SRacin

Wanting a pair of 265 35 18's. Currently have bridgestone RE003's on the front and would be nice to match but not must have. Cheers

What's with killing all your previous posts?

Xo1234 on the list? 540 Spotted today on Barbadoes st in Christchurch.

Had to go back to November to find the most recent photo.

For reference have just been down this path.

Keen to see more details on your muffler mod. Perhaps a video of how it sounds!? Also loving the attention to detail here. Gives me motivation to continue the tiding up on mine!

Does it have cruise control?

Factory sports springs, I think all the 540is's in nz came with the sports package springs? "704 M Sport Suspension" I did a bunch of calling around for shocks in NZ to find options and there was nothing available.

Hey, I ordered mine from FCP Euro. Got the following and all fitted up perfectly. Is yours a 95 also? This is the 22mm (larger) of the two sizes. Unfortunately I just recycled the OEM inserts so cant measure these up for you. BMW Strut Cartridge - Bilstein Sport 34-030196 https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-strut-cartridge-front-e34-22mm-strut-nut-sport-34-030196

Nice. Put up some pictures. I have sourced the majority of my parts from https://www.fcpeuro.com/ including a full suspension overhaul. Locally I get parts service parts (filters etc) from bmparts https://bmworkshop.co.nz/parts-department/

I wonder if there is some chance there is a complete NOS one from any of the online retailers?

Thanks! Yup there is two with M-pars in chch. The other is one is lower and has 400ks+, mine is ticking over ~145k.

Interesting point on the temps, nothing noticeable. Was not really a consideration, I just wanted it to look stock without the flaky discoloured paint.

The HPC coating is great, durable, and looks ok once installed, but it was a drama to get them done. Oil kept leaking out of them in the oven and took many goes for HP to get the oil burnt off. The factory paint hides all the casting defects, which the HPC coating does not. If I was to do it again, I would get them stripped, then spend a few hours sanding / polishing out the casting marks and corrosion as much as possible before getting them coated. Reality is 90% of them are hidden under covers anyway.

Yup one of 3. @justin_540is has the other one in Christchurch (ex Simon). Would be cool to get them all together one day.