martyyn

Someone told me ages ago they are less than $20 from the dealers.....not sure whether I believed them or not but worth a call to find out.

My bad, missed the second vid....Bravo's right though....sorry Brendan

No dragons ? Its not a project thread until we see a dragon.

Clay bar....sorted.

Mad [e] If I wasnt so in love with the 318is, Id been on the phone right now Mark.

Mate, didnt you ask the same question about four years ago

Id be very surprised if those caps fitted the 17' reps fellas, they are for the genuine 16's. From what I remember of the reps they dont have the inner lip that the lock fits around and so these wont fit.

Where are you mate, I know of a set for sale in Wellington.

I couldnt agree more mate, but its a dog eat dog world and if you want something enough just have to get stuck in there.I saw the 318is on trademe, phoned him straight away, went to see it two hours later and made an offer on the spot, conditional on him taking it off the auction. If Id waited for the auction to finish I probably wouldnt own it now because the amount I paid is just criminal [e] Sorry Mark, meant to say good job a cracking car that needs the front spoiler to finish it off

Thats a tech 1 rear

HB Nath, hopefully we can hook up this weekend and I can give you some spending money !

I think they all have heckspoiler written on them, you need to either show us a photo or the part number

Im sorry mate but thats rubbish. The 528 has to be one of the better 6 cylinder engines BMW has ever produced. The 530 is possibly the best e39 you can buy. The 520 will be gutless as hell, but the later 525i, the 528's and the 530's are superb.

You'll need new front wings and a new piece under the headlight if you want to put them in though. Pre and post facelift are not a straight swap in the e38's

[geek rant] Information Technology....pfffft.....its nothing more than Computer Science for dummies. It never ceases to amaze me how many people get this degree and apply for developer roles claiming to have a Computer Science degree....muppets. [/geek rant]

I have Boris yes, but the cost just wouldnt be worth it. Plus I think it would be worth much more simply left alone. Ill put a tech1 rear wing on and find an 'is' front lip and leave it as that I think.

I need the BBS version which pushes on and then has the centre piece which screws in to lock it.

Sorry mate, I think its awful....but you did ask.

Yeah, $100 each my arse. Ive offered him $40 for the pair and starting to regret that much !

Beauty, thanks Brent. Ive just picked one up for a tenner off ebay, but I could have these as spares they are like rocking horse poo at the moment. Sorry Bravo, not houndstooth, but Mark has already put you right Mark, get the turtlewax Oxy shampoo (called something like that) brilliant stuff for getting all sorts of stains out and the car smells nice again.

A quick trip to repco and I now have gasket paper and gasket sealer, so now for a MacGyver-styles thermostat housing gasket

Thanks mate, a trip to repco it is. Thank god its a bright sunny day !

Nope, only the rubber ring came with it. If Id needed the gasket I wouldve though Jeff Grey wouldve said 'oh and you'll need this $5 gasket aswell just to be safe'. I guess I was wrong

I have the old thermostat out but in taking the housing out the gasket tore. Is this something I can just line up and put back on temporarily until I can get a new gasket or am I out of luck and I need the gasket before I can put it back together again ? Does anyone know if its a BMW only item ? This will teach me to think I can just sneak it in whilst the wife takes the kids swimming !