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can you spin the fan by hand?

*woodruff key Thats sh*t man, looks like its been missing the bolt for a while.

Glad that car went to an enthusiast, was a great price despite the KM. IIRC Ray had also flashed a couple of goodies into the ECU? Look forward to seeing how it progresses.

Why'd you delete your posts about the paintwork OP?

Front bumper looks the same, almost looks rattle canned.

i fit style 68s to my old non-sport E46 and there was plenty of room on stock suspension. Silly question probably, but are they genuine wheels and havent been machined or something?

i found replacing the front lower control arms and bushses on my old E36 made a hell of a difference in the front end tightening up.

my swift has no spare, and doesnt have runflats. just an expired can of tyre poo and a compressor.

realoem.com Chuck in chassis number, and have access to all the part numbers you could ever want. Will be available from Dealer, Milland or Euroitalian.

better off getting a color matched aerosol can than a brush for that imo.

ive used Captaintransporter a few times with success to go chch-wgtn and akl-wgtn (and back).

Other than the exhaust, thats a great looking car. It always makes me wonder though why BMW didnt fit the sedan with a front lip or decent sport seats (or even just vaders). Any pictures of the 130i?

looks great! Well done, much better than the poxy old merc. Do you have more photos of how the exhaust runs on the RH side of the tyre well to the tips? It looks like the tyre well is intact, is the spare in there still?

Can you please confirm if thats a paint scuff i see on the rear LH guard, in the second picture?

cant believe they would even bother trying to sell that!

Those are a very nice touch, looks nice and OEM too.

Have you looked into flashing the Alpina trans tune Aaron? I hear that livens the trans up heaps.

Typical isnt it, a simple fix, that you actually get sorted when you no longer need to use AC. Thats a pretty lush tack lifter too, good score.

not really my thing, but impressive workmanship and power. such a clean engine bay. What was it built for? A demo, or some sort of racing?

Looks great, got to be happy with that result!

a 335i wagon can be had for sub 20K, definitely worth a look imo.

What the crap are you talking about? Ive never seen a 335i that wasnt steptronic, and theyre a decent one at that. Most of them are optioned OK, better than most poverty NZDM cars. Even the one OP linked has heated leather seats, full msport options, and maybe more (but without chassis # cant check). ANY 335i is hardly a boring car. What crazy rock do you live under? Itd thrash the pants off anything in your stable.

i cant see a damn thing in that potato photo other than ugly wide guards. #wheremycontrastat

cga, dealer warranty and AM mechanical warranties will all cover you. In any case, the answer is ALWAYS M5.

Theres been a few E91 and E92 335i under 20k. The prices are coming down as the market gets more and more saturated.