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Good early spotting. Makes me wary of my cooling system. Whole lot is still the original.

I think $5000 was thrown around last time I asked about it, I presume that's mostly parts costs. Edit: if that was any other colour I'd be making offers to do the exact same thing lol

Msport kit and aero wing certainly do a lot of heavy lifting, it's aged nicely too. I remember seeing the 1 series in Motor magazine at launch, thought it was fugly.

Haven't been following the market much lately, any of the higher price manuals sold?

Pretty damn cool. How much were they asking for them?

Are they the same gearbox as a 130i? That's nearly double the power /torque you'd be putting through it.

I do too, but if it's got no service history at 180k I'd be assuming the worst and that it needs 2-3k in engine and suspension parts plus whatever high touch parts/headliner /tyres etc need doing. So if you can get into it for 7-8k and finish up 10k - 12k in with a massive refresh, you're winning.

That's cheap if you can get it for 7 or 8k and refresh everything, you'll have a tidy car for 10k. Larger injectors? and clutch done indicates it's had some maintenance done.

Yep it would.

Will definitely ride better and be more grippy. Could get new wheels, with a square set up, to reduce under steer if you're on the stock staggered wheels. Selling the old tyres and wheels could help subsidise that. Changing to normal tyres won't fix any body roll issues you're having, thicker sway bars will do that.

Hopefully he gets $14-15k, would provide a good back up to my insurance valuation 🤣

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3540077910? This has some nice upgrades done

I'm not getting notifications for some reason, but I've got someone buying the knob. If it falls through I'll flick you a pm

$50 for the BMWP knob and free binnacle Sold

First photo is giving me mad WRX WRC vibes.

@M3ANIf no one from bmsport buys the knob you can have it for free, just pay postage

BMWP knob sold

New Indicators fitted, looking much better now! Also discovered the drivers side indicator had broken its clip and been double sided taped to hold it in place. So glad that got sorted too. Started to take the insert off the steering wheel and found it was pretty fiddly with the airbag in place, so going to revert back to my original plan of taking the airbag off, stitching on the leather wheel cover and doing the insert all at the same time. Which is going to need a few hours based on my sewing skills 🤣 As you can see it's got a shiny new airbag, but the steering wheel and insert are pretty worn. Can't wait to see what it looks like with new leather and insert on there.

Thanks man! I just had a quick Google and the spare bmw performance gear knob I have will apparently fit your E31, you're welcome to come round to test fit it and try it out if you want. Can try the old gear knob out as well, that's just a generic E87/E90 msport gear knob which should be readily available used I would have thought.

I bought the stock hifi ones, not the Logic 7 upgraded ones. I stumbled upon a clearance sale on fcpeuro so paid $55US for two. Also why I bought the H8 bulbs, they were too cheap.

It's gone into the pile of well used parts I've taken off the car, I'm not planning to get rid of it as if I ever sell the car I'd like to offer the new owner the option to return it, as much as possible, to factory. Or move all the nice bits along to another BMW... Actually reminds me, I've got a near new BMW Performance gear knob that I need to sell along with a couple of other parts I've accumulated.

Schmiedmann parts that arrived today: Msport Gearknob New oem Indicators New bmw fuel filler cap Alcantara Wheel insert BMWP 🤤 I've also had factory H8 bulbs and new factory tweeters from fcpeuro sitting here for a month, a new stock wheel insert(long story) and a new leather steering wheel cover from Mewant too. So once all this is done, it's going to be a very fresh interior. Still waiting on the new grills from Schmiedmann but otherwise everything's here to significantly improve the outside and inside cosmetically. Started fitting some bits today: Old gear knob vs New gear knob, I would highly, highly recommend this Msport knob if only for the incredible shift feel. Its such an improvement it literally feels like I've put a new gearbox in the car. I've changed gearbox oil, upgraded shifter bushings and the shift has felt better than when I purchased with each one but not brilliant. Now it's brilliant. And actually fits my hand unlike the BMWP knob which shifted nicely but way too smol. The 130i has smelt of fuel the last couple of months after longer drives, found that it was coming from the fuel cap. Which as you can see below, is not only missing the attaching plastic but the rubber seal is pretty deteriorated. Next job when the weather clears are these bad boys, they're very yellow even after being polished a couple times. New ones slot right in, hopefully 😂

All parts arrived from Schmiedmann undamaged thankfully, but it was an absolute mission to get them to ship the order to me due to parts out of stock, then me adding more parts to the order and probably a fair bit of lost in translation and assumptions. Next time I'll definitely order parts that are in stock lol. Bit of an update, cars been running fine with no issues. Currently have an absolute pile of parts in the garage and house to throw at the car, including the sump gasket/motor mounts which I've been trying to get done for more than a year now 😅 It's nearly happened a few times and I will again say that it'll get done, probably after covid now realistically. Other mechanical parts are the new rotors and brake pads plus brake sensors. Nothing really wrong with the current ones so they'll get done after covid too! I've been ordering cosmetic parts for the car for the last 6 months and finally most have arrived. It's well overdue, as the car was not as cosmetically tidy as I would have liked since buying it a couple years ago, but the unexpected mechanical issues and servicing have been the priority. I've fitted some over the new year, including this nice new idrive surround fresh from the dealer. The old one was pretty worn. Also gave the car interior a thorough detail, with my new cleaning supplies, and started exterior ceramic spray with a regular clean(yay snow foam) and its really been looking good over summer. Pic from Hardpark in January. Also replaced my Work Emotion centre caps with new ones as made the mistake of pressure washing the old ones a bit too closely 😅

Hello, from the other side(of the world) ps I placed this order in September 😫

I've got one but wouldn't be able to scan it for you for a few days 🤒