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hey come on man, they match my hair!

Welcome, Shane! Great to see another e60 join the melee. You should find this a pretty helpful place, with a ton of useful info and camaraderie. You should check out the Wellington Meetings room. Consider subscribing, so you don't miss any of the events/trips/meetups. We're becoming more and more active down here, and have also re-envigorated the wellington chapter of the BMW Car Club NZ.

1. your BMW dealer. Or, your friendly BMW specialist wrecker. They do fail though (as you're finding), so do be sure to find one with plenty of life in it. 2. cowl is on-piece, moulding the ABS with the soft rubberised seal that sits on the screen edge. 3. Are you sitting down? Last time I purchased one (4 or 5 years ago?) it was a bit over $300 incl GST. BMW Car Club NZ members get a parts discount on production of their membership card at BMW dealers. Hope that helps.

would I steer you wrong? When I've run out of my current stock, I'll be talking to Barry. I previously used Meguiars, and one clay bar was good for several cars. My experience reflects Barry's '8-10 cars'. I seriously doubt you'd go through a whole (or even a quarter) clay bar kit doing the e28, even if it had lived under a motorway flyover by a garden centre for three years. As Barry notes, a little goes a long way. And you have a ton of options. Plus: pics, or your washing of the e28 didn't happen!

welcome! sell the simca, keep the corolla & squirt fishoil into every crevice and seam you can, and it should last forever. bulletproof drivetrain, rust was their nemesis. e30 manual 6cyl coupe? have you deep pockets, and a love of scene tax? they're a good car, but rather inflated pricewise in todays market. buy an e46 instead, better car, better value!

@EURO V12 sorry to hear that, man. come on crew, who's gonna scoop this legendary 5er up, and give it some TLC?

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It's paint surface contaminants. you remove it with clay and lube. The clay mitt or towel is another gimmick; some like it, I'm unimpressed. Is there any more I can say? You can lead a horse to water...

You're asking the right man. This (or a variant of it) should be the ticket: http://barrysgarage.co.nz/product/autoglym-surface-detailing-clay-kit/

Lucan did because there's a little faffing around to get em out and back in again.

and it's got this: 337 M Sport Package

Which brand arms did you get, @Lucan?

welcome back. how far did your travels extend, in the end?

if you guys haven't seen it, Chickenhawk is very well worth the read.

I just added that to my reading list, cheers!

looking forward to seeing this one, Adro!

outstanding.

tidy work, Nathan! Subscribed. Looking forward to seeing this thread develop. I'm picking it's a retrospective, that we're catching up with where you've gotten to?

nice work, Greg! I'll award you the 'best of both worlds' prize!

Yeah, that's basically ransomeware!

Nathan, www.flickr.com is worthy of your investigation, as an online repository for your images. I've been using them for 12 years now; nothing like those dodgy gits at photobucket.

I like Blurple.

I tried to upload one (from my desktop machine) a couple of hours ago too, got a slightly different error (unable to upload, in essence). am able to link to an online photo without issues, though. Hope that helps.

Kelvin's open on Saturday mornings I found him on the recommendation of a friend who's very fussy with his car collection, and found Kelvin's pricing sharper than standard BTC. I value the relationship and individual more than the branding on the sign outside

good thinking, Kyu. Cory, I think it's pretty hard to go past Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE003's. They're often on buy one, get the second half price (which is basically buy three, get four)... I have run them for more than 20,000kms on my e46 (225/45R17 and 245/40R17), and have more than 5000kms on my e60 (245/40/R18) and find them superb in the wet, quiet and grippy in the dry, and wear well to boot! What's not to like for a tyre that's no more expensive than the mid-range korean alternatives? I think they're superb, particularly at the money you pay for them. I go to Kelvin (owner) at Bridgestone Torrens Terrace, he's excellent on alignment and I find him great to deal with. HTH.