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Bump. Theres a few rebuilds going around at the moment, hope this helps.

not to blow my own whistle, but theres info in my thread on how i tested and cleaned my solenoids. http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/49996-diy-s50b30-vanos-rebuild-info/

it seems it was used a lot way back in the day by BMW, its very prevalent in the UK on the evos. Some owners went in for vanos issue, and came out with the stuff installed. It couldve also been fitted from factory later on in production, im not sure, but a couple of people have reported that official "new/refurb" units from BMW have come with that goo pre-installed. The general consensus is that if your seals are good, and your covers are tightened correctly, its not needed.

looking good. Hate that orange crap that some of the evos had. Apparently it was to reduce chances of leaks, and aligns well with BMWs official stance of vanos not being serviceable. Dont forget to use the M5 O-Rings on the solenoids. PS. My vanos rebuild thread discusses the solenoids being the same as the S62 M5 engine

Looks great, very tidy. Wonderful color combo too. Retrimmed wheel?

yeah thatll do it. IIRC that should be able to be resoldered?

Thats some strangely specific criteria....

You should make note the plates are germanplates, not euro plates (they arent legal). Wouldnt be a hard car to tidy up and have as a daily or something.

The Evo had style 39, 24 and 23

No Ron, you will find the early 3L M3 all had the Style 22 (Dual Spoke 1) wheels. 17x7.5 square. These are the wheels the OP is referring to.

The Evos had different wheel and tyre sizes. Wish i still had a photo of my M3 plate to shut everyone up. Anyone of the S50B30 owners care to chime in?

If a couple of members here can get the v12 in their E34s, im sure it cant be that much harder to drop it into the E38 SWB. iirc they all use the same steering, unlike the e39 that used rack and pinion on the sixes, so fitting the v12 setup shouldnt be too hard. a SWB 750i would be lush. The LWB is just too much car for around town here, the SWB is just much more manageable.

Cool. Still heaps of good parts on that!

DS1s are not staggered. Square 7.5". Id rather go with some slightly cheaper tyres of the correct size, than high end tyres in the wrong size (as i just did, Replaced a pair of Continentals that were too wide on the front of my new car with some Nexens of the correct size. Fixed a whole bunch of issues, drives much better).

If its the black one on TM, i'd take a good condition MSport one over that anyday. That is really just a dressed up boring spec one. It has factory sport suspension and thats really about it.

Exactly, and so what? doesnt look like a hell of a lot of user serviceable bits under there anyway. At the end of the day, the car will be under warranty and service plan for a few years, so no one other than a BMW tech will need to touch it. After that, im sure the aftermarket will come to the party and make life easier for the second/third owners. Its likely anyone that can afford a brand new i8 wont care much for messing around with it.

And just forget about the potential damage and excess wear caused by running it dumped on its arse? I think there are better ones out there, especially for that money.

my opinion? Mods ruin the car, but NZ new is good. I wouldnt pay anywhere near that for it, they are starting to drop into the high 20s now.

if all else fails, a wet sand will likely take it off. The paint will need a good cut and polish afterwards though (but i suspect youll need that no matter what you do to get it off).

I just picked up a new car worth more than yours today, so its certainly not me "scraping together pennies". There is a difference between a good car and a liability. If the inspection reports are to be believed, your car is the latter. I wish the new owner the best of luck, and i hope he comes on here so we can help him get the car back to the standard it deserves, with the owner that it deserves. I will advise that if this is the attitude you intend to use on this forum, you might want to sign out and not come back. You wont be missed.

For every rubbish car for sale, there is always a sucker that will pay too much for it.

Looks great Dave, really makes me miss my E36.

its been on there for ages AFAIK. Aint selling any time soon.

Just do it right and buy Andy's 550it

The other problem is that your Atenza is modified. Its a huge risk for most dealers to take on modified cars, so you would need a niche dealer. Better off selling on TM.