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I was trying to find something like that a while back. depending on the size / quality I might be interested Jake.

-1.3 and rolling around on the ground like a retard.

I picked up my H&R springs from Keith for the front of my car. there are no lowering springs for the rear because I have self leveling rear suspension. Add my front lip and I have to be VERY careful at every service station, speedbump, driveway....whatever really. It does scrap. I dropped about 25mm and that would be the MAX I would recommend for "daily" use. I can just fit two fingers between the guard and tyre. Overall VERY happy with the stance and ride (even on 19"s). Highly recommend H&R Tristan, Keith was great to deal with.

I've just been watching some old Nissan Mobil 500 footage. That's really what we need to ignite the local racing scene, a premier event in a major city that's open to more than just two makes of taxi.

You don't like seeing speakers in the parcel shelf larger than the factory ones, yet you stuck those monstrosities in the front doors?

Agreed! V6 1.5 litre turbo with no boost control besides a FIA pop-off valve and limit boost to 60psi. No traction control Drive that in the wet as good as Ayrton you muddlecollied nancy boys.

I have thrown 6.5"s in my rear, I just added a customwood spacer and screwed to the top of the plastic factory enclosure.Sounds great. Rears should be just "fill" speakers anyway. You can just see them in the back window here, hardly noticeable since I painted the customwood matt black to match the interior. Bonus - no cutting of factory anything.

There would be room, but depends on how it's wired. If you could remove the tweeter from the 6x9 and then place that in the factory sail position and just the woofer in the door it would be okay i reckon. If you can't keep the tweeter in the sail position you will loose too much staging and wouldn't be worth in IMO.

long overdue. I don't watch NZV8's because they just look like a boyracer got hold of a taxi..... this concept has merit. good onya murph.

I have a dynatron on my GTR. Works ok. really just needed a 5 star alarm for insurance. Can't really compare as I don't have another. My e39 has a factory alarm that works well.

sweet....I'm liking the dropped touring look. Wheels suit it really well. Perfect stance. racks, clear indicators. Good job!

nope,... if you stay with the factory x-overs and amp you don't need. See the green wire from the tweeters in brett's pic you just wire your tweeters into that, I used the factory sail position, just a bit of electrical tape to keep the new larger tweeter in the OEM foam mount. I didn't use aftermarket x-overs as the factory amp made sufficent power for me. I think you will find the same with yours, improving the sensitivity of the speakers (ie - quality) will improve the sound enough without having to boost the signal with changing the AMP. now I'm wishing I took some pics of my build! If you are replacing the factory AMP you will need to use the aftermarket x-overs. You could leave the factory amp and x-overs for the cabin speakers and just add an AMP for any additional subs would probably be the way to go as I assume you will be going for larger subs.

nice pic's brent. As you can see BMW use plastic molded speaker enclosures to artifically improve the performance of the speakers. I followed basically this path: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showt...d.php?t=1251413

Hey Jake, I've replaced all the speakers in my e39 whilst it's a bit of a job it's not impossible. There are various different speaker configurations for the e39 depending on the year and stereo optioned on your particular car. This would be the first place to start; to understand what can fit by understanding what you already have. Firstly - I used the DICE ipod interface kit to allow my Ipod to play through the factory headunit, this also allows for steering wheel control. Excellent system. Comes with everything required to plug n play replacement for your CD player in the boot, the ipod hides in the glovebox out of sight. DICE can also do video. Video in motion is another mod that various users here can help with. My car had the M-audio system 6 speakers in the front doors 4 in the parcel shelf and 2 subs in the boot. These consisted of independent tweeters and tweeters mounted over 5" woofers. I replaced all the cabin speakers with 6.5" Precision Power speakers and tweeters, using the factory x-overs and wiring with just some custom wood spacers to allow room in the front doors and rear shelf. I reused the factory mid tweeters as their peculiar sizing made it impossible to replace, but repositioned them for better staging. There's plenty of room to work with, I found some fella online had 7.5" woofers in the front doors with no door card mods. Fronts: there's good videos on youtube to show how to dismantle an e39 and also shows how big speakers fit in the front doors without modifying the door cards. look for videos from bavsound. http://retro.nextmill.net/bmw540/fronts.htm Rears: 6x9's could work, but I'd stay away from them if you haven't bought them already. Yes there are conversion kits available (bavariansoundwerks) however their drivers are only 5" and for the same money I was able to get 6.5" drivers, a huge improvement in midrange over the 5's. 6X9's are not a great speaker design and you would get better sound from proper component speakers. The speakers sit in the rear shelf in my car so I needed to space them upwards to clear the larger speaker baskets. BMW speakers use a standard round cone so making adaptors for larger speakers isn't hard. http://retro.nextmill.net/bmw540/rears.htm Subs - if your model has fold down seats or a ski port then it's pretty simple, but since bass is directional it wont make a massive difference if you don't. Again check what you have, what type of music you like and how much boot space you are willing to loose before investing in some subs. I've retained the factory subs for when I need boot space but also have 2x10" infinity kappa subs in a custom ported box, it give much deeper, richer sound than the free-air factory items. IMO- just removing the ski port would be sufficent, don't cut into the rear firewall or parelshelf as this would degrade the car's structural integrity

I'd love to see a R35 GTR with the same HP and weight going head to head with the 'supercars'...... and a M3 GTR, Lexus ISF, Jag XKR, Audi RS4, AMG C63, Ferrari 430 scud, Porsche 911 GT2, ................... drool.... lol... now I've gone right off the reservation.

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/50093/v8s...urers-from-2012 http://www.v8supercars.com.au/newsarticle/...49/default.aspx open rules to allow new manufacturers from 2012 I remember reading that there were a couple of manufacturers thinking about entering Lexus was one name battered around.

Bridgestone Adrenalin Potenza RE001 E39 - M5 275/35/19 anywhere between 38-40psi. Same for the similar tyres on my GTR, but they are 265/35/18's.

mean!, whomever painted did a great job. Lower. Badges. done.

Rules. they literally banned everyone else.they are looking to allow other manufacturers now... did anyone note the E36 M3 mirrors on the C63 AMG? lol... just goes to show how aerodynamically efficent they actually are. I reckon Apex is right tho, current V8 supercars are incredibily fast these cars would need alot of development to keep up.

if Tristan requested the driver to do so, to await Police to asertain whom was at fault and they left anyway then there could be a offence there?

Good point. leaving the scene of a accident? that's actually a heavy fine.

unfortunately this one may end up costing you unless you can get the other driver to admit fault and pay up. I had the same thing happen to me with a bus when I was younger in my WRX, curbed the wheel bad too, since I was 23ish I think the excess was crazy so I ended up fixing the wheel myself. $800 lesson to make sure I give buses a very wide berth. Hopefully you are just up for a tyre. If they had actually hit you it would have been their fault.

that links to the blue mountains outside Sydney bro....it is a lovely drive...you are right but there maybe the issue of a little bit of water.

Martinborough to Lake ferry... http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sour...615234&z=11 Vineyards....yumps.....into some twisties before opening out to the coast. http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sour...,214.71,,0,1.89

The road between Whanganui and Ohakune State Hwy 4 When it's not being repaired (constantly it seems these days) and is clear of traffic (sometimes) it's got to be some of the best driving roads in NZ. Turbo + 4wd and a strong stomach recommended for swift progress. winds down besides a river before winding upwards towards the hill tops and back down again. Magic switchbacks. recommend strong brake package & full tank for powerful cars .... Come-on ppl....googlemaps links please...it's nice to see what you are talking about! http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sour...230469&z=10 pics http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=d&sour...130.54,,0,14.24