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So over this weekend, I completed my first go at Architraves ... also used it as an excuse to go out and by a compound mitre drop saw. Picked this one up on special with the stand. Also got these sanded flat and smooth ready for filling and painting.

And the first sealer coat of paint after the sanding of all of the walls.

The stopping was done all of last week ... really happy with the professionals we used. As they say, the stopping is the one thing you hire the pros in for.

Sunday morning We had the whole bottom done but the more complicated tops sections were going to be difficult. Westy rang me Sunday morning and asked if I needed a hand... I didnt say no. So Westy and Brendon showed up and chucked another marathon day in to help out. Westy 's building skills really showed us noobies how to do it.. Where Ange, Brendon and I were measuring, marking, remeasuring, scoring, breaking and and cutting the back side. Tony gets his measuring tape off the measurement and run a craft knife down the line with measuring tape as a guide. doing about 10 mins of our work in 15 seconds. I learnt a lot Result! even time to install new ceiling scotia

Then the big task of cutting out gib and putting it on the walls really started. I actually under estimated this part as everything was tight or a few mm out. We made it work though with a pretty good job I thought. Adhering to the rules of 200mm from th windows and horizontal gibbing. Not that we had much choice as the house is imperial. So 8 foot stud and nothing metric to fix the sheets onto. Even had to order 1350mm wideline gib for the bottom.

sooooo with a bunch of pink bats and the gib ordered and delivered ... Brendon, Ange I decided to start gibbing the ceiling with 13x2400x1200. Anything more and it would of been too much for us noobies to handle I think Obviously happy that was over

The top 5 tools from this whole thing would have to be these ..... Lots of fun to use ... and thanks to westy for use of that nail puller thingy .. it was better than any hammer/prey bar

Now a lot of people have asked why the hell did we remove the gib in the kitchen and dining area. Well TBH it wasnt in great shape, and I prefered that it got replaced with something that was somewhat straight. The wife and I removing the ceiling and remaining gib. Dusty work! Didnt want that wall either

Well have been off line for a few weeks demoing the kitchen and dining room. It started out with just getting the kitchen replaced as it was an awesome 70s race car red. It had to go. We thought why not do the lounge while we are at it ... and hell even get the wooden floor freshened up because unfortunately it had suffered the hand of some bad DIY at some point. We have had a lot of help from various people over the past few weeks to name a few, Jamez, Westy & of course Brendon. And a few mates lending me a couple of tools. mmmm red kitchen before Gross arch way After Found horrible black mold behind the sink .. lucky it was only on the gib and not through to the other side or worse down into the floor boards. James pretty stoked with his sledge hammering

thats stancewerks for you haha ... photolow and not much else. Looks cool man, anything cooking under the bonnet or plans too?

NZPerformance sell geniune Walbro 255LPH pumps. My pre-FL e30 has: Pre-FL split tank -> connected to the standard intank collector -> Low pressure high volume external pump -> 1 ltr surge tank -> high pressure Walbro 255LPH external -> engine fuel rail hard lines -> stock s50b32 FPR -> Fuel Rail -> return hardline -> Surge tank. All in the boot Works awesome. PS use teflon soft lines for no fuel smells in cabin. I also wouldnt use a high pressure pump for collecting from your tank personally.

coloured wheels ... :/ a bit 2012

Glad you're finding out the hard way like we have a few times Some cars are worse than others.

try schmiedmann

The s54b32 is obviously the engine out of the e46 m3. The DME software is different and 'detuned' a little. The difference is that the s54 has fly-by-wire throttle and not cable throttle. The pedal chartacticstics are difference because of it. The s54 also has a slightly different torque curve making it feel smoother. It pretty much the same power but feels different as its different technology. The s54 has individule injector control where as the b32 only has 2 banks. This is more of an emmissions thing and has no noticible difference in performance. The s50b32 is a tad more 'raw' in the s50 M-coupe which I personally prefer. I dont know why .. but I love the shape .. shoe.

............. until you actually drive them and have them for a weekend. Theyre awesome. I have been lucky to drive both models the s50b32 and the s54b32 variant. Strangely I prefer the s50b32 because of the throttle response. 60k is way too much, 35-40k is about where the market is at for a good one.

You should be able to get a set made up from other cars Or just get a shock valved to new springs = perfect combination.

Latest regs http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents.html

Spotted 15 m3s being deconstructed for an up coming movie block buster movie being filmed at the moment Cant post photos as theyre not mine to post (and for obvious reasons)

Nice looking car you have there... will be great to see it around. To have your conversion road legal (if thats your intention) there are a few local laws you will need to cater for. Getting a 'low volume' certificate plate for the vehicles modifications. Before you do this have a good read through this site http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents.html this will allow you to get a Warrent of Fitness (WOF) and then a Registration label for it to be legal to drive on NZ roads. If its a track car .. you have no worries. Unless you want to do motorsport competition ..

tecwan!

why?

They are around ... the problem is that its was a fashion a while a go but importers in the country have moved on to other styles etc. However, Mag & tire direct (forum sponsor) brings a version in. Not sure they do 8.5s though http://www.magandtyredirect.com/wheel_detail.php?rc=3080 The above are e39 8.5 inch versions which have shadow chrome paint process. Most are just hyper silver

here is a thread I posted on a notice from BMW NZ some time a go. http://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/40274-bmw-used-vehicle-imports-new-zealand-warrenty-info/

s54 3.5ltr stroker