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Think the recommended upgrade is e46 M3 gearbox mounts. Which I found out after replacing mine 😅 Supposedly a bit stiffer than stock with no NVH increase.

They have the E60 M5 V10 on there for 10k, surely that fits in the E87 engine bay 🤣

What does the vin say? I went to check it but the sites I've used before are dead 😑

Singapore import with the Cruise Control?

100%, bit like @Sammos interior would look mint

You'll be able to get a gauge on tightness when you take out the 6 current plugs too. Will give you a rough idea of how tight they need to be in.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3245333146? Great paint colour, not too big a fan of the interior colour though

+1 for do them up tight. Not RFT. No torque wrench needed. I ended up duct taping two extensions together to get enough length to get to the spark plugs. My plug socket was too grippy and it pulled the extension off on the first one I did lol.

RE003 crew reporting in

Yeah I thought those 130i total numbers were very low. There's 600 odd in the nzta database, would have thought the world wide total would be much higher. Do you know where else the 130i was available worldwide? Obviously there's the UK, Europe and Japan.

Fault code from scanning, seems like it is the starter. Guess I'm ordering one in ASAP. @M3AN I'll check the DISAs while I'm in there but they've been done by the previous owner. Not sure if they did both though. I've had other people borrow the car in the last week and they had trouble starting it which I put down to them not being familiar with the car, but guess that wasn't the case.

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-starter-motor-kit-sr0492nkt

That's already been done. O rings in the kit!

Yeah I've read it's a process. What timing lol. There's a starter kit on fcp euro so I'll grab that for it. Is there anything else I should be doing while I'm there?

Anyone replaced their starter motor? Looking for a good guide on it. Car wouldn't start today and pretty sure it's the starter. Wouldn't turn over at all and completely dead even though there's power 😑 Will give it a scan tomorrow to confirm.

Can do. When I was looking for my replacements I discovered there are some dirt cheap pads on rockauto(probably terrible quality) if you need a temporary fix.

How urgently do you need them? I'll have some when I do my brakes but that will likely be a month or so away. You could get a set off rockauto for like $30 new.

Cheers for the offer man. Might have to take you up on it if all falls through 😅. Yeah it's me and the bro in law having the time, and then lining it up with the lift space and engine brace being free and available. More of a priority and willingness now so it should happen.

Car finally got a wof yesterday, tints had to be removed on all windows which was a pain. There's factory tint on the rear glass and windows so it's pretty similar tint in the rear as before now but the front is much lighter. I'll drive around for a while and see what it's like and if I want to retint it to 35% at the front. Wof place noted the sump oil leak was pretty bad, so that's the next priority. Still haven't got it done as been difficult to find the time and lift space/free engine brace to do it. Have had all the parts for some time now. The Wof also noticed some weeping from the power steering hose pipe so will have a look at that when we do the sump gasket/engine mounts. All brake rotors /pads and sensors turned up so have a lot of parts to put on the car. This will finally have all the mechanical bits sorted that have been outstanding on the car since I bought it. Next things will be sorting various minor cosmetic stuff on the car.

I've got a prelci but yeah there's a nice hollow under the vtronic motor for oil to sit in.

Nice from ECS, great service indeed! Replaced my valvetronic motor, or rather @KwS did and new gasket a year? ago but haven't checked on the gasket itself. Only trouble was that I'd ordered the wrong gasket so ended up with two of them. I probably need to have a look and check on it now that it's run in.

Could be keen, got a ball park price?

Ah, was wondering if it might have been the one Barry pulled out of a garage in Wellington a yearish ago. There was a Dixi article on it and the restoration he was doing. Nice car, hope to see it in the metal at a club meet someday.

Have ordered new rotors/pads/brake sensors for the car. The pile of parts in the garage is increasing 🤣 Car failed its wof on dumb sh*t the other week. Both (newish)rear tyres had roofing nails in them, one fog light was too high and rear indicator bulbs were no longer orange. Have fixed these and had a tyre place patch the punctures. Other thing it failed on was tints being too dark, which is annoying af since it passed at the same wof place last year and they had no comments or issue. Will be going to a tint place to check if they're too dark and get them removed if that are not legal 😑

Nice, I want one of those. Saw the car club pics of it yesterday. Was that the garage find one?