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Graham. A set of rough 14" baskets is $300-500. if you need straightening, add another two-to-four hundred. Need waffles? USD125 each. Got waffles but need badges? USD50 for a set. Now think about refinishing. A day's labour to prep by hand. Now your paint materials cost - $110-150, as you're using quality materials. now another half day of your time to paint them. Now you want to put tyres on? $450-600. 15" baskets - two sets sold recently at around a grand.

just as it was before, choose FedEx from FCP Euro, FedEx will then tell you how much you need to pay, and they'll give you time ahead of the package arrival. Service. The only thing that has changed are the thresholds and a tweak to a couple of the rules. The customs process remains the same. FedEx bread-and-butter business.

We'll probably go for the cuba quarter in that case... ?

It's okay, MyUS.com still ships here, they're all sorted with the new laws and charges. Fear not! ... so you can buy on eBay, ship to your Florida address, aggregate, trans-ship to Niu Zild, and pay your Gubbermint Stealing Tax here too. Everybody wins.

Nice one @Mad_Max Geordie Let us know where you're staying, and we'll arrange a suitable location. I'll whip something up in the meetups room ? Be excellent to see you!

Sadly this move is "very unhelpful" to the established NZ Distributors... My suggestion: support your local distributor! They're the ones with the knowledge, product support, being a part of the community car shows on weekends.

not much to say really... I watched, while Jon did the work. It's tight. Glovebox comes down (needs support). Be prepared to unbolt the brake booster from the firewall, and disconnect the pedal linkage thingy from the servo. Centre console out. Plenty of towels for mopping up that blue blood. New O-Rings. Hmmm. I should have paid more attention!

got it all wrong. you need an iS badge!

Welcome to Bimmersport, Ron! Great to see you here, mate. And good luck with your sale ?

Today, @Autoglym and I gave Grey Thunder a clean before Mega Meet. Thanks Barry, it looks super - if I say so myself!

Potatoshop.

I found "listing withdrawn by seller". My point of view differs slightly from yours, Kyu. I'm buying, and I want to know what brand they are selling me. I make my own value judgement on whether it's a reasonable price. We don't rock up to the supermarket for a packet of peas, and get given their choice of plain-pack per; we have a choice and if we prefer McKain or Watties, we choose for ourselves. We can choose to buy from eBay, or the local BMW dealer, or even Aliexpress. This vendor's behaviour is more likely to drive those behaviours, IMHO. Who's to say the vendor wasn't selling OEM? We don't know, as he won't respond to anyone. I'd not buy from anyone evasive of the origin of their wares.

inspired by the Holden Sandman?

To be clear: I'd buy an commercially available off-the-shelf specialist system from someone like magnaflow, borla, remus, supersprint, eisenmann et al. And you can get some idea of how they'll sound from Youtube clips. I think the custom-made thing is a crap-shoot, you can't really predict what you'll get. HTH

I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of a question to the same end. Nor would I encourage others to - singly - ask a similar question... though I wouldn't suggest they shouldn't, either.

Visiting Mecca. Auto 38, Newtown, Wellington

M40 316i Cloning School - one of my images.

I'd be going for stock, or a reputable zorst as per Kyu's list above. I've experienced the 'get a local exhaust specialist to build one' (that turned out bloody noisy, a little quieter, and then choked), and seen many others take this approach with a variety of quality, and usually the kind of noise they weren't hoping for. I've also experienced buying a full cat-back system from a specialist that sold them commercially, and was very happy with the fit and finish, and the sound to boot. More predictable results with the off-the-shelf system made for your car by a reputable manufacturer. HTH

Over to you, @allan. I'll need to know before Friday morning if you need my assistance.

I have a mental image of Kyu opening his greatcoat to reveal... all the wheels you ever wanted! ? @allan there'll be a bunch of e30-heads coming down from Auckland to NPL this Friday for e30 Mega Meet, perhaps Kyu - with his extensive network - can find someone coming down with a little space? I'd be happy to take delivery of them in New Plymouth for you and bring them down to you in Foxton on my way back to Welly on Sunday, if that helps. edit: hmm rims with tyres. @qube would the two rears go in my back seat (e30 coupe), and two fronts in the boot?

... don't forget, you'll want wear sensors, and quite possibly new slider pins and (at least) slider boots/bushings as well, to ensure your calipers are floating nicely.

Meyle gear *can* be good; the Meyle HD stuff is usually worthwhile as they've improved spec over any particular failure-prone kit. Plain-old Meyle, I've stopped buying after some failures across different parts/vehicles in my fleet. EDIT: note I've never used Meyle brake rotors or pads. Genuine: have you tried Winger for parts pricing? I've heard their genuine parts prices for brakes are pretty reasonable. Don't discount before contacting them for a price! Time to ship? It'll only take you a week to get your gear from FCP, if you specify FedEx. About 5 days from Mick's Garage in Ireland via DHL. Schmiedmann are usually fast, though you have to be lucky that they're not on another national holiday! FCP: If you were bringing in kit from FCP, you're looking at around USD200 for freight for four rotors and pads. Given your Zimmermann sport rotors with Jurid (OEM) pads come in under USD400; take exchange rate and GST into account and you're looking at about NZD1100. Mick's Garage: If you're looking for the low price, www.micksgarage.com will be very competitive. Perhaps Textar pads front and rear (OEM), Mintex rotors (front), Textar rotors (rear), freight included: NZD571.12! Sorry they didn't have ATE, and the best could do on front rotors was Mintex. EDIT: OMG, if you ordered pronto, you'll get their BLACK15 15% discount code, bringing it down to NZD520.38, plus any taxes here. Blimey. Schmiedmann... (Hella) Pagid front rotors EUR172 for the pair (I'd be happy with Pagid), (Hella) Pagid front rotors EUR69.69 for the pair; Hella Pagid front pads EUR41.66, front Hella Pagid pads EUR25.41. ... but freight might be a tiny bit costly at EUR500. How is it that Mick's Garage can freight the same gear from Ireland for free?! I'd be putting Hawk HPS pads on, and considering Genuine rotors, or Zimmermanns (having good experience with both of these), or possibly Stop Tech rotors (I've run these on my e46 since 2013). HTH.

I was about to say, there should be a part number on the backside. WTF with the amount of weights stuck on? Cheap tyres, or are they well-buckled?

yes indeedy they're beautiful @Cammsport, alas I need to buy a new camera body pronto ? I'm sure some will come up next year ?.

I’ll be formatting this post later and adding photos.... Date: 25 Nov 2019 Distance: 260740kms 1. Tested stereo with USB stick and .WAV files - works fine. ? First up: a blast from the 80's: Love, by The Cult. Playing 'Rain' by The Cult, from USB stick. 2. Replaced Clutch master cylinder and feedlines, bled clutch. It's now super-smooth, sweet and light. Not expecting a clutch failure now! Shiny new (Febi) Clutch Master Cylinder featured. 3. Reset Service Indicator (first green LED is faulty) 4. Replaced missing water pump bolt (Jon spotted that last time it was in). 5. Drained gearbox oil, mixed in 25mls of MBL8, refilled. (this oil is the Penrite Full Synthetic that was installed earlier this year. It's nice and clear. Gearbox is smoother. 6. Checked exhaust hangers. Will replace after Christmas. 7. Inspected and pressure tested cooling system. Found leaking heater matrix. Replaced heater matrix with good used Behr OE item, pressure tested and bled system. My e30 bleeds blue! Genuine BMW coolant sopped up by rags. 30 year old Behr Heater Radiator during removal. 8. Lubed antenna Auto 38 in Newtown, *THE* place to go for top quality servicing on your BMW. Thats it for me, the other stuff can wait. A clean and wax is all that’s left before e30 Mega Meet. And a bit of duct tape to secure that drip-rail trim ?. Maybe if I get excited, clean up the HT lead connections. My lesson is that I should have assumed the heater matrix would need replacing, given I'd already replaced the rad, thermostat & housing, all the hoses. I'll order a water pump, and a matrix for future use.