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FRM. Mine do the same on occasion. I've had mine repaired but they eventually corrupt or fail again. Due to their location they corrode. Especially during wet weather.

Takapuna Panel and Paint Marty will look after you. He has been in the BMW race series for a good 10 years now. Knows E30's inside and out.

Have you checked all the fuses? The only grounds around there are the main engine to body grounds. There would be much more wrong if they were disconnected. I can't think of anything that would have that effect in the area you were working on.

Yeah you can get those wraps off Aliexpress for about $15. But you don't need to take the wheel apart to do so. Shouldn't have an effect.

Woh. Prob should have created a new post for that request mate. This thread is 20 years old..

Half the dash is missing. It has broken plastic behind the rear right wheel. A broken quarter window. Auction writing on the windscreen. Def stolen and recovered or attempted to steal it.

Much of the manual conversion kits for the M20 and M4* motors were sucked up by the E30 race series many years ago. You could maybe pick up a Series car cheap which could have rebuilt running gear in it. If I was to own another E30 I would N52 swap it. https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/forum/e30-technical-forums/24v-engine-swaps/n54-n52-swap-forum/9977503-n52-e30-build-thread-for-the-sophisticated-gentleman How about a manual E87 instead? I've had many E30's. I like my crappy manual E87 more than all of them bar my series car.

After reading that Nowack Tuning Report... wow. Are we not looking at this the wrong way around? This isn't a M5 that has been re-shelled. It is a base spec 530 that's been repowered with 23 year old, heavily modified M5 running gear.

I feel like this running gear should have been dropped into something cool when the M5 shell was deemed a loss. Like what Ray has done in the past with the E46 or E87's. The 530 body is just not attractive. Especially at that price.

What's with the manky airboxes?

My E46 did this. One of the screws had backed out and was loose. It kept making contact and honking the horn. I had to take the wheel apart to find it.

Actually most replacement valve covers come with the valvetronic gasket and the eccentric gasket. And you need to take the valvetronic motor out to remove the valve cover.. The brand you get is important too. There are some horrible cheap Chinese covers that some NZ places supply. This is the one I got. Came with all those gaskets. Great quality. https://spareto.com/products/febi-bilstein-cylinder-head-cover/103099 It is doable by the home mechanic if you have the right tools and some patience for the PCV hoses. I am about to do the other two gaskets on the weekend too. Messy job but very easy. I should add. If you do it yourself you need a tool to reset the adaptation values for the valvetronic motor.

Wow. Does this mean my car is worth at least 50% of that. Being 80% M5 anyway?

Wow amazing. All the best for the recovery. I hope you find a safer sport. Can I suggest motorsport excluding rally as your still have a high chance of going end of end in rally.

No. No you probably won't.

It is right in that sweet spot where everything needs doing. Charge pipe will be brittle and will need an upgrade. Waterpump should be looked at being replaced. It will have or soon will have oil leaks from the valve cover, oil filter housing, oil cooler housing, sump and if you are really unlucky the rear main. Coil packs will be on their last legs. PCV will be an upcoming item. Turbo wastegate rattle is common at this mileage. It will no doubt be a trade in. See if any work has been done already.

At 20k with nearly a month to run...

Nice one. Thought about getting better brakes for mine after the track day last week. Might start with just pads and new fluid. Make sure you chase what ever the recommended tyre pressure is for those RE003s. Seen them cook and start destroying the outter edges at the track.

Sounds like you have a good collection.

Could be a good buy. Doesn't even mention the brakes. Just as shabby as my manual one.

There are not a lot of well sorted ones worth a premium. Many have fallen into that typical Kiwi 3rd/4th owner neglect stage like all BMW's reach. I play a game with AMG's. How many owners has it had going by it's visual condition and the type of driver. Guessed 10 as a joke for a absolutely clapped E55 AMG the other day. I was wrong. It was 14 owners...

There was a period over the last few years where the prices were too high. I think they are back down where they need to be for the issues the cars likely have now. I got my manual for $3K in April last year. Shes ugly but mechanically mint now. James manual sat for sale for longer than I thought it would. Good E30's and E36's were once this cheap.

They go well with this combo. James' old E30 with the S52 in it was quite a quick race car. Josh's M325i with the S52 looks and goes amazing too.

Also I should mention. I was running a newish set of these. https://www.laufenn.com/nz/front/nz_front/zfit_eq.do They are amazing for their price on the 130i. I managed the pressures around 34psi hot. No understeer and little oversteer. Laufenn is a sub of Hankook. Made in Korea. They wore evenly and didn't roll over on the shoulders like most road tyres. Nocams.co.nz has them for a good price of under $300 a corner for most sizes. I was running 235/35/18 and 255/35/18.

Ah yeah. This has happened to me in the past. Another reason I push spareto.com. It's just parts at the lowest cost. No discounts. No fake sales (hyperdrive). Clear shipping based on item weight. I've actually started using nocams.co.nz (old rotary website) for tyres for a similar reason. Their standard pricing is hyperdrives BS sale pricing. If there is a drop in price their website reflects it.