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perfect thanks mate, I'll be in touch.

@skidz Hi Stephen, can't see photos. If you have an Coupe FL door trim (lower rubbing strip) I'm in! Mine has a PFL strip painted black, it is somewhat irksome ? PS - after an interior clock (centre console) if you have one

yep. proceed straight to Auto38, do not pass Go, donot collect $200. Unlike Jail in Monopoly, Auto38 is your best Independent in Wellington. BMW Car Club NZ membership benefits too, on production of your card.

just drive it fast and hard for 500kms, should sort that out.

Nice check-in! Sadly your old 318iS did not make it. A ccording to Carjam it was dereg'd in 2014 - written off by insurer. https://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=HDA415 3.2 litre M20 - wow! And yes, that's an amazing idle. Interestingly I saw pics of your racecar on Flickr from 2009 just the other day and thought 'wonder who's driving that now?' Is there a build thread detailing your engine build? We're sure glad you guys started Bimmersport, and it continues to evolve.

gone to the right home, Stu!

ahhh! I've read the supercharged (R53) has more reliable (stronger?) gearbox and may be considered 'the one to get'.

Score! I've been interested in learning what these are like to own, will be watching. What's the main difference between R50 and R53?

'on ya. making a proper job of it. keep the faith!

you have a skill for life! next thing you fab up, you're ahead! which muffler did you use, and is the pipe easy to source?

it really did happen!! awesome pics man, and the stubby looks the part.

by the way, I meant to say: loved your earier post. "need an exhaust. bought a tig welder. taught myself to weld. made this." looks rather bloody excellent. well done!

Yes I did the same last night. Interestingly one of the listings suggested 'these are rare'. Uhhhh, didn't you check your market first? There's a metric sh!t-ton of 130i's for sale currently.

I'll give you a shout next coffee meet or cruise. It's Club Pub Night tonight, though I'm not there this time. First Thursday of every month in J'ville, all welcome. Be good to see you.

@slideways Jeez Chris, how many e30's do you have?! Like having a wardrobe full of suits, you'll need to pick which one to bring to e30 Mega Meet this year ?

@NZ_InFerno Come on mate, pics or it simply didn't happen!!

they were really that busy even before lockdown. needed an alignment as part of insurance repair of a minor love tap. 'Ooh, a chance to experience BMW alignment procedure. Repairer is certed and work with Winger. Should be easy.' thought I. "First appointment - 3 weeks". I used the repairer's other supplier.

Cool project, @Karun! Saw your e28 parked up near the Massey workshop recently ? Watching with interest. Machining from Delrin should be very interesting. You'd still be adding the slugs for weight?

outstanding! and on-track for e30 Mega Meet this year!

In my case I'm fortunate, no change to driveshaft and already factory manual. I agree - pick your certifier and do what's required for the cert plate. Ain't that the truth. Perhaps they assume they're unable to protect us from maintenance stupidity, and the greatest threat is from modifications.

good luck with your insurance company in event of an accident.

sure looks sharp to me.

I think you'll find that the manual conversion will require cert, as you're changing the brake pedal in which case braking system change ===> cert.

Hoops only if increase in horsepower is over 50% threshold - unless that rule has changed again.

so on the basis of not the same or less capacity, and; not same number of valves and camshafts, and 138hp (e36 DISA M42) is more than 20% greater than 102hp (M40B16 in my case). Hopefully driveshaft hoops remain not a requirement. Thanks for that ref, @alisterh