Antallica

On 3/16/2025 at 11:03 AM, Kees said:

Looks familiar... 

 

 

Nice to see the old girl looking good again with some paint and polish. I don't miss it, always had issues.

Waiting for battery to charge so I can pop it back in and see what's what. Hopefully know more in a day or so.

Still looking for my charger so not sure about charged battery. Did move last week when we fired it up with a jump start.

Seeing if there's any interest in this old girl. Was our old tow rig but I've since bought a ute.

Full service history, needs an oil change and a new alternator or battery. Started going into limp mode and aircon pump stopped working right before we discovered the alternator/battery issue, which might explain it. Aircon was fully re-gassed this year. Front lip is back on (not very well). Paint is peeling off in places, see pics. Interior is pretty good, screen has the usual spots.

Located in Waipu, will need to be trailered I guess.

Rego - 9/6/2025
WOF - 26/11/2025

SOLD

1 hour ago, bimmerguy said:

@Antallica, the carly scanners looks pretty good. Which package did you get, the basic or the premium one?

Looks like the premium one has a lot more features but not sure how useful they may be as of now.

 

Got the highest one without the smart mechanic, so much to play around with

Managed to find the specs on the aftermarket wheels I got. Same size as the hub. Anyway I'll take them off tomorrow and check it all over.

I got one of those Carly scanners and it's great.

Got a steering wheel vibration/shake that comes and goes at speeds over 60km/h, can feel it through the car at highway speeds. Had an alignment/balance a few months ago. Just had the yuck run flats taken off and new tyres put on, it's almost worse now. No mention of rim issues so I presume they're fine. Doesn't look like any weights have come off either.

Thinking back to when I got my current wheels. I remember we had to cut the hub rings off on the fronts due to them not going on flush, the rear was fine with them left on. I'll jack it up and check for bearing/brake issues tomorrow. Just wondering if the lack of rings might be a factor?

Will take it to another tyre shop this week and re-check balance, in case my usual place did a crap balance job last time.

Quite keen on this low kms 530i, only 55k on it.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/530i/listing/4173323570

Well that was interesting, 3x 130i's at the supermarket in my backwater town.

13 hours ago, Danch said:

Are there any manual 130i owners in Auckland looking to sell theirs? 

Could be, what's your budget?

Speaking of scan tools, I ran my Carly scanner through mine and it came back with oil pressure switch (002F7B).

Anyone know of a good place to get one of those?

Good times. Wiper motor next.

Crap day but went to the beach anyway

1 hour ago, Jacko said:

My car just got 8% more rarerer     https://www.turners.co.nz/Damaged-Vehicles/Damaged-Cars-for-Sale/bmw/130i/23369537

 

Yours and mine both!

5 hours ago, Kees said:

Not sure if anyone else has seen this.

Bit of a bugger since its NZ New and MANUAL!! Guess there's only 12 now.... 

https://www.turners.co.nz/Damaged-Vehicles/Damaged-Cars-for-Sale/bmw/130i/23369537 

 

How can you find out how many there are?

*edit* answered my own question - https://www.carjam.co.nz/nz-fleet/?order_by=count_desc&year=&make=BMW&model=130i

Anyone have a stubby antenna lying around?

These still around?

1 hour ago, Matt said:

Pretty much the same as what I have on mine (except my rears are ET45) and no issues at all for me

Awesome! Thanks heaps

Looking at some TSW wheels of what looks to be off a 135i. 18x8 ET35 fronts and 18x9 ET42 rears, fit no probs on the 130i?

5 hours ago, tawa said:

Got my x5 regassed in Nov prior to summer road trips, as it was only blowing slightly cool on the passenger side so quite low, was $350 including vac test, I don't think there was a nitrogen pressure test in there, likely they just checked it held pressure with the refrigerant gas refill. Not the best on the wallet at the time, but having them vac/test it makes it pretty likely it'll last another 10 years I reckon, so not bad value. Especially with an upcoming 5 hour trip with a 2month old...

Mine was doing the exact same when I got it, haven't been able to find a DIY kit anywhere. Unbearable driving without it now, bloody hot up in the north atm.

Sorry to come back to the tyre conversation... I need new rears. Currently have 245/35 R18, can I go straight to 255/35 or is there something I need to check first?

14 minutes ago, Blackie said:

Starter motor is pretty common. Mine was replaced well before 100k. Has a mechanic taken a look? Perhaps get a cheap Wi-Fi code reader? 🤔 

Yeah I'll get my mechanic on the blower in the morning. Had to reschedule on them last week when this sh*t started..... all I needed was to get a WOF 😂

So update, new battery and still no dice. Same electrical whirring noise and no crank.

1 hour ago, Allanw said:

Try Wrack Auto Electrical.

Yeah tried them first, they were the most expensive sadly