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Hey guys Recently picked up this 130i which I'm sure you will likely recognize. Seriously awesome car and I couldn't be happier with it, major props to Dave for it putting together! Am on the hunt for some cool genuine parts which I will make a post for at some point. Love all things Honda and BMW, I've attached some photos of my other cars. Excited for the future of this mighty 130i 😁

Dropped the subframe today. I decided last week to stay with the non-m subframe as the trailing arm mounts on a slightly different angle, it would be ok as in putting ball joints into there but just doesn't sit right with my OCD ( can be seen in the photo below ). As such I order some hardrace toe arms instead of using the M3 ones. Next step is to install the aluminum subframe bushing which should turn up tomorrow, replace the diff bushings, install hardrace toes arms with eccentric lockout, replace the trailing rubber bushings with ball joints and install the m3 spring arms ready for m3 shocks. Should make for the perfect rear end, fully ball joints and solid subframe bushings.

Yep what a huge waste! Gutting because I'd originally gone to scope out whether the engine was saveable as it would just be a cool thing to have, whether that be in a car or in a man cave as something to look at. Definitely wasn't near the car. To get the engine and gearbox out would have been an ordeal - and then to not take it?? So strange! Judging by the photo it's in front of stock no. 950 Subaru Impreza which you can see is in a container - these line the perimeter of pickapart and have a green roof. So it seems someone removed the engine and gearbox, and then moved it away from the entry / exit and to the outskirts of the yard. Perhaps to hide it from others? Although I have a more plausible theory. The M5 is roughly here (no. 900): My theory is the staff must have removed it before the car was put on the yard. Then for whatever reason dumped it with a forklift next to that Subaru and away from the M5. If you look at the photo I took you can see the fan shroud and stuff is still there - indicating the engine must have been dropped rather than removed through the front - indicating it was done prior to the car being publically available to be "pick[ed] a-part". I just can't see that engine, gearbox, subframe and brakes (which must be in excess of 400kg) getting cleanly removed with the car half a meter off the ground, and then being moved with those crap engine crane things they have there.

@Jacko might have some spare 18's...

I have a standard 130i muffler if you want to sell the quad tip muffler separately:)

Not to hijack, but I’ll have a full set of pads and front discs for sale in October if any M5 owners want to do all four corners with these rears.

Nice one. I posted your first vid here a while back. Just spotted the Soarer in your vid. Awesome cars. I miss my MZ10 a lot. I looked them up in Japan recently, cried a little, then purchased another 130i instead.

Doing some more thinking, and I reckon they probably removed the whole front end to get to the cats as I'm guessing it has cats integrated into the headers? What a bunch of idiots. Ruin a very expensive and desirable engine for the catalytic converters... yeah nice one guys.