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Brent is right, they do fail - especially the early 2000's versions. What was the original error codes, before you started swapping parts?

(Had two screaming boy's in the car, and the Mrs wouldn't let me go back... so no photo. But....) Saw a old Lada sedan, you know the ones - brick shaped rear drive Fiat based ones..... With an E30 boot lip spoiler fitted :lol: actually looked OK, but it's still a Lada! OK, so I googled it... found a picture:

I had a less than 3 year old corolla with 120K on it require a manual trans repair, after the synchro on 3rd disappeared. It jumped out of third for the first couple of hundred KMs from new, but Toyota claimed it was unrelated. Of course, being a lease car, they didn't do the clutch when the trans was done, so 10,000 kms later, it was back in for a clutch! Typical lease company... "well serviced" Uh huh!

SPAM!

Just did basically all the suspension, except the rear shocks. Powerflex bushes in the front too - handles AWESOME now, and it's still got crap tyres on it. None of it is too hard, but some special tools are handy. Rear ball joints need a tool, and you want a good size ball joint separator.

Fitted new rear balljoints/integral links and upper arms and drop links, front tie rods and powerflex control and thrust arm bushes, swaybar bushes and drop links. Got a wheel alignment - handles awesome now! nice and tight, no tramlining and really responsive.

True! The rubber and plastic bits are probably poked from age anyway, so it might need the same money spent. If it were a manual facelift wagon........

Nah, they're all 13's, so not much help!

Do you want any E21 wheels? Steels OK? My mate Andrew prolly has some (prolly a few sets). Will PM you his number if you want.

When my last house was built (before energy savers!) the bulbs were all Sylvania - I replaced one in the few years I lived there. The new house had some cheapass brand that came in the lights, and they basically all died within about 18 months! They're mostly energy savers and LED now anyway... Dealextreme Edit: Needed a bulb for a scope at work the other day - 3.6V 1.2W Halogen, NZ$950

Any product that claims to "fix" a problem which should be fixed by replacing a part (in this case, likely a seal of some kind) is asking for trouble. This engine probably had a minor leak of some kind, and a broken chain tensioner (it's quite common on the V8's) and the Lucas MAY have pushed it over the edge. I think it would have been a LOT cheaper to have just fixed it the proper way.

They're AU$50 on eBay aussie. Shipping isn't listed for NZ though.

Good man! Just make sure you get around to putting them in sometime! Mine sat around for a while!

I fitted the new driver door lock, then used the neighbours hoist to do some more of my front suspension overhaul. Fitted some powerflex bushes to the E39, new drop links etc, still have to do tie rods and the entire rear end. And drive belts/tensioners. And the power steering leak. And the rear door membranes. And recode the PDC for 4 sensors instead of 8. I'm getting VERY handy at coding mods too. The software is at least familiar to me now, so I have indicators set for double blink, optical lock.\/unlock confirmation, coded a used LCM from an X5 to not strobe the LED angeleye bulbs, changed the service interval from 2350 Litres to 1800 Litres (don't like long service intervals!) I have a new addiction now

I would generally have a look before buying. I would usually stalk them a bit via a few posts anyway, if I had no idea who they were

That looks an awful lot like mine... all you'd have to do is dump a skipful of crap in it, so there is only enough floor showing to drive the 1 car in and out I used to have 4 cars in mine, but now have so much sh*t that 2 is a struggle! Lucky I have a barn too!

SWEET! Looks proper BMW now! Good choice!

I KNEW that would get snapped up fast! I almost tried it on with the boss, but I'm already in trouble, so thought I best leave it alone! Was a good price for a 540i - I've seen poked 525i tourings for only a bit less than they were asking!

Check all the tyre diameters too, if they are off, it can upset the trans.

Nice comments

Needs more lower in the front.

Weird, registered as a 1993, advertised as a 1994, it's a 1992 model (according to the Vin on the plate anyway). It's non-vanos, so has to be pretty early, and the odometer history doesn't make sense, and isn't really explainable with the normal reasons of entry error etc. If you ignore the two low readings, then the car only did 252 kms in 2 years. Why are the TWO low readings there, and why was it almost parked up for 2 years? Apparently it's on bitsteins and has a M sport ECU.....

Hehe, Dad's had "liteskinz" on his E30 lights for 14 years. No issues so far, although they aren't tinted. Before that, He had the factory fitted E30 perspex covers that looked like grandpa's "blind-person wrap-around overglasses" .

Pull the unit off complete. Normally, if it's broken anywhere, you can't realistcally fix it (I was lucky!). only takes a couple of minutes to get out buy a scan tool you can still drive it in the meantime, and $40 isn't too bad for a scan tool. Visit My Website

Errr... that badges and lights are kinda the point. They're rude. Everything else is pretty normal 525i, other than someone ticked the box for "individual leather" which I agree, is quite nice. I'd be very suprised if there is ANYTHING genuinely "M" or ACS modified on the car. It even has standard height looking suspension. My 525i has factory fitted M Sports suspension and is far lower than that. Even after I fitted raising spacers to the front. Based on the mis-information in the ad, it's a car you run away from. The owner seems to have no clue for so many reasons. Anyone else notice in photo one it has standard BMW badging on the front (just the roundel), then the ACS badges appear in other photos and the M badges appear on the wheels in some other photos. Then in other pics, the ACS badge on the rear changes style AND position and the "M" badge appears. And the colours are wrong on the M badge. Those of us driving an ordinary BMW aren't putting some ghey lights and some cheap-ass emblems from trademe on then write an advert TRYING to tell people it's something "really special (desirable)", when it clearly isn't.