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Allanw

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  1. Do they still use different transmissions in the Jap ones this late? Those Jatco's weren't really that good.
  2. ^WHS - I don't think you can beat 5's on a 6... seriously.
  3. Hi All, Mrs parked a bit close to the kerb today, and reversing out left quite a lot of the car on the footpath I'm looking for a front bumper for a facelift E39 (in steel blue would be nice! but unlikely). I just need the main skin, although a set of trims with working PDC sensors would be nice too. Also, the lower front wheel arch plastic liner from the front left wheel. Would like it either shipped to Whangarei, or dropped off to a mate in Glenfield (near glenfield/wairau roads intersection) or Silverdale (anvil/forge road) during business hours Cheers
  4. Final call! Genuine Hella OE supplier halogen E39 facelift lights. $640 a PAIR. You're saving atleast 30%. PM me if you want in. Boat leaves Wednesday
  5. Allanw

    New M Review

    Or even a BRAND NEW Toyota - Our Work hiace is hideous! Sounds like a 20 year old Surf! Euro Diesels are quiet. The japs aren't up there yet. The performance is the same story. Our hiace at full noise, 3rd or 4th gear, nearly empty wouldn't keep up with a VW transporter, with 8 passengers and a trailer full of gardening tools up a particular passing lane - he started to pull away from us, so I had to pull in and let the cars behind me pass. I had nothing left. Both are 2.5 common rail diesel turbos. BMW diesels are very impressive. I probably wouldn't buy one, because a diesel at 5000 rpm will never sound as nice as a BMW petrol 6 doing 6500 rpm :-) (unless it's a 2-stroke detroit doing 3000rpm! - like the greyhound busses!).
  6. Get one of those 1000L tank's from trademe, and hide it around the back under a downpipe. I have rain water at my place (country, 50,000L) and after washing the car, there are NO watermarks. I don't even chamois it down most of the time. Even looked good on my old black Accord (until I drove it anywhere). I think the plastic tanks are about $100? Then just need a pump (or use gravity, if you have somewhere high to put it). The rain water is only really needed for the rinse, to wash the hard water away. I like the "filter rejuvinating tablets" in the link above :-) . They mean salt. It will work well, just rinse the filter before using on the car! The resin beads in the filter "absorb" calcium and magnesuim etc and the sodium "recharges" it. They should be able to be reused 100's if not 1000's of times. Our water softeners at work treat at least 45000 litres per week, and regenrate once per week, using about 25KG of salt :-)
  7. Mrs worked last weekend, I had the sprog. I'm on call this weekend, so STILL can't go
  8. Congrats on the 540i! nice :-) If you're slightly mechanical in nature, it's quite easy to do youself. Get the cable from pixelfix.net and follow the instructions. You WILL need a dremel/diegrander with variable speed and a drill type bit to make it easy though. a battery drill is too bulky really. There may be a number of electronic shops (like audio/tv repair etc) that would be happy doing it though. Make sure they have acetone and a fibreglass pencil for cleaning the tracks on the board, and a plastic scraper (credit card etc) to clean the glass then tidy up with the fibreglass pencil. I did mine at home in about 3 hours, but I was having to chase my 18 month old away quite a bit too :-) He likes tools.
  9. My Mate used to have a beetle which had a 1700cc Kombi motor made into a 2.9 (he's an engine rebuilder). It was just s tiny bit faster than an RS500 cosworth down the back straight at Puke. Got to about 235 before braking for the hairpin :-) It was the beetle that was on High Octane (except on High Octane it still has standard VW brakes which stopped working after the 1st lap!)
  10. I'm sure you'd get away with cutting it out, and fitting some generic plastic trim, like a U shaped profile (classic cars used it on exposed spot weld seams on the interior usually). The flap of fabric behind your armrest it only held up with Velcro anyway, so should look factory enough.
  11. Is anyone else interested? Only about 10 days to go, and payment MUST be received Feb 1st. These are Genuine Hella units, from Hella NZ. These are about the same price as crappy knockoff ones, but are OE Hella lights. PM me.
  12. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH! Probox is probably the only thing worse than driving a Camry:
  13. Allanw

    HMS E30

    The oil needs to drain freely from turbos, or they tend to have issues.
  14. Allanw

    BMW i8

    Could be worse. At least it's not a Camry. It would look beter all one normal colour too. Black.
  15. Allanw

    BMW i8

    It'll lose ALL the cool things if they even enter production :-(
  16. They can wait... low is cool ;-) Prolly will never get genuine Hellas at this price again! anyone else?
  17. It is a very nice car ;-) Awesome to drive. I've fixed the Dash and MID pixels, just filled it with Castrol edge, done the diff, and have royal purple synchromax coming for the gearbox. Changed the steering whel trim to the satin silver too fitted genuine mudflaps so the road crud doesn't get flicked all over it (we're about 8kms along a country road). III have to keep it nice. We had kid2 on the way, and 3 will just baring fit - it will probably be Odyssey time then :-(
  18. Does one rear corner sag more than the other when parked on the flat?
  19. OK, E36 Celis are $800 a set, but are fugly chrome ones. Loom for fitting facelift lights into prefacelift car is $45 per car (1 required per pair of lights) Xenons are $1800 per pair, with ballasts and bulbs (not bad price really). Anyone who wants to reserve a pair of the E39 lights needs to PM me, it will only go ahead if we order 5 sets or more. I'm ordering one set, so only 4 sets to go. They will also have to be paid for before Feb 1st 2012. Remember that they will not arrive until late April, and the courier cost will need to be paid when I ship them out - I'll charge actual courier charges - I shouldn't think it would be more than $25 unless Rural delivery is required. Cheers,
  20. Shaneg: These are clear indicators (with bulbs) Halogen (I will get a price for xenon though). nastnas: These are oem Hella lights, who don't make E36 angel eyes as far as I'm aware. I may be able to get stock E36 lights, but there would probably have to be 5 sets of them ordered too. I can ask, if there is more interest. mainframe: For the pre-facelift cars, there is an additional loom you'd need (or get creative with the soldering iron). Loom is $45 per car. These are the facelift style lights though - they do bolt in - just the wiring is different (hence the loom) Hella PDF details: 1LL 008 053-591 x1 DE®-H7/FF®-H7 headlight, left, with indicator light (clear lens), with headlight levelling actuator, with bulbs 1LL 008 053-601 x1 DE®-H7/FF®-H7 headlight, right, with indicator light (clear lens), with headlight levelling actuator, with bulbs Cheers
  21. Hi All, just gauging interest in an E39 Facelift angel eye group buy. I can source Hella angel eye Halogen facelift E39 lights for $640 INC GST per set. I'm not making anything on these, and they are for forum members only (NO trademe sales etc!). Seems a very good price to me for genuine Hella, not cheap knockoffs. I'm awaiting a price on Xenons, in case anyone wants them, but they are quite a bit more, by the time you get ballasts etc. I'd have to buy 5 sets minimum, they'd need to be paid for early Feb (1st/2nd), and would arrive late April, to be shipped out (courier at your cost - probably $15 to $25) I wanted new lights, but didn't want to pay $950+gst from BNT! Yes these are for RHD cars too :-) Expressions of interest?
  22. Where did you get them done? Do you know if they can do them still attached to the housing, for the facelift lights?
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