Jacko

Was lucky, wife driving and semi went straight through a giveway and "merged" into the RH lane of a dual carriage way. Lucky the boy wasnt in the kids seat behind that window, as its exploded into car. No airbags have gone off, and door surround looks OK (minor dent from the stop)... door and window obviously toast. Rear panel is pretty wrecked though...

Adjusted the door using a semi truck and trailer... BMW built em tough. Odds on write off? I'm at 50/50

30 seconds with a 13mm socket. Anyone have record of what the P/N is thats stamped on the BMWP muffler? It might be a BMWP unit, sounds tougher than mine and Y pipe on it looks factory.

It'll be a good start to a project car, it appears to be straight and honest just needs some love. Elbow grease, a DA, and swinging of a spanner will solve a lot of it pretty simply. With things like the tyres/shocks they just become good excuses to upgrade! Reality is half the 130s out there selling for over 10k will have the same faults, just owners that are none the wiser. Should do an experiment, run around all the 130s in dealers yards and look for oil leaks and green coolant. $50 its more than half of em

https://www.maxtondesign.co.uk/spoiler-cap-bmw-1-e81-e87 Was looking at these - With shipping 1 is about $380nzd each, for 2 its about $300nzd, for 3 its 290nzd (black) @Driftit or anyone else interested?

Got a link to that wireless charging doofa? Thats slick

Stock muffler. No headlight washers = Poverty pack.

Check out the supra at around the 8m mark, absurd -

Who was the bellend who put a $1500 autobid on it... Do these people not know how tardme works?

You have enough 130s! I want the engine, and maybe gearbox, and maybe bonnet/tailgate/bumper if they arent beaten up

Anyone got any idea what it'd cost to get a non-moving car from Twizel to Auckland? Edit just got a quote - $1500... tardme price would have to be pretty low for it to make sense.

Painful getting pics up here off phone @gofaster but heres a run down on it and pic dump (have more and a couple of vids (tick before and after) if you want anything specific) Its a straight car, no obvious accident damage or evidence of a respray. The front bumper and the gaps are due to the previous owner trying to rip the bumper off on kerbs... Paint looks like its been washed with a steelo, but its not deep. Few minor stone chips but nothing bad, its just every panel is dull with scratches. With a solid cut and polish it'd come up shiney. Lots of evidence of UV damage - headlights, rubbers, rear badge etc... but nothing end of world or not fixable. Bonnet release cable feels stretched, really got to yank on it. Interior is OK condition, bit battered, it needs a massive clean and tidy up but it'd tidy up OK. Headlining is falling down at the back. Looks different (and is pretty rare) in this spec. Front end feels very loose (it might just be stock vs mine though as it was back to back test), I suspect a flogged bush or two, and there are tell tale signs of dicky alignment. Tyres are bridgestone RFTs, the same ones all the jap imports have and all look old (probably came from japan with em). Front right wouldnt pass a warrant due to inner camber wear Brakes look old, but work fine and feel good, lots of rotor life left. Steering reservoir is leaking bad. Shocks look original, but all the suspension parts look clean and still have BMW p/n stickers on em. Battery was dead flat when went to start. Engine had the worst lifter tick I've ever ever heard which was a little concerning, however it went away after an italian tune up which is good. I suspect its been sitting for a long time. Engine has all the classic oil leaks, other than the sump (or if it is leaking the sump is minor), rocker cover gasket is toast and so is the oil filter/cooler ones. They have been toast for awhile and its made a mess (and smells oily after above tune up) Has green coolant in it (horror!), and it was a smidge low. Clutch feels good, if a little light (might just be my memory as mine is a SMF etc), DMF and release bearing are silent, and engine feels strong. Shift action is pretty good, no obviously flogged bushes. Engine sound deadening is dead... Engine pulls well and sounds good though. Exhaust sounds nice, not to sure whats done to it, tips arent factory but muffler looks factory. With some love it'd be a nice car, but it'll take some love and coin to get it there. I suspect it was mint in 2014 when it came out of Japan and has been a bit neglected in NZ by the previous owner (its a trade in). It might be worth trying botany BM workshop to see if they have any service history. If it was my project - Waterblast the f**k out of it, lots of pollen and dirt (and spiders) everywhere. Full cut and polish and birthday with new bits (like BMW badge at the back, its sad!) Clean up interior and stick roof lining back up New tyres New front end bushes, shocks and an alignment Every single oil gasket on the engine. New belt/idler/tensioner as they will all be poked due to the oil leak(s) (and the belts like to be ingested by the crank when they go!) New waterpump and thermostat, full coolant flush. Probably new starter (its at the K's where starters fail) and a new battery Sort the O ring on power steering reservoir No warranties given, your mileage may vary, wash rinse and repeat if necessary

Hows the MILVs and tune working out? Noticeable difference?

Hopped back into the 130i, after driving the 1.5 CVT Ractis for about 3000km.... feels like a f**ken supercar in comparison 100% the best performance upgrade to a 130i is buy something slow. Christmas holiday project is going to be replace rear wheel bearings, ship the diff off to Kayne to do the diff bearings and try to get some of the backlash out of the quaife, and start the birthday freshen up on a N52B30 to swap in.

Welcome back to the cool kids club, now... keep it for longer than a week

Tow hook cover at the front missing too, looks like might be BMWP exhaust tips.

Yup, have pneumatic one and lil one way valve job. Prefer the little one way valve job to be fair. Welcome to borrow them.

Dont know it either, interesting spec though. Msport with walnut etc. Im going through onehunga Monday, If I get 5m ill go take a looksee.

@promo is your friendly local FRM magician

Smells like f**kered FRM

I heard the Munich facility is doubling the floor area to deal with production of new kidney grills.

Incoming supercheap axle stand recall?

Looking at 130 wheel bearings, FAG are apparently the OEM for BMW.. and are a third the price of things like SKF. Are they actually the OEM, and if so why are the aftermarket ones so pricey?

Yikes, wonder what happened

It might be worth low balling them with the car, the scrapes and dents and coolant etc etc with an offer of like 7k (which is about more inline with what its actually worth) If they dont take it, walk away, if they do it'd be a decent car (with the knowledge that the waterpump will likely be due soon) By the way, Id concerned with a workshop that says they will do a rocker cover gasket, leaking washer tank etc for $800. Parts are relatively cheap (probably $500-600ish), but its a few hours work (and all DIYable if you can swing a spanner and read a manual). Somewhere they are cutting corners...