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when i went to get my wof fail sheet for cert, they failed me for the noise level of my exhaust but not the fact that i had relocated seatbelt anchorages to the transmission tunnel, just goes to show how they focus on the wrong things often.

looks like a reasonable price to me, these cars aren't cheap. Depending on service history etc N54 can be a gamble, but if you don't mind getting your hands dirty it would be a great buy imo. If you were in auckland Id give you a hand, have gained a fair bit of knowledge on the n54 over the last couple years. N54+dct is a great combo when working right. But at this price don't expect it to be a flawless car, be prepared to keep a bit of money aside for potential DCT service, gasket replacements (valve cover, oil filter housing, oil cooler, sump being the main ones) and possibly water pump, high pressure fuel pump + injectors.

if its the ones for sale on Facebook market place, being sold by Jason Ganley, its these ones, I sold them and replaced them with BC golds. They installed into the car fine, divorced rear. I replaced all 4 springs with BC springs, 8kg/12kg as per BC spec (vs 12kg/14kg that came with the aragosta) but still found them far too harsh for NZ roads, felt every little bump straight though your spine. Very happy with the BC golds I have in the car now, running the same spring set up, but a much smoother damping and large range of adjustability.

could always try see if a slim plate would work better, you can find the dimensions on kiwi plates

is that taken at milford mall? looks familiar haha not far from me

Sweet as cheers for that, much appreciated!

Looking good! Where did you get the headlight lens from and what did you use to seal it back up?

looks awesome, and i bet would be a lot of fun on some twisty roads! Would be cool to meet up for a B road blat at some point, love taking my 135i out on some twisty roads.

Out of curiosity, how much would it cost me if i brought you a stock e87 130i, and wanted it repowered with an n55/dct?

Have considered it, but this one works really well, and i dont mind the silver too much, suits the black grey and silver theme of the car. Dont want to go full black everything, south auckland spec. Thank you sir

SOLD

Car is almost done, for now, just need to mount some harness eye bolts, put in a baffled sump, and maybe some swayers and it'll be ready for some track duties. Some proper photos of it with the new, painted bumper.

Looking for good cndition drivers side sill trim for a 2008 135i. The plastic trim with the m logo that covers the top of the sideskirt in the door jamb. Cheers

Oil coolers all done and can't spot any leaks as of yet, but has only barely gotten to temp once so far. Replace the fender and front bumper got painted and installed. Very happy with how it all worked out. just need to stick the number plate back on and give it a good clean now

wow that looks like one hell of a car, incredible work!

Awesome car, and great value for money, good luck with the sale!

Front bumper off a sapphire black 135i Some damage here and there $450 Number plate, kidney grilles not included. Mesh for lower vent in front of intercooler will be refitted upon sale. *bumper has been removed from car so is ready for sale

Finally got round to working on the car again, decided to do something about the rather warm oil temps, especially if im going to take this thing to the track. Got my new bumper and started cutting pieces of it out to let more air through the vents. Bought a pair of 19row aeroflow oil coolers and made some brackets to mount them in the wheel wells, positioning them as best as possible behind the 1m style bumpers vents for best airflow. Will make some better ducting at a later stage to force feed them. Bumper off to paint next week. Before After Coolers mounted With bumper Horn mounts added, will have one horn each side considering keeping the stock oil cooler and converting it into a transmission cooler. Just not sure about removing the stock heat exchanger yet as it does help warm up the transmission. Possibly would still warm up quick enough if i used an inline 80deg thermostat. Project for another day...

front seats sold, still have rear seats and rear seatbelts. $75 for the lot.

have sent you a message

looking good, lots of good work there, looks like an incredible build. In terms of a halfcage, that one doesnt look ideal, if you arent opposed to a weld in one, have a chat to chubb racing ltd, hes in auckland, welded a halfcage into my 135i, very happy with it and done to MSNZ spec. Seats, seatbelt anchorages are all LVV certified as well no so no issues there either. More info on the whole interior changes in my build thread

Good time to be buying an m135i, prices have come down recently, can find decent ones for sub 20k now. Awesome all round car and great fun to drive! Would definitely suggest sticking to an m135i over the smaller engine ones, 6 cylinders are what bmw does best!

Car has passed its cert, got its wof and reg now, can finally legally drive it on the roads again. Also came up with a mount for a old ipad mini to keep track of oil temps, boost, IATs etc etc. Took it out for a quick drive around some riverhead backroads today, definitely missed driving this car. Next job is going to be to get the front right corner damage sorted.

Still for sale, UPDATE: Had to keep the buckles/pretensioners from the front seats, so they arent included in the sale anymore, hence dropping price to $300 for the set, want it gone

Took car in for its Cert inspection today. Few things to rectify after talking to Paul, main concern being the removal of the front seatbelt pretensioners. Currently I have just bolted the rear seat belt buckles to the transmission tunnel, but it appears the pretensioner must be kept. So ive managed to remove it from the oem seat, and disassembled the big yellow connector to now only contain the pretensioner plug inside of it so the connection to the car remains as it was from factory and no wires in the OEM seat had to be cut. Now will just bolt that to the transmission tunnel. Other than that, just needs a few more spring washers in some places, wanted some more information around the brake swap especially the adapter brackets, and to level out the front ride height, seems to be about 8mm difference across left to right. Mostly pretty straightforward stuff, took a bit of thinking with the pretensioners but should be somewhat straight forward from here, and then hopefully a legal car soon, once I pass the wof it failed for exhaust being too loud and the front right headlight angle being wrong...