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its an E46 engine ... he never said it wasnt an E36 body.

if its not wof'd and not registered then its illegal for it to be on the road. Simple as that unfortunately.

thanks but do a proper fotos shoot .. we've already seen that photo

glass break sensors are affected by tinted window film as you can smash a window with much less noise. Some companies offer to pay your excess if your car gets stolen with there alarm in it (i think autowatch) but if you have tints I believe that offer is voided.

the deadlocking feature i believe is not something you can get around if you want to use it with your keyless entry. You'll have to unlock it with the key each time.

pics of damage :) http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...on-51186480.htm http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...on-51249318.htm http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/0001-0877...on-50952315.htm http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...on-51000634.htm this guy here -> http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=531226 can probably sort you out most of hte parts your after. His name is Darren aka SRBMW off bimmersport.

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more details - what ratio diff ? what price u looking for ?

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Mtech 1 would probably be worth more as a full kit. Front and Rear you'd probably go $250-300 for both with skirts $400 with spoiler $500 - 600 (as it is now a full kit) thats my guess anyway.

sand paper

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=50999129 found these, finishes friday. Good option if u wanna look different from the rest.

thanks for digging back up this thread, I'm still winning.

what do you want .. seriously ? a fast auto ? quick off the line ? something that sounds good ? something that can overtake ? something you can have fun in ? please specify. If your wanting to pull out more performance .. your not going to be able to feel much with having a 318 auto engine. If you answered yes to many of those .. your probably best finding a Auto 325

what work has been done on it since your've owned it ? any upgrades ?

sounds exciting .. go hard. As long as theres a genuine reason behind it get a bonnet scoop !

put a reverse opening kit on it lol.

yours seems to have more than enough for everyone there james

Happy Birthday buddy, take it easy.

man that hawt! do you climb in the window or something lol

my bad, your right. Why is it your dont want to change to manual ? Are you on your restricted (Auto) ? Manual gearbox can pull out some much better performance out of a 318. Previously having test-driven an Auto 318 they we're just really sedate. Now with my 318i Manual (M40) I dont think I'd consider purchasing a 320i again as they're just better fuel economy and basically same performance. Performance upgrades for a 318i are very limited, hence why your probably looking at an engine transplant. An engine transplant is a good idea if your going from the bottom to the top, but really... its probably more economical getting a different car than sticking a new one in unless your shell is the absolute shiz. The 318i (M40) from my experience seems to be a more refined engine than the 320 and puts out good fuel economy as well as quite useful performance. The 320i engine seems to be a tad underpowered for hte size of the engine and puts out considerably worse economy. If your a student like I suspect, you'll probably realise how much the cost of petrol can matter at times. If you we're going to upgrade a 323 or a 325 would be probably the best value you could get. I found when I was looking at upgrading my 320i (6 cylinder) to another 6cyl spec model of engine I had trouble because not everything matches up. There are conflicts that arise all round, if your putting a facelift into a pre-facelift or vice versa. ECU's .. cooling systems, radiators, gearboxes, wiring ... everything changes. I got quoted for the labour and basic maintenance parts (cambelt, waterpump, etc etc) at upward of $5k to stick a 323i engine into my car at a reputable and more cheaper BMW service specialist (BMWorkshop). Whereas just a straight swap same engine / and model (ie. fl -> fl / pre-fl -> pre-fl) was I think $1200 from a few places, but that was with no guarentee behind the engine being installed and a 3 months guarentee on the workmanship. Hope this is of some help to you. And gives you a better idea of what your getting yourself into should you decide to go that path. Cheers Andy

about your only option is you could bolt up a 316 easy ! you'd lose about 12 horsepower . With engine transplants if ur adding cylinders generally your going to have a whole new level of work added. Your only decent upgrade for 4 cylinder model would be a M42 318iS but really.. chance of finding someone wanting to part with that sort engine is about as much as winning Big Wednesday. Also some parts arent universal and cant be used on different models. So you might not be able to use all the core changeable parts currently in your 318.

oh dear god ! I have chrome trim around my windows.. does that count ? My car could be intire bling if i had enough lense flares photoshopped onto my car . . . . .

My baby has been adopted by its new owner, please take good care of her .

Kill someone and we'll all chip in over the next 21 years.