Jacko

Might as well document this little project... same as all N52 sump gaskets, they eventually fail (normally in the rear left corner). Parts are cheap but its a lot of work to get access to em. Will do the same as what I did on my 130i, drop the subframe down without removing it and work around it... its a bit of a mare but totally removing the subframe really requires a hoist! My 330i is an auto, so has the bulkier alloy sump rather than the 130i's pressed steel manual version sump, hopefully it doesnt make it more of a prick to remove. Obligatory engine mount replacement at the same time. Step 1 - degrease the sh*t out of it all and give it a clean up

Altered Carbon is a good watch, so is the Jack Ryan TV series. Hand maids tale isnt terrible if the missus wants to share the tv

Modern corollas are pretty reasonable to drive, I get lots of rentals due to work, the newest gen with the 9 speed CVT are actually very impressive. Stick a BMW badge on the boot of a Mazda3, maybe an //M badge if you want some more street cred, and feed it 91 all day Im sticking to If you want a BMW, buy a real BMW, or whats the point other than having a badge on the boot. Im sure 116's are perfectly reasonable small cars, but unless you absolutely must have that BMW badge, the math makes no sense.

130s get better with age

And then get both

Westworld. Mind bending.

Yeah, my Penrite HRP5 is an essential oil, Karen.

Honestly, you really have to ask why you would buy one, a corolla (etc) of the same $ will be more reliable, have a bigger boot, go faster, have more equipment, and be cheaper to maintain.

I bough the 3 bottle kit from Soft 99, its pretty good, and well priced. Smell reminds me of old Tamiya polishing compound from toy cars in the 80s Have had good results with Meguiars ultimate compound and polish too, but its pricey. I just use a cheap nasty supercheap DA and a Luxxio pad. The stock BMW paint is hard...

Have one in my 330 touring, along with the dog. Fur still goes everywhere, and gets stuck in all the linings.

Was actually looking for a micro SD card I lost in the car a few years ago, had epic footage of me driving a toy plane into a pole at 250kmh.

Cup holders looked a little bit dirty, and there was a dog hair stuck under the passenger seat... Might pull the windows out next week to clean em

Welcome, 335d's are badass, and rare. Looks wicked.

Did ya search amazon for the TRW pn for the M3 bits? From memory I got the LCA and tension arms all new for like $230nz, was nearly theft. Makes a big difference, front end gets waaaay more pointy, actually took a bit of getting use to on the motorway as I found myself giving heaps of corrections.

Week 1... Making it shiny. Might be going crazy. Soft99 KoG over top of Fusso 12.

That doesnt sound pretty

Yeah the Y pipe has been done, which will be the cause of the drone. General rule of thumb is back box or Y pipe resonator delete, not both As Glenn says its not pretty work. Options will be to find a stock 130 exhaust and bolt it back in, going back to having a centre resonator, or ditch the BMWP backbox and finding a stock 130 one.

The cats are up the front, are part of the exhaust manifold. That weld just aft of the heatshield isnt normal (from memory), but there isnt anything there normally anyway. There is a resonator up further that takes the 2 pipes from manifolds and collects them to the single exhaust that is a common mod to remove and replace with a straight Y pipe without a resonator. There is no Msport performance muffler by the way, its a BMW Performance muffler (was a dealer option thing rather than an Msport option thing). If you get a pic of the part number/dataplate will be able to work out if its BMWP or a 135 unit.

Ordered on Saturday

330, I did the 130s gasket a year or so ago.

10 litres of HPR5 just got delivered from Repco distribution centre. Sump gasket job is a go

Wore my original knob out, too much shifting. Storm motorwerks V4, big chunk of machined stainless.. its got some heft.

Fedex are delivering, took about 2 days longer than usual due to the planes routes all being screwed up, but got fedex package from US and one from UK.

FCP dont really sell much in the way of bedazzlements. There is also aliexpress, but shop wisely, you dont want to be "that guy"

Schmeidmann, ECS Tuning, Turner Motorsports all normally ship to nz.