Gaz

Much warmer in the garage today, managed to get the old clamp off and put a new one on.. fuel leaked sorted. 

Looks like it might still be leaking coolant, possibly from the thermostat housing (the one thing I over looked) I see there's a bunch of aluminum housing on the market. Anyone used one with success or just stick with a factory one.

Oil leaks, power steering leaks, abs/dsc ecu.. 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3596489615

Listed and sold in the day..too cheap?

Poked my head under last night and this looks like the culprit. Loose hose clamp. Tried tightening it but made it worse.. then it got too cold and I gave up. Will give it a good clean and replace tonight and see how it goes. 

Couple years have gone by, didn't realize it was 3! Not a huge amount has changed but kids will do that. Been through a couple different sets of wheels, style 5s, acs type 1 monoblocks.

Picked up a dream set of ACS type 1 racing which I'll get widened to 17x9. Currently rocking some stye 24s however 

Ditched the msport kit and going more with an ASC theme. Picked up some type 1 mirrors, and painted them LSB as a tester as thinking about painting the whole car..

Had a slow coolant leak which was getting worse. Top hose looked average so replaced that..nope still leaking..so I guess nows a good time to upgrade the radiator. Was holding out for a s54 z3m one but all out of stock. Ended up grabbing a cheap used mishimoto one with new hoses. I had the radiator with the expansion tank built in so thought now would be a good time to upgrade to the m3 self bleeding system. 

Out with the old..

This was much harder than I thought. First, radiator didn't fit as the mounts are too narrow, grabbed some from a wrecker. Mine also has two wiring connectors up by the fuse box so tucked them underneath the expansion tank bracket for now. 

then I had run this hose which connected to old expansion tank, to the new one. I cut it in half and grabbed a joiner from the legends at A1.

Sorted. Ran up everything and checked for leaks..

Pulled it out of the garage as to not gas out the Mrs in the office.. and it'd leaking fuel. At least it's good weather to daily the convertible 

59 minutes ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

Spent a wee while staring at the arse end of the convertible - decided it needs a little something, namely a boot spoiler.

I can’t decide between the Tech 1 or the more subtle “SE” lip spoilers I have sitting in the cupboard.

I do also have an M3 Evo III style spoiler from the race car, but thought that would be a bit OTT for a road going ‘vert.

Tech 1.. I've got an alpina 157 on mine and the side profile is perfect with the top down

*smg

If it's km then it's a good price I feel

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3574256086

57 minutes ago, Twistee said:

Best of luck finding a panel shop that wants anything but insurance work these days. It's been a long time since I had major work done, but Takapuna Panelbeaters have done a couple of full bare metal resprays for me and the work has always been fantastic - and they know how to properly fix things. 

Panel shops prefer non insurance work as they get screwed down tight on what insurance companies will pay

I think I've got a rear bar at home, will have a look around tonight

Also paint or wrap the lower sill covers too. Black on white looks tits. 

On 4/10/2022 at 10:03 AM, wrs said:

Has none + there's a wait-list.

Weitz has one now, just listed on Facebook 

You on Facebook? They pop up every so often, one here in chch for $1400, no dme, headers though

Showing signs of high pressure fuel pump failure 

Coupled with the m50 swap package that's on trademe at the moment, would go well

Quick rants that turn to long rants... 

It's not the oil leak tou have ti worry about, it's the coolant hoses, valve stem seals, breathers etc

We have received an insane amount of enquiries on hybrid vehicles in the last week and sold all our 2nd hand stock within days. 

Plug-in hybrids are the way to go I think. 40km battery range which will get most to work and back and with petrol to help on long range

The old D-windows! 

There's only 2 in Christchurch, mate delt with Paul Smith for his m50e30 swap. Dont know about the other guy but at least Don Hoff is gone

Whatever whacked these on trademe, contact me if interested 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3489309960

Also selling my brother's set of e60 m5 wheels if there's is any interest 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3497464301

Depends on the brand, some run narrow others wide but 205mm is 8.07 inchs so should be pretty straight

What if I or a private individual did it? Is it OK then? 

No different from a sparky buying a plug socket for $10, then selling it for $15 as part of an install

1 hour ago, Contrails said:

Which stealer bought it? Will probably see it again in a month with a price tag of $60k I reckon.

No harm in that is there? At $35k it was grossly underpriced and $60k odd being the market rate

Agnew brothers?