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What else is in that garage?? A Porsche and some sort of open top classic??

Looks very tidy!! Well done! Definitely a keeper!

The car is a daily driven E36 M3 with factory floating rotors. It sometimes (I suppose rather often) sees some spirited driving. The USA market never got floating rotors as an option in their E36 M3s and therefore to find aftermarket floating rotors, you have to go to the UK. I'm ordering from the states .. Can anyone provide any advice about whether there is a real world difference between floating and non-floating brake rotors in the particular case of a road car??? I'm sure some difference would be noticeable in a race car or something seeing hard braking consistently, but a 99% road car with short spurts of spirited driving on a cruise or something .. is it really worth staying with the floating rotors???? Thanks all

where abouts are you? That might help .. westy ... hellsville .. helensville?

Finalising orders today/tomorrow, still open for quotes etc! final call soon

Try Ray@HellBM

Got my staggered set for just over 600. Non staggered obviously a little cheaper . mine are average condition. Mint ones maybe more

I'm paying 700/year for my 97 M3. Sweet deal! must be a mistake but I'll take it. for a 16 year old and an e90, i think the insurance would be prohibitive. try ring around and pretend you are intending to purchase a certain car worth a certain amount of money and get some quotes. This may change your perception on what you intend on buying. When I was 17 and bought a turbo mitsi, some companies quoted me over the price of the vehicle for insurance. (somethere in the region of 6500). look into this first. good luck on an e90 at 16 yrs of age!!

oh also along with the combined shipping there is customs to deal with which includes even more costs which i have some agreement with, but if you look up the custom calculator, the customs charges for imports are nuts. check it. for reals, it almost doubles the cost sometimes. can get it in cheaper.

it is possible, what were you looking for? I can see what I can do, but yes you are right, I am organising sea freight from UUC so far, not sure about other companies, but it may be an option if you want something in particular. Let me know the link to the product you want and I will look into it. There could be additional charges due to domestic shipping to the ports etc . and further coordination with when the shipment will go out etc. PM me and we'll go from there !!

definitely if an e90 comes along at a decent price it will be tempting, but remember for that money you will be looking at an entry level e90. you may be happy for a while, but then you will be faced with trying to either modify the entry level or having to accept the depreciation and sell the e90 for something you would want. pick up an e30 or 36, satisfy the modification process and learning, then know that when you are done with it all, that you will have enough funds in the bank to pick up maybe a 335 or even a e46 m3

at 16 .. i would personally advise you to pick up a cheap e30 or e36. learn to drive and learn the mechanical aspects of it. then in a few years or something, spend the money you saved on something which is more exciting. if i had to do it all again, i would do what i suggested above. of course when I was 16 i spent all my money trying to get the fastest best coolest car I could afford. only to find that it fell short always of the pinnacle of what I wanted. like i'd end up with a lancer GSR instead of an EVO, or I'd end up with a nonturbo s14 instead of a turbo s15. and no matter what you do, you end up spending a tonne more trying to get there, but never quite.

yep! i have ray standing by for my vanos maintenance so will try get that done while we wait!!

orders flying in!! turning into a large group buy!!!!!!! when the package arrives id be tempted to KEEP IT ALL! just kidding. thanks for everyones interest. it is a mission organising it all but the end result is that you can get proper BMW specific parts and save on the previously kidney-selling shipping costs. the waiting time is going to be the toughest part. but anything good is worth waiting for!! 6-8 weeks from when we close this order. EVERYONE be aware of that timeframe. Boats do not go fast. /sadface

What's your price range??

welcome. what model 3 series are you looking at? E30, E36, e46, e90? BMWs are a great first car. I would advise you take one of those driver training days where you learn to control a rwd car if you somehow lose the rear end ...

Haha yeah I bought a big boy clutch stop as well .. But with my clutch travel it won't work lol

I saw the car in person, thought it was in decent condition! the current owner is a nice guy .. doesnt seem like the sort who would falsely advertise the car .. looked under the hood and things were clean. the manual conversion was done by HellBM I think??

Bear in mind customs charges are terrible to deal with .. so I will facilitate all of that .. even delivery to your door NZ wide, so just one fixed price and you'll have your UUC parts in 6-8 weeks. Just think about the money you could save in 2 months that you would spend on your car and have a look at all the goodies on the UUC site. Will probably close this and get the process started early next week, as people who have already PM'd me for parts will want them ASAP! Ocean shipping sucks, but beats the $400-500USD shipping that UUC offer. Will try air shipment, but with the amount of parts .. we're getting heavy!

For $30ish even I bought one!

From what the description is, the H&R sport is stiffer and ride height will drop 25-30mm The H&R OE is pretty much the standard spring rates and a slight drop of maybe 15mm, very slight. There should still be room! PM me the link to what you would like and we'll work from there Cheers

Oh and remember customs charges .... They're a bitxh to say the least!

Ok will see what I can do with regards to OEM rotors

hey mate, PM me the links to the items you'd like and i will let you know the price incl the appropriate fraction of the shipping cost. then we'll do some sort of deposit system (just to protect me if you dont mind .. dw amber and many others on the forum will track me down and kneecap me if i screw anyone around !! I'm usually at most if not all meets since I got the bmw. then I will pay for the parts and then when they arrive, I will route them to you. Of course since youre in dunners, there will be additional shipping charge from the box of stuff arriving at my doorstep to forward the parts to you, but when it comes to heavy bulky things like springs, it will be much cheaper than ordering from UUC yourself!! Oh and also .. I will look into some of the rotors I can get my hands on ............ are you after OEM floating or are you after cross drilled or slotted etc? Cheers

haha imperial ftw 1615.7kg