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Had a decent go at cutting and polishing. Lots of trial and error along the way but getting the hang of it… Test area to see how hardy the paint is. On to cutting the fr guard. Then the sides and the roof, which I never thought would come up well, lots of deep scratches. Gave it a wet sand first. After cutting the sides and roof I expected this sh*t to appear under bright lighting.. Up until now i’d been using a rotary polisher so i switched to a DA and got rid of most of it. Happy how it turned out Got the hatch and bumpers to do. Won’t bother with the bonnet until i can find a straight one with saveable black sapphire metallic paint.

Thought I’d update this, car is pretty much how I want it now so no real need to change much, especially with having picked up an e30 as a new project (there’s a thread for it on here too if you’re interested). car drives great, works perfectly, couldn’t be happier with it, feels special to drive. Took it out for a summers evening drive and got some photos.

That's awesome, love a flying brick! Bet you surprise a few people at the traffic lights... I imagine the interior is gorgeous. I've been meaning to write a thread on my Volvo I had last year. 2005 S60-R with the all important M66 space ball... heaps of goodies on it too. Was a rowdy beast. Can confirm Volvo seats are in a class of their own.

Replacement bonnet got given the same treatment as the rest of car. Before After

Kenwood KMM-BT408 mechless. It's the updated version of the 305 I have in my e30. Small, clean look, tons of integration with your phone, three sets of pre-outs and all sorts of configs for time delay, eq etc etc. Even configure what the pre-outs are doing. Amber lighting: check. Configure your own preferred shade. Plays your carefully ripped WAV files from USB too. Or just play Spotify from your phone if you favour convenience. Install the included mic, set up bluetooth with your phone - bingo full handsfree. It'll even take a second phone at the same time. I bought one for my e46, not yet installed. If you want steering wheel integration you'll need a babelfish to take the canbus and talk to the Kenwood. https://www.qualitycaraudio.co.nz/kenwood-kmm-bt408-bluetooth-usb-nz-tuners-3x-pre-outs-car-stereo?search=KMM-BT408

Love a VOLVO! Great stuff, looks awesome. I often find myself checking trademe for V70R estates 🙂

I recently had fully lined up a good E30 Alpina in the UK to import, and a donor car here for parts or shell. Then my father passed away unexpectedly and with that upheaval the big project wasn't a good idea, so I grabbed a local 1987 M325, with a few things that need ironing out. Stumbling idle. The car idles at a steady speed wherever set, but has a distinct stumble/misfire. No issues apparent at speed but it may be masked at those revs. Idles as if it has a lumpy cam. Valve clearances have been done Spark plugs replaced dizzy cap checked/cleaned- was new 10,000km ago injectors were apparently serviced and found to be clogged or grubby, fuel filter has been changed, presumable after that. All injectors are actuating. Vacuum leaks checked to a simple level, intake boot appears new as do various other parts. AFM has no flat spots and tests with steadily increasing resistance. Spark is apparent at all plugs Car has the two crank sensors on the bellhousing, an unexpected hall sensor on the harmonic balancer with cable up to the OBD plug(smooth rimmed balancer, where is the sensor picking a signal from?) and a sensor on one spark plug lead plugged to nowhere, I presume for facelift cars with newer motronic. That is really my core interest. The metallic rattle from under the car could be an undisclosed lightened flywheel, a crappy input shaft bearing, throwout bearing or clutch springs, or simply the effect of a misfiring idle on those components. Am happy to have them all replaced. Could the ECU (Motronic 1.0) cause this, even though the car basically runs well and there is no major misfire? Could the coil cause it? I'd not imagine it could being as it generally gets spark to where it needs to go. Thanks Nathan

Having been in the same boat not long ago, unless you’re spending big $ on a mint garage kept example they all have rust, it’s just a matter of how hard you’re willing to look. Only way to get a truely rust free one is to strip it all back and start fresh from there.

Actually mine, just reposting here. Located in Wellington, asking around $14k. 122k KM. Good condition, low mileage hardtop (looks and sounds like a coupe with roof up) BMW 335i with the rare DCT 7 speed gearbox. 122k km. Brand new quality tyres and brand new 19" wheels (M4 M3 style). Well equipped with some nice options from factory: Sports Transmission Option (has two Sport Modes, unlike standard BMWs which have 1) BMW "Active Steering" option pack. Comfort Access (doors unlock when you touch handle Heated Seats Beige (actually a lighter bone colour) Leather Interior Aux Input Xenons, Rain Sensors, Aircon etc I also fitted BMW MSport Suspension which gives it a sportier ride and handling. NZ Radio Recently serviced (filters, oil, one temp lower NGK spark plugs as per enthusiasts recommendation). I also fitted a top anchor point for a rear facing child seat. Its a pretty fun car for kids, fits two in child seats plus a buggy in boot (and space to spare) with roof down! Is not remapped but these famously are super tunable.

p.s yes the sensor from number 6 spark plug lead that has a plug on it will not be applicable to your pre-facelift car. Only the facelifts use this as part of motronic 1.3 engine loom

Car is now sold 😭 Was claimed within a couple days of listing it and buyer picked it up today. Went to a good home. I'll still hang around, even though my new car is not a BMW 🙃 I've got a bunch of 130i and associated platforms new in box parts to sell, will start listing below, feel free to pm if interested OE Full sump gasket replacement kit, Manual car. not just the gasket, but bolts and other things you may break while doing it like oil pick up and steering shaft bolt $200 OE Engine mounts and bolts $300 Steering wheel insert OEM BMW $150 Oil Filter $Pending , Bulbs, coolant temp sensor, carrier bearing? Other miscellaneous stuff $Enquire? Mickey Mouse Flange and pipe $50 Chain Tensioner, opened for photo. $100 PENDING SOLD Lower PCV hose, new but bag open $40 Schmiedmann Inner Brake lines, new but dirty bag $30 USED Oem BMW wheel caps $SOLD Used original BMW Roof racks for the car and the tool!!! $150 I don't have a photo 😅 Used original interior parts - handbrake and gear shifter handless and gaiters plus knob - $100? Used Original air intake tube $20 Also have a used Idrive screen, it works fine but screen is scratched/damaged and it emits a glue like smell. Enquire if useful? Can work out shipping and happy to bundle stuff.

Full listing on Trademe here: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/5220685137 We have chosen to keep a diesel X5 for towing duties, so this incredible spec E70 is for sale. Asking $8500 ono to any Bimmersport members - needs to go. Recommend viewing in person, the V8 sound is incredible and the car presents well in person. Viewing in Helensville, Auckland 0800. Space-grey metallic with High gloss shadow line, and individually optioned anthracite headliner set this X5 apart. Panoramic sunroof, perforated nappa leather seats with full lumbar support, heated seats front and rear, 4 zone climate control, xenons, sport package, HiFi audio package, reverse AND parallel parking camera - a real pleasure to drive. Gas-strut liftable rear floor for more trunk storage! Previous owner chipped to 400hp, and the exhaust system sounds amazing. Great V8 rumble, not overpoweringly loud in the cabin at all. Professionally tinted and lowered, with Toyo Proxes tyres all around. Entirely new sunroof by BMW in 2021 (receipt in glovebox) Driver and passenger airbags, and Auxiliary water pump also replaced by BMW in 2021 (receipt in glovebox) Transmission serviced in July 2024 PCV valves (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) replaced Recent oil and filter service New 230A Alternator New 95AH, 900CCA battery Fresh wheel alignment (spec sheet in glovebox) Some standout options from factory: Sports package Panorama glass roof 4 Zone climate control (separate rear AC interface) Lumbar support + climatecontrolled front seats Heated seats front and rear 6 CD changer (easy access in glovebox) HiFi speaker system Headlight cleaning system Park Distance Control (PDC) Rear and parallel (LHS) parking cameras Rain sensor (auto wipers) Xenon Adaptive (auto) Headlights Cruise control with brake function Sports Suspension settings Sports leather steering wheel Self levelling rear suspension High gloss shadow line (individual option) Headlining anthracite (individual option) Exhaust cold start:

Breaking news, you may not be aware, but, N52s leak oil.

I think we all knew it was something along those lines. Still dont agree with the deleting on the thread though.

Having given up on finding a reasonably priced EV / Hybrid that wasn't completely thrashed I changed tack and found this : A phone call on Saturday, a one way ticket to Wellington on Sunday and 8 hours later it was home. Please ignore the headlight fluid, I topped that up after finding the rubber boot lying in the engine bay. For the $4k I spent on this I'm very happy, other than needing a service and fixing some of the vacuum lines that have perished it's in great shape for a 19 year old car. Being a 2 door, it just feels stupidly small and with the remap that a previous owner had done it's plenty fast enough - according to my OBDlink it's turned up from 8psi to 25psi of peak boost. Best of all it's a manual, so I get to row through the gears.

Had 2 of these common in recently for rear main seal failure/vacuum leak, not a cheap fix. I'd be changing the pcv if it hasn't been done.

Tend to go for Erling gaskets but used Victor Reinz ones plenty on M30 and M20 engines, like you said been around forever . There was a bad batch of them many many years ago, but not sure if that was localized to M30 engined ones or not, probably a non issue.

Yes it's verging on proper quick, apparently Volvo is a bit understated with the torque on these, and it just picks ups and goes with no loss of traction. Interior is definitely top tier, just a beautiful place to sit. The driver dash is all digital, it's quite nicely done with the tacho in the middle. That S60R is epic! I've been doing a bit of reading up on the performance Volvos. They've got a bit of history with spicy cars.

This one is pretty rough, and appears to have been dicked with a bit, judging by the springs in the boot, and it's a repo! https://www.turners.co.nz/Damaged-Vehicles/Damaged-Cars-for-Sale/bmw/320ise/26607615 An SE is always nice. There seems to be a lot of manual SE models. Dad had a 325i SE manual for 18 years. Plus a 320i is a waste of time as an auto. slowest and hungriest of them all.

Bought this last Friday for a good price. Being a track addict these days I was keen to get in to something RWD. The Good… -All paint except rear bumper and hatch lid is original -New RE003’s 225/45/17 on all corners. I think the fronts should be 205/50/17 with these wheels? -BMWP 6 pot Front Callipers -Last owner had it 9 years. Presumably has had annual oil changes every 10-12k -Valve cover gasket recently done, waterpump and tstat look new. -Clutch feels bitey Not so good… -Oil pan gasket. No surprises. -Lifter tick seems persistent, even after bleeding procedure and open road driving -Usual old car wear and tear, the most annoying being the loose rearview mirror (previous installation error and loose retaining prong holding it to windshield) -Shocks feel tired -Needs new brakes all round No dme codes but I reset the adaptations and chucked some 98 in. Goes better now. Plan for now is to tidy it up, add some track focused mods and see how I go!

Marty boy ain't fluffing around! good sh*t man!! Love seeing stuff like this! I need to sort my e91 touring and sell it lol it also has the dreaded ticking but it has been sitting for a year now!

Have updated sold items, still remaining are: New in box OE/OEM Sump Gasket replacement kit. $200 OE Engine Mounts new in box, plus bolts $300 Steering Wheel insert, new OEM. P/N 32307845527 $150 Used Msport handbrake/shifter OEM Interior Pieces. Instrument Pinnacle $100 Used Air Intake $20 Used Roof Racks + Tool $150

looking good buddy! love your car !

She was very pleased with it, flew up to collect. They were recommended the car by another bimmersport member too! I know it's gone to a good home.

Hi all, I have the following E30 parts for sale: 1) Pair of OEM factory fog lamps for facelift car, genuine glass units complete with brackets. $140 pair 2) 5 headlamps- one smilie passenger side lens, 4 various inner lights. $120 3) Smoked side repeaters and facelift smoked front indicators lenses $140 4) MHW smoked tail lights. These are high quality E3 marked units made to OEM quality back in the day. They are very rare and hard to find in good condition. A pair recently sold on eBay UK for 1000 GBpounds. I will attach a screenshot of the auction sale price for reference. I am looking offers around $1400

Sounds good David - I am not in any hurry! Cheers Mate

Hey Dude I will take the Mickey Mouse and oil filter please

Did you get what you wanted for it? Ill grab the chain tensioner if its still available, have nearly everything else NIB anyway 😪

Hi All - have had this car for about 3 years, installed Apple Car play - been a good reliable motor while we've had it, gets about 850k-900km on a single tank and the interior is in impeccable condition. Has good set of M sport 19" alloys (rear 275 and front 245 R19s). Has done 162,000kms todate, will come with upto date WOF and some RUC. Looking for $12k but negotiable. TradeMe Listing here: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/5239680245?bof=AXrgU19j

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Nice job, looks great! Make sure you protect it well. Washing the car has been a breeze ever since I did mine.

Doesn't stop them breaking into them, and vandalising the interior when they can't drive off with it. Happens a lot with NZ New cars that have immobilisers, they tear the ignition to bits, find they can't hotwire it, and start smashing headunits, gauges, cutting seats and headlinings, dumb stuff thats a real pain to replace. Little shits need a damn good smack.

The rear airbags are very easy to replace on the e53 and e70 platforms. They make towing so much better.

Very sad news, always a worthwhile thread where SSBMW had contributed. Always on the money, particularly knowledgeble.

Oh what did I miss?

Never knew the guy but I recall his posts here and there. It is always heartbreaking when someone from our community passes. My deepest condolences go out to his friends and family. RIP Sanjay, fellow BMW enthusiast and valued Bimmersport member.

Hi All, Nice to e-meet you all, I'll soon be (hopefully) getting hold of a F80, M3 so pics to come once I've got the car. I'd like to think I've moved up the BMW ranks with my very first car being a 316i which was followed by a 318i and a 323i before moving away from BMW briefly.

Had a great weekend working on the car. On Saturday morning Dad and I got the car up on stands and exhaust and driveshaft out. Unbolted the exhaust at the headers and dropped the whole thing, then the same with the driveshaft. So much faster than last time given we're just removing and reinstalling rather than taking it all apart to clean. I'm super happy with how everything under the car is holding up, it's 8 years since we did the underbody refresh and everything is looking really good under there. I did the new gear position sensor first, access is a bit of a mission but the mutilated allen key approach does work. The old sensor was extremely notchy and rough after 20 years of service. Worth noting that we ran the first part of the SMG adaption (up to the point it wants the car started) to make sure it was happy with the new GPS. After that we moved on to lowering the rear subframe to facilitate the installation of the Yurkan Cages 6 point brace. We took off the brake calipers and rear trailing arm pockets and lowered the entire thing about 100mm on a couple of jacks (to give us more control over forward/rearward weight distribution). That gave us enough access to unbolt the front RACP studs and get them out. We then jacked the subframe back into place and loosely bolted it, which gave us a better safety factor while working under it. At this point we drained the diff, swapped out the rear diff cover for a new one and reinstalled with new bolts and drain plugs. I've mentioned previously that I'd long experienced some clunkiness when shifting/loading/unloading the drivetrain. This was vastly improved by adapting the SMG. I wasn't sure whether what remained was the diff getting a bit tired or whether the rear bushes needed replacing but I was pleased on checking the diff that there is no detectable lash in the diff at all, likewise with the driveshaft. I was therefore pretty hopeful that it was just the rear diff bushes that were the culprit. The rest of the process was pretty straightforward, we unbolted one point at a time and using a threaded drill guide that dad turned on his lathe and an extra long 6mm drill bit we went up through each of the 4 points in turn. Then it was simply a case of come down from the top with a 10.5mm bit before running a tap on a long extension up from underneath to complete the thread the whole way through. With that done it was then a case of bolting in each of the 4 points and torquing to spec. The rest of the reassembly took a couple of hours and we had the car on the ground again. The install of the brace was super quick - fitment of the brace was absolutely perfect - Marin's fabrication is spot on. Then it was just a case of running the complete adaption on the SMG and going for a test drive. Today I drove the car on a route I'm very familiar with and I'm extremely pleased with the end result! The last of the clunkiness when shifting is now resolved. Even under heavy acceleration in S5/S6 all you get is the sound and surge of power. I'm super stoked. And the brace. Well, I know others have reported a big improvement, but I wasn't completely sure if I'd find the same. Suffice to say the improvement is not subtle! For me the rear has always felt slightly less co-ordinated than the front (not to say it's not objectively excellent to begin with, but it's always stood out to me that the car is just a little bit more put together in the front). Now with the brace it's the other way around! The change in stiffness is hugely noticeable even just driving around town. As soon as you get to a roundabout or uneven tarmac it becomes very apparent how much more rigidity there is. The car really feels glued together in the back now. I love it and am excited to go for a decent spirited drive.

Chipping away at re-assembly while waiting for parts. An old coil must’ve been arc’ing on cyl 6 as the Mg has blown out turned in to dust. Had to clean alot of crap out of the spark plug well. Cleaned up the corrosion out of all 6 holes then brushed 2 coats of epoxy enamel to give it a seal. Giving some high heat jb-weld a jam on the blown out damage.. Vanos oil strainers had no sludge but a couple of small bits of swarf on them. Gave everything in the engine bay a good clean to help with future traces of oil and coolant leaks. 😄

Sadly, i am now dismantling this car at E3x Ltd! Was just doing some reasearch on the differences with the SA engines and found this thread! sizeable dent on left rear door and quarter panel and was written off. A shame to see these ones go but parts help to allow others to live on!

Why dont you have 4 130s? I cant even get in the seat of my one 130 at the moment, fecking neck brace...

The major engine work is now done. 4 lifters were squishy so replaced all 12. This was a thunder c&nt to remove (blind plug for locking the flywheel at tdc. The end you pull on snapped off so I spent about 4 hours stabbing and hitting it with a punch and bfh until it slid most of the way in to the flywheel. Then use the locking mandrel with a prybar to lever it all the way through. It got stuck to the flywheel so was able to remove it via the starter motor hole. The exhaust cam bearing and ledge journals had seen better days. Got the cam polished and lightly sanded the scoring on the caps. The state they were in: After a polish and sanding followed by a quick clean up: Engine timed up and now waiting for a few little gaskets and bits to arrive for the intake manifold. The large Disa is cooked so taking a gamble with a new one from aliexpress.

Thanks! Should just be airbox out to get a good view of what is going on. The feed from the engine to the distro block is not easy to inspect or replace, saving this one for a rainy day. I just used Aeroflow product, worked with it before and it is reasonably affordable in terms of AN fittings, I just copied the whitbread ones from their photos. I didn't actually do the top turbo line back to the block, it came like that when I bought it, would probably route it slightly different when I redo it at some point. These are the parts I used for the distro block to lower turbo (LP) feed line: 2x AF202-03, 1x AF200-03-1M, 1x AF359-03, 1x AF351-03, 1x AF91-1909 (heat sleeve, optional extra but nice to have) and some crush washers from mitre10.

Bit of progress, dash vents painted: Sump gasket and engine mount inserts : Not great, not terrible underneath the valve cover. 2 soft lifters on the exhaust side, have ordered 12 lifters to replace. Intake side seems ok which is good, no need to buy more tools to remove those c&nty valvetronic springs..

The peak is the Stone Island sticker on the door, well known as the Football Hooligans uniform, tops even the fake brakes!

I think this might be peak "trying so desperately hard to be cool" Fake plastic Wilwoods (in Manukau)

Have you driven one? There’s no way it’s passing anything on the straight unless it’s a bicycle.

^^ Free isn’t free period. Someone is paying in the end. A ‘life lesson’ learnt.

pointless using brave if you still have google set as the default search engine, its the search engine at fault not the browser you won't get a sponsored section with other search engines like that people don't realise just how much monopoly google have on the world, just pure evil 95% of people think a google search is an unbiased truth and completely fact checked its very sad how they have way more control than facebook /meta ever had, just more subtle but people think zuckerberg is the issue ask any teacher, student google is god