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The Mandalorian FTW! Such a great show for Star Wars nuts.

I've never taken my cat to a testing station, passed every time.

But they didn't even mention the e36... ????

But did you watch the video? They're clearly inferior unless he made it up. That the manufacturer won't even certify timeserts is a pretty big negative for them.

That's crazy. Timeserts are clearly inferior. And they look like a PITA to use compared to Helicoils.

Now for sale...

It's based purely on your number of posts. Somebody with more knowledge than me will be able to tell you the tiers.

What are you buying @325_driver? If it's typical stuff then I've always found FCP's shipping to be cost effective.

Correct. But expect them to comply at some stage, they're large enough to be singled out. Perhaps. During this transition period I suspect either/or sets of rules are being applied. But given that it's Christmas it's likely to get through.

There's two questions there and the answer is "yes" to both. If you ship to myUS you are shipping to a US address, no GST is payable but you will pay local US sales taxes if they apply. myUS will then ship to a NZ address and are expected to collect GST on the value of the package they received (including shipping) plus the cost of shipping it to NZ. In that case myUS is the 3rd party (as far as NZ IRD is concerned). However, if the seller sends it directly to NZ, and they do over $60k per annum business with people in NZ, the NZ IRD expects them to collect GST on the cost of the goods plus shipping and subsequently pay that to NZ IRD. To do this they have to register for GST in NZ and the question is, how many will volunteer to do that. Loophole: if you get a GST receipt for the goods from the seller you can't get charged for GST again, regardless of whether the seller collects or pays any GST at all. It will however make the seller a bad actor in the eyes of the IRD and they (or rather Customs as their proxy) may attempt to bounce (return to sender) all packages received by them if they can identify them.

Do you need to actually collect it? If not: https://www.mrpositive.co.nz/bosch-s5-premium-din66zl-automotive-battery-680cca/ For non stop-start.

https://www.customs.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/tariff-documents/working-tariff-document-2018/section-xvii.pdf

Gotcha. Can you not drill new holes 20mm up?

Your seats are bottom mount right? What is "too low" on a bottom mount seat frame?

Why don't the NZKW bases fit?

$360 a side is a steal but @ $500 I'd pause... but perhaps not too long for the quality of seats you have. You want awesome mounts for awesome seats in an awesome car. The best alternative is VAC motosport mounts bases and either Recaro brand sliders or side-mounts.

If you can get 2 x Recaro (edit: brand) rails and sliders for NZ$700 you should have already hit buy now. Nothing anyone can make for that price will come remotely close to fit, functionality and adjustability.

I had thought there was still duty on some auto parts but happy to accept there is not. Part of the problem is that if it's >$1000 and inspected it'll attract a fee regardless of whether duty is payable.

That will almost certainly trigger a different process (>$1000) and we'd face duty on top of the GST. The best thing we can do is to petition our suppliers of preference to use unbranded packaging. Customs must have been crestfallen when the government introduced this during the Christmas rush, dumb move and probably why many packages will get through at the moment.

Would certainly take that for a ride.

Looks very straight to me, even the wheels aren't curbed. Seems like a perfectly reasonable price as well. Some of the essential maintenance already complete. I wouldn't be concerned about the miles. Swap out that terrible rear spoiler and shifter knob for a ZHP and you're sorted.

Replaced the hood and trunk struts on the M3... OMG what a difference. The poor abuse those lids were getting beforehand... ?

Yeah, seriously don't get a whole exhaust system, there's no value in that. Absolutely don't get new headers, that will be a nightmare and give you nothing meaningful. I was going to post just get a new back-box, you don't even need a mid section but Gareth bet me to it, get one like in that TM link, clean it up and take it to any old exhaust shop to install it. I'm not sure I'd pay $450 though... but you probably don't have heaps of options.

I think that was Nathan's point. ?

Actually Speed (Factor) NZ in Tauranga seem to be the real deal... I've had BMW stuff and a good friend has had Porsche stuff through them and it's all been legit for good value. I've heard they tap into some Asian genuine dealers and parallel import but that's not official info. They do offer a local RTB warranty exchange which is worth gold for valuable parts.