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Try milland or http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_sop=3&_nkw=bmw+e46+front+wishbones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZ5B3b2ir8.

S K Wayne 1/2 drive set imperial and metric in 18 years as a mechanic only cracked one 3/4 socket and that was when using it with a rattle gun, wrong application replaced it even when I told them what had happened. Koken 3/8 drive set imperial, whit and metric have only replaced ratchet but due to abuse. Sk for ring open ended spanners better feel and thicker material Sidcrome ring spanners running out of money just a poor apprentice Stanley screw driver set Fuller side cutters, pliers, long nose, cir clip pliers interior exterior Had a 6 draw tool chest as main unit but a smaller one for other items, volt meter, steel rule, slide verniers etc

Green lane west rd / Manukau rd area in the space of a couple of minutes saw a white 428i 2 door parked, black cab e with cream upholstery 6 series I think head in the other direction, white x6 parked, white touring 320i e91 lane next to us and then a 318i e46 a couple of cars ahead.

Was assembled September 2002 so 5 months old before being rego'd here in NZ. Also as regards bring it up to M sport it is not only the springs, sway bars, bumpers front and rear, side skirts, road wheels, the interior hood lining, pillar trims, steering wheel, kick panels, seats, gear shift, interior lights and the little emblems so not a cheap exercise should you be able to get all the correct parts. As you are becoming aware it is a waiting game New Zealand doesn't have a very big market and it will take time for the right car for you to surface best of luck in your search hang in their.

No help with the e36 Andy but had to renew the gear change linkage completely and the gearbox cross member on the e46 their was some 35 mm difference in length between the four and six set up. As for the drive shaft tried a combo of set ups front from this with rear from that but none in the end worked out so got the original one shortened by about 50 mm. Even loosing the lock nut and sliding the rear part of the drive shaft fully home on the splines it was still to long cost me about $550 with a crowd in Palmy. The main thing is to get the centre bearing to line back up with the mounting holes I found. Should you not have to get the shaft shortened I believe you may be able to do away with out drive shaft hoops could be wrong though. Have a look in the parts cat at the various parts should give you some clue's to any differences best of luck.

Not sure if you have tried Pelican they have them listed for a 540 51168159701 rear Cubby holder $36.25, $32.00 US. The rear cup holder 51168184520 genuine $163.75 or Febi Bilstiem brand $43.00US

Have Firefox at the moment got the system scanned and it came up with a win 32 plugmein program that coursed few red flags. Thanks seem to work now as this has gone through

Help needed have tried to post comments to some threads but upon pressing the post button nothing happens. Also just found that the edit part does not work for this post any how. Suggestions please

The title says it all. Buyers beware another well looked after vehicle

Hi Martin not sure if this is of any help http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o526/Allanson54/Mobile%20Uploads/light%20set%20530_zps8dxvk0jl.jpg is of my 2002 e39 530i when I changed the lights to clears had some trouble getting things to seal up from memory. Not sure what I did in the end either doubled up on the sealing gaskets or used some sticky sponge type tape around the edges. Best of luck it's a pain when you find the boot full of water plus the electric gremlins that can follow it.

Should you decide to re-power Dave research research and more research. As you noted the mechanical side is not to difficult but things can and do come unstuck quickly with the electrics on BM's and with it being a 7r. With things like is it infrared or radio remote entry, key type,which level of ews does the new unit have to current one, auto set up as to manual electronics, Different market items clusters etc,different types of DME and auto control units just to name a few items. Best of luck for what ever path you decide to take.

Andrew give Geoff Gray a ring you might find that they are not to expensive new but would require painting. Pelican can get these items unprimed air duct $18.75 US NZ $27.50, cover $13.75 NZ$20.18 plus freight cost with about 5-7 days turn around. Be interesting to see what they are priced out at here in NZ and what the turn around is.

How do these compare http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/SuperCat/0262/BMW_0262_BASFLT_pg4.htm

Change the oil filter and engine oil in the ti. But couldn't reset the oil service setting it would show test etc then just kept going back to the speedo time setting it had. It still had 10,000k odd to go would that have anything to do with it?. Have altered it before using the trip meter key method but with only a couple of hundred to go.

Info off car car jam NZ new first Rego 29 August 2002, original plate AUM610 changed to BMW3SC 9 Jul 2012, failed WOF inspection 15 Mar 2014 didn't say what for but W.O.F then issued 15 mar VIN JR03407 assembled June 2002.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E46-5-Spd-Manual-Transmission-ZF-S5D-320Z-2001-2003-E39-Z3-M3-2-OEM-USED-/231429550458

http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/E46-Touring/Europe/325i-M54/mar2003/browse/vehicle_trim/exterior_trim_grill/ Numbers 4,5,and six have no 4 off a sedan if they are the same length as required for the touring.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/ksearch/pel_search_2014.cgi?SUPERCAT_FLAG=Y&make=BMW&Context_make=&please_wait=N&LastVisited_input=0478&Previous_Section=&forumid=&threadid=&command=DWsearch&description=11141742042&I1.x=0&I1.y=0

Can you get a number off the rubber boot (photo) it might give you a listing of models which used that part. From their you might be able to confirm what it did come off 2002, e28, 23 or other models

Dave it's all in the research and a learning curve Brent beat me to it with the door hinge thing, did the same thing myself cost me hours and plenty of blue language. Next time you might get it in two hrs haha.

Was a bit on TV one last week about this and other parties are not happy with their decision slide it in the back door style it appears.

haha tried the plate in car jam and it came back invalid then noticed it had seven digits hence the question.

Were in the world did this happen and is that x3 on the tail gate?.

Did you try pelican parts in the states M3 s54 US spec part No 61357892976 US$38.25 plus freight and only a 5-7 day wait http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/E46-Coupe/USA/M3-S54/L-N/search?s=61357892976

Would the change system be more balanced ( force wise) with two rods rather than the one as you currently have?