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i concur, write in, advise of bad weather conditions. Maybe it was a combination of some standing water, old narrow tires and possibly some slippery road grime? Sounds like a pretty raw deal if you backed off and straightened up as soon as it happened.

Dont be cocky, its more dangerous than being a "rubbish" driver.

ALso with this, whats the deal with "JM Lippert"? I cant find much info on what the deal with these cars was. Are they a tuning house like Alpina, or was this a one off?

Owned 5th gen Prelude Type-S, An Integra Type R, A Euro R and various other non-R Hondas.... and i currently own an M3 in that price range. Apples and sausages, cant even compare them. Honda is FAR easier than an old BMW to live with daily and a type R will out handle, and likely out drive any BMW you can buy for 16K. You dont like FWD Hondas? Thats your loss, but dont go rubbishing them without knowing what youre talking about. To the OP, good luck with the sale. Its well priced for a tidy facelift, especially in something other than white. Shouldnt take long to shift.

or screw it, buy a manual diesel X5. Bestest, safest car evar.

Well i'll be. The more you know

jebus youre a brave man, that is a hell of a lot of work!

Wow, that leather looks lush. Very impressive work they did to make it look near new. Cant imagine Madeira Violet is very common, certainly havent seen any around here.

ive seen how little space is left around the 12pot in Andys E34, so bugger chucking one in an E36!

Oh jesus, another biased, irrelevant and misinformed 3Pedals rant >_< The new volvos are really nice cars, im sure itll make a damn good daily for you. is it an import or nz new?

Looking good, especially that new top. Night and day difference from the early pics.

Not a bad idea, should work shouldnt it?

Issue resolved. Everything is now lit (albeit patchy, as thats how they rolled in the early 90s).

Fit a new bulb to the climate control unit after work. It took a 12v 1.2watt wedge bulb. Yay for no more groping blindly around for knobs in the dark. I dont have pics because it was dark, but its pretty simple to do. Pull the four knobs off, undo the two screws behind the large knobs, and gently lever off the face panel (i used s small flathead driver). The bulb is top center and pulls straight out with your fingers. Insert new bulb, turn lights on to test, OK. The reassembly is a prick unless you remove the OBC. Without the face plate on the climate control will freely wobble around and will be impossible to reinstall the face plate. Pop the OBC out (there is a small slot in the top of the cubby below the OBD, stick a finger in there and push forward on the OBC, it should pop out). Once this is out, put your hand up and behind the climate controller and push it forward, whilst pushing the faceplate gently onto it. It should clip into place. BEWARE that there is an exposed fan on the back of the climate unit and may be operating for a few minutes after the ignition is off. The fan is in the middle, so try to avoid it (shouldnt cut you but is uncomfortable). Install two screws again, replace knobs (they are keyed so make sure they go on correctly), and pop OBC back in. Done.

Put the fuel savings from it running correctly towards your conversion fund

Yeah, but Redbook is a load of crap and should be taken about as seriously as the Dog and Lemon guide.

Good decision Time for some new pics then

Why does this keep increasing in price? For a while it was around 12-13K, now its 17-22K? Not going to sell much with pricing like that.

Update time. Been putting the KM on this on the weekends, covered over 2000KM since purchase now. Vanos has about 1000KM on it, still getting better as it wears in. Decided today that ill proceed, albeit slowly, with my original plan for the car whilst still having it advertised for sale. I wont be dropping the price, and any offers will need to be close to my asking price. First step was to clean the steering wheel, and look replace the bulbs for the climate control panel and the headlight switch. This is what i started with. Hard, glossy, and slippery. The tri-colour ///M stitching is grey. Grabbed some Lux flakes AGES ago, so chucked some into a container (a small sprinkle) and filled with hot tap water. Began scrubbing the wheel with a toothbrush, and microfibre cloths, and amazingly it started to come up nicely. Unfortunately there is quite a lot of wear on the top of the wheel, so its kind of pitted. Not torn though which is good. I liked this pic for some reason I also scrubbed the arm rest, which removed some of the sheen and made it feel a bit softer Unfortunately the leather conditioner i used (from way back in the bay when i had my Rover SD1) has left the leather a bit shiny, but im hoping itll either soak in or wear off a bit. There is a massive difference in how the wheel feels now, its softer and nicer to touch. Previously it would leave a "greasy" mark on the leg of my pants, ugh. This is as far as i got with the bulb changing, i removed the headlight switch and panel from the climate control. Removed both bulbs and will match them up to something at work tomorrow, to be fitted after work. The next step will be a new gear knob. Its not really high on the should-be-done list, but im trying to do all the touch points of the car first as that means the most to me when im using it. Ill also be buying all the bits to freshen the shifter linkages up.

jeez, what were the dates on the filters you removed?

id either get one of those wee breather filters, or maybe some fine mesh and stick it over the opening. The pump only runs for a period of time on a cold start, otherwise it should be off.

it is indeed for the air pump. Technically should be filtered air, but as it pumps air from that pipe into the exhaust it shouldnt matter much (might shorten the life of the pump though). Its pipe 10 (diagram is from my own pre-evo, but should be similar) http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=BF92&mospid=47432&btnr=11_1335&hg=11&fg=50

not so keen on drilling holes in my front lip or bumper, so unless it can mount using the existing holes, im out

do the front M corner splitters attach using the factory M3 Lip holes?

might want to elaborate a bit more.... what exploded?