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Bought this 330i for an engine overhaul & swap. Anything related to that (engine, ECU, transmission, drivetrain & brakes etc.) unavailable, the rest is up for grabs if anyone needs any bits. Has left hand damage, other panels have various degrees of minor dents & scratches. Ask away and I can provide more detailed photos & description of condition. Interior is in good nick, fully leather with perforated middle sections, electric fronts. More detailed photos (more photos will be added as the car gets disassembled): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pzn6u86jztjvzxz/AABKKkO83utOuJVn-bOeBImYa?dl=0 Available: Wheels - $250 (look to be Style 67 17" reps, one rim has paint flaking off, others have minor kerbing, tires are near new, 7-8mm all round, 225/45R17 front, 235/45R17 rear) Front seats - $100 Rear seats - $50 Xenon headlights - $200 (lenses quite faded, missing rear dust caps) AC Schnitzer cluster - $50 (160,221 km) Black grilles - $10 (suit FL sedan/touring, some clips broken off, were held in with some sort of gunk, would need the same treatment) AC Schnitzer roof spoiler - $50 (part # 5131 46 110) Body panels - $50 a pop Ask away for the rest, prices and more photos available upon request. Not looking to make big bucks, just don't like throwing stuff away that someone might find use for. Will use Pick-A-Part pricing as a rough guide. Sold: Trim inserts Boot Taillights Floor mats Windshield cowl Door cards Pickup - Halswell, Christchurch. Would prefer not to ship but happy to accommodate courier pickup. Will give prices for other bits upon request.

Some inspiration for a few upcoming missions there. Except the last part..

Beauty! Would have snapped it up at the beginning of the year, was looking for a black touring but ended up settling for a 325i, which I'm about to start undertaking a b30 swap on in the coming months. Best of luck with the sale, looks to be a stunning example.

Mate, honestly, whilst it probably is a very fair asking price, in this silly age where all these turnips are asking similar money for their neglected, high k's E36's, I'd be holding out for more. Has to be one of a kind in the country and sure to be worth double in 10 years' time, if not sooner. Will definitely miss drooling over this beauty, hope she goes to a good home. Best of luck whatever you end up doing ✌️

Get in! Eagerly waiting to see what you turn it into

Not surprising, did appear to be some shill bidding happening on a few of his auctions. Prop up the "value" and then offer it elsewhere for a "cut price". That's what "making a fair living" seems to be nowadays... Nice enough car but $23.6k for a 320i auto with next to no service history... What even is this

No worries, definitely the right thing to do with the overhaul, looked like it wasn't getting the right attention that car but hopefully in safer hands now. Happy to share advice wherever I can, as are most folks on here with way more knowledge than me With the cooling fan I'd recommend going for an electric one - can pick up used for around $100. Hopefully the wiring is still there and intact. Simple plug and play and way less mucking about than with a clutch fan.

I think I went to have a look at this one a few months ago when it was on sale up in Nelson? First thing that stood out was that it's missing any kind of fan behind the radiator, neither clutch fan nor electric. That flagged it as an instant no go for me as don't want to mess with the risk of the engine having overheated and having the head warp or possibly worse. If I were you, that's the first thing I'd sort out ASAP. These engines don't cope well with even minor overheating and running it without any kind of cooling mechanism is just asking for a cooked engine. Best of luck

I dare say the dash is the same between all variants? I'd be surprised if they didn't. The most obvious differences are the seats & door cards.

A mate of mine got pulled up for running those, got slapped with a fine as well, something like $150/200 iirc.

Aye that interior is pretty average. At least looks tidy enough. Overall the car looks pretty identical to M539's recent project so you'd at least have a great tutorial to follow.

Looking for a rebuild kit for a m54b25 DISA valve. G.A.S. shipping costs are idiotically high, more than the kit itself and ends up costing like $200, nearly the price of a brand new valve itself so seems a bit silly, but might be left with no choice. Keen to see if anyone might have one spare or keen to bulk order to share the shipping. Cheerio

Had a chat to a colleague today. Didn't think him much of a car guy as he drives a Rav 4 or something but was surprised to know he'd had a late model 2006 M3 in white back in 2017. Apparently paid all of $17.5k for it back then, soon after took it for a service and they'd managed to drop it off a lift ass first, wrecked beyond repair. Broke my heart hearing it. What a sh*t way to go. Crazy what it'd been worth in today's market..

What's wrong with those wheels? Suits it bloody well imo

Replaced sway bar links. Also this...

No idea who he is but looking at the listings and the videos under the Youtube account that the walkaround is listed, it is a mightily impressive collection of vehicles. $110k for a Ford Bronco tho. Best of luck to him.

All these E30's coming out the woodwork. How tasty are those seats tho!? https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/320i/listing/3323766879?bof=lS6OGzsf

Look at this wee beauty. Off the road since 2002. Shame it's not too highly spec'd but will make a mint wee project for someone https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/320i/listing/3319488368?bof=gYggpUFS

Not TradeMe but close enough. Interesting this, can't remember seeing a non-M SMG in NZ. Looks tidy enough. https://www.turners.co.nz/Cars/Used-Cars-for-Sale/bmw/3-series/22106859 Anyone know what sort of box this would come with and how easy it is to convert these to manual? Might be worth a punt.

Sold for $7.5k. Think both parties left feeling happy. Good on them.

Drove this earlier today. Seemed to go alright, although only got it up to 60km/h in town. Clutch felt like slipping a bit when taking off from standstill but might have just been down to my not having driven manual in a fair while. Everything seemed as it should, bit of wear and tear but overall decent condition for its age. Some service history but still some common points left to address. Interesting thing is that it was originally sold new in South Africa and imported to NZ a year later. Apparently tracked once by previous owner. Young fella that bought it can't insure under his name as hasn't had licence long enough. Not sure if he bought it just to resell or genuinely didn't know. Was looking to manual & b30 swap my 325 auto but not sure if worth it at that price just for engine & box. Some other fella was apparently looking to make a track project. Would be a shame as it's tidy enough to live on as a road car.

Heya, Wee bit of an update in the midst of all this wheel chat So after the whole weekend of tearing the front end and half the engine apart, spilling fluids all over the place, countless frustrations, glasses of wine and trips back and forth to Supercheap, finally the first new parts have gone back on the car in the form of the CCV system and all the hoses. Still some ways to go but feeling absolutely pumped to have broken the back of it to move onto the reassembly. Just chipping away at it in the evenings after work and will dig in properly over the weekend, hoping (somewhat optimistically) to get her back up and running before Christmas. Still got the VANOS to rebuild, thermostat, water pump, all new belts, pulleys, tensioners, radiator hoses etc to go on along with fresh fluids and spark plugs, with a top of cleaning inbetween it all. Exciting times, hope I haven't made a mess of anything in the process Will hopefully have more good news just around the corner. Cheers

Thanks! Not sure which specific ones yet, angling for some 18's. Quite like the look of the ZHP's, was keen on ones but turned out to be a shoddy set. Just keeping an eye out really, don't want to spend a stupid amount. 68's will do for now, have plenty of tread left on the tyres so not in much of a hurry. Need to take care of the mechanics of it first anyway. Wondering if it's worth getting spacers for the meantime though, they sit stupidly deep inside the arch, doesn't look right. 20mm rear and 10/12mm front should be optimal from what I've read?

Yeah, I've got something similar, and it's annoying the hell out of me. The sound quality is crap, you get constant humming in the background and for some reason it stays on when I turn off the car. I thought it'd cut the power after a while but I've come back the next morning and the display was still lit up and working, so I started taking it out the cigarette lighter plug every time I park up. I really like the minimalism of this solution, unfortunately my unit is too old to support AUX input, so I'm just waiting until one becomes available at the wrecker's or something.

Hey, Yeah, wouldn't mind a catch-up, see what other folks are up to as I've not really got much to show for my efforts at this point. In regards to parts, I haven't gotten round to installing anything yet, discovered I'm still missing some bits & bobs for the work I'm planning to undertake so have put it off until they get here. But from what I've gathered, FCP Euro seems to be a solid place to get stuff. The site is laid out really well, they've got pictures and reviews for nearly all items, and even have put together kits for some of the more common jobs, which was awesome when ordering as they include all sorts of smaller gaskets & O-rings that would have been very easy to miss if I'd have had to put the shopping list together myself. Plus what I've found is the shops here mostly carry Genuine BMW parts, which are understandably more expensive. FCP carries both genuine and OEM & OE parts, so you can choose which components you are willing to take a risk on. For example, for radiator hoses I didn't see a reason to go all out genuine, as it's mostly rubber anyway, so I went with all Rein parts, who is a reputable OEM supplier, the particular hoses had great reviews and were roughly a third of the price of genuine, so even with shipping that came out to a massive win. Shipping also only takes a week, at least has done so far. Basically I just roughly compare the prices for each purchase and see which option comes out to be the better deal. If it's genuine parts, then it's sometimes even cheaper from local suppliers, but FCP is a great place to turn to for a wider selection of OEM components.