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I vote Gold for the centres....! Would look tits on your car!

Haha thanks Wayne - and far too long lol. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to sell a manual 6cyl coupe with low kms....! By the way do you still have e30 headers? May need to hit you up for another set in the near future. Sorry for the thread hijack.....

Haha no probs!! If you change your mind tho......!

Who needs four doors.... Buy my coupe!! It has 3 pedals! PM me if interested! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=305578343

Thanks - i'll be sad to see her go!!

Someone offer me more than 10k and they'll own it. I need this gone to sort out my other projects. Reserve is set at 10k. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=305578343 Thanks.

You have my details....

In NZ that car is still considered to be a 2003 model, regardless of when it was built or whether it is prefl or fl. Also you sometimes get special edition cars sometimes which also throws a spanner in the works! However look at the models like you would with Holdens, with their model designations: VXI, VXII, VY, VYII, VZ, VE etc. BMW as E36Prefl, E36Fl, E46 Prefl, E46FL, E90 etc. If you wanted to know when the vehicle was built get the last 7 digits of the chassis number and put it into www.realoem.com and it will give you the month and year of build.

Who says it was built in 2001? I've seen alot of prefl cars registered as late as 2004, and fl as early as 2002. Remember havin the import vehicles doesn't help, sometimes Japan etc get models earlier than we do - for example they could get a fl vehicle in 2005, and nz may not get the fl till 2007 - however if that 2005 jap vehicle gets imported into nz say in 2009, it is still a 2005 model - whereas the equivilent nz new vehicle would be 2007 or newer. Yes i am with them.

Pre-facelift and Facelidt have different headlights, grill, side indicators, rear lights, bodykit etc to name a few. Easyist was to pick them is the headlights, prefl light hook down on the corner, fl hook up at the corner.

Cars can get a PD whenever. We do ours when the vehicles arrive at our dealership. The year of the car is determined by when it was first registered. For example if a 2001 build/model isn't registered until 2002 - it becomes a 2002 vehicle. Works the same if we get - say 2011 model and register it in 2010 - it is still a 2010 vehicle. fl and prefl vehicles always cross-over years because all prefl vehicle don't necessarily get sold before the new fl ones start getting registered.

Have already made enquirys to ship down from wgtn. Prob around $600-700 mark because it can't move under its own power!

Have a fl coupe, no sunroof, stripped out, has all panels, has pedal box already installed, reg on hold, disc rear end etc. see my for sale thread.... $600

True - and i would agree to a point. However sometimes buying a car has nothing to do with the car itself. People buy cars for all types of reasons. People will buy from somewhere and someone they like - not just because of the vehicle. I've sold $60,000+ vehicles over the phone and internet without test driving. I've lost count how many cars i've sold without a test drive full stop. Bear in mind also, and this applies more to new cars than used, we get shopped all the time - there is nothing stopping people buying from another dealer out of their area, sometimes business details can win this. As an example, recently i sold one company 3 vehicles and another company 5 vehicles - the only reason they bought them from my workplace was because of me and the company. Both 'shopped' us to other dealers out of the area and had better deals than us, but in the end bought from us. Vehicles come from all sorts of avenues, trade-ins, auctions, dealer-only auctions, wholesalers, other dealers, manufacturers, importers etc sometimes in single units and other times bulk bought. PS: We have a few e46's on our yard - if interested PM me and i'll give you the links.

'De-badging' was an option when the vehicle was new. The main motorsport options were bodykit, suspension, sports seats, black headlining, alloys, steering wheel, interior trim, sill plates, lip spoiler. I sell cars for a living and think it is very important how long a business has been around for - if they have been around for a long time they must be doing something right. If you've been in business for 5mins who knows how much longer you will continue? There is alot of trust involved. However we at least take a picture of the interior....! The company I work for has been in business not far off 40years and sells more than 200 cars a month. On the subject of hand-picking cars - this is true in our case. Most of our used vehicles come from trade-ins. We keep the quality stuff and wholesale the s**t. We rarely buy cars in as we are pretty self-sufficient but when we do we make sure we pick what we want. My 2c from the other side of the coin...

Pretty sure i have fog light blanks - flick me a text.

No, tomorrow night is boy racer night..... lol. I also have single mass flywheel and z3 shifter which has to be worth at least an additional 20kw and 56 cool points....

Pics for 'SACKED'. Excuse the pic sizes! The first pics are with 15's and correct tyre size. The last ones are with 16's and 40profile - should be 45 / 50. Signature pic shows with the 17's.

FYI: 323i is quicker than a 325i, but slower than the 328i.

Pics with 18x8 235x40x18. Sorry for the bad pics - can't find my others!!

I have 17x8.5 et38 Hamann wheels with 225x45x17 front and 245x40x17 rear. Have also run 18x8 et36 i think with 235x40x18 all round with no issues. Pics below of current Hamann setup.

Whilst you don't have to change the shafts - aren't the 325 shafts thicker than the 320/318 ones?

Tried to PM but your inbox is full. Have emailed you instead! PS. The pic below is of the car with 17's and the H&R springs for sale in this thread!

ABOUT TIME!!!! May the force be with you my son...

Can vouch for these springs - have had them in my car/racecar for a while now! Very impressed! Good luck Keith!