ciderbeard

Love the wing, I need to sort one out one day

Looks like it could be a reasonable price.  I paid 10k for mine with more kms and had to put in a couple thousand of maintainece work.  If it’s as tidy as he says / it looks.

Looks like it could be a reasonable price.  I paid 10k for mine with more kms and had to put in a couple thousand of maintainece work.  If it’s as tidy as he says / it looks.

On 1/11/2023 at 7:54 PM, M3AN said:

Indeed, looks like the bumper needs to be adjusted up, which would hopefully fix the resting height of the bonnet.

And FFS why don't people know how to hold a phone properly to take photos.

I always felt like the front bumper on my white 130 need to be adjusted up.  The gap looked off compared to other panel junctions.

4 hours ago, M3AN said:

^ Aero spoiler too...

Damn I’ve been trying to get one of those.  Wonder what it would cost to get it sprayed?

I think that’s exactly what I have also with no problems.

Could be keen, how are they to install?

what does the m3 control arm upgrade do?  

23 minutes ago, qube said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/bmw/exterior/listing/3742215654

this one is very high quality and cheap. 

the ones with the black back is 100000x better than the fake chrome/plastic back ones.

awesome, thanks Qube

I used Hyperdrive recently, worked well and was easy.

Where would you guys source a new hood emblem from?  Mine looks terrible.

Such a shame the F20 isn’t available in a manual.

33 minutes ago, gofaster said:

Fiesta ST 1.6T would be my pick, easy to tune and more reliable than the Mini. Great on the twisties too. My mate loves his one as a daily.

Always heard great things about the focus and fiesta ST but god damn the prices are rediculous.

25 minutes ago, Jacko said:

I want a GR yaris bad...

Tell me about it

5 hours ago, Matt said:

Will see what happens in the next little while anyway. I need to go and test drive some of the possible replacements I have in mind, maybe that'll spur me into keeping it anyway 🤣

What are the contenders?

The saga continues with the service from Eurosurgeon.  I just popped the hood to take a look at something in engine bay and the item circled in red whatever it is (this isn't an actual photo because I'm too lazy to walk back up to the car) was loose and sitting on the grey engine cover.  Now pre service it definitely wasn't loose sitting that way.  Is that something they would even have touched during a service?  Possibly just happened to come lose after the service?  Then I just thought id check the coolant, which was showing at the minimum level.  Wouldn't they top up coolant in a service?  Haven't noticed any leaks, if $400 for a service doesn't even include topping up coolant what the hell did I pay for?  

100% sketchy.  

12 hours ago, M3AN said:

I suspect it's a N52MHP where the "M" stands for magic, you almost certainly have one of these engines when you simply know it has 300hp, mainly because you've done all the work on it yourself, and you know it's faster than some of the others you've seen on the internet.

Looks like a reasonable car with a questionable history, if you got away with a new engine and/or potentially some electronics there could be some value in it. I suspect however the current owner knows it's not economical to repair.

You had be going for the first few words thinking there was some weird N52 variant until the M stands for magic then I had a good laugh   

300hp? What engine did he swap in? a 300hp N52? He doesn’t mention any mods to justify the hp.

33 minutes ago, gofaster said:

For your car, you might be better spending the $s on an M3 LCA kit and wheel alignment

What’s the cost on that roughly?

10 hours ago, M3AN said:

A custom tune is not practical without a dyno, road tuning it is not economically feasible, how else could you measure it?

If anyone claims they can give you a custom tune for your car ask them how they measure the benefits of their work.

Edit: these engine are well known, the shelf tunes that are out there are probably as good as you can expect now, whether it's 270 or 280 horsepower really doesn't matter, just use somebody competent.

Whatever you do, unless you nanny it, your fuel economy will go to sh*t with a performance tune, be prepared.

That’s a good point, the 130i is my daily. I work from home a majority of days at the moment but that could change.  Performance tune on a daily crazy?

9 hours ago, M3AN said:

This is mine, in so far as an internet picture proves anything...

 

Where did you get yours done or did you flash it yourself?

No idea what there worth but I put 18s on so don’t need these anymore.  If anyone is interested let me know.

The place gofaster mentioned says they don’t just grab a generic flash but make a custom tune for your car and your usage.  But I don’t think they dyno it, not sure on that part though.

30 minutes ago, gofaster said:

Just quoting their website, best you call Basil to discuss (no affiliation other than happy customer)

Will do, thanks for the lead.

1 hour ago, gofaster said:

I use Basil at Autopassion(Chip tuning website) for all my flashes. Their website quotes the E90 330i (same engine?) Old power 190kw/258hp and 300nm to a tuned output of 210kw/285hp and 336nm.

Holy sh*t that’s insane gains.

Before and after, need to go out for a good drive now on the new wheels / tires.

now that you can see the callipers I feel a strange desire for beefier better looking ones.

First time driving it on non run flats and maybe it’s just placebo but it feels so much less harsh and more comfortable.