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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.

Went to Manfeild on Saturday for a track day. Took the black manual 130i for a hoon. Went well. Unknown brake pads cooked pretty quickly and you can definitely feel the weight of the car. Good fun being chased down by the Mrs in her 200sx. They really should use these for a future race series chassis.

I was getting stuff over night in the US and no more than 10 working days in NZ. Try Spareto.com. They are much quicker. DHL from Europe. My last 10 or so orders have been from them. Not just BMW parts either. Best method with their site is input the BMW part number into the search. You will get a ton of options from brands you have never heard of to genuine BMW.

Agree. I raced with Peter and Graham from P&S. They know their stuff and look after at least a good third of the entire BMW race series cars.

Welcome. Make yourself a coffee and sit and read the 130i post for a few hours/days. Ton of info in there about the problems we have all had with our 130's. Tons of upgrade info too. Once you sort your oil leeks (I still have oil leeks on both of mine) look at upgrading the coolant connections to the engine block. Easy job. Keep asking questions. 1000's of hours of working on these cars between us all.

Could have potential. I guess the idea has come from Mazda who are looking to have light weight rotary range extenders. A Hybrid that pulls up to the lights with its peripheral port pulsing away would be a good laugh.

That car wouldn't be considered an IS aka as a Sport. Unless the decoder I used is wrong you don't have the LSD option and the vehicle is Auto. It just has Motorsport options.

I'll start really looking into it. I have other gearbox tasks for the E34 and Merc E55 I am also working on right now so I will pick up a gearbox jack asap to make things easier. I had the manual box out of the other 130i recently which was a pretty quick job. Good chance to do the rear main and guibos. Is any programming needed?

I'm actually quite keen on this myself John. My commuter 130i had its box serviced at some stage by someone that did not fill it correctly. Caused the dredded low speed shudder. I sorted the shudder but the box changes pretty harshly sometimes and often "slips" going up a gear from 2nd to 3rd. I would probably go with the ZF6 for this car. As I already have a manual 130i for the fun stuff. I was also just looking at the S55 DCT adapter for my M30 in the E34 too.

I have a bare staggered set. No throwing stars. What are you looking to pay for a set?

QQL2 is on a Rolls now which had the plate GHO57. So must have been a BMW Demo car?

Mates at a wedding. Nice bridal car.

I was probably one of those delivering the rental car to your door in the early 2000's. I had a mini motorbike I would throw in the boot. Deliver the car then ride my motorbike to pick up another. Was a sweet gig. At night I would bring cars down to central London from Milton Keys at a very very rapid pace. We had a couple of RS6's as VIP delivered within 30min specials.

The new Burn Your Dollars Shark 6. A 2700kg EV Ute with a GVM of exactly 3500kgs to avoid it being a Light Commercial Truck. It will pay the same RUC as a Nissan Leaf. They arrived in country this week.

I don't think my riding gear will ever not smell of it after that run. They have announced next years run and it should be huge.

Good question. It doesn't make sense. I must have been thinking something and typed that instead. But I can't remember what I was meant to type now..

Yet I would still rather hang out with those dickheads over the current social media nepotists somehow.

I was seriously looking into an S85 + DCT for my E34 before I moved back to NZ. My issue became having space to collate the parts and strip vehicles from co-part. And then I wasn't sure if there would be anyone back here that could help. Especially down in the lower North Island. I would still love to do it. But not with the $ at where it is. Nor would I buy the parts in NZ where a DCT costs the same as an entire car from co-part. So I will just putt around with the M30 for a bit.

I am going to go with B12's or similar for my commuter once she reaches 200k. So prob another 4 months'ish. Where did you pick yours up from? Did you still just go with fronts only? I plan to do a full set and so far spareto looks to be the cheapest with shipping.

Non car things over the weekend. Small bikes instead. Massive amount of fun. Syds Run 2024 in Christchurch. A charity run for leukemia in the name of the guy who started this event. Syd. 560 odd scooters and small CC bikes. I've been two years in a row now. Syds 100th Birthday (RIP) would have been next year. They reckon there is going to well over 600 bikes this time. Buy a sh*t bike, chuck on your battle jacket and join the fun. Live your Pest Life. I have a 1978 Yamaha Chappy LB80 which is a laugh.

Spareto.com has nearly all the same parts as ECS and FCP however spareto's shipping is usually more realistic. I think the build thread for that car is on here somewhere. Should be good fun.

They chase you for plates these days. If the car is de-registered or re-registered they want the plates back. If you don't hand them back in you get a $200 fine.