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Keep in mind mine's an auto with shitty paint! ?

What are the chances? Parked around the corner from my office today... has black Vader interior now.

Whilst they're very bright I won't claim I can measure how bright. The colour temp makes the lit area much more 'visible' to me. They're still only fogs and point down so i wouldn't want to rely on them as headlights for example. The beam pattern is almost identical to stock but it is both longer and wider by about 20% (guesstimate).

I bet you're a garage sale ninja.

Yes, it lives in my neighbourhood, I don't know who owns it.

Approved. Paying attention.

300m2 is actually large enough to consider a steel frame. Lift it in, bolt it up and clad it. Not so much "shed" as "building".

I haven't had a proper opportunity yet... drive home in the rain yesterday and a commute in traffic to and from the office today. ? Probably not tomorrow either but I'm hoping to get out this weekend. It feels fine in "commute" mode, nothing too sharp or pointy although I do sense a tiny reduction in rear traction... could just be the cooler and wetter days recently but the DSC light seems to be a little easier to provoke.

Yes... well they'll do either your fog lights or halo rings, not both at the same time. Same colour as this picture.

I got a 1" gash in the sidewall of a brand new (<100km) Eagle F1 255/35/18 on the harbour bridge from some random steel debris. That made me sad. Kept the tyre although I don't know why, what to do with it?

There's lots of 16/17/18 talk here, just be careful to hone in on your specifics. A runflat that feels fine on a 16" rim might very easily be intolerable on an 18.

Okay, the seller has said they'll pay for return shipping if I want to send these back. On that basis I'll skip Trademe and leave the opportunity up here on BS until Friday. So, if you want a killer price on proper Philips lamps grab these now because they'll be gone soon. If I get a buyer here I'll simply refund the refund I got from the original seller. Otherwise they're going back to the US. Note: I can no longer open the box for prospective buyers (because I otherwise have to return them 'as new'). If you want the absolute best, you won't find a sharper price.

I didn't realise this, thanks for pointing it out. 225/40/18 + 255/35/18 = $1,373 which is pretty good. About $400 more than the Hankooks at Hyper... hmm.

Pretty sharp price for a good tyre, although not sure it stacks up against the "Top 3" (Conti, Michelin, Goodyear - depending on who you listen to, some may swap Conti for Bridgestone) - what sizes were those for $1.3k do you recall?

Yes, sorry, will update my previous post.

Totally! I really do wonder if he ever sells any... they're exorbitantly priced. But hey "made in Italy"!

Gave back some respect to the M3 by replacing the 1er style 207's with a spare set of style 24's and semi slicks I had lying around. Much better.

Or you could pay nearly $1000... https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/wheels-tyres/alloy-wheels/listing-2674226088.htm

Alignment done (at Autolign Mount Wellington) so it's no longer dangerous! Alignment guys actually had to wind the toe out before they could get an initial reading it was so bad! They didn't think my settings were silly suggesting I'll get pretty aggressive turn-in with perhaps mild understeer when really pushing the front end and I'm good with that. They were very complimentary about the coilovers, said they were some of the nicest they've seen from a brand they've never heard of. They said the shock bodies were massive and that's a very good sign and they even mused whether they might have even been hand built. The accompanying hardware (adjusters etc) are also high quality aluminium and apparently easy to use. Anyway, they did everything I asked for but interestingly couldn't dial in as much front camber as I expected. And they tried but couldn't get every measurement perfect on each side... I have 0.1 degrees less camber on the left than on the right, they suggested (cheekily) that with the driver in the car that would even out. ? I'll scan the sheet when I next go into the office but in the meantime: Front toe: 10' toe out (-0.6mm) Front camber: L -1*06' R -1*12' Rear toe: 7' toe in (0.4mm) Rear camber: -1*48' Also evened out the rear end by lifting the RHS by 10mm and the LHS by 6mm. That's also more rear camber than I expected but I'm not concerned about it unless it causes me traction problems which I'll test out when I take it for a proper drive on the weekend. ?

Hi there, These are now surplus to need and must go. The wheels are straight and have no curbing. They've been painted gloss black. Front wheels: 17x7JxET47 Rear wheels: 17x7.5JxET47 The tyres are very warrantable with 5mm+ tread on each, very even wear. Front tyres: 205/50/17 (Laufenn brand) Rear tyres: 225/45/17 (Momo brand) Is $500 a good place to start? I have no idea but I'm also open to pretty-much any offer. Opinions welcome.

Yes, and to be honest, if I don't like it I can get it changed again. My M3 is zeroed out front and rear and I quite like that, really just want to try something a bit different.

I hadn't but the quality of the assembly and the beam pattern were more important to me than CANBUS compatibility since I was able to code out the error. I'm sure you pay a brand premium for Philips but I have them now, little I can do about that!

Further to this, I might have been reading the link incorrectly... but if so the outcome is strange. Upon second review it seems they have +ve toe front and rear which I absolutely do not want, that's far too conservative. Given that I don't have the power of an M3 and don't expect to be driving it like a madman I'll probably go for the original I had anticipated which is -0*10' toe out up front and +0*05' toe in at the rear. If the guys at Autolign look at me sideways when I ask for this I might reconsider. ?

Quick bump before these go on TM this week. If you were thinking "crikey, Dave's gone mad with that price" check out these links: https://www.repco.co.nz/en/brands/repco/h8-9-11-16-led-globe-kit/p/A1305967 https://www.repco.co.nz/en/globes-batteries-electrical/globes-lighting/globes-bulbs/narva-h8-pgj19-1-globe-12v-35w-48076bl/p/A1155138 No-name kits for $500+ and halogen equivalents for over $40 each.

I put my BBS RC's from the M3 onto the 130i a few weeks back and they're staying for the time being. At the same time I put the 130's stock 17's with average tyres on the M3 so it could roll it around. I needed to take the M3 out the other day and the tyre/wheel combo is appalling. So in a moment of inspiration as I was moving crap around the garage I thought "why don't I put my semi-slicks onto the spare set of style 24's I have and mount them on the M3?" The answer was of course "there's no reason you shouldn't do that." So today I got my semi-slicks mounted on my spare style 24's and tomorrow, weather permitting, I shall restore the M3 to state that it should be. This also means I can free up the stock 130 17's to sell to part-fund tyres for my style 208's. I have too many wheels and too many tyres. ?