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Got ridiculously anxious while waiting for the next chance to duck outside.

Took me a long time to realise normal people didn't regard two 25 packs of Marlboro red and a triple shot XXL long black as an acceptable breakfast. Quite enjoying not coughing up red streaks every morning too!

Good on you dude. Pocketing the $50 a day must feel good too!

50 a day?

What else did you do?

Understood but E36 M3's came with 'Anthracite' carpet and headliner as standard and it's officially 'black'.

It's all good because I don't actually think I want 'black'. Might just have to get samples...

Will do.

I'm looking at anthracite (BMW for black) and maybe 3 "yards", perhaps 5 - I'm fully undecided. Although I've ordered 6 yards of M Rain and want to get it shipped together so need to decide soon.

Ultimately adding a few yards should make little difference to the shipping price but that's what we're working on.

Spent the weekend polishing and waxing my baby =) first clean since the respray.

Looks mint!

Whats shipping like?

Being worked on now - I'm dealing with the owner and he's doing a lot of running around for me so I'm being patient. I should know in a week or so.

You and the team should be very, very proud of this Ray, it's stunning.

Congratulations on your decision Kyu, it's a good one however daunting the road ahead seems.

I've not had a cigarette for just over a year now (387 days) and I couldn't be happier, I know I'll never have another one. I smoked for about 25 years and couldn't imagine life without it but now I can't believe how simple life is as a non-smoker. I used to smoke about 15 a day, more on the weekends and I've saved $6,982 since I stopped.

I used Champix which is a fully subsidised prescription wonder-drug (talk to your doctor). It gave me mild nausea for 8 weeks but on the balance it was worth it.

I also used an app called "QuitNow!" and upgraded to the Pro version for a few bucks... this is how I know how many days! It also has some other neet capabilities.

It's well worth the effort bud; socially, financially, psychologically and physically. Power to you!

^ lovely.

Get some M3 mirrors; I reckon that would top it off.

Any of you heard of Orakei Korako? A piece of New Zealand wonderland that everybody could visit and enjoy... now the private domain of indigenous "royalty".

I simply can't accept taking something everybody can enjoy and giving it to a limited few irregardless of (ancient) history. Dispossession is not fixed via dispossession.

Friend has a wheel fall off after getting his tires replaced....

0_0

^ hope you didn't get one of those solid couplers...

Smarty pants.

Don't know how to do it with a single character (= + /)!

I'm looking at options myself... dealing with this guy at the moment, prices are sharp.

http://www.bmwfabric.com/#!home/mainPage

GST != import duty - it's important to distinguish between the two.

And "online GST" is referring to digital, not physical goods.

You can never have to many.

Seems like you've got one too many.

Heated steering wheels? WTF pussies.

I've got a "proper" BMW scanner that I have no need for if you're interested.

You just need to make sure your car is supported by looking at this table.

Have a look around their site, it's a proper BMW scanner with "shadow code" support.

I'm offering the "Enthusist" version with 2 VIN slots still available. You need a Windows computer to use the software.

Send me a PM if you're interested in a good deal.

You'll probably need to add some spec's like diameter, width and offset...

Passive aggressive behaviour.

They may not be tagging fences but they're fencing goods to cook meth.

That's far worse.

I have two here you can borrow if you pick up from Hillcrest on the North Shore...

Can also recommend a couple of alignment shops in Wairau Valley if that's suitable.

I tracked down all the part numbers for the various kits on the Bilstein site some time ago and it was possible to cross reference everything.

I use B6's with Eibach red springs and bars on my E36. The springs are slightly lower than stock, 15 or 20 mm.

Ah yeah, who did you have to rark up to get that to happen?

As it happened this all collapsed between Christmas and New Year so for days I couldn't got hold of anyone (and my goods were being returned to Amazon!). When the NZ office opened I eventually got hold of them who eventually got hold of California but not a lot happened. When the Cali Op's Manager got back from holiday (the following Monday) he proactivly reached out to me with the "we'll do it fro free" offer which I was satisfied with.

As I say, shouldn't have happened but being willing to fix the mistake and go beyond made it all okay for me in the end. As it turns out I also got a 100% refund from Amazon even though they were not at fault... so I landed my suspension in two weeks and all it cost me was GST on the air freight (invoice for the goods from Amazon was $0).