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yes about at thousand. And yep agree with ya Kelvin.

I agree

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can do down here, can bring through next time i come up if you don't find anything closer.

Yes the jerk to 2nd gear is somewhat 'un-BMW', but very common in E36 and E34s from Japan. Although it doesn't feel right it is very common, you will get another 100,000km if not more out of it like that. Interesting that the number plate on your car in the photo is now registered to a 130i, i presume those photos are from an old owner perhaps? will check what the G220 kit i have here needs later on this afternoon. technically a 328i should have a ZF gearbox however a G220 will work , just different internal ratios, depends on your final drive ratio if it is compatible with your car without necessitating that being swapped as well.

Precedent sets the intended meaning, ass covering doesn't. Alicia, i wreck all these earlier models, also fit new and used parts for customers when needed, however if by qualified you are looking for a piece of paper with my name on it then no i am not. my driveway of mine and customers cars might indicate otherwise though. Im happy to take a look, i am in Woburn so the closest person to you that has plenty of experience with your model, i only work on these older models. I would recommend not driving it at all at this stage, perhaps could come to you tomorrow if that works for you and at least see where we stand. i am working on a customers car this afternoon, have another one arriving tomorrow afternoon, but any time tomorrow would be fine. If it requires a professional i.e. head gasket failure which is above what i would do on a customers car, i can point you in the right direction, most of the time its something fairly simple on these cars

no you cant, but me or one of the admins can. Post a link to the thread in here and one of us will take care of it for you

take the wheel off and have a look at the spline count and either post a photo here or compare to some pictures on line. Mtech2 wheels were produced in three types, two different sizes for the early spline like E30 (one size) and E34/E32 (othersize), very hard to tell these two apart without a tape measure and one type for the E36 which has the later "airbag" spline. Airbags were optional on E36, but this wheel was never available on late E34 as they all had airbags by this point, but can be retrofitted on as late E34 and E36 have the same spline. easy to tell this wheel apart from the early type, the horizontal bars have a slight droop to them whereas the early type are dead straight. Hope this helps

welcome!

are you sure 16s exist on the E39? should be 17s or 18s i think?

might have been me you asked to do it i seem to recall it. i have most if not all of a get rag 220 manual conversion kit here, you can PM me if interested. no modules to code on the E36 when converting to Manual, technically the DME should be flashed to tell it its a Manual now instead of an Auto, or you could fit a non-EWS Manual DME to it, but really its unnecessary expenditure unless you have cruise control and/or traction control which is rare anyway

550 once converted into nzd and gst on top and i assume freight, might as well take up BMWNZ on their offer.

got sick of the 5.2km 10 minute commute from my old house, so brought one a bit closer, 2km and 3 minutes away. would be quicker if i didn't have about a dozen speed bumps, shift up to third and leave it there the whole way. but a quiet day is 120km on the road once clocked in, can be up to 5-600km or more so once i clock out i need the shortest distance to travel possible between my desk at work and the beer fridge at home.

not sure where in wellington you are, if lower hutt try Richard (owner) at Bruce Thompson Motorbodies in seaview he does all my work.

perhaps taillight seals like so many other earlier bmw models?

rattles for quite some time before it snaps from the chain flapping about

who is your mate? seen that red coupe a few days ago, i see it around a bit. are you sure its not an M52? pretty sure its the same car that my M52 from my very first swap went into after i sold the conversion kit

i made an order from ECS for $2500US of stuff, an order like that they should be eating from the palm of your hand. but no, they had shocking service, absolute run around to get any money to them, 4 or 5 phone calls to the US and ended up having to go in to ASB to do a wire transfer, then the parcel arrived a month or so later, parts hanging out of the cardboard. etc. anyway being the kind caring gentleman i am (LOL) i decided to give them another chance and have used them again. I made an order on the 27th December and as of this morning hasn't even been picked up from their warehouse but is supposedly packed ready to go. will i get it before February? March? they must have phenomenal service inside the USA because some how they have managed to stay in business.

just thinking about it after i clicked off this thread, to be honest that kit probably has everything you need to swap over to the different japanese type anyway except for the fan shroud (WOF requirement, easy enough to find), so wouldn't worry too much another thing thats missing, only necessary if doing a comprehensive overhaul, is the viscous clutch for the fan.

i have an E30 here with your name on it

FCP kit looks good, just confirming your car has the japanese type external reservoir on the right hand side (drivers side) like in that picture, and not the New Zealand new type with the expansion tank built into the left hand side (passengers side) of the radiator? i note that it has the aluminium type thermostat housing, this is a worth while part, and the external expansion tanks common to split. the rest of the kit like the pully, the fan temp switch, belts and hoses may be needless expenditure, but might be nice to do it for the piece of mind everything is done. if your intention is to do the entire cooling system, that kit does miss out the hoses at the back of the head that go to the heater matrix, and the heater matrix itself. something to be aware of As for a Fenix aftermarket one, buying the same product local is one thing, but buying an inferior product for the sake of buying local is another. Get a Behr radiator (as in the kit you linked).

cool so next time you come over you can actually come up the drive since you won't be arriving in Kim Jung-Uns finest chariot

John hit up Kerry he has a 135i. be quick as you know his cars don't sit around unmolested for long.

happy to give you a hand tim, would love to see your cabby again, Although i have used those additives with success in the past, i have used them on shitty cars that i know i will be the final owner of. for your car, do it once and do it right. I am presuming the leak is between the plastic and the core of the radiator? if so, a brand new Behr radiator is around the $2-300 mark, coolant another 40 to 60 for genuine bmw blue coolant (available from dealer, don't be scared to walk in the door there). Labour on top of that. As far as doing it yourself, its not the replacing the radiator itself thats the hard part, its the bleeding of the coolant that can be.

you can spend as much or as little as you like. if an inspection two service as prescribed in your owners manual is what you are after, then you will be looking around the $1600 mark i would think including labour, but since i have never paid anyone to do it before its a number i have guessed. give us an idea of what you are looking for. a simple oil change (which is not and never has been a "service" contrary to many kiwis beliefs), a full lube, or an inspection one or two. if you have no record of the brakes and the power steering fluid being changed, it is well worth doing.