Jacko

I have a tech 1 rear valance, with a tow bar and its associated hole, its currently on my car but is due to be taken off when I pull finger if you want it. Also have an early BBS (?) front spoiler that is missing its lower lip (I assume!) I have never seen another one like it but its available too. Pics in my project thread if your interested.

^ +1 I paid nearly half that. How are they are MUCH MUCH better product Incary?, Im eager too know. Is it because theyre made in the US? (a country renowned for its engineering abilities (lmfao) ) What is the point of an adjustable shock if its valved for the spring rate? Looking at others using ground control setup on an E30, the range of height adjustment on the BC's is much greater. BC carry a two year replacement warranty, and are rebuildable. I have had koni adjustables in my old porsche, great shocks, are they better to drive on than BC's? Nope, better engineered? Not that I can see, and spotting engineering defects is what I do for a living. A mate has professionally built drift cars using BC golds (AKA BR Type), and has never seen one fail despite "excursions" from the track, half the reason I chose to use em. I looked at the GC's and weighed the two up, they really dont have anything over the BC's except for price, both are entry level setups. BC also do the ER's which have external reservoirs with both bound and rebound adjustment. Paying for quality and paying for a perceived quality/branding are two different things

Yup you'll need a cert for the BC golds, but if you add it all up the price is still comparable to HR+konis etc and you get a lot more for ya dollar. Add another $k for bars and bushes. Dont get a flash H&R and koni sticker though Should really add, that the steering feels like a totally different car. Standard e30 manual (no p/s) rack used to feel like a bus with its low ratio, totally the opposite now as it feels quite "darty" and needs to be consciously driven.

BC golds - Cheap height adjustble coil overs with camber hats, pillow balls, and 30 way shocks. Bang 4 Buck.

Whiteline adjustable sway bars, middle setting on the rear, polyurethane bushes on everything and 6kg BC goldswound up to 25 clicks. +LSD = Go kart fun, maybe slightly too much go kart for some, as the rear can be a slighty hyperactive (but very controllable) but setting the rear sway to the lower setting would likely reduce the oversteer. 1000miles of driving this set up and its a blast! Turn in is wicked, and its epically predictable. EDIT - I have 2 degrees camber on the front and 3 on the back, which is likely adding to my oversteer too! Next wheel alignment ill get the front to 3.

NAC - Standard - $841 premium, 500 excess, 900 theft excess, 150 glass excess Modified - $1479 premium, 600 excess, 1900 theft excess (500 with alarm), 150 glass. Has anyone actually claimed under NAC or CLIC? Dude on the phone at NAC sounded like a flatpeaker, the guy at clic knew what an M50B25 was though Theyre pretty comparable price wise, but what really matters is when they pay out!

Some updates, whatya rekon? Clean license, 28 years old, driving since 15, single driver, no accidents in 11 years living in centralish auckland. AMI - Stock 85 M323 with 17"s no alarm and a CD player, $300 excess, $626 premium, 6k agreed value. AMI - Modified, Wont insure. CLIC - stock as above, $600 excess, $1500 theft excess, $1120 premium, 6k third party valuation. CLIC - M50B25 swap, exhaust, swaybars, polyurethane, coilovers, LSD, 5 star alarm - $750 excess, $1500 theft excess, $1346 premium for 10k third party valuation. Way it seems to me if one has a stock car, AMI (and not CLIC!) , if one doesnt CLIC

The M1 coupe was hand-built between 1978 and 1981 under the Motorsport division of BMW as a homologation special for sports car racing. The body was designed by Giugiaro, taking inspiration from the 1972 BMW Turbo show car. Originally, BMW commissioned Lamborghini to work out the details of the car's chassis, assemble prototypes and manufacture the vehicles, but Lamborghini's financial position meant that BMW reassumed control over the project in April 1978, after seven prototypes were built. Only 456 production M1s were built, making it one of BMW's rarest models. The spirit of the M1 lived on in the first-generation M5, as both models shared the same (though slightly modified) engines. Sucks that 30 seconds of stupidness can put you in a bad spot, thems the breaks I guess. Its longer term stupidness that gets annoying

One that needs more downforce at speed obviously!

Q - y does it have a pink sick_kicks (23 ) 11:07 pm, Wed 26 Jan A - dont no it hasnt been pinked since i had iv had it i just put that up there incase it is 11:27 pm, Wed 26 Jan Wtf.. Poor thing, its been raped by a muppet.

- touch over 200mph. - "glider"

Bright blue E30 four door with shiny wheels behind me at the onehunga/neilson st offramp this arvo, members? Needs to bolt number plate on straight

Good sh*t.

Halfway through the easy way book that turned up yesterday, ordered it ages ago, turns out there wasnt a copy in the country (new edition) and it got slow boated here.. its not a bad read! I was expecting preachy "Smoking is bad for you, you weak minded muppet!" carry on, but its totally the opposite. Just had a durrie, and I for the first time realised how f**ken nasty they are.. Hows quitting going Glenn?

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Anyone come across the p/n for the chrome strip that sits next to the interior window seal on the front doors of an e30 coupe? The rear sections are part #1, but the front door sections dont seem to be listed, or are listed somewhere funky on realoem.

Chrome trim or shadow line? Im tossing up between the two.. Liking the chrome at the moment, as it seems to be less done, and looks more oldskool If anyone is hording mint chrome trim and bumpers for a pfl coupe yell out before I go CC nuts again... EDIT - Is it possible to change the trim on an opening rear window in a coupe, realoem only lists the whole assembly Personally think this looks sh*t hot, chrome but not too much chrome.. Lots of front fender strake thing want...

Dont think rules apply to haggard cages, dont think i want to be rolling a car with a haggard cage either

Think ive seen the same car down Mt smart rd a few times. Smokes like its burning as much oil as petrol. Burgundy colour?

5 year old makes a comic www.axecop.com Awesome, Ill cut your head off!

+1, Both licenses can be taken away in a flash for not being a "fit and proper person", it does happen.

Personally I plan on getting my PPL as my mid life crisis and building me a kit plane, being a bus driver has no appeal Aint no glamour or hostees in it though I would stick with the engineering, at least get your level 4 in all the subjects (I assume RNZAF is on the NZQA goat-f system too), then look at CPL, as then if you get stuck with out a an pilot job you'll have something to fall back on that still will leave you in the industry, and starting something without finishing it looks stink on a resume. The best option would be to go hard at your LAME exams at the same time as level 4, and come out of the airforce in demand, and then you could fund your CPL with no student loan. If driven enough and went hard at your apprenticeship and LAME exams you can have them all nailed in 3 years from the start, it would be hard but is doable. Edit - The added bonus of being both a LAME and holding a CPL is you'd be one of the few pilots who actually know how their plane works

Id rather walk than fly in a skoda/airbus Seriously, take a look, talk to people in the industry (not the pilot CPL factories who pump em out!) and think about it first man. How many of the previous posters here have a CPL, how many use it? Everyone wants to be a pilot for the romance of it, but reality sucks. By all means go for it, but be realistic about it or youll find yourself in the same boat as all the other people with CPL's working at Air Woolworths paying of an epic student loan

Im an engineer for air NZ, been doing it for 10 years (since I was 17), contracting around the world etc, so I know the industry pretty well. The reality is, be prepared to earn NAFF all for the first few years, like less than $8 an hour to fly bug smashers for small operators, fighting with other pilots in your situation to get into the seat, add to this working as an instructor to get your hours up, then getting another job to actually pay the bills... Once you have your CPL you'll need upwards of 6000 hours before an airline (even a small one) will even consider you. Personally, I know lots of guys who have suddenly decided that they want to be pilots in there mid 20's, and it is hard, bones of ass, yards. Its one of those jobs you need to start training for when about when your 17 and can live on the smell of an oily rag, that way by the time your 30 you might earn 50k a year I considered being a pilot when I was younger, but thought at the end of the day id rather be an engineer than a bus driver Dont mean/want to smash your dreams, but there are thousands of pilots in NZ that are trying to get there hours up to fly commercially and struggling. I know people wit CPL's working as loaders/drivers/storeman etc simply because they cant get the hours to be viable to a company at the same time making it financially work. There arent that many good engineer's though, and theyre always in demand. Engineers can earn much better money earlier in their career, and once licensed with ratings on some decent planes goood coin can be made if your willing to travel (no chance of earning a 747 PIC wage ever though! ) EDIT, BTW Mark, I think you might know Russell S, he mentioned he knew a guy with a E30 M50 a few weeks ago. Small world

Id imagine wrecker slushbox's would be dirt cheap....