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just up the road from me, Kelvin, let me know if you go, ill come along with you.

10/10 would thrash

Hey guys! I know some of the basic stuff you can obviously see, like the rear suspension is more like E30 etc compared to normal E36, dashboard different etc Am interested to know what the front panels/bumper/bonnet/lights etc are cross compatible with, are they E36 Ti specific, or same as coupe etc? What about doors? Wikipedia suggests they are the same from the A pillar forward as a sedan, but then other sources disagree etc Cheers! Edit: not sure what year this car is, but has airbag and EWS so probably a later one

i wonder if it would work in a compact, i am picking up a compact tomorrow with a cooked engine

id say! thats super cheap. Would still rather an E38 if i wanted a 7 series, but damn thats cheap, they still look like a 20k car imo even with all their ugliness lol

sounds like you need a 540i (or a 550i lol)

Yep I agree, though tonys hasnt got much E30 left

welcome mate, will see you round

you can get one of these for $6k????

great stuff, we have all been there with a bitch bolt! good reading this thread, was several pages behind!

oh yeah looked at it again, it IS LHD! only just been registered too, first NZ registration is 10 April 2014. DOnt know why you would bother when you can get one here for less than 10k with all the euro goodies

yep horrible but i saw plenty of RHD ones in Thailand with the US bumpers too, maybe its from there?

car will need to be certified if you do that no need if using genuine parts

Will PM you. will have what you need

have replied to your PM

as much as i love my E30 cab, and an E30 M3 is not in the "if i get one" but "when i get one" basket, a convertible one is just no.

80kms is still no good if you are in Taihape!

yep let me get this megameet knocked out, and then we can do it. cheers Andy

yes i saw it, the one at Brents looks to be in fairly good nick.

is it the early M70 or later M73 engine? they are both good engines IF maintenence is kept up to date, and of course there is a LOT of maintenence. I have spent not much less than 4K in various bits and pieces for just the engine alone on mine. though its basically all new now. Still not 100% but bloody close now ha Do have a soft spot for the E31 though!!!!! And the E34!!!! is it still a 520i or have you put a bigger engine in it? I got same economy from my E34 when it had the 2L engine in it as the 5L V12 that is in it now lol

i could be wrong, but pretty sure the ITBs were his own design, not S50

E34 525iX (maybe one with an M52B28 swap if you know where to look...)

get rid of that Mercedes V12 badge and put a BMW one on! got one right next to me, the part number is 51 14 8 175 817

how much S54 is left in that motor? would say a lot of the internals have been changed????????

mine is on Pirelli road tyres..... Its in the same spec as when it left the dealership 420,000kms ago.