BreakMyWindow

What's up with the 540i badge?

At that price, i'd expect not one single fault on that car. I'll bet after a pre-purchase inspection that car comes back with at least 5.

At a guess around 3 - 4k for the parts, and then labour and re-coding. Might be better to just go for a 325 or 330.

You may be dissapointed to find that they won't fit on the e39 hub (see above post) Style 32's were an option in 18" for e39 very rare tho, and staggered unlike the ones you describe. What car are they coming off?

any pics of e39 with the LM reps?

simple green and one of thos 3m scotchbrite pot scrubbers will take it off, but it will also take the paint off if u scrubb too hard.

A manual conversion should deliver the gains you're after.

Cost is $230 per shell + $40 ea if you want them polished. If you are only ordering 2 there is also an extra $150 setup charge as the minimum order quantity is 4. It is best if I have a centre to measure for machining.

cheers bbs have sent them an email. Did a bit of looking around on the net, and it looks like the wheels im after are also known as RC 039, and RC 010 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BBS-RC010-9Jx17-5x12...=item2c5bc11a15

Just looking for the wider barrels really. I asked Arrow wheels if they could make the existing ones i have wider (8x17) but not interested. Yep. aka BBS RC 0xx Yep got my eyes peeled on there and ebay. $hipping cost would suck tho.

Forgot to mention I'm only after a pair of these wheels. Even just the outter barrels is fine :-)

Pretty sure I have these. I will let you know tonight.

Looking for a set of said wheels. Not too fussed on condition, as long as not FBR. These are mostly found on e24 and e34 Cheers, Martin

It's a pretty fiddly job, don't forget the small screw located in the vent up by the tweeter. pry clips carefully from the bottom, and then lift the skin up, there are more clips that should come loose at the top of the skin by the chrome strip as u lift up. The skins are quite strong tho, u would have to be using alot of force to break one. The clips can break easily tho.

So it appears that most M62tu powered cars are equiped with 4 cats. In an effort to free up the exhaust flow a bit, can the DME be re-coded in a way to be say, a non-cat version, or is there a way to trick the DME in to thinking the cats are still present?

The front screams 458 Italia

Both in auto, the e46 330i and post 11/98 e39 540i are evenly matched for acceleration up until 4th gear where the 540i starts pulling away. That was my experience any way. Be careful buying a higher milage 540i the timing chain guides and deflection plate wear and break..not a cheap job to fix as both front timing cases come off, along with a heap of other bits and pieces. My experience with it here : http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....c=27552&hl=

I got the Z4 M coupe, and its nice, not fast but it feels really good to drive, mind u im playing on a 55" LCD and the G27 steering wheel setup, so any car in the game is fun to drive really.

Centreline suspension on Gt North rd, Just a wee bit passed the repco. They do all the bimmers for the BM workshop. have had two allignments done there and have been happy with the work.

I've got a Gallardo, or the Murcielago Super Veloce, bith will pwn the Lambo races, i've been using the murcielago with racing tyres to win the tuned car battles, and GT championship battle in expert and professional A spec. Id be keen to swap for your f40. My ps name is : seayou_ntea

Nice one! This has given me some motivation to refurb mine. Just wish I could find some 9" style 5 rear outter barrels first

You'd think it was there under the 'Units' section, but no. Ah well.

Well done Glenn 10 weeks is a long time! My longest stint was 4.5 weeks, but i've decided to be a non-smoker effective from the 20th December (Day 1 of my 4 week break from stressful job) I read the Allen Carr's easy way book, and unfortunatley was 're-captured' by the evil filth.. But.. there is hope for me afterall - Allen Carr has a book called 'Only way to stop smoking' It is basically the 140 odd page easy way book explained in more detail, Only way is about 500 pages. I'm reading through this at the moment. I am looking forward to reaching the 10 week mark. Well done once again Glenn!

Anyone sussed out to change power and torque units over to KW's and NM's ?

fugly.