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Black sapphire metallic looks really good when its all shiny, lots of flecks. Mines covered in stone chips too.. Its a never ending game trying to solve it though.

The only thing Phils achieved is bumped up the price of house we just sold, as it was an actual real physical house for the same price as a kiwibuilt house Unfortunately, due to the above, now we have no house in 3 weeks, for wife, 3 year old, and 50 kg dog (and my business)

The rest of the car, thing is amazing.

/RANT People who do additions to their houses without council consent. People who build houses and dont get them surveyed and therefore dont get a title. People who build houses that leak. People who do the above and expect to sell them and make money on their "investments" Councils who dish out R.V with a random number generator x10 /ENDRANT Seriously, there is no housing crisis in Auckland. There are heaps of houses for sale, its just they're either a regulatory clusterfudge or people are wanting stupid amounts of money for them (as thats what happened in the past), or both. Councils are half the problem in both regards.

Wipers stopped working in all modes, restarted car and they are back working again. Im guessing relay, maybe motor? Anyone come across this one before, it doesnt appear to be well documented.

Hit up Tim at TTT Auto, ask for the supersecret special sauce AE101/111 suspension setup. It was something like dobi springs and kyb shocks, but its not the standard kit (wasnt expensive either). Is a mix match front and rear from memory. Works awesome. https://www.tttauto.co.nz/ Mine had AMAZING bump steer prior to changing it, it was like being able to do a Scandinavian flick.. but it did it all by itself

Michael Hill gearing up for the zombie apocalypse?

Awesome. BZ Tourings are heaps of fun ( and appreciating ), 20V 4AGEs are genuinely entertaining, engines to beat on I sold mine last year, just before I sold it I did the springs and shocks in a custom combo recommended by a mate, went from hilariously bad handling to genuinely impressive!

Thought exactly the same thing... B58 is a crate engine?

Other than that dent likely be cheap to fix too.

I paid $1100 for 4 235/35/19s RE003s a few months. Tonys Tyre Service.

RE003s, bang for buck winners.

Plenty of overvalued houses selling in Auckland for less than they were purchased for a year ago, all in the 900k+ bracket, whereas everything "first home buyer" friendly price range is still selling fast. I guess it depends greatly on what you buy and where to if property is actually an investment, spending 900k on E30s a few years ago wouldve have got a you a good return now

Wheres all the power going? Is there some horrendously inefficient regulator in there? I imagine all the internals are at 3.3v and using mA's of power. 350W seems like madness?

Buying and selling at the moment, goes unconditional tomorrow... (fingers crossed... lots of garage and workshop ) banks are finicky at the moment. 5 years ago they were happy to throw money at us for first home, now they are crossing i's and dotting t's much more seriously, and even having more of a cash deposit can make the difference between an offer being accepted or not. If you want a mortgage broker who is a legit good guy hollah, have a guy from Mike Pero who rate really highly.

Turned a pheasant into an amazing golden feathered firework on Old Taupo Road. Poooompaaah! Also.. Old Taupo Road

Why sell it?

What is the upgraded suspension?

Other than Lining up the arrow/triangle things to the appropriate flange, its a bolt in deal.

Yeah the biturbos are a cool looking car, that seller has a 430 as well.

Note the taped over plates...

Stumbled into the weird place on tardme. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/specialist-cars/other/auction-1951517111.htm?rsqid=5f7a49ebee7e44bba9e4358e95960edf https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/specialist-cars/other/auction-1785789053.htm?rsqid=fe639708d35b453eb43b42a77a6bdd54

How to do you get grease in there? The shaft isnt removable?

So far ive used 5w30, WD40, and some scorpion bearing oil (similar to light machine oil).