eliongater

Did something different. All 210mm of LSD goodness.

So I'm at a bit of an impasse with what to do with my E28s, specifically my M535i. It's an ex-UK car. It's got surface rust in most places, a dent in the sill, wavy floors, cracked seat base and structural rust in the following places: All 4 corners of the sills, including jacking points falling off Foot wells Windscreen surrounds front and rear (including a hole in the roof in the rear wind screen seal mount) Boot seal Spare wheel well Door hinges Rear arches, including where they meet the sill Where the right sill joins the floor Tail light mounts Corners of the boot As far as I see it, I have 5 options Sell both E28s and buy something modern and troublesome, like an M3/5 Spend a lot of money with a panel beater to get it fixed. I'm guessing at least $10k and then some Re-shell it into my 525e Buy another M30 shell (not so keen on this one as most E28s are pretty rusty now) Buy another M535i Option 3, whilst it kinda breaks my heart pulling apart a fairly original 525e, I can do for next to no cost and in fact selling off the lower spec parts would pay for the cert. Plus it's still "my first car" then. (Oh and black plates FTW) A re-shell also allows me to have full creative license without feeling like a heathen. (Pfeba front lip, BBS boot spoiler, Mtech flares, worked M90 with ITBs, whatever else I feel like) Thoughts?

I wonder how that colour would look on an E28...

RC 304 are ET38... (Qube gets those, you get the RX and I get the 302, it's like wife swapping, just less drama) Oh and very nice car BTW, makes me miss my e46 (hence having nothing to put the RCs on)

I’m doing the same with my 304’s haha

I’ll swap you my BBS Rc 304s for your 302s?

You just wanted to one up my 330ci’s exhaust note right?

@Olaf I've also got a brand new M54 water pump, thermostat, serpentine belts and some other M54 parts. Also, have a 245/40R17 tyre to list. Let me know any parts you're after and I'll look in my stash

Having a bit of a cleanup, just want stuff gone really. Will some more things shortly https://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=5388913

@gjm oh no I wasn’t talking about that. I was talking about the two times it’s left stranded... expansion tank and fuel pump.

Replaced most of the vacuum lines and the valve cover gasket. Oil + filter change. Continues to “just work” (as in it hasn’t broken down on me, unlike the e46...)

FWIW, AMI payed me the agreed value (agreed when I setup the policy) minus my excess. I'm not sure who you're with though, so yours might be different

@Cannabis9478 the speedo is different (both mileage and mph vs kmh)

Paging @TermiPeteNZ

Have you got a build thread or something?

Bump $4.5k

@Ace Of Spades and @_ethrty-Andy_ reckon we could work something out? Cash also works better for me. Stick them in the same box, saves on shipping?

Cheers. So where is where the cool kids live?

What exactly are the 260 bits?

They didn't have time to program it to display both

So if knowing lots about wheels is where Kyu excels, what's the trade off? Or is that also knowing a lot about wheels? (See the definition of Savant)

Thanks @agent75 I’ll try find someone who can do it in Wellington. How big is your tank? And in in terms of a welder I’m currently borrowing my neighbours Weldwell steady mig 130

Land Rovers and BMWs will do that to you

How keen are you? Happy to work something out for a worthy cause. PM me?

You and me both . I’m open to offers if people think I’m mad...