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Good warning- I bought a brand new c350e earlier this year and was about to take it in to SS Wairau (being closest to me) for a screen replacement due to a small chip apparently not being repairable. Currently trying to get insurer to cover cost of an original screen.

Oh, and is one for 325i and one 320, or just nuanced difference?

My 1987 m325i has a largely aftermarket exhaust (Supersprint rear, dunno about the rest) which isn't particularly loud. It has some sort of tubular headers. I've bought an early 325i factory exhaust manifold, but now need in the least the flange to connect the 4-bolt manifold exit to the twin pipes. Does anyone have this section lying around that I can supply to an exhaust shop to graft onto mine, before I have one profile cut? Assuming no one has a whole, good 325i zorst I can buy. Thanks, Nath

I’d assume that any buyer would need to really like a car to pay whatever is being asked? Same goes here. They often came with LSD, mine didn’t. Like most post-2000 cars, these just don’t have the X factor of cars past, for me. A little flaccid looking.

You love them

Another consideration could be the time spent having to verify that it is indeed the correct part, the dissatisfied customer needing to be managed if it was only found to be incorrect upon installation, and the disruption to scheduling caused by double installation. And driving all of this, the error in spec caused by “oh, the part is for cars built until August, but you need the type built after August” etc…

In an accidental/ brain fart moment today, I connected the jumper leads to e30 backwards and fried the ABS relay. Repaired the relay, jump started and drove back to the city to put her back in storage with the red car.

Hi guys I’m slowly chipping away at the m325i. Lately I have removed all aftermarket stereo components and reinstated the factory wiring, sans amp only to find that the original head unit is shonky. Something for another day. Everywhere I uncover I’m delighted with the absolute absence of rust! One thing that bugs me is that the speedo reads 10 km/h too slow, at all speeds. Any clues on this?? nath

I told my son he had nothing to be scared of at Kawau a year or so ago so he uneasily kept eating his lunch with those birds around… then a big one grabbed the food from his mouth and left the boy with a bleeding lip!

I’m putting the original Premium(Alpine) stereo back in my 1987 E30 but am missing the amplifier. Does anyone have one available, or an alternative that will work? thanks. Located Auckland.

Extra spice for that one

Just to bore the shite out of you with updates: -Checked timing marks, timing belt is spot on. -Re-checked distributor incl all resistances and all good. -Both crank sensors test ok for resistance. Removed both and cleaned them up and checked for existence of reference ‘pin’ (small steel cleat). Apparently it should be 58 degrees btdc, I didn’t have the foresight to check this but it was aroundabout there. Could the flywheel have been fitted one hole off? Removed and had a basic look at and test of the injectors, they seemed ok. 4 are blue and two are more a grey-blue, does this mean anything? Visually the same and I think k the numbers were same. some photos to make it more interesting:

Funny little things, but yep considering I was shopping for a chrome classic, the weeny wheels suit better than 80’s race. Here’s what was on the way before dad passed(and hey maybe still will be?)

Thanks- I’m keen to get rid of any light weight flywheel anyway so am keen to source an original one, and certainly also check the timing…

Latest update: Tried another ECU, no change, at least I have a spare now. Compression tested all cyls- all within 5% , about 170 psi. So I'm left with I'd say a smoke test to be done, a re- check of the dizzy, and the biggest question, is the flywheel indeed non-original and is the reference peg in the wrong place... Anyone got a PFL 325i flywheel available? Nath