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    2 hours ago, m325i said:

    Yeah paying for a polish is money well spent. Coating is pretty easy to apply though. 
     

    Driving around in a freshly polished car is always quite fascinating. Within an hour I had two people literally wind down their windows and compliment it. 

    Good to hear - it looks amazing. Keeping a car always clean is the best mod.

    Might explore ceramic coating after I get panel / paint done.

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    11 minutes ago, Cement said:

    And we now have WoF and rego 🤠 Hopefully I get a windscreen sun visor for Christmas and some window tints hah.

    Where shall I legally drive to first ?!?

    This is a great run - go earlyish on a Sunday (7-730) and should barely see a soul:

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bp+Connect+Bombay+216+Mill+Road,+Bombay+2675/-37.3095384,174.950796/Glen+Murray/Naike/Huntly+Power+Station+Te+Ohaki+Road,+Huntly/@-37.3704054,174.9049307,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m27!4m26!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d0d4d40d679478b:0xb34a9b0d875289a9!2m2!1d174.9813202!2d-37.193165!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d12b4d944d2d029:0x500ef6143a2c9f0!2m2!1d174.9651017!2d-37.4437363!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6d4ab1dc1497dd:0x500ef6143a2cb10!2m2!1d174.9556069!2d-37.5146918!1m5!1m1!1s0x6d6d3886891ca36b:0x9d6d803fb86339e8!2m2!1d175.1515218!2d-37.5445082!3e0

    Basically Bombay to Huntly via Highway 22 backroads, then turn around and come back the way you came.

    Bombay BP > Tuakau > Pukekawa > Glen Murray > Naike > Huntly Power Station

     

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    Few little wins:

    While changing out my non-existent accelerator linkage bushings (great, quick, cheap, noticeable change) I thought I would have a look at my clutch pedal which had been a bit noisy and 'off' the past week.

    Turns out one of the two bolts holding my newish master cylinder had wriggled loose - simple fix and firmed the pedal right up. The real benfit however it has totally solved my 'other' issue of 'clutch judder' in 1st / reverse changing certain gears - I thought I was in for a new clutch / flywheel etc!

    Love it when a seemingly big issue is solved with something so simple - car is now shifting smooth as ever.

    Also sourced a new flasher relay for faulty indicators for $45 (Hella - looks same as what came out of it) after finding out at BMW North Shore no BMW parts were in the country and would be $230 plus GST to import ex Germany.

    Did get to see @Breaker 750i at BMW getting a wash though :)

    Got quite a few jobs to do over the Xmas break while the wife is overseas - want it tip-top for summer spankings before it goes under the knife in April / May:

    • Engine mounts
    • Tranny mounts and fresh redline MTL
    • Exhaust hanger / poly bushes for my aftermarket end links
    • Oil & filter
    • Refinish interior plastics with matte soft touch clear
    • Paint correction and headlight refurbishment
    • New Osram headlight and spotlight bulbs
    • See if I can fix partially functional blower motor and resistor / washer jets before throwing parts at it
    • 9mm spring pad front driver side to perfect ride height
    • Full Cluster refurbishment (if my parts arrive on time...)

     

     

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    4 hours ago, Gaz said:

    Agreed, starting looking at Nissan s13s/180sx again after spending too much time on YouTube, 10k+ for some rolling bodies, 15k for one in bits. Even general consensus in that community is that prices are falling too

    Would absolutely love a Type X but prices for nice ones are $40-50k plus.

    And the steal-me factor is through the roof 😬

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    My own dumb fault but made the mistake of listing my old iPhone 12 Pro Max on Facebook marketplace.

    So many mouth breathers, dreamers and scammers it’s crazy.

    Thought I may have had a genuine buyer who was suddenly shocked I wasn’t going to instantly send it to him as soon as he produced his ‘bank transfer screenshot’. Shockingly the ‘funds’ never made it to my bank account 😂

    Off to Trademe I guess and suck up those 8-9% fees…

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    44 minutes ago, Eagle said:

    Who knows it may be more comfortable with extra padding. Much prefer the E39 sport seats over anyone E46 ones ive sat in.

    I had E46 M3 seats in my 330ci and even with the inflating side bolsters I wasn't a huge fan - looked good though.

    Apparently E92 M3 seats fit and work well, although difficult to source used.

    SR3 looks pretty natural in there - are later models wider?

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    52 minutes ago, MD13 said:

    Went for $14K. More than I thought given it's auto - strong late bidding.

    I want to say it was originally advertised at double that 4-5 months ago too?

    $14k seems reasonable for a tidy two door with mint sports interior.

    Market has definately cooled off in general, although apparently that Malachite Green wagon actually sold for $48k 😲

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    Same as my old E46 - you can fit 6.5" components in there, the woofers will need to be on the shallow side though - looking at old emails looks like I went with JBL 6500C.

    I remember tweeters required a little fiddling but got them in nice in the end.

    I had an Ali Express OEM style touchscreen running wireless carplay and bypassed the factory amplifier with a 4x100RMS pioneer running the fronts and then bridged to a small sub in boot.

    Worked well - solid quality, volume and functionality.

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