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im not interested in restoring my seats yet either, but what i was recommended to do and seems to be okay ime was use shoe polish/nugget which brings the leather up good and also gets into the white cracks and dyes/covers them black. makes them a lot less noticable. just not a good idea to sit on them for a day or so after you do it so it has time to soak in, as it will rub off on clothes if you do a skid straight afterwards. May have trouble finding tan shoe polish though?

will text you if nothing cheaper comes up thanks mate

hey guys. want two rims with tyres to throw on the bimmer so i can claim my jackstands back Any tyre condition, bottle caps/steelies whatever. will pickup on monday or tuesday. Or if you have some i could borrow for a month or two? no mileage will be put on them..

sort me out with the calipers/disks and an uncracked hvac panel and the gaurds yours?

what does your dad do? no charge getting tyres from tonys/beaurepairs/other as they supposedly have to pay per tyre to get them taken away. hes probably happy to give them away no?

An S38, or S50B32.. or maybe M70TT with a ballast in the boot.. it would be BMW whatever it was though.

are they actual straight foam like stock, or have some sort of covering over them? ill be in if they are covered. foam looks like ass

okay cant find any indication it in my brief look on the disk and manual. on the contrary said its fine for them. maybe i read it somewhere on the forums not to use it on E38s, i know i definately read it somewhere!! Ill edit this post if i find something

looking at thier listing they said they have used it on an E38, but the listing i got it off said not to use it iirc. will dig out the manuals to verify now

please update your profile info with location. makes advice giving easier, as parts stores and/or service technicians can be recommended by people in your area No experience from me on M30s though sorry. will let someone else chime in.

yeah thats the one i have. can vouch for them. used them on various bimmers with good results. does quite a bit of stuff. Resets all modules together or individually, does live data logging etc. quite tric for the price. Sorry i didnt check your location, if you are from wellington your welcome to come have a look. @ 1Rotty: they arent compatible with E38s for some reason as stated on the packaging/install disks and software, so assuing the above mentioned 740 was an E38, that would be why.

who were/are you with out of interest? you were really lucky there. They may waive the blown shocks and accept you didnt know about them, but everyone knows when things like warrents/rego/tinted tails are on the car

obviously i didnt mean they dont get stolen. but we all know they arent as desirable to these people as Cefs, R32s, Evos and WRXs for example though...

haha happy birthday mate

Happy birthday

man that sucks! mine doesnt run and has no wheels on it... think im safe? And whos going to steal the Touring anyway? haha

Happy birthday mate!

^ your car has this feature aftermarket. E30s didnt come factory with remote locking. Chances are his alarm/remote will be different to yours, if he even has one

will be sure to keep aan eye out down here. A guy i used to be friends with had a +600HP Laurel for a couple of months before it was stolen.. never recovered as far as i know. these guys make me sick. Just another reason to stick to the euros.. most people that way inclined dont like euros anyway.

^ what needs to be modified or otherwise to make it work? I was under the impression it was all bolt on.

ill try!.. might need a get some of the boys around to lift the back end up. Nah gunna look after this one, its too good to treat like that really, even if it is a steal. My potential new job is only light duty stuff anyway so the interior shouldnt get too thrashed, i just need the floor area. May be dropping it 40mm though, theres some springs on trademe now for $60 iirc.... Must. not. spend. money. haha

i think its 5x108 which is a hard pattern to match iirc? in an ideal world it would get dish and drop, but that wont be happenin at least until the Bimmer is finished, certed, and able to take over DD duties before i even think about it.

So i just checked the car out, and it honestly surpassed all my expectations of it. It does drive solidly, and the steering is slightly on the heavy side, but the only thing i have driven recently is an 09 Mazda6 Wagon with electric steering, so thats comparing it to that. Hardly a fair comparison. Literally the only flaws on the car are trim bits. Could not find any rust on the car, all electrics and mechanics work perfectly (except the radio on very cold mornings aparently), and the gearbox does not vibrate or anything as i have found common in high milage auto E30s and early E34s (same transmission) Also managed to swing a good deal on it, so will be parked in my driveway next week Pics of Swedish models to come

tend to get snapped up pretty quick. I was looking for 6 months before i got mine.. dont even like them really but i needed them for transporting stuff. Dont recall seeing any since either

as far as i know they are the same anyway, but if they are different it will be 325i specs.