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Haha figured out the stitching, actually surprisingly easy to fix your self unlike the E36 ones

Wanting to get a set of these to replace my bad ones.... All 4 really. 

Alternatively, any ideas on if they can be glued back easily? I had the same issues with both my e36s!!

Based in Auckland 

SORRY guys, brakes are sold as of tonight. 

Are the hubs not a direct swap into a E90? Weird

Could also sell the car to go with it! Trying to trim down belongings, don't have time to play with everything! 

Been hoarding these, wanted to put them on my 130 but always have too much other stuff to do! I'm sick of dragging them from house to house. 

6 pot fronts and 2 pot rears from a 135i. Need the pistons rebuilt ( apparently the stock factory ones are useless). Comes with new matching discs, lines and near new pads. Fits under 18 inch rims. 

500 bucks take the lot, must pick up from greenlane.

Are they very different to a e90 in terms of design architecture and reliability? 

 inside job??

Its a shame, I went to school next door. They always use to have a few interesting things.... 

Cleaning the garage out and found these! Covers for the front foot well speakers and a battery tray. I think the speaker covers are off my old M3 and the battery cover from an old sedan. 

Its a small miracle that the covers are fully intact and none of the clips are broken. 

Free for collection from Greenlane, especially if you bring the car it's going in! 

Accord euro wagon, the older ones are better if you were thinking of putting an exhaust on (newer ones the manifold is intergrated). Cant beat a K24 for reliability either... 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/honda/accord/listing/3771558344

There are some white ones too with a bit more ks

1 hour ago, KwS said:

Yeah, asking 15k and having no interest in putting a new WOF on it screams "be very wary" to me. Also not keen on the rolled/pulled rear arches that are starting to rust...

Sharp spotting Kelvin! 

Michael grant motors! I remember their yard from when I was at high school.... I can't imagine they are still in business

Ah yes, pretty sure you took it off for a while then put it back on recently Vince? What Ru looking at next

I'll tell my parents to look out for it in palmy! 🤣 Maybe the new owner will turn up here

Me too. Do like the flowerpots too but really wanted 8.5s... I was too slow Vince that sold quickly!

55 minutes ago, M3AN said:

Perhaps a little less than I'd expect with M3 LCA's but nothing that would cause concern, have you done the camber pin mod also?

That front toe is safe but not sharp, it's a very relaxed setting that will allow high speed cruising without too much effort. If you want to sharpen up the feeling, and turn in, at the expense of increased understeer at the apex, then a small amount of front toe out (-ve toe) will make a dramatic difference. Some people hear "understeer" and yell "oh no" but that just means they don't understand. This will only ever come into play when you're tyres are already squealing and only at the very  apex of a turn, a circumstance that can be 100% countered with trail braking, if you ever encounter it in the first place (and you shouldn't on the road because it means you're a hair's breadth, or a small pothole, from the ditch).

Also, make sure you have good tyre pressures, nothing less than 36psi up front (on 18's, probably more on 17's), under-inflation will create a vague feeling.

For reference, and I'm not suggesting this is perfect for everyone, here's an (expensive) corner-balanced alignment on my 130i from Race Align, camber pin mod, M3 control arms, M3 front sway bar (although that matters naught for an alignment) and I love it. Note the front toe (rear toe is also about the minimum required to prevent wander).

 

No haven't done the camber pin mod, doesn't look too hard though will knock them out next weekend. 

Will report back once I try your alignment out! 

8 hours ago, Herbmiester said:

I was keen on a 135i E82 and at the time I owned a 335i E92. My thoughts are that the E82 was more lively but also skittish in the comparison, unless you were on very smooth roads the E82 moved around noticeably more. I found the E82 had less ability to get the power down and was more tail happy, this may not be an issue in a 130i as there is a lot less power and torque to deal with. The E92 was more predictable and easier to drive fast. The E82 was fun but required more input and concentration. Steering wise there wasn't a noticeable difference with turn in being very similar, both had very positive turn in. My test area was Whiteman's Valley in Wellington and the Rimutaka's and in my experience NZ B roads, the fun ones to drive, are often not smooth and you do need some ability to deal with an irregular surface, as such I prefer 18's over 19s as a bit of sidewall (No run Flats) helps here.

Haha you are right about the power, not that easy to break traction even with the open diff. But man does it like to hop in a corner if it hits a few bumps. 

Not as much front camber as I remembered...

8 hours ago, M3AN said:

Yes, the stock 130 motorsport suspension is downright dangerous on b roads at speed IMO, a mid-corner bump when you're leaning on it can shift the back end out disconcertingly. The stock bumpstops, referred to by BMW as an "additional damper" in this application, comes in to play very early, it's far too long. You can either cut a section out of the centre of the stock bumpstops and glue them back together or "upgrade" to BMW Performance bumpstops which are shorter. No aftermarket suspension that I'm aware of has this characteristic.

Steering feel could be a number of things, the weight distribution of the cars, relative to the location of the rack, will be different and it wouldn't surprise me if the 3er had more castor since they have a little more space to play with. How much toe (+/-) are you running up front on the 130

52 minutes ago, Cammsport said:

I dislike the urban driving in our E91 msport. Crashy, rough and worse than my E30 with high spring rate adjustables. I wince at the sight of uneven surfaces. I assume that's the same as your E87 msport? 

The wincing is real! Totally. 

38 minutes ago, Jacko said:

Looked up the vin for your 130, its standard hydraulic steering not EPS or active, there is no Msport rack, in fact its very likely has the exact same rack as your E91  p/n 32106777464

Tyres / Alignment / bad spring/damper rates etc?

I have a 330 and 130, and they are different cars. 130 is way more hyper active and darty, 330i feels more planted and sure footed.130 will leave the 330 for dead on corners and in a straight line.

Good point. The tyres are new Bridgestone s007s from march. Had an alignment done with about -1 camber at the front, otherwise stock settings. Slightly better after all that. Need to buy the bilstein kit like you have in yours! 

I recently bought a low k e91 325i, it's a non Motorsport. I ve now driven about 5000ks in it and it is very interesting compared to my e87 130i Motorsport. 

To me, it seems like the non Motorsport steering is more accurate ( is that because it's not variable ratio?). The suspension works well with the run flats (16 inch) and it's supple and reasonably firm around the corners. In contrast the 130i is brittle and imho isn't as nicely set up. Both cars are stock, the 130i has newish factory replacement shocks (Sachs) and m3 LCAs. 

I wonder if anyone has felt the same? Or am I up a tree? 

I remember passing up a mint one of these when I finished uni for 8 grand! 

Not sure if these had any chassis upgrades or are just 318s with a bodykit and wheels 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/318is/listing/3234749686

Gaaaahhhh... Nice one 👍

Still has the mx5, nothing drives better. Have now acquired a version 1 sti and a 130i manual, plus two banger dailys. 

Yeah I have a problem..