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At a guess, drop another 10k on it in parts, diy repair restore and have a complete minter.

Yep agree with all that. But oil burning, as in oil being combusted in the chambers I just can’t see how hotter coolant temps affect that? ?‍♂️ It’s usually something not sealing oil out of the combustion chamber

I'm not sure how high temps leads to oil burning ? I thought higher coolant temps were to aid in engine efficiency leading to better fuel economy.

Car sounded great taking off!

Beauty! Bringing it along on Sunday?

Bit of progress. Front strut brace. + 3.3459521 KW Subframe bushes replaced with solid rubber units. This has made such a massive difference. 2 of the old bushes were starting to crack but still had fluid in them. The other 2 had ruptured. Pics of one of the ruptured ones:

You Should head along to the next Akl meet this Sunday out in Penrose. Be very keen to see this amazing interior.

that is so nicely done! I had an e39 m5 with a caramel interior. It had a quick touch up of the leather at some stage in its life and after using some mothers leather cleaner on it, i started seeing the colour of the cloth on the seats! I tried leatherique and that turned the leather all sticky which i assume was the touchup paint reacting. What you have done to your seats is exactly what I was planning to do, but then another M5 came along for sale. Haha. Well done!

“Major frontal fire damage cause by an alternator/component failure. Fire and smoke damage has also spread to the interior. Water damage from putting the fire out and loom cut during fire fighting efforts.”

What’s the best oil to use?

You’ll regret it.

Shots fiiiiired!

Slick e46! Really well sorted Be interested to hear how the leather colour holds up. Matt clear coat should definitely help and prevent dye xfer from jeans. I recently did the vanos piston seals on my m54. Was definitely noticeable despite the engine feeling pretty healthy.

Already sorted.

Thanks but i’ll pass as I have a touring and only need the front springs. Cheers.

How many kms on the shocks ? If original they are more than likely junk.

Keen on the front springs if they’re the original m-tech 2 type.

@The H. Behemoth ?‍♂️

Borrowed off another forum member

On to the rear supension. Just replacing the swingarm balljoints, sway bar links and 15mm mtech2 bar. Upper control arms are loose in the balljoints but no play so they’ll get done later on. The shocks were suprisingly good still. They mount to the subframe and have very small travel so I don’t think they get as hard a time compared to e39 sedan. Thanks @andrewm for loaning the tool will need to make some repairs to it though ? As for the subframe bushes I’m thinking i’ll just pay someone to do them. No hoist and no special tool ?

Gave the car a well overdue workout up through the Mangamukas to Cape Reinga. Nearly used a full tank of gas there and back starting from Paihia.

Meguiars 105 and their ultimate finishing polish on a rotary polisher. The sanding marks were from an attempt at fixing stone chips.

Tackling the staining andsun fade on the clear coat