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Those are FKs coilovers with KONI adjustable stuts and stainless steal bodies. I think their springs touch the inside of the wheel when installed.

Not if you install a propper set of coilovers on it (Koni adjustables) it is not. The problem with M3 wheels they are too far inside. If you want to lower your car or put good coilovers in you need spacers, or in my opinion new set of wheels to fit the set up. which I am currently strugling to find I am going for E34 wheels as their offset is perfect and they are wide enough to fit good sticky tire on it (Goodyear F1's )

Great info! Thanks for sharing!!!

Just out of curiosity are there any in NZ?

My favourite wheels. Not my cars though wheels.doc

Weekly BUMP! Nobody is interested? Are E36 M3s are out of fashion now or something?

Cool! Thanks. Wow! I actually thought that E46s would have a larger offset.

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone could tell me the offset of the Genuine E46 M3 18" wheels? Cheers

BUMP!

Cool Thanks a lot!!!

I am in! In 3 years time

I am not sure if you guys aware, Germany got slammed with the new Euro 5 emission standard last year, which has forced all German manufactures to use turbos on their new cars and reduce the capacity of their engines (new Mercs and BMWs), hence less straight sixes for BMW and less enormously large V8 for Mercs. Opel and Audi have already introduces turbo engines into their releases ages ago. Another reason, why the new 3 series is not a straight six could be because the new M3 is going to be straight six, and looking at that video I can hardly see how da hell are they going to be better than this. How are they going to make it worth having an M-car rather than just normal 3-series. Unless it is going to be some rocket spaceship with incredibly good fuel consumption I guess we will see very soon.

So, I would assume noone is interested?

Just look it up in here http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/ under "Lighting" section as far as I understand you need HB4 for lowbeams and foglights and HB3 for highbeams

Cool! Not a bad price then, $100 NZ

Yes, they are "driving" gloves sorry. I didn't know that there was a difference between the two. Thanks for clarifying it!

Alot of Ebay stuff is actually fake, that's why it is cheaper. I am not saying that it is, but I am 100% sure that the ones BMW supplier has are genuine. That's why you might want to pay a little more. Cheers.

I got hold of BMW parts supplier in Germany, who can supply some Genuine BMW racing gloves. These are genuine leather driving gloves with the ///M logo (I am not sure if you can get them here). The gloves are composed of Cabretta leather and feature a side zip closure for a snug fit. There are large, medium and small sizes available They are $100 each plus delivery Would anyone here be interested? I need at least four people to place an order.

It is a propper alluminium, not an alluminium look. There is a massive difference in how they fit and look (eg the ebay ones will have to be glued to the cluster, the alluminium ones take ages to put it as they are metal, but when they are in they are in, no glue needed) i was only able to find one company in Germany which still does them!

Pics are up!!! In regards of too ambitious... I will let people to decide for themselves, but every day I have driven this car I felt like it is the only one I want and it still is. Hence, I have looked after it appropriately and improved it as much as my valet allowed me to. When all these parts will be installed on this car... this car will be much better than any evo's and E46's at least for me it will be.

Yep and that is all I can remember so far... will be adding more as I go.

Hello everyone! I am thinking of selling my pride and joy as I am finishing uni next year and might need to move. It is a special order E36 M3 95 Euro. It is metallic black colour has Genuine 18†BBSs on it (Et38 8J front and Et41 9J rears, which are very rare). The car has full tanned-leather interior from factory (in very good condition) no rips, a little worn on the driver’s side as expected for this age, but has been very very very well looked after by me (I am genuinely crazy about the looks of my car). It has 116k km on the clock, has been used for daily driving. This car has been treated like a princess; fully services every 5000km (engine oil Castrol 10w60 and oil filter change with Genuine oil filters), all other filters and coolant has been recently changed as well. I have spent more than 10k on this car during two years of ownership. Bought in the last two years and is already on the car: Brand new Infinity stereo system (front and rear speakers, twitters and a 10†sub in the boot with all the brackets to mount it) Brand new Genuine BMW illuminated shift knob Brand new Genuine BMW light switch New polished aluminium cluster rings (very hard to get, custom made and imported from Germany) Brand new clear side and front repeaters and clear rear tail lights Brand new plastic panel that goes below the windscreen (the one that always brakes on the sun) Brand new thermostat New fun clutch Beand new Genuine BMW drive belt and AC belt New front lower control arm bushes New adjustable White Line front and rear swaybars with urethane bushes and new swaybar links New AKG rear subframe and diff mounts Brand new Lemforder rear strut mounts AC Schnitzer rear stutbar Brand new Genuine BMW front X-brace New Phillips xenon lights on the low beams (4300k, not blue fully legal) Brand new Genuine BMW yellow glass fog lights (imported from Europe BMW) New Umnitza Predator Orion V2 Angel eyes (I have also have ABS-plastic eyebrows, but I have took them off). Have recently bought all of these parts and they are all in my garage waiting to be put on this baby: New GPS tracking device (uses normal prepay cell phone cards) Brand new Genuine BMW clutch and brake pedals and pedal pads, AKG non-squeak pedal bushings Brand new Genuine BMW Z-roadster short shift kit with all the new parts to install it and new AKG shifter mounts (harder to create more direct shift and last much longer than standard) Brand new Genuine BMW engine mounts and UUC gearbox rubber mounts with metal mounting cups Brand new Genuine BMW front lower control arms (terribly expensive) Brand new Lemforder tie rods Brand new FK Silver-X coilovers (Koni struts, stainless steal bodies) these are height and dumper adjustable, developed on the Nurnberg Ring, have lots of very good reviews from US E46 M3 users, so they must be good (terribly expensive) Brand new HD Myele rear strut mounts (much stronger than standard) Brand new Genuine BMW front strut mounts from E36 M3 Evo (installed on the opposite side will give you extra 2 degrees of negative camber) Brand new Genuine BMW front strut mounts Z-coupe reinforcement plates Brand new Genuine BMW nuts and bolts required to install all the components Brand new Genuine BMW rear and front glass rubbers and seals Brand new Turner Motorsport rear adjustable lower control arms with rubber bushings and new reinforcement plates for rear swaybar mounts Brand new AKG rear trailing arm bushes New Xenon kit for the fog lights (smaller ballasts and Genuine Phillips bulbs) I think that is pretty much it… I am sure I have forgotten something, but you get the idea. I want $24,000 FIRM for the hole lot. I will not separate any of these parts or components. Car is in Christchurch, PM me if you would like to have a look at it. No time wasters, if I won’t sell this car I will leave it here with my parents. I will post the pics if there will be enough interest otherwise will e-mail to people on request. Cheers

Ha ha go Latvia - Riga!!! They have so many cool cars now. E30 with M5 V8 turbo is one of my favorites

Welcome! Pics are a must

Does anyone know a good place to do rust removal and a paint job in Christchurch? Obviously for a reasonable price.