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    1 hour ago, Driftit said:

    Whatever this is.

     

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    That's a Fratelli Pedrini Sarezzo wheel, which despite being a genuine supplier of E30 basketweaves, went out of business in 1992, so I can only offer you $150 and you pay shipping /s.

     

    F.P.S. was a supplier of 'weaves, as were Alumetall, their wheels were made to the same spec as the BBS RZ320 (15x7 Et24) 'weaves. Differing manufacturer embossing under the cap for BBS / FPS / Alu but the same part numbers et al. The F.P.S. wheels also had JWL (Japan Light Wheel Alloy) standard embossing. 

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    51 minutes ago, Jacko said:

    Octavia Vrs TDI looks more and more appealing. 

    Have a go in a Superb 4x4 Sportline. Slightly more boring to drive than an Octavia vRS, but the boot is absolutely cavernous - 160L bigger than an F31, and it also uses the same motor as the Golf-R.

    The Mazda 6 wag is a good call as well - my friends with multiple kids all seemed to have migrated to them as load luggers.

     

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    2 hours ago, Bandit said:

    TBH not quite sure what all the fuss is about with this car. All the Lotus Cortina's and Ford Escorts that enjoyed successful race careers and probably 80% of the road cars here in NZ have all been rebodied, yet carry the original tags. Same with other brands too, Alfa Romeo, Austin Healey Jaguar and Porsche.  Has it affected the values? Not one jot.

    Lets face it, none of the high km multi owner 325 MTech 1 or 2's will ever be collector cars, and this car falls into this category too, this is just the car for an enthusiast to acquire, and put his personal stamp on, as Sammo is doing with his.

    The seller is not trying to hide anything, and is making the sale as transparent as he can do, and kudos to him. 

    $1 reserve, its on the market, put up or shut up 😉

     

    Because it's not a re-shell of an M325i into a 318i shell with the appropriate LVVTA plate, it's a concerted attempt to hide and obfuscate the cars history. OIA request if you want some reading, I suggest starting at the "Ringing" heading https://fyi.org.nz/request/4016/response/13236/attach/5/THOMAS Daniel 16 4483 1 Chapters from the Police Manual Motor vehicle offences.pdf

    Except the high mileage Mt1 and Mt2 cars were actually put together at the factory, not some cul de sac or back-alley, and in the case of the Mt2 kit alone, there's probably close to 50 holes that are drilled into the car to fit the kit- I'd trust a West German robot from '89 over someone with an auger drill bit, and this is me giving them enough credit to suggest that they reused the dozens of brackets and plastic rivets required to fit the kit rather than a big gun of sikaflex.

     

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    55 minutes ago, Bandit said:

    FWIW It may well have had a new roof only.

    If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck...

    Go back to the plate from 1990 and run that through carjam instead of the personalised plates since, and you start to get a picture of the history... Dare I say it, you can picture the exact moment one chassis became another, right down to the day. 

    • 08/02/11 WoF fail for PA6782 at 292,862km but a pass the same day. 
    • 23/09/11 WoF pass for PA6782 at 251,009km...

    (oh sh*t we didn't swap the cluster)

    • 10/09/14 WoF pass for PA6782 at 256,622 (wow that's weird).
    • 09/06/15 WoF fail for PA6782 at 296,522, (hmmmm seems familiar).

    And then the classic E30 cluster odo gears fail from that point. 

     

     

     

     

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    11 hours ago, KwS said:

    How does the sunroof delete work? Does he actually mean it's a slicktop, or has the sunroof cassette been pulled out and the hole plugged? 

    With the way the E46 roof is constructed, it would be easier to peel the whole skin off and replace it with a slick top skin, but if you're going to that much trouble, a carbon panel would have been the way to go surely. 

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    On 7/15/2022 at 7:19 PM, Sammo said:

    Was wondering if that is stock extended leather - looks like a 370mm Mtech 1 in Burgundy leather - gotta be pretty damn rare

    The "Hand-Stitched Complete Leather Interior" option. Normally only the centre section of the steering wheel is leather wrapped, with the wheel remaining in black. Could be an individual spec seeing as the whole wheel is the same colour. 

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