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Exhaust grade stainless does get some rust on. I can weld weld it, and I can't weld to save myself! Fancy/shiney stainless is harder, but it's too brittle for a long lasting exhaust. Dad's E30 exhaust is still it's original stainless system = has light rust marks here and there, but solid as a rock. Pretty impressive for a 24 year old car - not too many jappas out there with their original aluminised steel ones left.

They're too "Old-man-ish"! Can't much argue against that, but they are a very well balanced looking car. She thinks Prius's are butt-ugly, so she clearly DOES have some idea

Shame... my Mrs thinks they're ugly... plus I'd have to pay for the bits for a manual conversion And a better than stock driveshaft:

Hmmm... the engine maybe (maybe - they had a number of them replaced under warranty)... but the rest of the tractor will have bits falling of before you know it )

I want that base for my sedan! I thought it was going to have a rear mounted third row... like a Vulvo. Then I would have just brought it - Wifey likes the wheels (same as ours!)

And expensive to get up to scratch - after you remove the complete interior and wood trim and burn it, you have to find something nice to go back in.... Really though, I think it may end up cheap because the 540i/530i will confuse a lot of people, and even put some off. A lot won't look, if they think it's a V8, and those who really want a V8 will look and be disappointed! Keep it on your watchlist

try Scotland

Ah good man - another yokel I can hassle. Sounds a bit like you're in the same boat as I am, with our 525i - done most of the issues - just rebuilding my laptop, so I can code the brand new ABS module. We're just coming up 135K I think. Welcome!

Maybe his wife said "SELL IT!"... so he is.... technically...

Looked up the tracking for the BRAND NEW ABS/DSC module I brought for $480.30... seems to have passed by customs entirely un-noticed Is with Rural Delivery now... so should be waiting at home for me At least my Wife KNOWS about this one, and not the thouasnads I send on the bike last week

I use www.Milland.co.nz

OH my GOD! BMW sell clothes - I must get some... and when it's new car time, I'll get a Doctor Martin..... Is it just me, or should BMW branded clothes just be for BMW employees??? Maybe I'll start wearing scrubs for casual social events....

Exactly. Sent from my Fridge using Jungle Drums

Trademe sucks arse. Bidbud.co.nz is where it's at - it IS trademe, but it actually does stuff how you want it to be done (continuous pages, shows a photo in searches even when gallery isn't paid for etc), plus its WAY better for bidding (just don't tell anyone about it ) Bidbud charges nothing (yet anyway) but trademe still makes their money. This guy just does it better!

Did you take it to a dealer (BMW) or an independent? The codes are best read with decent equipment - you should either have a code, or a shadow code. If the light has been on, a code of SOME kind shouls have been logged. Also - what exact light is it? There are a number of them that come come up orange? Can you find an image of it?

I does actually sound REALLY good - not too loud, but loud enough to asound purposeful. WAY better thean my Neighbours fairly new XR8 - especially as it goes around Mojojoe corner

GOOD! The old O ring would have been so flat and hard that it would have looked like part of the piston, right?

Yep - No emmisions gear on Dads NZ New 90' 325i SE - no O2 sensor, not even a charcoal cannister, not cats nothing!

They did on our M54 - O ring inside, teflon over the top - it may need a stretch slightly. The pistons fell out because the orings were so hard, then the newly sealed ones were failry tight to get in, and move. The O ring will flatten out a fair bit, into the square groove (shouldn't go hard, like the shitty genuine ones though!)

BMW Scanner 1.4 from Xcar360 (china). About $40 NZ... but you'll need the OBD to round adapter, AND wait until it ships

The best you can do as far as software goes, is the something BMW Specific. INPA (etc) is the BMW software (Google cableshack - he's very helpful) and it gives BMW secific codes. A lot of the generic ones are crap, and the codes they give are somewhat meaningless. BMW Scannner 1.4.0 is probably the easiest to use, and gives MOSTLY useful codes, plus lets you program some options. Nerd alert!: BMW Scanner 1.4.0 and an INPA system will get basically anything you want to do done: Examples (dependent on models), fit used modules (eg BMW Scanner can set the VIN and MILAGE of a used LCM to match the car), new modules (NCSExpert is part of the INPA package, code the module to YOUR car), scan for codes, set chimes/turn them off/change the sound, change service intervals, change OBC Coolant Temp warning point, Program light checks on or off, flash engine/trans ECU software (WINKFP), deactivate lost keys, set alarm/locking settings, disable/enable electric window auto functions, retrofit options your car didn't have, alter light settings for DRL/indicator flashes etc.... anything BMW could do, plus ALL the stuff that they don't know HOW to, PLUS the stuff that BMW Scanner can do that INPA/BMW can't/Won't etc. Clearly though, you need to be careful, but it's not very tricky. Also - diagnostics is a LOT more than replacing the part the code is for - the problem often is NOT the part refered to by the code.

Style 42 - Nice lip on them, classic BMW spoke pattern You're supposed to have a blue car though

I did a "group buy" a couple of years ago on the Halogens, and they were $6xx for a PAIR of halogens, yes, xenons were approaching $2K. After I got the new Halogens, I got a genuine BMW Xenon retrofit kit for about NZ$900 shipped from the UK - they pop up on German ebay fairly often, but usually have gingercators (which I prefer anyway!). It came with a self levelling retrofit kit, ballasts new headlights, everything required!

Hella do adapter looms too. About $30 I think???

call Hella NZ, ask for Clark. Get a price. Buy.