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Easiest way to confirm a different size rad is use RealOEM - enter your VIN, look around for another couple of cars of the same year (tradeMe has heaps, gain the VIN thru checking the plate at CarJam) and compare part numbers. The web has all sorts of speculation about trim & spec levels, part numbers don't lie though. Also, better to stick with the OEM parts, aftermarket bits generally aren't as good as the factory ones - go through FCPEuro, Pelican Parts etc - you'll often find a genuine / OE part will cost the same as a locally bought aftermarket one after shipping has been accounted for

'94 520i for sale. M50B20 , auto, NZ new, black leather interior, ABS, airbag, good tyres, no rocketship but pretty cheap on gas for a 2l. Good donor for an E30 M5x / S50/54 swap as it has the sump & oil pump + pickup to suit the E30. I was planning to use it as a daily but the E30 outranks it as it has a towbar. $1150 ono, Waiuku for viewing pm me for a contact number

Surprise, surprise.......... I called this monkey out as a hack job years ago & he had a decent attempt at harassing me through email & PMs Nice to see his crappy 'engineering' is coming back to haunt him! Just a shame he scammed a bunch of people out of their $ in the process

Has anyone here successfully swapped an M52 into an E36? Have installed a B28 loom, DME & EWS into the project B30 E36 (94 325i) but while it cranks it won't start. Have plugged INPA in and it comes back with fault 18 - EWS signal. As the loom & DME are being used in a pre EWS car I have only connected the bare basics on the EWS module: 1 --N/C2 --N/C3 --N/C4 green to DME (through X20 pin7)5 red/ yellow to switched 12V 6 --N/C7 brown to ground12 --N/C13 --N/C12 -- N/C14 -- N/C I have the transmitter sharing switched +12v with the EWS, some guides say to supply the unit with constant +12v? Also, as the transmitter unit came without plugs I initially had the signal & power wires backward but this has now been fixed. Failing an obvious solution, is anyone here able to delete EWS from an MS41 DME?

All sorted, thanks Brent

Hi, looking for a replacement EWS transmitter / receiver module 61 35 8 379 502. Used on E31, E34, E36, E38, E39 from '89 - '03, so shouldn't be too rare. Looks like this Have been quoted some frankly ridiculous prices from the 'characters' over on the bookface group, hoping to get a more realistic deal here Ta muchly

USD$5 postage to get it to the youshop agent, NZD$17.50 to get it home, took about 5 business days. All up a little over $50 landed in NZ, still cheaper than FMW given the less favourable euro - NZD conversion rates.

https://store.bbs-usa.com/index.php/wheel-accessories.html http://www.bbs-fanshop.com/3xios/index1.php?maibm=1&mapg=2&maid=2130000&maaktion=null&parextid=&nav=&nav=0&shlang=E BBS USA seems to be the cheaper of the two, oddly. Seems an order can be processed using a third party shipping agent like Youshop

Hmm, at €7 each for bbs-ventilcap-for-metal-valve.html its double the price BBS charge.......

Master Troll level unlocked

New valve stems & caps for the meantime. Getting a serious case of the 'I wants' going through their Alpina E36 catalogue.............

Where (outside of fleaBay) can genuine BBS hardware be sourced? Most or all of the authorised resellers I've found thus far only do US / Europe shipping I know there's a few guys here that have refurbished BBS rims, where did you get your bits from?

Get the 34 certed for street use...... will give a whole new bunch of people something to ballache about over their smashed avo on toast

Yeah. but rumour has it straight pipes are still too quiet for you

Yeah, still need to get the current shite off before a proper tidy up though

Bought a 328i coupe for parts recently with what I assumed were fake BBS wheels. turns out they're legit 089s, 17x8 40ET (!) As to be expected they're a little banged up and impossibly filthy - what do you guys use to remove the years of baked on brake dust, road tar and other nasties?

Where is it? If you're still around Franklin I highly recommend Simon Brown of Brown & Brown in Waiuku. Bit of a grumpy sod but doesn't miss a thing

Ooooh, check out that patina!! sh*t that looks like some fun lads!

Have one in the wifes dd. Will be another 3 weeks until my work roster aligns with a weekend off so probably not much use unless nothing else pops up. They're elusive little things to track down in NZ too, PM hotwire, he'll know where to look. Helped me get one to replace the Japan C23 that our car came with

New OEM coupling fitted along with full coolant hose refresh 6 weeks before I went on holiday. Original fan had a couple of tiny chips missing from the leading edge of 2 vanes, didn't think it would be a problem as the plastic wasn't outwardly showing any sign of degradation. Had a good look at the remnants of the hub after the fact & the plastic was browned out in the middle but still nice and black at the surface. Still unsure how I avoided taking any coolant hoses / sensor wiring out when it let go!

Fwiw, the OEM fan on the wifes E39 530i with similar damage grenaded itself on the way home from Ohakune about a month ago. Might pay to bin it before someone else has a similar ballache

350ci = 5.7l

Anyone??

Lol, wimpiest excuse ever Prior to this I had no idea Alpina made a 350ci V12. Awesome!

The DD has of late developed an interesting fault at idle, kinda 'flares' by about 250rpm from normal idle speed. Initial suspicions were ICV & vacuum leak, both of which checked ok. Idle fluctuation does not correlate to engine temp. I have read in various other places that the M10 uses an independent DME module to control the idle, and that said unit is known to fail from time to time. Has anyone else here had the same issue with their M10? If it does turn out to be the idle controller, are they repairable / does anyone know of a good unit for sale? Ta