Sammo

Brilliant job mate! Makes me want to polish my piano black properly

It’s been up for ages, would be a sick car with a manual swap for sure, although not at the asking price. Pretty sure an Estoril Blue Auto Clubsport went for $10k last year (different car).

Welcome - badass looking garage lineup there - got any pics of the M3?

E34s are looking like good value to scratch the quad headlight boxy BMW itch too. Can’t imagine they are as fun to throw around a few twisties though.

@SmackJackTheCrackerMan Looks fantastic! a lot of coats and sanding / clearcoat?

Some extremely impressive cars for sure!

Lil Car porn for you from the Brit and Euro show in Pakuranga today:

Damn, sounds rough - problem with E36 and it’s drift image I think, definitely hold out for the right one if the budget is there man 👍

@Ghost Chip you still looking? tat black one has had a price drop, and this is on Marketplace:

Surprised one of you hasn't accidentally bought this yet: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3048609115?bof=8CqcCMvr

Yeah, young lad owns it - number plate is now ‘Raspy’ 🤣

Nice - Ali Express has been heinous lately - got some wheel centre caps today which I ordered in Jan... Speaking of which, would love some of those floating BMW centres but not sure they would fit my nasty knock off wheels (60mm caps) 😢

@exextatic What diff bushes do you have to go with the solid subframe bushes? Going to do mine in a few months, had heard NVH from solid / poly Subframe bushes is minimal and helps limit movement but solid / poly diff bushes will introduce significant NVH... Need to see this beast again at another meet!

Not sure if you've seen this thread - this car is stunning, looks OEM. Not 100% but I think he may have had to modify OEM M3 Coupe gaurds. Also, Cliq Tuning have some, no idea on quality - imagine any third party solution will require a bit of fiddling though. https://cliqtuning.com/shop/bmw-e46-sedan-front-overfenders-m3-style/?c=72e1ba2726d6

Jeez, went from $8500 to $15,000 since I posted this

Quite curious to see how high this goes - over 300,000km, well used, does not seem too neglected for the kms but definitely in need for some TLC. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3044036194?bof=p4iKHilQ

Booked in at Autoalign for the 19th as I'll be changing my Tierods the weekend before. I am a bit of an alignment newb - any thoughts on special requests for toe etc? I wouldn't mind a bit sharper turn in but not really wanting to lose much motorway stability.

I'll have you know, it has not seen a workshop for 60 days 🤣

Cleaned and sealed (using up my Meguiars Hybrid Ceramic sealant) both cars as we head into the shitty part of the year - annoyingly the Audi, being fresh off a two stage correction now has a better finish than the E46 😢

@Gaz it is absolutely stunning

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/bmw/listing/3038439492?bof=1iaIfysf

@qube when I'm broke 😂

Little baby update - a couple of interior finishing (is there such a thing?) touches: Got some Alcantara boots made for the shifter and handbrake handle with custom stitching to match the Caramel seats, along with a black alloy handbrake handle to match the shifter and piano black trim.

MSport / AMG Line / S-Line / R-Line - even Hyundai is offering an N-Line, trading off their illustrious motorsport heritage and performance pedigree of the i30 N 🤣