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229,000km alignment done. Car feels a lot better, rear end is really tight. Still chasing a small vibration though. Rear tyres are game over so currently pricing up replacement option. alignment sheet: Replaced all 4 rotors over the last few nights. ATE from BMworkshops parts dept. great price and overnight delivery. Inspected all the caliper pistons and seals. Everything looks in good order. Hand brake got a well needed adjustment too. the fronts made a massive difference to the front end shimmy. It’s pretty much gone, not completely but for the most part. No shimmy under breaking down the gorge either which iv been using as a road test recently and was where I noticed the worst vibration at 80km downhill. Not sure if that’s because they weren’t bedded in at this point causing enough stress on the suspension arms or if the old ones had deposits making them hen vibrate. Guess time will tell. Haven’t road tested with the rears on yet. Bike rack is on after getting hold of the Thule T bolts for the whisper bars. roof racks finally being put to use for some work. I think tyres (rears at least) are next on the list.

Thanks, yeah it’s been checked. I got a Guibo with the last parts order, so that’s standing by. I have some new rotors turning up today hopefully, will see if they make a difference.

Nah, it hasn't had an alignment yet but I don't think it's cured. ?

228XXXkm Rear end refresh. Jon at Auto38 did the work in a very timely fashion. Still needs a wheel alignment and a highway run to see if it’s cured the vibration. - Integral links - upper control arms - guide links - sway bar links - swaybar bushings - wheel carrier ball joints Bit of a mix of Lemforder, Meyle and TRW I also have put the roof racks back on to carry the bike since my desire for a wagon has been put off for a little bit longer.

Thanks @hqstu for the sandpaper ‘hot tip’

FCP euro. They have a few different kits for the job. I’d recommend doing the oil separator while you are in there too.

228,XXXkm A few things have happened. Having come so far I decided I didn't want to let the car go for less than my 7K asking price and have set about spending the money to try and get rid of the shimmy/seat vibration...which will mean I'm going to keep the car for a bit longer. Jon at Auto38 diagnosed some play in the steering box and some in the rear end. He swapped the original steering box back in which has really tightened up the front end and got rid of a weird knock at the 45 degrees mark, however the shimmy still remains. In the meantime an OEM muffler came up on FB marketplace. $60 and 2 blocks from my house. This got installed by Midas (125 + gst if anyones interested) today. Feels like a new car, so quiet and no annoying drone at 2000rpm. It didnt drone on the motorway but round town getting up to 50km it was abit annoying. The tip looks alot nicer too than the rusty pipe. Suspension parts have arrived from FCP and will be going in next week.

Nice, thanks. That’s one clean looking roof.

What roof rack is that? Does it fit without having to take the flaps off the mounting points?

couple of real tidy E36’s in Dunedin. Anyone on here?

Anyone know where this ended up?

oooOOOO look a shiny E39

Not sure if suspension was loaded when it was checked for play. I’ll ask Jon tomorrow.

It’s subtle at 80-100 But more aggressive on heavy braking

You are the last person I can think of that needs this car @TermiPeteNZ ? think I’m probably going to pull the trademe add and keep it for a while so I can find what’s wrong with it. Maybe it will become worse and more obvious....I don’t notice it at my daily speeds of 50-70 so it’s easy to live with in the mean time.

228,000 had the car into Jon @ Auto38 to see if he could diagnose the shimmy I’m experiencing at 80-100km and upon braking. Everything in the front is tight, worn upper control arm in the rear. He thought it could just be tyres. So today @mossline and I swapped wheels. We also put mine on his for extra validation. No dice. My car still wobbles and his with my wheels doesn’t. Good to be able to rule that out though. so guess I’ll replace the rear arms and take it from there. After seeing @Jacko’s glossy car I bought some soft99 car wax (for light coloured cars) and went about my commiserations waxing the beast. photos of it glossed up to follow tomorrow. side note, the E30 has a lot of play in the drivetrain so it was drop one off pick one up at Auto38 this week ?‍♂️

WTB E30 325i Manual Drive shaft

I'm looking for recommendations on remote locking for my E30. Would love to hear your experiences if anyone has any? From the zone i'm looking at this rightclick one https://www.rclick.co.uk/shop/index.php?id_product=22&controller=product But I want to retain the original/as close to original key code HU50. Any suggestions?

Some images I hadn't posted on here (pre tints) Battery is on the charger.

FCP https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-stainless-steel-braided-brake-hose-kit-e39-technafit-bmw1220#fitment

I honestly can't feel any difference ?

226XXX km Brake fluid flush and swapped out for some new lines. New hoses can see the old lines starting to crack. used this vacuum bleeder I got off Wish after Glenn was recommending them, seemed to work pretty well. I've since watched an article about how stainless lines on a street car are a complete waste of time ? refilled with this stuff from BNT.

Thank you!

3M 35% tints all round from Wrap Innovations , highly recommend if you are located in Wellington.

South coast was pretty lit tonight