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Needs more caps

Yea man. 

Bring it to the meet on Sunday

Great progress mate.

What sanding blocks do you use?

How many kms?

8k is a sharp price for a 540i with 6 speed box 

@sjbglobal

Congrats, and definitely do a project thread.

Swapping the interior wood trims out with a gloss black set will make a huge difference to the interior 

On 11/23/2020 at 4:47 PM, gjm said:

Feckin' roads. Y'know - the slippy slidey loose gravel bit that's laid around the potholes.

A little bit of rain and there's a hole where my left front wheel would run. Dark, rain, can't see the hole and ***CRASH***.

One lightweight forged alloy with a split in it. ? Of course, they're rare (isn't everything when you need it?) and because it's forged, it's apparently more difficult to repair.

You cant vote for less money to be spent on roads, and then complain when less money is spent on roads.

@sjbglobal I will be selling my car soon. Its a black msport 325i touring if that interests you.

He bought it for close to $1500 and put a few hundred in it.

It was an easy fix if only he would listen

Hes just sold it to a wrecker for $1200 minus the bumpers and lights.

What a colossal waste of a car that had real potential

I spent four hours working on his car to try and help him out.

But he ignored EVERY single piece of advice I gave him and thought he knew better so I gave up.

Some people cant be helped 

Viscous fan was stuffed so he got halfway through an electric fan conversion before he lost interest/money.

I think headgasket is good but i cant guarantee it.

Yea, fuel filter, and new vacuum hoses and hose clamps for it.

Vanos seals from besien systems or similar will recover some power and fuel economy.

e46 Electric fan mod.

msport front bumper.

Black grills and shadowline.

Just my opinion

Also check and replace the little rubber bungs on the back of the manifold as they will be cracked or missing at this age and will create a vacuum leak.

Should have put a bmw v8 in there - that would have been way cooler

About the only things good about apple is their products work very well together, they are easy to use, and they look good.

In every other respect android and pc are better.

Many people buy apple for the name brand.

@Sammo What is your opinion on the oil?

I've been using 5w30 edge for a really long time, but I'm interested to hear others real life experiences before I switch to something else

I bought the repco ones and thought they were better than the supercheap ones at around the same price

Yea that guy is awesome. I will start hitting the wreckers later in the week.

I also like saphire black metallic, but this blue gets better every time i look at it

I got a new e46 wagon to replace Babara.

I'm super excited about it, she drives great, and I have some upgrade plans.

I bought it from Jon  @E30 325i Rag-Top, he was great to deal with, and has looking after the car really well - I'm still going through the stacks of service history paperwork.

The car is a 2004 e46 330D msport touring with six speed manual - here are some photos I took just a few minutes after I bought it;

It has a bunch of options like headlight washers, parking distance control, cruise control, factory bluetooth, rain sensing wipers, steering wheel controls, auto headlights etc.

Its awesome to drive and has heaps of power, but I have lots of plans for upgrades;

1. Electric fan mod

2. Change interior to black, or dye the existing grey one

3. Refurb the wheels and get 245/40/18 tyres on the back

4. Replace shocks for bilsteins

5. Chip tune

6. Black grills

7. Full detail and clean when the Auckland water restrictions are over

8. Upgrade speakers

9. Paintless dent removal on the little supermarket carpark dings

10. Fix broken fuel filler door

11. Upgrade towbar wiring

12. Polish all the lights

13. Strengthen the subframe mounts

14. Switch out the mph cluster for a kmph cluster

Jon has looked after the car religiously, and I plan on doing the same.

Jon was excellent to deal with, and I will be making a project thread for this car soon. 

Thanks Jon.

I'm so excited for my new daily.

I already have ideas for improvements.

Yea mate. It's time for babara to join an internet dating site for old overweight singles

SOLD

@Mark Wilson Awesome looking project mate