is a lot of fun with plenty of power. Lots of aftermarket goodies for these things so plenty of potential. Price is open for negotiation, and I can deliver within the upper North island for the right price.

The 130i failed its warrant due to a blown shock and the pads were contaminated from the oil from the shock. I decided to go all in and give it a glow up. BTW 3d design suspension is made by Ohlins. For those that remember my old 330ci, it had 3d design suspension, and was pretty sharp handling wise.

Removed, sanded and repainted the “clip-in” roof rails on the 540i this weekend. All the clear coat was coming off, amazing how one tatty component can lower the town of an otherwise tidy(ish) car. Also replaced rear windscreen rubber gasket, used a cheap eBay one but not super happy with the fit, might need to pull it out and replace with genuine.

Castrol Edge 5w30 is half price in Mitre 10 Botany of all places at the moment. Not sure if it’s just there or all Mitre 10s.

This one is far from new, 270,000km. Required quite a bit of love to get it be a 'nice' car. We're some of the way through building a revvy motor for it. M44 bottom end, with M42 head, ITBs, lightweight flywheel, all rotating assembly balanced etc. It's all going to the machine shop this week. The short block I got from a scrapyard for $200 with 90,000km on it.

Haha yeah have had the same conversation on Nam3Forum - my bad, I thought I'd seen someone else do that but clearly not. FYI the Karbonius box needs M6x18. I've ordered some suitable items 🙂 Re the CSL dipstick - yeah I did look into that, but a couple of things made me ultimately go with the CSL dipstick, firstly not everyone seemed completely satisfied with the mounting arrangement for the bent dipstick, and secondly I may well want to revert to stock at some point in the future and would rather my standard M3 one not be bent :-). Appreciate it's going to be a pain though...

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Bled clutch and brakes, fitted d shaft, heat shield and exhaust. Once you jump in and out a few times...it's quite awrrite. Another feeling altogether sitting in this car. It's like the Ls was meant for a race spek like this.. 3.9 ratio diff in this one, with thicker shafts...last one was 3.15...so ...😳

Surge tank, fuel lines, battery, wiring, radiator, oil cooler positioning & plans.. Rear mount radiator sounds great, electric water pump to help the cycle, will keep the engine & bay much cooler, and room for a turbo or 8 into 1 exhaust.. setup ...We'll see.

She breathes. Lovely flu knocked me out for 3.5 days. Just to bleed the clutch and brakes, fit driveshaft, heat shield and exhaust, Temporary cooling setup(still choosing whether bootmount) And she could have been driven there. Oh, and an aux belt. 20240824_152409.mp4 20240824_152532.mp4

Thanks man. Had a 2 week deadline for an annual meet at the boys next to my shop. One way to speed a project up.

Clearances while fitting...toight!!! Will get rotors machined. The way this car looks and feels with these 18×10s, brakes, suspension etc...💪

5mm strengthening, instead of 3mm. Fulk race 88A bushes from 70. Engine did sag 4-6 mm after a few months.