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By the time you buy bearings and do the work to make them fit $300 might seem pretty reasonable! You could take the opportunity to go to rose joints but it wont save you any money.

You should be able to get graphite grease from a model shop, it is used in r.c. cars for the plastic gears. For the hood lining, something like ados f2 should work.

I need to find out what mods he did to get 40 more hp, so i can do it to mine. Also i think mine might have one of the 200 getrag racing 6 speed gearboxes! Bonus, my car is worth WAY more than i thought!

Is this the one described in your profile as 'e36 325i money pit'

M10 will have different shifter links and mounts, and possibly a different driveshaft and slave cylinder, best to get the right kit if you can.

If it works perfectly for 10+ years and 100xxx km, and then requires some maintainance, is it really a flawed design? How long was the warranty on a brand new e39? BMW is a business and has to make money like any other business, at least they still support their older models unlike most japanese and some other euro brands.

I think it was prbably a necessary evil to facilitate the vanos? I had mine all done at about 280k, its a big job but worth it for peace of mind.

Check the colour of the airbag plug, i believe the older ones are an orange plug and the newer ones are yellow (might be the other way around) they are NOT interchangeable.

Ive gotten a lot of my e21 stuff from Gavin at Euro Italian, but they are getting harder to get, some stuff will be dealer only, but ebay uk still has a lot of stuff. Good luck

You really need to get the complete headlight assemblies to get the full benefit from hid bulbs. Hid bulbs produce light differently to normal bulbs and the reflectors are shaped differently to allow for this, if you just use the plastic adaptors in a normal housing you might be disapointed, also check the law, i know they are illegal in NZ.

Might be a bit of a mission going plastic windows without frames, any ideas how you might do it?

Its actually an e36 wheel WITH airbag, it has a totally self contained airbag, all the sensors etc are in the steering wheel, i had one in my 318is but the light kept coming on so i binned it for a non airbag motorsport wheel. I would pay $50 for it if the airbag is ok.

Cant say anything about that particular one, but i bought an ebay special and i would have had more fun taking the money outside and setting fire to it! Car basically didnt run with the new chip and seller wasnt interested in helping, " must have damaged it while installing it" bullsh17.

Put a trickle charger on the battery and do an oil change so it has nice new oil sitting in it.

Not saying theres anything wrong with it but if you are going to do it, why not do it properly and save yourself a possible insurance nightmare later on?

Pretty sure that needs to be certed for the engine swap, if the power increased by 25 percent. If it didnt it was a waste of an engine swap!

Pick a part?

Just out of curiosity, how many illegal immigrants would you fit in there?

Could be worse, could be an M62!

Not sure what he thinks is JDM about it either, maybe its a jap import, but you cant tell by looking at it! Wheres the sticker bomb and the huge bozo exhaust or the hideous clear taillights with water in them?

Or you could buy my 2.0L M10, in the e21 i think they were only about 8.5:1 as standard.

Could be one or both of the heater valve solenoids clicking open and closed, they would do that under certain conditions.

I dont know a lot about the e38, but if its similar to e39 then the 6 cylinder will be quite different to the v8/12 models, possibly have to swap the whole front subframe, steering, suspension, brakes, etc. Plus it will need certing, so you want to use all factory parts if you can!

'Always run on 91' WTF? How is that a selling point?

I have a small electric oil pump that i got when i did the 540 trans some years ago, it has only had new trans fluid in it, you are welcome to borrow it if you want.