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Rego till end of April now, will take offers if anyone is keen on it. Need my E30 done! Thanks

This one seems odd, has been listed several times. And the most recent it even had a leading bid 1 day out, closed with no bids on it? Seems like not a bad price given what it appears to be and with the wheels etc

Sadly have to sell this as have a 4x4 I need to keep and need some funds free up for the E30 build, mainly exhaust and cert 2003 BMW E46 Touring 320d 2 litre diesel turbo. Auto NZ New 209kms Wof rego and ruc Tidy car in and out. Have owners manuals and service history Have recently done glow plugs and a swirl flap delete Msport steering wheel and seats Cruise control Air con etc New battery 800cca this week Goes good and good on fuel. Nice to drive around and out of town. Was going to keep this car for a long time but have other projects to spend it on Located Dunedin $4500

To be realistic it depends on what your thinking is nicely? Is it purely a M52 and nothing else possibly. But to go with one to do it nicely, Gearbox Clutch New radiator LSD Suspension Brakes Steering Rack Dont know if your allowing for wheels and maybe even interior in this build and is that part of the 5k? Could be done later. Depends on where you draw the line in the sand,

Welcome to the forum! I too have the same dream and am doing this swap myself, my project is in the project thread. As @Sammo said, whats your budget? Realistically its not a cheap process these days, even the car themselves have skyrocketed, probably 15K minimum for a nice coupe, that before any work on it

Seems abit ludicrous I agree, that's stepping up into the 135i manual market at that value! Even myself I have had dirty thoughts about selling my E30 once its complete, won't be but it doesn't stack up really does it when they worth alot of pocket money!

Few things have arrived this week from Weitz. Looking forward to what its hopefully all going to come together like Some badges were also in the lot, not new but alot better Also contained a tech kit ill get sprayed up to match and put on. Have some 18inch wheels coming down the country in October. Looking into the Eibach pro lowering kit and some new shocks. Should make for a good all round package all going well

More parts keep on arriving for this but nothing too exciting. Have been chipping away and currently part way through wiring to mount the ecu up behind the glove box. Lockdown inspired I wired in a E36 business cd headunit to replace the Sony exploder, in the cd input I wired in a Bluetooth receiver so can Bluetooth a phone to it for spotify etc. Will upload a photo once the headunit is fully mounted. Looks factory though! Am currently waiting on a fcp order which is stuck in Aussie which contains nuts and bolts literally to do some final bolt ups Here's a couple photos when I rolled out on a sunny day. Tyres on the style 32s need to be dropped a profile but this got it rolling as such. Also a photo of when I first got it was picking up deck materials

That car is very nice, looks slick on the BBS LMs. I'd find it hard to justify a good e30 over a car like this. Tasteful, looks the parts, go good and newer with classic styling

I dont really see why you would risk it and go a viscous fan. A decent sized radiator in there or an electric fan on the front is the better solution

Pretty sure you won't be able to install a factory viscous fan clutch and fan. Mine wouldn't fit in my e30, and everyone on the internet has them removed as not enough clearance

Suppose when all the Japanese performance cars go up people also have to look elsewhere. Along with the fact they dont make them any more, so the supply is going down rather than up. Here's a Japanese sedan, nothing super flash just a nice tidy one

Crickey, page 2, better start pulling finger and get some action happening! Powersteering lines are on and hooked up, thanks to @Cammsport sending me a video showing the routes it was pretty simple, slight tweak. Managed to also have some success last night. Again thanks to @euroriffic this time, few checks here and there and it fired up realitively easy! Excuse the wiring, wanted to check it would work before I slim the loom much further. Snapchat-884953232.mp4 Got my driveshaft back, new unis and balanced. Need to sort out radiator set up. Carpet be coming out to sort driveshaft hoops and run battery cable.

As others have said there needs to be a final goal in mind when doing modifications otherwise your piddling into the wind so to speak! With the the 5 stud it needs to be worth it/what you really want. I done mine the E36 m3 way, this costs alot and as @nick496 mentioned some can't be brought new anymore. This is the knuckles, the rest can. With this swap you gain bigger brakes and the wheel options. My plan is to do the odd track day so this was worth it for this, and I have several sets of wheels to choose from. If you only plan on one set of wheels and they come on 4x100 it's not really worth the swap for the swap (several thousand). There's a few things in my build thread showing it but if you need more info feel free to PM me to get more details. The adjustable suspension also needs to be thought about long term. If your just wanting to lower it and never going to adjust it then some good springs and shocks will have better results.

Was looking for the parts listed but haven't had much luck unfortunately so have decided on a different look. Cars not for sale, unless you think of a number and triple it. I do actually have a coupe for sale, that needs abit of panel work. Needs re registered but is very tidy in other areas, no rust etc. Feel free to message me about that one if you wish

Free listings on trademe has brought out all the goods!

https://www.trademe.co.nz/3143175667 This seems like good buying. Nice tidy package. Alot of goodies as such. Couldn't build one for that price

All of the above should work hopefully to remove them, For the future just a couple of things you may or may not know, especially with axle bolts i found, 1. Make sure all the grime etc is out of the socket so to allen can actually go all the way in and minimize rounding off, alot of axle bolts i find have the first 5mm rounded as people haven't done this 2. Give the allan or socket a tap/impact, ensures again its all the way in and the shock can also help unseize

It really depends on what the end goal is aswell. Things like gearbox also pay part of the question, auto vs manual, then again 4cyl vs 6cyl. Getrag vs ZF Coupe vs Sedan also plays a part, if you just want it for the E30 style/look an auto sedan nicely lowered has the same look, Or even a E30 vs E36, if you want it to go faster and not too worried on the E30 look an E36 would be an easier option and cheaper, was a nice white E36 coupe on trademe last week for $15k ish? An E30 wouldnt be able to be built this cheap to that spec, Don't want to beat down on it, but i often find the end goal and working back is how i build projects. Hence me finding the motor i wanted, then buying the car to put it in once one came up

@Olaf is on the money, if you do plan on swapping in a b25 then the chassis doesnt really matter as youll be upgrading most things. Also as mentioned they aren't cheap, nor is it a cheap way to do it. Sometimes if the end goal is desired to be a factory car its cheaper and easier in the long run to do that from the start. I done a quick talley up a few months ago on what i could remember spending on my project and nearly fell off my chair, its not a cheap process but done correctly is worth it in the long run, I started off with the 318 and converted to m52, basically i just went looking for a chassis as i had the motor before the car so ended up with a 318 as generally speaking this are cheaper than the 6cyl

Perfect, thanks for the clarifications. Had tried google but was proving difficult to easily distinguish, Will see what i can dig up locally and then look further north, freight be the thing as a large consignment and fragile!

Sorry, new to E46 as a whole. Is there a pfl msport? Or are all msport as such the same? Just need to know what to keep an eye out for

Does anyone know if the FL and Pfl msport bumpers have the same fitment? With the rear I was possibly thinking of keeping the stock bumper as is, as I don't think msport would allow me to keep towbar aswell? This also alloys me to find an easier to find msport sedan kit and only need the front and skirts

Yea i am new to the E46 chassis as such, but so far its not too bad! Had noticed it has a nice steering wheel with button controls and a few other things i cant seem to see on other tourings around so good the hear this one had a few options! Will msport kit it in the long run eventually, just waiting for one to come up down here

Not a chance! Although the black E36 M3 that was recently on here did make my mind flutter briefly! I just have another coupe thats dead rego unfortunately, realistically is abit of work to some extent and being other end of the country would blow its value as such out of the water, 15k is a realistic budget to get a tidy one, can then build up some nice things on it. Sort of the way i went with mine, purchased the full poverty pack as was intending of pulling it all out anyway