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You are supposed to mark the driveshaft halves before you pull it apart so you can put it back together the same. a couple of splines out won't make much of a difference, but if your universals aren't in phase you'll wear them out pretty quick and add vibrations, and if they are in phase, but 180 degrees out you may also get vibration. If you don't have any driveline vibration and the u-joints are in phase then don't worry about it.

Will - because when I was at uni they had avote regarding compulsory union fees and even though I voted against it, the vote went the other way and compulsory fees won. Ollie - There are better places to eat than Lone Star (sorry cain) Theres a mean Italian place upstairs opposite the Rialto (I forget its name but they sell italian and tuscan food and have musicians wandering about etc), or they do a mean meal and beer at the outback, but its the outback so thats for the lose. The woolshed does a fab meal and beer too. Or go down Bath St and find a tiny restaurant called Tull - the subs are so-so, but the dessert menu is off the hook - do a death-by-chocolate type dish that is pretty good for about $15. Larnach castle is OK, if you are out that way go a bit further and go to the seal colony at the end of the peninsula. Tunnel beach is a cracker of a beach to get away from the rest of the punters flocking to St Kilda/St Clair and its a short drive away. Fav "fanging" roads if you have wheels - Leith Valley Rd (Go up Duke St in North Dunedin by George St Normal School and follow it all the way to the main Highway a few km north of Dunedin - there is a bridge on the gravel you can get air on) Queens Drive - twisty bush about 600m from main street Tomahawk and highcliff rds out to Lanarch and the road up to the Lookout at Signal Hill - you can go see baldwin st while you are up that way. Way back in the days- it was a test of your car to see how fast you could drive up baldwin st. In the 80's apparently old falcons etc used to fang it up there mighty quick. I won't say how quick we did it in my student days as it was a pretty dumb thing to do - a guy I knew was the guy who was in the wheelie bin sliding down baldwin st when the chick died. Its student hols so the pubs will be a bit quieter than usual.

Nice edit adzy lol

Another genuine one sold last year for well under $20k.

That is one of the toughest looking BMWs ever made - damn cool.

I'm pretty sure they are the same length. I've had msport shocks sitting next to sttockers in the garage and didn't notice a difference.

Don't know what reserve is, but if it isn't much more than the start bid then its a bargain - a worked engine with link already mapped - 220HP for say $4k = bargain. Link

You've probably seen it if you troll TM, but in case you missed it 'cos its just another cheap e30 320.

Hmm worth a try on mine. I havn't properly diagnosed the issue yet, but was thinking rack - maybe it's that bearing cheers.

Worst thing is losing your staff account priviledges. Sux. Next time perhaps a more discreet way of letting people know you can get them cheap bits by not going into so much detail about how the system works and how you intend to exploit it. For instance - "I work at Mitre 10. If anyone needs tools etc I can probably organise a bit of a discount" Let me know if any of you need anything and I'll see what I can do." That way you are not saying you plan to exploit the staff discount system. When someone PMs you, you just find out how cheap you can get what they want, add your 10% cut and let them know. If they still keen, you get them what they want - no-one knows, and no-one cares quite frankly. Things like that only work if you only do it once in awhile for a mate etc. If you start making money off your staff account or buy 5 rachet sets in a month etc, then your boss might take exception to it.

And you should really try to get the whole prop shaft from the manual, not just the front half. I forget how many times its been said, but the prop shaft is balanced as a complete unit. If you replace half the shaft with one from a different car it will need to be rebalanced. If you are careful the carriers can be swapped over between driveshafts to get around facelift/pre f/l differences

Almost as bad as the Mazda B2000 ute in Paihia with the e30 kidney grill :puke:

Thanks Sam, will check those out. Also been pointed to www.twisted.co.nz - pretty damn good for a nz station - giving that a go now.

Yeah - George is a frequent channel for me - hence Bevan Keyes..... Want something different as I'm getting bored. Push FM in London is OK. Listening to them now, but hoping some of you out there might have a few new suggestions for me.

I usually use iTunes to listen to internet radio at work plus one or two othe stations. I'm looking for a station that plays some really funky house with maybe some d&b mixed in, you know what I want- deep bass, funky rifts etc - basically hard uplifting stuff to get me going at work without being too dark or hardcore. Also after a good dub station for the afternoons, and also maybe a soulfull house station - Bevan Keyes style - for those morning-after mornings. So what do you listen to?

Looks ver straight. 3 hours is not long at all.

Agreed, and had it not had a specific mention to german cars, and run a seemingly voyeuristic view of my own life I wouldn't have posted it.

Got this in an email today - claims are all unsubstantiated of course, but the first paragraph is so me its not funny - I do that almost every Friday night... Especially when I used to live in Manukau - BMW, Finn McCools, Stella, then that place on Cavendish Drive with the mean curries... >Being a Kiwi is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian >beer, then traveling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on >the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese >TV. > >Oh and... >Only in N.Z. ... Can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. > >Only in N.Z. ... Do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the >back of the shop to get their cough, cold, aspirin while healthy people can >buy cigarettes at the front. > >Only in N.Z. ... Do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a >DIET coke. > >Only in N.Z. ... Do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the >counters. > >Only in N.Z. ... Do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive >and & lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage. > >Only in N.Z. ... Do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have >call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to >in the first place. > >Only in N.Z. ... Are there disabled parking places in front of a skateboard >park. > >NOT TO MENTION... > >3 Kiwis are injured each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue. > >58 Kiwis are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers > > >31 Kiwis are injured each year by watering their Christmas tree while the >fairy lights were plugged in. > >8 Kiwis had burns trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth > > >A massive 543 Kiwis were admitted to emergency in the last two years after >opening bottles of beer with their teeth. >And finally..... > >In 2005 eight Kiwis cracked their skull whilst throwing up in the toilet > >IF YOU'RE PROUD TO BE KIWI SEND THIS ON

I though it was a valid post, but schmeesh. Essentially, depending on the finish of your wheels, the fix is very similar to scratching any other part of the car, the area is smoothed back, bog applied if required and then the wheels are repainted. If you have chrome or polished wheels its a bit more tricky. Also, you should have them checked to make sure they aren't bent depending on how hard you hit the kerb. (curb is american spelling).

Edit: f**k it I'm too tired for that sh*t.

No you can get "white" indicators - they are like frosted lenses, so not crystal clear, but "clear"

Use the PM function for chrissake Emma. That's what it is for.

Possibly a stolen car too of course. Hope you get some success mate - you've got more than most people - you've actually got some pics. Surprise, surprise, the driver is wearing a hoody. I'm surprised the cops havn't pulled them over already - modified car and a hoody - quick! arrest them! they are boy racers!

I wasn't sure when I first saw them, but now I definately likethem. Go hard savini - tell these [smokey and the] arse bandits to feck off.

Any decent image editor like Photoshop or Corel etc. If you can't get a copy of photoshop, Gimp is a free alternative. Have a look around for photo editors (not basic ones that just ket you resize etc, but ones that you can use to draw etc. There are also 100's of photoshop tutorials on the web. I don't have a snazey (sic) picture 'cos I often use dialup and I don't even have signatures enabled.