Olaf

https://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=FQJ381 WBAEF52000CC11082

result! looking at your title, I was going ask where your e39 left it?!

Oh you’re just teasing me now! ?You’ve already got the 16” multi piece wheels lurking, haven’t you?

.... you can sacrifice Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) to liberate their battery packs for solar storage ?

I wonder what the economics are to installing solar atop your garage, to a storage charger setup... plug in and charge off-grid in the evenings.

Hutt Automatics have a huge reputation down here, you can be sure it'll be done right.

one day... your wheels shall be mine! ? (there shall be cash involved, of course).

You won't know yourself with rebuilt trans and torque converter. replacing cooler lines and cooler as well, in case of debris? Nearly 7 years on and ~75,000kms on and the Hutt Automatics rebuilt trans in our e46 is shifting beautifully (it's had a fluid change and filter in that time).

Bringing her down to e30 Mega Meet, Jon?

Beautiful Colour!

Nice work Hans, great to see you’re moving forward! What Colour are you thinking?

yeah sorry guys I provided a link through youtube though it seems you need a geo-unblocker to view. ExpressVPN is pretty good... YMMV. Wheeler Dealers still fun, though you can see why Edd left... and you can see why Mike's production company needed changes. it's a bit dumbed-down, and though the recipe is the same, it's a different couple of ingredients and it's baked in a different oven, so the cake's turned out a little different too.

because Darwinism?

Me too.

‘85/‘86 I remember one in Welly, used to be something to do with a panel beaters around Cuba and Abel Smith. Black plate - MQ from memory? I have photos somewhere, mostly detail shots. It had had some linishing work, they’d clearly had a challenge keeping the tool straight. or maybe it was MK?

is there a part number on it somewhere?

is it possible this is a non M3 frame, bodged to give the mounting point? may be worth checking before you hook into it. Very trick engine support. Last time we used one, it was two bits of angle bolted together... volvo lyf.

awesome, thanks and welcome, @MikeG! Very helpful, and great to know the distributor is local!

Agree - it’s a potatoshop special.

Welcome, Arata! e39 and e46? Wow, you got the big love ? great cars both.

Days are counting down to e30 Mega Meet. I've not been ticking many jobs off of my list of things to do! So next weekend, I'll be doing the underhood foam, so needed appropriate supplies. Yesterday I collected: - PPE - gloves, possibly mask and goggles. - 5 litres of citrus oil-based degreaser - 5 litres of IPA. - rags, plastic scrapers, rubbish bags, and a couple of old bedsheets as drop-cloths. Roll-on next weekend.

There's a huge thread to read on R3vlimited, where a long-time installer maps out his good-value approach to great e30 sound. He explains that for good tuneful bass, the driver must be light and stiff. Specs for a 10" (as an example, for the box he was building and selling) are: Hope that helps.

Great to see your thread, Mark. Inspirational too! Followed ?