Olaf

Jon's your man. He's race car scrutineer, part of the BMW Community, reliable and trustworthy. Most of the BMW suspension parts - particularly at e9x - are made of alloy. You're right, it can be tight. I've replaced all front suspension on e46 on a driveway... but these days I prefer on a hoist, and I'm happy to pay. If the LCA rear bushes are worn, chances are your endlinks are in similar condition. My e46 seems to run about 80k kms before they need replacing again. HTH

Perhaps it’s the camera angle - looks lower in the rear now? here’s mine on H&R Sport Springs

Clunk May be your lower control arm bushes... shocks may be wearing... end links arb bushes best get it up on the rack to check it out.

Best idea - take it to jon mechaniker at Auto 38 in Newtown. He’s a BMW specialist, he’ll diagnose it and provide a quality repair.

I'm curious. Where was this shopping trolley handle found? BA Falcon? Mitsubishi Magna? It's pure class! Now, should I add one to my 545i? ?

looking totes amazing man.

That's certainly the traditional and proven approach. first 500 km, this.... then oil change, then 5000rpm with some acceleration to hit that... then at 1500km oil change, then give it the beans. If I was driving a rebuilt motor, that's what I'd be doing. But that was then, your technomarvel is a whole new ballgame.

Your engineering mate was still explaining that while the girl he was explaining it to went off with the artist... to learn about the poisonous snake first hand. Sometimes art trumps science.

And are you fizzing and buzzing from those 200kms, after your months of anticipation?

+1 for CTEK, mine totally rocks, bought my own after borrowing a mate's one a few times over the years.

I disagree. Well, I will grant that use of the term moron is somewhat offensive! All sorts of exemplars of sub-species of humanity are gravitating towards e46 also. In the Venn diagram of e46 (or e36) ownership the e46 (or e36) is not fully enveloped by any one - or all - sub-species of human ownership. Thus, loving an e46 (or e36) does not lump one in amongst all other appreciators of these fine vehicles. Eg just because I run an e46, does not mean I am a drift shredder. A Venn diagram, this morning.

I like white cars too! I've owned a couple and willdo again.

Probably because it's too old for main dealer sales; it may not have been well-serviced (despite being low-kms for year); I've seen a few end up in Christchurch at higher price than they were pitching in Welly/The Tron/Aucks, with some of the repairs done. Chances are (like a couple of 330i Msports I seriously looked at) it needed diff output seals, a few bushes, a trans service, an Inspection II and some tyres... it's worth about $6-7k in my opinion if it's not needing any work, and nudging $10k is madness. IMHO, of course! ?

nope. nuh-uh. no way. I dig the e60 M5, there's no denying it. But this one. It's white. And look at that number plate. Just. No. Even a personalised plate won't rid the stains. SMEG, perhaps? ?

in the late 70's we had interesting developments. Against a backdrop that included hippies and quickly transitioned to Kill ALL Hippies, (and soon punk as a complete backlash), some clever europeans had been (quite literally) plugging away in their studios, and enjoying some commercial success... airplay in addition to Baby Boomers showing off their flash new HiFi systems (accessible in the 1970's for the first time ever) with whatever fine-sounding vinyl they could get their hands on... and toward the end of the decade, increasingly affordable synthesisers. The race was on. The Germans seemed to celebrate their high speed concrete motorways with the global hit 'Autobahn',, and the Frenchman... well, he was picked up by French airline UTA and spent his advert money on wild disembodied heads music videos.. in 1976! And a crazy veeeeeeeee-neck jumper. Meanwhile Bowie had decided - after shovelling a mountain of charlie up his hooter (and slipped in creation of a couple of great albums such as Young Americans and Station to Station) - to shoot through from the states to in search of pastures new. You've all heard Station to Station, so I'll put Stay (from the same album) here instead... oh lordy, GREAT players, funk, swing, this song is virtuoso Bowie. And a stark contrast to the Frenchman and the Germans, who seemed a bit pedestrian. Now Bowie has immersed himself in Berlin at Hansa Studios (with a steady supply of smack), producing the three coolest albums of his very cool career. And this is where it gets odd; yes in a truth that's stranger than fiction, they all start thinking about trains! Iggy Pop (who's been hanging out in Berlin with Bowie), also thinking about trains matybe, with his masterpiece The Passenger... And now the Germans now start singing (robotically chanting?) about the Trans Europe Express... (inspired by Station to Station?), and in an odd twist they plug David Bowie and Iggy Pop, and even give them a cameo in their new music video! and Bowie gets further out there in Berlin (it's still Cold War Berlin)... and he's getting even more brilliant in the studio with Brian 'Squelchy' Eno! Just listen to Sound and Vision, it's astonisihing more than forty years later. You know that track backwards so here's Joe the Lion: Perhaps he's taking stock, or thinking about his next move? The Germans (Kraftwerk) clearly got a hipness boost from all of this, as The Man Machine contained the timeless classic The Model. Meanwhile, in North London a nerdy guy sitting in his bedroom mixed in the Bowie influence and came up with something very unusual... ... And some lads from South London were clearly influenced by Bowie (and earlier Roxy Music)... and in 1979 they released Quiet Life (this is a later video for the album's re-release) Oh man, it's enough to explode the heads of MoR radio listeners!

yep, best to get the correct offset, and (preferably) the correct CB. Sourcing your wheels from M46 (non-M3) or e90 (non-M3) would be your best bet.

and they would be a total pr*ck to clean!

these guys are touring here shortly... this was a huge hit in '79 Jools Holland Esq on keys, and whatabout their backing sings garb!

curious, they've taken footage from the original Gone in 60 Seconds...

Holy Thread Exhumation, Batman! Paul, I know ARS, they were very clever. Think I've one of their albums on vinyl in my collection somewhere. Now, for 70's in a predominantly 80's (mostly middle-of-the-road 'zm network pop) thread? Hmmm, how about these three for starters: Nile is still a genius! And now a bit more 70's AOR Right then.... see if ya'll can keep this thread south of Dec '79, eh?

good driving out in that area ?

Style 194s work brilliantly on e46. Give you a little more track, no rubbing issues (standard springs), use the e46 225/45R17 and 245/40R17 combo. And they look great. Though they're 17's; so if you're looking for that magic number, you won't be happy. Can't stress enough. Do put 1000kms on this car before you empty your wallet on wheels/tyres/lows.

Are you doing this for looks only, or something? If you go low, you're going to get negative camber, unless you correct it. If you want zero camber because of looks, am concerned you're going to create a car that doesn't handle. What are you trying to acheive? Leave it as-is, she's a beauty. Please put 1000kms of trouble-free motoring on it first.

Because Touring. Or, to put it another way: Because. Touring. Love. ❤️ ?

You're right about that. Genuine M-sport 325i coupes continue to rise in value, best to preserve that with sympathetic mods. Looks like a beaut, great score! Question is, are you bringing it to e30 Mega Meet in New Plymouth (this year) 29 November - 1 December? There'll be others from the deep south attending. It's going to be a blast. Welcome!