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The fogged up headlight just screams emasculate AF.

Yes.. he is very helpful, particularly when hes trying to lick your ear you while trying to wrestle the driveshaft out....

Dont forget ECS Tuning, found them way better than Schmeidman, quicker shipping and usually cheaper. Customer service is kick ass as well.

Apparently mine has come off Anyone got one handy?

Day 1 (well 4 hours) progress... Discovered what looks to be the gearbox input shaft seal leaking, good thing some clever bastard ordered full set of box seals! Lucky... All comes apart pretty simply so far, helper dog is lots of help. Unbolt things, clean them up, unbolt next thing, rinse and repeat. Diff out and then off to the Kayne Barrie to install the quaife tomorrow, will probably start stripping the rear suspension and installing the poly bushes as well.

Some sort of government medical place, wasn't the norm... (which involves much more kerb/footpath/touching)

2.5 hours flight away from NZ, in Noumea (New Caledonia)... Tiny little island in the Pacific and have seen : M6s, a clownshoe, a 911 GT2, e46 and e9x M3s.. and an E30. Surprisingly most in decent condition... Most people here seem to drive by touch, its a sea of smashed up euros, lots of late model Renault and Citroen held together with duct tape and rust. Must cost a bomb to import all this french crap to the otherside of the world in LHD.

Anyone come across a "sticky shift" in an e9x? The 330 occasionally wants to get stuck in 2nd/3rd when slowly accelerating, and wont kick down, itll bog the engine to the point of nearly stalling. Its intermittent, and being more forceful with the go pedal solves it, just annoying when creeping in traffic. No fault codes are logged.

Some generic ebay one that about 5 other companies rebrand and charge more for! Was like $30, works mint, hooks up to the nilfisk water blaster.

Generic "heavy duty" car wash from super cheap, foam gun, Luxio wheel cleaner stuff (like dragons breath) and a water blaster. Was surprised how well it cleaned up too. Even BMW stickers are LL04 rated...

It begins, turning 236k of road grime into something resembling chocolate milkshake.

Wait.... Top Gear is no longer shite?!

As per original listing, got way more interest than I expected and have no idea what its worth so Tardme is the best option I wont be in the country next week Mon-Fri so auction ends Friday. https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1578242019

For anyone interested - BMW 130i's, all years = 32 Sold new... Rarer than 1Ms 15 Manuals/17 Autos

Scratch that, 2 of the 3 boxes made it through... the third one got caught .. All of them have invoices for the total value

11 years later, it finally gets what it should have had out of the box

Getting 4.5kNZD of suspension through customs, and not paying a cent... Couriers ineptitude has bonuses I guess

Looking through the workshop manual replacing the rear crank seal is an involved process! I cant find the loctite product anywhere Injector (2) contains the sealing compound Loctite, manufacturer's number 128357. Bottle (3) contains the primer Loctite, manufacturer's number 171000. Any ideas on an equivalent?

Cant decide on changing all the gearbox seals (input/output/selector) when ive got the box out of the 130, or just leaving them. Cars at 230k, no leaks... If it aint broke, dont fix it Vs. Im balls deep already, whats a lil deeper. Thoughts?

Great old Mexican tuning house, personally I like the works of Jalalpeñia in making the ultimate tacobahn stormers

Even Tiff says buy one

I have E8/9x bushing removal/install kits, happy to hire etc to members (may even sell in a month!) Schwaben Silent Block/Bushing Tool Set Remove and install rear ball joints on E38, E39, E60/61, E63/64, E65/66, and E70's Removal and installation of ball joints and bushings on rear control arms on E36, E46, E39, E60/61, E63/64, E65/66, E70, E83 and E85/86 Z4's Removal and installation of rear subframe mounted differential bushings on E36, E46, E83 and E85/86 Z4's Removal and installation of rear differential mounted bushings on E36, E46, E9X, E60/61, E63/64, E65/66, and E85/86 Z4's BGS Technic Rear Trailing Arm Set For replacing the trailing arm bushings and trailing arm in wheel carrier bushing suitable for BMW Models 1 and 3 (2004 - 2012) series: E81 / E82 / E83 / E85 / E86 / E87 E88 / F20 / E90 / E91 / E92 / E93 includes the following tools: split bush compressor to be used as OEM 334450 camber arm mounting extraction / insertion tool to be used as OEM 334460 trailing arm mounting extraction / insertion tool to be used as OEM 334480 German Specialty Tools Rear Subframe Set E87/90/91/92/93 This tool set used to remove and Install front and rear bushings in the rear subframe. Applicable: BMW E87 and E90/91/92/93

Do you do retaining walls?

Interesting article by Tiff needell and co in latest Modern Classics mag - BMW to buy now (as are predicted to appreciate significantly) E46 M3/E39 M5/635Csi/Z4M/130i ... No mention of the 1M? weird. Any idea on the number of 130s sold new in NZ? UK only has 1000 left (1/4 the number of E46 M3s!)

130i owners, havent seen a RTFM/wat dis lite mean/etc post yet. https://www.facebook.com/groups/526409061074147/