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In that budget range, I'd be looking for something like 1998-2001 Corolla liftback bugeye Like this but find a private seller http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/...n-634866867.htm

Aaahhhhh. That's the one. I was so busy vomitting in my own mouth I couldn't remember what colour it was. I think it has fluoro mags as well now

Nothing could fail like the fluoro pink and white 7 series I was unfortunate enough to see at Harvey Normans wairau Rd the other weekend. Would make a Multipla look good.

what part of Ak?

Looks like the FM step isn't adjustable on yours. Bummer

Find the user manual and check radio settings. Some have a menu system where you can select continent. Sth America or Europe work here IIRC. What Pioneer model?

Happy AMI customer here. Agree you need to watch what the agreed value is, but they tell you that every year and all they've asked for in terms of a valuation was something from a car dealer, not neccessarily some kind of specialist valuer. Benefit about AMI is they are the best firm when it comes to paying out on a claim that might not quite fit within the policy wording. Had a claims on house & contents recently (ie 2.5yr old smashed the 46" tv); they've been excellent. Only issue we ever had was when our first peoplemover got written off. We wanted 3 x new baby seats at $500ea. Claims clerk tried to tell us that figure was included in the agreed value when policy stated it was on top. I set the wife on them and they soon accepted they were wrong and paid it over the top.

The cam belt and variator are the big ticket items. If mine had been manual I would have loved it; selespeed is a money pit with no upside Having pulled most of the interior apart in mine, I can say the inside is a hell of alot better put together than the e46 and older 3 series models. Apart from selespeed, cambelt and variator they're great. Italian something in Otahuhu Auckland is who I used for servicing. They had lots of parts availability too being Alfa wreckers.

Think it's been fixed now

Trying to get hold of the site admin to fix it, but don't put your life on hold waiting. NZicemag used to be really active. Pretty much dead now but bargains do come up cos the market for 2nd hand in NZ is terrible

FYI, he's on east Coast Rd, just south of Greville

FYI just waiting for Hennie to get back to me. My bad, I forgot to PM him earlier

He done a heap of VWs so he's familiar with euros. Don't know of he's done any e39s. He knows his stuff, does a good job and he does it as a side hobby so guessing his rates are less than a shop. I'd get work done by him and I'm fussy. Best to jump onto nzicemag forum and PM him. Goes by the forum name GLIDN. Tell him I sent you

If you're handy to the Upper Harbour Brideg I'd recommend a guy called Hennie who lives on east Coast Rd Browns Bay. Otherwise don't know anyone out west.

Remove the arm rest from the back seat and replace it with a sub and enclosure. An 8 might fit in a small sealed enclosure. Without the ski pass, a sub in the boot is very muffled. HK needs an aux input into the headunit. No idea if you have one or not or can add one. For install, what part of Ak are you in?

HK drive and play is a standalone system. Then only requirement is an aux input into the factory system

I don't see the point of investing $1500 in car audio for 6 months use. Sub: Having said that try adding a sub first and see if you're happy with just that. E39 are painful for subs if you don't have a ski pass. Check behind the armrest to see if you've got a solid metal wall or whether it's precut - some are precut with the plate tack welded in. If it's precut you can knock it out and still have a road legal car. If it's not precut then you can't cut a hole without making it illegal. Without a ski pass, I'd fabricate a small box that fits into the arm rest void - you should be able to fit an 8" or similar size sub in there and it sounds like you'd be happy with that level of bass. Use the BSW subwoofer install guide to step you through the process cos it tells you which wires to tap into for signal etc. Battery is in the boot so power wiring is a breeze. If you have a ski pass then a 10" sub in the boot would do the trick. Front and rear Speakers: And if you go butchering the wiring (which I'd expect if you don't understand audio or electronics as you stated) then resale value drops. So I'd get the BSW speaker kit; actually I'd save some cash and just get the fronts for about US$320 - they only replace the midbass and tweeter, not the midrange. It's plug and play so you can uninstall in december and sell on separately. I wouldn't bother replacing the rears, especially not in a 6 month car. Importing: GST kicks in if value of goods + shipping costs more than NZ$400. So over $400 you pay GST on value and shipping. Under $400 and there's no GST. There's no duty on car audio either so GST is the only thing you have to consider.

I'm not a fan of the X series, and without a front amp and some work on the door enclosures (e39 has plastic pods) nothing is going to sound overly good. I'd go for a more midrange 5.25 components.

lol. I one had to plan an enclosure around a stroller. How priorities change. Nice work BTW. It'll now be another 6 months before you get another uninterrupted day to work on the car.

This comes up all the time on BMW forums. For some reason some of the aftermarket harnesses use the electric aerial wire to turn on the factory amp. You need the remote on wire to do this. Usually just a case of swapping over the blue and the blue/white wires in the harness.

I think that's just a general wiring diagram. I can't see where the amp says it's 2 ohm stable bridged, nor do I know of any Pioneer 2 or 4 channel amp that has been in the past.

That amp is only stable at 4ohms bridged so DVC4 won't work that well

Email this fella: [email protected] or txt O21O761465 He was selling 3 Boston amps on nzicemag in the last week but think he sold the GT40 for about $180. See what he's got left

didn't read the d4 bit. So bear in mind with d4 you're limited to 2ohm mono amps or Boston Acoustics 2 channel amps (there were some 2nd hand ones for sale on nzicemag just recently. If you get D2 instead then you can use any 1ohm stable mono or any 2 channel amp Side note: you can series a d4 to 8ohms but means you don't use the potential of the 2 channel amp.

That kind of price is hard to beat