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thats awesome jochen ... stoked how it came out for you

Yeah I would do it .. but I have a feeling im gonna need the cash to cover off this pot hole bullshit till I get the payout. That and I'd have to ask brendon weather he'd mind another car in the driveway I am planning to buy a m325i ... in silver .. ahhhh its all timing .. would spend some cash on colour coding and paint ... and my other wheel plans (euro look up in this hizzzo)

so f**ken tempted

hmmm might be the perfect oppertunity to install the Bilstien PSS9's > Wrote the mammoth letter today .. its been sent off to the roading contractor ... with pics. The lady at the council has been nothing but helpful ... returning calls etc etc helping me out ..

congrats BMW.... its a s2000 with BMW badge on it ... real original :| I notice the z8 in the background .... that looks far more "futuristic" than this ... I know its only concept .. and im not one for bitching about BMWs design as it always ends up growing on me ... but this is well JDM

Just got off the phone with the council ... seems they are playing ball .. the contractor is being contacted for liability Cars booked in with Precision Autowerks for monday Ill find out who Precision will use for the wheels ... but heard great things about arrow wheels + they are the only wheel fabricator in the country. They were saying that the suspension tower will need to be inspected if its been wacked too hard my need replacing ... these guys know their sh*t so am happy they are looking after it will keep ya posted

hmmmm you most likely right ... Ill get it into the panel beaters as soon as I can... its the wheels that are gonna be the big worry ... might see if they can be repaired ... but I think not. So will order those first, and get the car into Persicion AW.

Well .. I guess it would happen one day ... but I didnt expect like this... Was driving down esmond road in takapuna ... they currently have a bunch of road works going on .. and they have in typical AK road work fasion "patched" up the road .... unfortunitly water had got under the road and caused a sink hole (pot hole) I was driving down the road and both wheels hit it It burst both my tires , buckled both my drivers side wheels ... and smashed my control arm brace in turn pushing the whole assembly up into the guard and munching the my new custom guard ... (its worse now than in the photos due to having to move the vehicle. Unfortunitly my wheels are custom so it gonna be about 6-8 weeks to get them made again ... and into persicion autowerks the car goes for the panel and suspension work again Sink hole Brendon in rain Rear wheel Screwed front .. :/

--> QUOTE(John B @ Aug 1 2006, 10:21 AM) 88797[/snapback] Maybe we will have to lower the car, but we'lll make that decision once the wheels are fitted. trust me ... you will want to get it lowered ... looks a little silly othewise ... On the harsh ride tip ... It may be true with other vehicles with 19inch rims ... but your quite lucky in the fact that BMW have such good suspension and are heavy'ish vehicles so it wont be as harsh as you think. on the technical front the tire measurements go in percentage not mm this is why a say you see 19 x 265 / 30 and 19 x 235 / 35 the 35 is 35% of the tread of the tire. Good luck man and enjoy ... be sure to maybe head to one of the bimmersport meetings / drives

Josh ... live in the AK and write music in my band antiform. erm .. and am andy's b*tch for graphics

Hey John welcome to the site About a year or so go I went through the same pain your wife is going through with getting the correct wheel and tire fitment on an e46. Have a look at my signature and also this link for photos of my 19x9.5 / 30's on a 42mm offset (offest to big had to flair) and 19x8.5 / 35 (offset isn't and issue on the front) Please take what I say into careful consideration .. as a lot of people make this mistake when buying wheels for their cars. It is really important you get the correct offset ... and a few hundred dollars you save in getting cheaper wheels than getting the correct wheels ... youll be kicking yourself later. The worst thing i see day to day when people shell big $$$ into the larger wheels is the 'umbrella' effect ... where the wheels stick in about 1 - 2 inches from the gaurds .. thus the gaurd creating an umbrella lip over the wheel. Regaurding the 'look' of your wheels she needs to make a descision if she wants the 'flat face' or 'deep dish' look ... I when for the deep dish look with polished lip and TI silver inserts matched to my paint. She may want something like the BBS CH's wheels (flat face) shown here these are in gun metal and may not look to your wifes taste but they look stunning in silver Notice NO umbrella effect Ok on the ride confort thing ... To make 19's fully 'sit' right with the car I recommend at least putting a set of lowering springs in ... I have had mine lowered .. and am running on the lowest profile tires that I can fit. the ride is excellent ... its not the same as stock by any means but it is fine .. infact I would go as far as saying its the same as any stiffness spec m factory ride from BMW. You do however have be weary of pot holes / curbes .. If you get a polished lip that protrudes past the tires like mine does .. you dont get any second chances when it comes to parking / curbing the wheels (no tire / rim protector) I just program position 3 on my mirrors for 'parking mode' and set them down so I can see my wheels for reversing duties ... havent had a problem yet

Taking the photos in RAW mode on the digiSLR @ 8mpx with flash on low light day to start with using correct ISO and heat settings and selecting the right lenses for the application. photoshop -> photofilters -> colour work -> more filters -> more colour work. (basically using a layering method to achieve the look ... its not done in one plugin ... the photography side of things, i've only been doing seriously for a year or so .. I've been practicing on cars mainly. Actually mainly my own .. so know how the paint reacts under certain light .... however i've learn't a few other techniques as well recently im eager to try out ... the more information you can get into the source file the better the output

Thought I may as well post this as it was kicking around on my HD doing nothing.. I need to go on another photoshoot soon! enjoy ..

great read

hehe congrats Jochen! welcome to the club so to speak .. Its great to have someone as knowledgible as yourself in the community ! V8 = :

hey mate, and welcome ... Im sure I have a link in my short cuts to free BMW manuals .. ill take a look when I get home .... as I was in the same position with the 330 oh about the radio .. contact Jochen our forums very knowledgible individual on all things BMW radio / nav (sells them too) on jochen [at] woosh dot co dot nz

everyone needs to watch this http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=38...83512&q=bmw yeah yeah its not a WRC AWD but it seems to work pretty well IMHO ... maybe BMW should look into an AWD e92 3 series compact. Could just see them laying out a M3 powered detuned N/A and showing the WRC whats up enjoy

please please stay away from the asian junk inported by most NZ 'performance' centers.plenty of options ... http://www.supersprint.com/homeuk.htm importer is in CHCH.

wrong.

till thursday to make a decision ..... .. . .

hate to say it ... but its 6 months old :/ http://www.duncans.tv/2006/bmw-3-series or ad here http://www.bmw.com.au/common_content/bmw/f...tage/index.html

qft

Seriously considering the NAV system ... got any availible ?I do have unfortunitly have special requirements .. as I have the Denson ICE:LINK ipod system in mine ... it 'should' work ..

spintastic