martyyn

Hi Glenn, I still have all the air con stuff working its only the buttons on the right of the screen that no longer respond.

So my screen has a permanent blue line down it now and an intermittent red and green stripe aswell now. The last couple of weeks Ive had an additional problem where the radio/cd/tape will not work. Up until yesterday if Ive switched the car off and started it again it worked. But as of yesterday when I turn the key to position one I get the radio and can use all the buttons on the tv. When I turn to position two I can still do everything. When I start the car is sound goes off (as normal) but the sound doesnt come back on. I can use the knob for the obc and get all the computer stuff on the screen but none of the tv/radio buttons work and I have no sound. I can select the tv channels ok but again no sound. Ive had a few battery problems recently and it needs a good charge. It was dead a few weeks ago and I only drive 10-15 mins to work and back so I doubt its being charged properly. Could that have anything to do with it? Or am I looking at an excuse to upgrade to a widescreen ?

The style 32's are very common, stick to finding some staggered m-pars mate.

You really need to be a little more specific mate. I know Ive said this before but you didnt answer any of the questions. Do you want standard or lowered springs? Do you want springs for a V8 or I6 (my understanding is they are different) ? Are you after all four or just the fronts or just the rears? I have a set of standard fronts for an I6 that you can buy but I honestly have no idea what they are worth, so send me a PM with an offer....you never know your luck.

Thats incredibly cheap. Id like to know where that price came from too.....its not the seafreight thats expensive is all the fuss they have to go to with the packing. It all has to be treated wood these days and it costs a fortune.

I 'think' you can get them from the dealers for under $20. Its the three stripes that sit in the little groove at the bottom of the center spoke.

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Thats still way over priced. Ive seen several sell for $100 over the years. His original price was just a joke.

I think you'll find the shipping costs will be horrendous Brent. I looked at getting a body kit out of the UK last year and the cost of the packaging alone was more than the shipping.

You should be able to get a set of wheels down here for less than 150.

HB Grant, hope you have some suitable toys to play with

Ive had them on my touring for a few weeks now and I cant fault them. Stick like glue in both the wet and the dry.

Yes mate I do. Two have 'provisionally' sold Im still waiting to hear from the bloke but as your in Wellington your welcome to come and have a look at them. Send me a PM

Do a search mate this has been done to death with everyone having a different opinion. Whenever there has been a consensus its that you cant go wrong with either the new Nexen's from our friendly tyre sponsor or a set of Direzzas. If your looking at spending a little more then F1's or FK452's will do the job.

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Have you got a photo of the wheels. Ive never heard of 245/50/17 on a 7.Are the wheels originally off an e39? That would explain a lot and would guarantee that you would need the hubcentric rings. 235/45/17 would be fine on the front of an e32, but I dont know about an e38

Sounds to me like you need to walk away. There are plenty more fish in the sea, take your time and find a good one.

After they'd gone to all that trouble it would be rude not to !

I wouldnt have said anything....Id just turn the key and drive off !!

But so true.

And exactly how much would it cost to buy one with all of that already done? And how many M3's do you see driving around New Zealand? Considering all the fuss thats been on here lately with the prices of M3's currently in the country. 18k to bring it in and 10k to make it beautiful doesnt seem that much. I cant argue with you that it may have been half the price 3 months ago, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Left hooker is not a problem, thats they way they were intended to be so why spoil it?

Im glad you can see sod all of our house from the road

Last time I checked JG in Wellington it was close to $400....and still needed painting.

It think you'll find they are considerably more than $190 from a dealer.

Yep me too. Have been using Mediaportal for over two years now. Have a server under the house with full remote access from anywhere and an HTPC under the tv with DVB-T, DVB-S and Sky recording all the tv I want whenever I want with the music wireless to both the laptops.It can be a pain to set up initially, but its an awful lot better than it used to be and its worked flawlessly for months for me now. In fact if you dont bother with the tv, its a doddle to set up and use and like josh said you can use one remote to control everything. I have seen something similar to the Philips though Mike. Ill see if I can dig it out. I think it was $500 and did all the wirelss music, plus digital channels, plus internet radio too. All of a sudden though $500 sounds rather cheap. What about an ipod touch on a docking station into the stereo? Those screens are pretty reasonable.