scottharvey

24 minutes ago, qube said:

wow where did you find this? didnt see it on trademe i dont think?

On the side of the road in warkworth.

I have created a new thread on the projects forum.

So im making a new thread as my last one was heading this way.

I bought my 130i last week for a beautiful price of $3900.

The car was owned by a lady for the 4 years since it has been imported.

Its an 06 manual it looks lowered but i could be wrong as it doesnt have aftermarket shocks or springs in it.

Has a full Arqray tail section stainless exhaust, which sounds great.

I have since debadged the silly 3.0 si badge.

It has an open diff which is a bit frustrating.

The car is going in on thursday for a tune.

I'm also grabbing a new rear BMW badge off Brent at some stage.

Here is some photos that i have so far.

14 minutes ago, Jacko said:

iThat brace is standard, looks like the diff seals need doing? 

i would say so, its a bit oily

Heres some pics of the exhaust its an Arqray tail section stainless steel 

Have also taken that badge off

Its booked in for a tune on thursday so excited to see the outcome should see some good gains

5 hours ago, Jacko said:

Whats with the Z4 badging? weird.

yeah been meaning to pull it off but dont really want to debadge so need to order original badge

25 minutes ago, Michael. said:

You should bring to to the BMW meet in Penrose @ the sushi cafe, today 11am-12pm for show n tell. 

Im not in akl at the moment so i wont be back in time to make it

1 minute ago, IainR said:

Quad pipes! 

 

How do they sound? 

They actually sound bloody good ill put it on the hoist tommorow to see what they are i can see that its something you buy off shelf not a custom made one  

Here is some photos of it i got it for half of what its worth

Hey everyone so i sold the 635csi and jumped on this really cheap 130i in manual. It has an aftermarket rear muffler is there anything worth doing that will see me get some good gains in power.

Cheers

2 hours ago, Bennyboy said:

selling already?

Yep money issues covid hasnt done me well ive worked through with my hours cut back by 30% so need to free up some money to get me through

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/2648605164?bof=b2ReXByO

5 hours ago, Michael. said:

So it's been easier than your VVTi soarer? Haha. 

That red colour is looking pretty sharp. 

It sure has that thing was a nightmare

Update:

Have got the car going runs really well. 

Oil & filter done

Leaking frost plug changed

Power steering fluid changed and bled

Brake fluid changed and bled.

Drove it home and spent saturday polishing it up with the mrs. 

Came up better than expected.

Starting to like this car more and more. Especially with how little its costed me so far.

19 hours ago, eliongater said:

Personally not sold on the body kit, but looks like nice apart from that.

I suspect your steering wheel will be a different spline to anything post 1986, and being a 79 car it's mechanically an e12 rather than an e28. As a result the suspension is a little bit different.

M90 makes it a little bit more special than a standard m30b34/35 as it's got a larger bore and shorter stroke, making it in theory more rev happy.

Thanks

I am trying to source a good condition original steering wheel. Also got to find some centre caps which i dont think will be possible. I have only 1

1 hour ago, ssbmw said:

The recaro’s which even some early M635csi’s had has an option. In my opinion, gorgeous seats.

Yes i do love those seats its just sourcing some at this stage

And im pretty sure its henna red

Just a little thread.

Is there any accurate way of seeing how many 635csi are in the country. I have looked on car jam but it all depends on how they get registered. 

There is alot of different ways they have done it over the years

635csi

635c.s.i

635CSI

Just some examples

From a rough add up theres about 100 but there is many configurations

some updated photos

I am after 3 of the large disk alpina centre caps for my wheels I have one I will put up an exact photo later tomorow. Can anyone point me in the right direction. 
cheers

On 4/18/2020 at 12:06 PM, scottharvey said:

From what i can tell it looks to have the M90 (will confirm, now that i know to look for the L on the block)

Can confirm it is the M90 dont know if thats good or not. Also got told the valve guides may be on there way out thats why it got taken off the road.

Apparently got a little smoky after it got driven when warm 

6 minutes ago, KwS said:

I havent got car jam open but I guess it's done zero km for the last few wofs? 

yeah i just looked at it looks like it is. Is that a hard fix or will a need a new cluster??

4 hours ago, KwS said:

Thankfully its just ticked over 40 years, so has two years before its dereg, but yes, worth sorting asap anyway.

i just updated it so its on hold again now thankfully

17 hours ago, kiwi535 said:

so your work is the legal owner or ???

The owner is one of my bosses mates so they just selling it to me on behalf

2 hours ago, Bennyboy said:

ill take the steering wheel if you're planning to ditch it

do you have an original one to swap??

5 hours ago, Olaf said:

Looking at Carjam, you'll want to sort out that Rego pronto, does not appear to be on hold.

e24s are prone to rust, though yours came into NZ ~30 years ago with just ~20k miles on the clock.  There's a fair chance it's in reasonably sound nick underneath.  The general parts such as brake hoses, pads & rotors, suspension bushes, cooling system parts etc are essentially as cheap as e30s, and in plentiful supply.  You can expect to replace pretty much everything that's rubber as the car is approaching it's 41st birthday, particularly fuel system.  Once it's thoughtfully recommissioned you'll have a cool car.  

e24 values are on the up.  They're not making more of them, and if one wishes to campaign a classic BMW touring car, with the (escalating) state of e30 M3 prices, the e24 makes great sense at a more 'affordable' level.  Meanwhile you can enjoy an excellent road car.

EDIT:  appears it'll need new odometer gears too - they've been broken a long time!

what makes you think the odometer gears broken?