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Very smart looking e34 Alpina, plus some other cool stuff at Langs Beach yesterday…….

What colour interior trim? I'm after a titan silver ash tray cover / lid for the center console. Also after the engine bay firewall trim panel that goes between the two cabin air filter boxes if its in reasonable condition, ie not brittle Cheers

I’m not 100% sure, but the below post may have been this car? https://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/69316-family-wagon/

I also owned a 1989 535iS, vin being WBAHD12060BF00551 It was a fantastic car and another in the long list of "cars I wish I never sold"! I think it went down to the South Island (from AKL) when I sold it around 10 years ago, hopefully it is still being looked after and used.

Just found this old post while searching for something else. My old e36 325i manual, looks like it happened around 12 months after I sold it, sad to see. I was thinking about it the other week and wishing I never sold it🥺 When I owned it……..

Lots....... I am in the process of doing this with my e39 540 sedan (although tempted to abort that and buy this!) I'm up to about 5.5k in parts already and I haven't started the job yet. I have pretty much everything I need to get started, 420g 6speed gearbox, shafts, sub-frame, pedal box, D/M flywheel, clutch, bunch of consumables etc. but I'm sure there will be other bits I come across during the job. I wouldn't expect much change out of 7k by the time your done. Parts availability isn't super challenging, however expect to be buying a lot from overseas and paying a lot for freight. Kinda tempted, but the red doesn't do it for me....

Removed, sanded and repainted the “clip-in” roof rails on the 540i this weekend. All the clear coat was coming off, amazing how one tatty component can lower the town of an otherwise tidy(ish) car. Also replaced rear windscreen rubber gasket, used a cheap eBay one but not super happy with the fit, might need to pull it out and replace with genuine.

Ok, that’s good to know. I recently looked at a 2016 320d Xdrive wagon for my wife, but ended up going for a 2017 Passat Alltrack TDI as we are up a gravel road and I felt the Passat would handle the abuse a little better.

Good looking wagon in all the right spec, however the bonnet / front bumper / right headlight panel joins look a bit odd, or do I need to go to spec savers?

Finally had a chance to road test the rocker cover gasket replacement I completed a couple of weeks back. No more oil dripping onto exhaust manifold so I’d call that a win! Rocker covers also look a lot better in wrinkle black too, not 100% perfect (due in large part to my skills with a paint can) but a lot better than they were. As mentioned before, I have a set of new non-vanos m62 rocker cover gaskets free to a good home.

I passed you between Opua and Kawakawa (opposite direction, not overtaking) and your car is looking and sounding great, an absolute credit to your time and effort that has gone into it! And yes, gota watch out on our Northland roads, there is what I can only describe as a motocross jump in the middle of SH15 at the moment!😳

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/nz-navy-vessel-runs-rocks NZ Navy are well practiced at this………

So…. Turns out the M62 and M62tu have different rocker covers, and gaskets. Thinking about it now, this makes perfect sense as the tu has Vanos and it’s predecessor does not, meaning a different shape at the front of the valve cover. End result, I need to order the correct gaskets (M62tu) and I have a brand new set of M62 non Vanos valve cover gaskets that are free to a good home.

Slow progress...... Decided to go with a paint stripper, primer, wrinkle coat combo, not 100% perfect, but a big improvement on what was there. Hoping to reassemble this weekend, just waiting on a new set of fuel injector plug clips. I managed to drop / lose one somewhere so might as well replace the lot. I'm also on the hunt for an engine bay firewall panel (the piece that sits against the firewall between the two cabin filter boxes) in reasonable condition, part number in photo below. Mine has gone brittle and nasty. I see them on ebay etc. but they are an odd shape and shipping is crazy, plus would rather buy local where possible.

Must admit, I had never heard of this. After checking out some videos, it looks like a good option. I have found a powder coater in in Whangarei that will do the work, hopefully get onto that early next week. I have found a few other engine bay bits to tidy up while I have things apart so not in a big hurry to get this done.