Harper

Weitz has a 130i conversion kit for $3400 so it's hard to imagine this cars worth any less than 5500 imo unless it's really rough.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/665702432135488/ High mileage factory manual for 6k. Might be a good deal for someone. That's only slightly more than I paid for mine which needed a lot of love albeit at lower k's.

Finally solved a slight lumpy idle on my 130i. Car ran perfect with the maf unplugged but when plugged in the car would hunt a little between 600-700rpm and never settle, a couple times it even bogged down to 500rpm and almost died. I swapped in a spare maf to be sure it wasn't the sensor going bad, and same issue so I figured there was a small vacuum leak somewhere. Felt like I had tried everything beyond pulling the whole intake manifold off and checking everything. Finally today I discovered one of the hoses coming out of the CCV (the lower one) had some oil all over it and it was clear the connector wasn't fully clipped in letting oil out and air in. Clipped it into place and idle is rock solid now. Was one of the last small issues I wanted to fix before selling the car.

One of them has got to go... Who wants a manual 130i? Will probably be on trademe in the coming weeks.

Finally got around to installing my new windshield cowl for the M3. Fitted it and realised one of the side shrouds was on top of the edge of the cowl when it's supposed to be underneath so I removed the cowl to fix the side pieces. 4 of the 6 clips broke... on a brand new part. $170 down the drain I guess. Ironically, the 20 year old cowl that I removed came off with all 6 clips perfectly in tact. Feels like a couple times recently I've got a genuine BMW part that was just sh*t.

Takes maybe 5 minutes in NCSExpert/NCSDummy If you're familiar, hopefully someone local can give you a hand.

216Ms are the wheels to get for a 130i imo. My project I've been working away at recently.

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They're also really not very expensive just to buy new from memory. That's what I did. and then painted the door handles with GM8573, it's almost a perfect match for the OEM colour. Picture below of my painted door trims next to a brand new dash piece from BMW.

Maybe I'm crazy but I don't think this is that overpriced. NZ new, looks to be in great condition, <100K km, factory manual. It's at least worth low teens no? Seems like a useable modern classic.

Just pull out the CDV and attach the hose back together, they have the same fittings. Zero reason to spend money to put something there.

Yeah in some ways I'm relieved its a simple fix. I already removed the CDV while it's been on jackstands for the last couple months. The short drive I did take it on the other day it drove better without it even with the dying slave cylinder. It's a must if you've got a manual 130i imo.

I removed the slave cylinder last night, as I pulled it out and the piston extended it squirted fluid everywhere and is completely goosed. So that explains why I was having so much trouble bleeding it. Off to spend $250 on a new slave cylinder and clutch line yippee.

This was going to be my next attempt. Gives me hope, thanks.

I think I was right in that the loom was pinched somewhere or something. I couldn't find any evidence where it would have been but after removing the center console and checking all the wiring the codes cleared fine. Put the center console back in place and no issues. Now I'm struggling to bleed the clutch, I wasn't prepared for how much of a bitch it is. If anyone has any tips it would be much appreciated. I think I'm going to have to remove the slave and manually depress it by hand to bleed. Pedaling/pressure bleeding doesn't seem to help, the pedal is still almost at the floor.

INPA. Screenshots of the codes below. I swapped over the seatbelt buckles from left to right and the errors remained the same so that suggests it's upstream of the buckle. I'll pull the centre console out again tomorrow and have a look for anything not right there.

Having trouble clearing a couple of airbag codes causing an airbag light on my 130i project. Has been on jackstands for the last couple months while I've been working on it, and the codes weren't there before. The battery did die once in that time, I charged it up with a ctek charger and it starts the car no problem now. Getting two codes in INPA 93BA (seatbelt contact driver) and 93B0 (curtain airbag on the left). I've checked the seat connectors and everything seems to be good but still can't clear the codes. I'm at a bit of a loss for what could cause them other than the battery which following a charge seems to be working okay. Any other suggestions for things to check? The only other thing I can think is the wiring to the airbag module under the center console got pinched while I was putting the center console back in place but that feels like a reach.

I think it's this stuff https://www.3mnz.co.nz/3M/en_NZ/p/d/b40072022/ 12mm width but not 100% sure, it's been in my garage forever. I use it all the time. This is what most of the E46 forums recommend using though: https://www.3mnz.co.nz/3M/en_NZ/p/d/b40069430/ Yep sorry trims sold on trademe for $550 a while back.

I used some double sided 3m tape as a temporary fix, it was the right width for the felt and rubber and fit nicely. I expected it to last 5 minutes and figured I'd look into some contact adhesive or weatherstripping glue like what the US guys use when it failed. Haven't touched it in 3 years and it's still holding.

I spoke too soon, first one in a long time

They almost never get parted these days, haven't seen one get parted for at least a year or two. Your best bet is maybe the one that was flood damaged and sold through turners, not sure where that ended up.

I was umming and ahing back and forth deciding if I wanted to buy this one. Had just messaged the seller to come check it out the day you bought it I believe, I've been looking for a 4 door as well and that colour is something else... Looks ace man

BM134 is the OEM fabric for the headliner, which comes foam backed. The same fabric is on the A/B/C pillars but without the foam backing which is BM3109 if you use the foam backed fabric on the pillars its too thick and looks wrong. It's a bit of a bitch to get to NZ though, have to ship it in from the states I believe. This place has it: https://www.cartopsplus.com/Automotive/Headliner/BMW-Cloth-Headlining just select 134 and 3109 from the drop down menu. I emailed them if they had better options for shipping price and they came back with a pretty good quote it was around 100USD to ship 2 meters of 134. I got distracted with other projects and never ordered though. https://lemansautofabrics.co.nz/index.html This wellington place has it on their website but last I checked he didn't have any in stock and said I'd have to try ship it in from overseas.

Almost certainly causing the sensor to read wrong and throwing errors. Usually more common on cars that get rusty there. Haven't done the fix myself but if you google E46 ABS ring replacement there are loads of threads that might be helpful.

I find schmiedmann have the best pricing, but a little slower and sometimes their shipping prices aren't great. So usually I do a bulk order of parts every so often and get the most out of the shipping cost. RealOEM is the best way to get the part numbers for any bits you want, then you can just search for the part number and see who has it for the best price.