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    15 minutes ago, griselda said:

    Thanks for your replies and advice. However it seems illogical to buy a set of 16" wheels and tyres, when only one of my current tyres is damaged. The others are in fine condition. Not hard or 30 years old, and always pass WoFs. I also do not have the luxury of being stinking rich! The search continues, as the company in the website does not have them. Cheers all. Anyone coming North from Queenstown with a bit of space???!

    An idea might be to see how much you can sell your rims for. There might be some odd person out there that would be willing to pay more for your rims than it'd cost you to get proper rims and tyres. 

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    Filter and fluid change is about $400ish all in. Less if you do it yourself. At least get it checked before going for a new transmission. A few of the transmission specialists will do diagnosis for free.

     

    Also, that notion BMW tries to peddle that this is a lifetime fluid might have been derived from the lifetime of some short lived species. It sure isn't the lifetime of humans, nor most cars. 

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    To clarify, I bought the kits and did the repair myself. I am electronically inclined, but it wasn't hard. Given the price difference between doing it yourself and having someone else do it, or even buying a whole new console, it's still worth it for me.

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    35 minutes ago, Kepes said:

    Hey guys, how much does a clutch kit weigh? Pressure plate and clutch disc... I'm visiting Australia and need a clutch from overseas. If it doesn't weigh too much I can have it sent to Australia and put it in my suitcase which would save me paying GST. Thanks :)

    If you know exactly what parts you want, realoem has weights for part numbers.

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    38 minutes ago, Olaf said:

    Shocks themselves were pretty reasonable - USD480.  The rest of the hardware, and freight, runs higher.  I end up paying the GST - if it's missed at the border - through adjustments on my GST return.  About NZD 1350-ish all up.  Sourced from FCP.

    I err on the side of caution, having had shock replacements done where dust boots or spring seats weren't replaced, and the creaking really pissed me off.  With BMW recommendations for new fasteners (no re-use/mandatory replacement), and my caution - what's the point of that tear-down if you need $50 extra in parts - I order a lot of hardware.   My e46 rides like a new one, hopefully this will too!

    tyres this weekend.

    @TermiPeteNZ you can expect a drive next catch-up ?

    I <3 FCP.

     

    That's quite reasonable too all around. I find them even more reasonable if I combine the order with a US trip. :)

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    33 minutes ago, Olaf said:

    Suspension parts haul, at the workshop.

    struts, strut mounts, bump stops, dust boots, spring perches, spring seats, pinch bolts and a bunch of other fasteners.  Only thing re-used are the springs.

    I was interested to note the Sachs OEM strut housings are aluminum.

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    An e60 trunk, this morning.

    with luck, it'll be ready today.

    How much did the lot run you? Where did you get parts from?

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    10 minutes ago, Eagle said:

    BMW's etc being far easier to ID for the average person compared with the average jappa makes it easy to point fingers.

    Driver wise Auckland has the worst drivers i've encountered for many obvious reasons.

    Have you driven in places like Italy (specially Rome,) or India (anywhere) ?

    Auckland drivers are fine on balance. :)

    I'd be willing to bet more people can identify Toyotas than BMWs. BMW drivers suffer more because of the perception we are all rich assholes swaggering about the road in our fancy cars.

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