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I used to just buy them second hand on eBay. Probably sourced 20+ of the high-failure hard-to-find e46 ones over the years shipped from Europe. Paid as low as 70 nz each and stopped when they got to 200+ nz each. Haven’t had to do one for e87 yet, but if it’s anything like e46 you just need to replace the black ecu only, which for e46 could be done without disconnecting hydraulics, and reset the vin using ncs expert.

Have a 130i also with GM box also, pretty sure I confirmed that by digging through INPA menus. If you have a cable and that software, have a look through the info/drive train tabs.

Hi, have recently purchased a japanese import 2016 F30 with NBT Evo ID4. Have managed to get a connected drive account and registering car by signing up to the co.jp site. From the MyBMW app on my phone I am able to send addresses to the car, which appear in the incoming messages on the HU. Can't navigate to these at this point as have not yet converted maps to NZ. Also looking to use AAIDrive via apps for spotify etc (https://github.com/BimmerGestalt/AAIdrive), which requires 6NR which I'll sort as well. To use apps however I need an active connectedrive subscription. It appears I can purchase one of those through the japanese store but interested if anyone has done the same before on an import, and if so what was the experience and what features worked/didn't work? e.g. Remote lock, light flash etc, Vehicle status, Map updates, RTTI (esp interested in this), vehicle finder. Not overly interested in paying an annual subscription, but if I can get a good spotify experience and traffic on the idrive maps that'll be a great start.

Hi all, after an unfortunate incident with a range rover my trusty e46 has been upgraded to a e87 130i motorsport. Luckily the 130i is late model enough to have CIC, however unluckily the original purchaser did not opt for bluetooth. I'm looking at a combox retrofit which looks easy enough to do (car have cabling prep for bluetooth, just no mulf installed) however my CIC software is not recent enough to understand what to do with one and I don't have the ICOM cable required to update it. I'm looking at a combox so that it works well and integrates nicely with the car's cic system for phone and music as I'm keen to avoid anything that runs through the aux port, requires seperate microphones, or needs a phone to be plugged in to work (like tune2air and/or carplay/android auto screen interceptors). Wondering if there's anyone out west auckland with an icom who'd be able and/or willing to help out? Thanks!

I was talking about tyroola where 4 of the 11 tyres listed were pirelli pzeros. Dunlops hadnt had great reviews so have gone with bridgestone alenza 001 from elsewhere at a reasonable price. Thanks for the help all.

pickings are slim, pretty much pirelli p zero's and not much else. feedback on tyroola is that they sell old/out of date tires which is why ythey're cheap. tony's tire service won't price-match them for that reason.

Have those on my bmw, good tyres but dont come in the size i need unfortunately. Same with pilot sport 4's. Size is 295/35/21. Found their trademe account and a whirpool thread, feedback is eirher all good or not great at all (mainly crap comms and can take ages, have also sold very old but new tires as well). Looks like they drop ship from thier aussie arm. Prices are great but not yet sure if its worth the risk as warrant is due in 3 weeks and i need to replace old tires that are falling apart.

Hi all, looking to get new tires for the wife's q7 and came across a site called tyroola, appears a similar model to hyperdrive (buy online, get shipped to a local fitter for install). Anyone tried them out? If so whats the experience been? Thanks!

e46 antenna is in the rear glass., believe the antenna amp is in the C pilar as well. The grom works, it's cheap and cheerful but has limitaitons. For example mine never seemed to turn off when the car turned off and the phone would stay connected to it. There may be clones on aliexpress (haven't looked) for cheaper still.

i have one of those android double din original style units which works a treat, between 3-400 nzd from aliexpress. relocating the heater controls lower can be a painwithout the proper bracket. prior to that i had a grom which worked by plugging into the CD changer lead in the boot, but itwas a fairly average experience. think that was 90 bucks from trademe at the time.

I found a long thin allen key that seemed to fit and work, but it took a very long time. Get a mirror on a stick + a torch and pre-book a physio session for your back and shoulders for when it's complete. Easily one of the worst DIY's I've ever done on a car, ever.

Hi, appreciate your response, although not the same car it’s a good experience-driven description of the difference between the two. re: the loading. The Honda weighs 1620kg and is just under 5m long which puts it on-par with the 5 series range. It’s the 3.5 v6 vtec model which is the larger of the two (not the Smaller ‘Euro’ model).

Hi, wasn't after a high-tech discussion only people's experience on the feel of the difference between the two on the same car. The PS4s i got a load rated 98 in 225/50/17. I remember seeing the words 'high load' on the side as they were being fitted.

Hi, thanks for the feedback re: the Primacy’s. You think you’d get them again, or go for something different next time?

Agree that most decent tires are overkill for day-to-day driving. I tend to buy them for those scary moments on the road when you really need them, more so now that I've got a couple of kids. I've got the PS4's on the Honda now. They're surprisingly quiet and have a fairly soft ride given what they are. The sidewalls also look more forgiving than (although not as nice as) the RE003's which are very square and firm. Overall I think putting the PS4's on the Honda was a good idea. I was concerned about the firmness and road-noise which is why i was also considering the Primacy's. I don't think the PS4's are too firm or noisy for a larger less-sporty car (as I've experienced with the RE003's in the e46). Hope others find this useful.