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  1. Hi @Arsony, I purchased a 2016 330e MSport LCI last year and it’s been reasonably trouble free apart from the Auxillary battery crapped itself - $500ish later for a new one and labour / fitting.

    As stated above the fuel door is ‘sticky’ and my one seems like someone has tried to force it open in the past. 

    I was told when getting a PPI done by the local BMW dealership that getting the main EV battery tested would require a week of their time to ‘stress’ test it. You can’t get a battery health check like you can with a Leaf apparently. Also note any mechanical warranty won’t cover the main EV battery, if that goes you are on your own unless it’s still under warranty?

    Our charged electric range is 22kmish in Winter, 28-30km in Summer. Averaged 6 liters /100kms on a 800km road trip over Summer.  

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  2. Doing some digging on the VIN of my E46 330i:

    WBAET56090NH45575

    N suggests a build at the South African plant. 

    Anyone care to confirm this is likely the case?  And was this typical for the early 2000's NZ new E46's to be sourced from SA?

    Thanks

     

     


  3. I rechecked my install and found the shock wasn't seated down in the clamp as far as it could go.  The image below shows a witness line on the shock of where it sat previously.  I've gained a further 5mm + of drop.  We'll see how things settle out from here.

    (Re the old Sachs shock, buggered if I can extend it out further than where it currently is.  It still compresses and returns back fine but only to the point shown in the photo above)

     

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  4. Yeah I measured after a short drive.  I'll get a measure on the sway bars but I'm 99% sure they are stock at 23.5mm.  It did seem to sit lower than stock using the 'eyeometer' against other E46 sedans.  I'll do a google and see what that throws up.

    Can't get over the difference here though -

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    Now I'm curious about the springs and if they are a stock 'sport' springs - I'll investigate the coloured banding

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  5. Hi all,

    Just purchased new front Bilstein B4's for 2002 NZ new 330i E46.  I purchased these from Demon Tweeks UK:

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    for vehicles with 'standard suspension' (not sports suspension).  I've installed the first one and the car now sits much higher the previously by about 30mm.  The shaft length is considerable longer on the Bilstein than the old Sachs.  Have I bought the wrong shocks?  Should I have bought:

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    I don't have option S226A listed when I do a Vin decode (NH45575).  The OEM shocks are Sachs 6Z Sports - were the NZ new 330i's fitted with a different 'sports' suspension at the time?

    Thanks

     


  6. I purchased an m sport steering wheel for my E46 and it came with the (assumed) original Takata airbag.  Obviously I’m going to re-use the airbag I have that was swapped in as part of the recall.

    What are my options for getting rid of the airbag I don’t need?

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