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Interesting colour! Looking forward to seeing it at one of our upcoming coffee meets.

Interesting. See the LED's at the edge of the rear seat? I've seen those before and I thought they were on a crashed M3? What's the chance of 2 M3's having something so, so terrible in them?

I'd fly to Taupo and drive it back for that. Also interested a price, I need a DD.

More than welcome! I'm around most of the time.

I don't want to bag on the seller or the car but how can you not notice something like that exhaust? Good price though and sharp if you're looking for a sedan.

Thanks for the heads up, only ever been down that dead end to turn around, didn't know there was a Bimmer place there! Directly opposite the BWM parts place! If you ever want an after work beer drop me a line.

Way! 200m down the road from me. And I've just discovered a massive BMW parts shop on Marua road also, lots of cars and containers. Not a sponsor here though which is a bit of a bummer but I'm still going to check them out.

Thanks for this. I might pop in and grab a brush as I'm not sure the toothbrushes I got are quite the right tool! I did get some VW Alcantara cleaner so hopefully that'll do the trick. The problem I have with popping in is that I'm about 100% confident I'll end up talking about a detail and therefore spending more $ than I intended!

Probably needed a clean! Which warehouse? I live on Marua Rd.

Looks good, can you describe your process? I'm about to tackle a similar situation. Cheers.

Props on the pending acquisition! If you have two front seatbelt receptacles I'll buy them.

Yes, it's worth more than $1k but not $5k I'm afraid. I'm looking at these cars at the moment and I just don't see many (if any) selling at that price point. GLWS nevertheless. But I want to see pictures of your race car please?

I've got a few of them, don't think I have 4. But they don't fit over my valves properly IIRC and I didn't get them painted. You've just reminded me of them, I might try and find them.

Centre caps just in, must admit I think they look awesome. Not too fond of the fake carbon fibre look but I didn't have an option and it can't be seen from a distance. I also thought the lettering was going to be gold but stoked to find that it's silver. Complete...

^ Offers over $1 right? What you doing with the door cards and rear panel cards?

Crazy amount of RC action at the moment.

Nice, cheers - explains why Kyu was drooling too!

I was wondering if they were standard fit for anything. If not I was going to ask Kyu what made that offset droolworthy. GLWS - I love the rims.

But what will they fit (properly) with that offset? ET38 is "correct" for an E36 for example, so miles away.

That looks like the clear coat is failing, only fix is to strip and refinish the rim I'm afraid.

And finally... after much delay and procrastination my wheels are done and I'm very happy with the result. I still need new centre cap inserts but they've been ordered from Germany and should be here in the next few weeks. There are no silver inserts available any more so I need to make some more decisions when my black ones arrive. This is a subtle shadow chrome, slightly less shadow and slightly more chrome than the OEM e39 M5 wheels. My photography skills don't really do them justice.

Looks like quality work, nice one.

But seriously. Any business that can't answer their phone hardly deserves new customers right?

Looks like a sweet car actually, welcome Liam Stephen (?). You'll find lots of e39 love around here, it's a bit of a BMW icon. Needs a slight drop but that's easy. Check out our regular Auckland meet too... all welcome, especially new member cars.

Cheers and will do shortly. I need some good light and I'd prefer to have the new centre cap inserts before I lifted my skirt but they may be a few weeks away. More photos this weekend.