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I had similar with my last B30, tried a bunch of things, but never sorted it before selling the car. In my travels I came across a couple of others that had similar issues and at the time there seemed to be no answer. Among other things, I rebuilt my vanos, replaced the FPR, vacuum leaks, replaced idle valve, checked DME and VNC for solder issues. Everything in INPA checked out fine, it ran and drove fine, it just had that idle stumble.

Already sold? It was a lot cheaper than they usually are, but you'd still need to de-ugly it

worth getting some clear PPF or something on the new lenses to protect them?

My E91 used to do that, maybe its just a BMW thing from that era, Could even be FL/PFL difference?

Doesn't stop them breaking into them, and vandalising the interior when they can't drive off with it. Happens a lot with NZ New cars that have immobilisers, they tear the ignition to bits, find they can't hotwire it, and start smashing headunits, gauges, cutting seats and headlinings, dumb stuff thats a real pain to replace. Little shits need a damn good smack.

Thats the latest method of breaking the glass to gain entry, using a screwdriver in the frame/seal to break the glass where its weakest, on the edge. It really pisses me off because it usually causes damage to the seal and/or frame, particularly when they do it to front door windows. This method sort of popped up out of nowhere about 2 years ago, so i suspect it was shared on tiktok or something and its what the kiddies are using.

lol, i love the sport alcantara interior on the E39. If i got another it would have to either have it already, or i'd swap it in. So much nicer than leather.

Oh man, hard disagree there. Old man green with a tan interior (caramel would be better though) is a great combo on the E39. The wheels can get in the bin though, they belong on a commy.

Yeah i reached out to sulco for a quote a while back and remember they werent cheap for two bent bits of steel (compared to the USD MSRP anyway). I just zip tied the casters on, they've held fine so far.

Yeah i really should get around to ordering some of those. Did you get them through Sulco?

Cool story, but it's also technically not legal either 🤷‍♂️ Even if you pass a WOF, you could fall foul of your insurer if something goes wrong.

Keep in mind that the moment you change the brake pedal to a manual one, you will trigger the threshold for needing a cert. It's probably the worst thing about converting cars to manual these days, since it'll lock you into the state the car is in when it goes for a cert, and you cannot change anything about it unless you cert it again.

They aren't vaders, just m rain E36 sport seats (possibly from a TI). Either way, still don't really suit it.

$31,000. How long until we see it given a clean and flipped for $40k+?

Just showing how cool it is