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Had the pleasure of meeting @Gaz the other week. He reached out to see if I wanted to check out an Eisenmann muffler from a 330i that he's parting out, which naturally piqued my interest. The exhaust was still attached to the car, the exhaust nuts at the back of the headers had of course rusted themselves on and rounded out when trying to remove them so instead we fiddled around unbolting the stubby headers from the head and removing the whole exhaust in one piece. All part of the fun. The rest of the exhaust had rubbed through from dragging on the ground but I happily walked away with the muffler. Has lived a life but cleaned up quite nicely. Will give it a nice finishing polish prior to going on for good. The donor was an earlier, PFL 330i and the exhaust setup on it was different to mine, whether from factory or from being modified at some point to make work with the muffler. The main difference being the Eisenmann muffler being a single 59mm OD entry whilst my setup is twin 50mm OD pipes running all the way to the stock muffler. This would mean a reduction in overall cross section area so technically introducing a restriction but it's probably not enough to even notice in real life, not exactly a race car after all. The muffler itself is technically meant for a 316i-328i but did come off a 330i so will send it and see how it goes. I've got a spare stock exhaust setup laying around that I'm happy to have cut up. Have booked in with Flame on the 16th to get this thing made to work. I'm thinking retain the cats, cut out the resonator and put in a Y-pipe somewhere along the way. Can't wait to hear the result. Will no doubt be rowdier than it is, hopefully not too obnoxious tho. Will still keep hold of the stock setup just in case.

Per title, I'm on the hunt locally and internationally for a classic BMW 1502 / 1602 / 2002. Preference is an earlier roundie but happy to look at options. RHD or LHD, engine/trans not required. Not interested in concours cars, just something with good bones. Will travel to view if needed and will pay a finders fee if a lead turns into a sale. Thanks

Nice work on the headlights. Look forward to hearing this new exhaust on cold startup.

The driver's side headlight had fully deteriorated to the point where it wouldn't light up at all anymore, wet or dry, so it was time to properly address it. I picked up a rather rough, but fully operational spare xenon headlight from Pick-A-Part a few months back used it as a donor to repair the existing one. The donor had unfortunately had a rough life with a bunch of clips broken and bulbs held together with some RTV-like goo so it was just too beat up to throw straight in. The headlight disassembly task turned out not to be as daunting as I had feared. Was good being able to practice on the spare unit before moving onto the original one. I made several marks on the casing and adjustment dials to make sure it all went back together in the same way. Ideally, I would have swapped over the main wiring casing where the ballast plugs into but it was in a rather shoddy state with the casing cracked, bits broken off and goo holding it to the headlight housing instead of screws. The brown wire had also been pinched on the seal and cracked in exactly the same place as on the original headlight. Third unit I'm seeing it happen on now so looks to be a very common thing, weirdly enough. I decided to leave the wiring birds nest alone and start by swapping over the igniter unit, which seems to have turned out to be the fix. The original igniter unit was visibly "swollen" with the top & bottom edges bowed out, I'm assuming from absorbing all the moisture making its way into the headlight housing. On the moisture front itself, the lens seal had somehow begun to rot and was in an absolute horrid state. Almost impressive how bad it had gotten. Luckily, the one from the donor was in pretty good nick so I used that for now. Will order a pair of new seals at some point and replace both to future proof it. Unfortunately, it's one of those items that Spareto doesn't stock for some weird reason so will have to be a Schmiedmann order or a trip to the dealership. All put back together and reinstalled in the car, both headlights now fire up instantly so looks to be a successful fix, although she's yet to venture outside and face the rain. Hopefully it'll hold up just fine tho.

Long time (not that long) reader, first time poster. I've always had a soft spot for BMW's. Grew up around them. Past bmw's (in order) - excuse the 3x m135i, but you just cant beat them value for money, especially when a cheap one comes up. 2013 m135i , 2012 m135i, 2003 330i m sport e46, 2014 m135i , 2008 335d e90. Currently have a land cruiser, but wanting to add an m3 to the stables. Considering an f80 or an e90.

he didn't even want 7! I was afraid he might take it. 🤣

The + Battery post cover is missing! That's dangerous and bizarre and more evidence of apathetic owners. Also the intake cover bolt covers are missing. Not a good look.

Thanks mate! Me too. On a side note, I found it rather amusing how we're moving in polar opposite directions on the exhaust front. Saw you were diagnosing the exhaust flap vacuum solenoid the other week to quieten yours down whilst I'm here raging about mine not being loud enough Also, happy birthday buddy! Have a good one, hope you get spoilt by the fam!

Haha wow. Needs a full respray and he wants $30K... Also the valve cover gaskets are leaking so you can bet this thing has had next to no recent maintenance.

Pagid, Hawk or Endless in that order. Avoid EBC at all costs. Utter trash on the track. Had material fall off the backing plates and material crumble like pie crust. A number of others also experienced this in the BMW race series. EBC ignored my concerns so I actively tell people to avoid them.

188k. 188 is for older models up to E36. 188L is newer models after E46,

It's not even manual!🤣

Was just about to post this 😄 Absolute crackhead pricing. Dude is a car salesman and doesn't even know his V6's from I6's. Needs to be disqualified from owning cars.

2003 BMW Z4 3.0ltr V6 for 24.5k! https://www.trademe.co.nz/5356761361

I stop reading classifieds or auction that say "I won't respond on site" or equivalent. Advertise a car for $40k on a specific platform and then claiming you won't engage on that platform is asinine.

I hope the parts you want are not the wheels!

Don't use it and the bearings dry up or have condensation get into them

A CSL can go for quite a bit. More if Paul Walker farted in it mid race.