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^That should be basic knowledge if you a true BMW fan haha. Anything that's got a 3L 6 cyl or even worse a 3L V8 in those cars above isn't worth getting.

Shitty headunit was pissing me off along with not being to change time etc so I have put the original monitor back in. Thanks to Kerry @ Mosen Euro Parts for a good price on it

Yeah but once you go from 318i to 540i, 328i etc you probably won't want to drive a 318i again. Nothing deluded about V8 torque, anyone whos passed a slow car on the open road in one will tell you that.

Bushes are always nice but trailing arms aren't likely to be perfect being an old car,. On this car went from -1mm rear toe on both sides running std springs to -2.5mm each side after lowering. Most of my lowered E34's had 16" or 17" rims on 225\235 tyres and with my driving style the tyres have always pretty even, thats without any swapping over. I do check my pressures often, find the right pressure for the give tyre and use quality tyres too.

Your right but very unlikely given the km's history

They suppose to have them iirc but Ive yet to see a tamper dot come on in an E34 even after swapping coding plugs and clusters around.

Be aimed more at potential buyers who might be put off by it like you mentioned

Seems fine to me but you could take out the cluster and take a picture of the coding plug(should have the 7 digits on your VIN on it) if you really wanted too.

Ive done weld in plates\bolts on an E30 which is basically the same as an E34. The plates\bolts and welding cost was only a few hundred iirc but i replaced the subframe and trailing arms bushes also. I did all the labour myself bar the welding. I was doing subframe bushings so i figured id do while i was there, otherwise i probably won't have bothered. Sure it could be better but i dont think your rear toe is worth the cost\effort to fix.

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I have problems getting off the line in my 540i6 with 275 Bridgestone S001's, love to see this try once its charged haha.

Seems my memory was fairly correct. US spec data one but same rotor dimensions it seems. 540i brakes: Front 324mm x 30mm 1-piece vented rotors Rear 298mm x 20mm 1-piece vented rotors M5 Brakes: Front 345mm x 32mm 1-piece vented rotors Rear 328mm x 20mm 1-piece vented rotors Appears M5 1 piece fronts cost sightly more than 540i OEM fronts at $140NZD each which isn't expected, but OEM Floating front rotors are $300NZD each. These are overseas prices. You need M5 calipers and carriers to fit M5 rotors. I can't see any reason to have front M5 rotors on 540i.

Exactly, i was just about to post the same thing. Sure the 530i handles a little and has nicer steering feel but its nothing compared to having more hp and way more torque with a V8. My E34 is nearly as fast as a 530i with its M30 engine that come out in early 80's making the M54 a pretty pathetic engine power wise, most of them are slushboxes too making the handle benefits a moot point to me.

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Are you talking front or rear rotors? I looked at it awhile ago. If i remember the M5 front rotors were only like 1 or 2mm wider and only 2-3mm thicker The rears were bigger(20-25mm iirc) but same diameter. Rears might be worth it on the track.

Two M20's=V12, 2 of just about everything actually.

Ah that sucks but yeah i sure know the old gravel on a corner feeling.

Older than late 80's BMW seem a bit hit and miss. Ive been able to get options lists sometimes for older cars like 1984-1986 635csi's and such

This. Getting a cheap good condition E36 becoming hard and harder just like E30's. I think its alot easier to get a tidy 5 or 7 series as they arent as popular and less chance f**king bubba has owned it.

Good idea. So its a jap specific MKIV?.

Unless ive missed it im wondering is how do you go off the road in the first place

Any idea what this is?, no external numbers on outside . Doesn't look like of the usual MkI-IV ive ever seen but im no expert. Will rip it out tomorrow and inspect it further anyway Car is 9\99 build Japan 540i

Mines done 346,000k and still lockups quite well. Obviously i dont know its history. Yeah sort of does, im sure its had shocks done at those km. Good(and bad in a way) thing about the E36's is you can check what shocks its running when the viewing car. Yeah should be a direct bolt on. Only issue with 2nd hand you dont know how history of them or what they really like till you install them but bilsteins should give a good lifespan. As for the springs the guy is a member one here so you can ask him

When you convert your 540i to manual im sure you will want and then appreciate having one. Unless of course you like creating a smoke screen every time you try to floor it from a standstill haha.

Cant say im really clued up on M50 vs M52 power mods but I myself would still take the M50 robustness over M52. Some good headers and a remap probably still going to be the best valve $ for power and that's all id personally probably do, even that seems a waste unless you are converting it to manual as the auto going to suck power and just be generally sh*t. Shocks\springs and wheels\tyres are what i start with. Haven't really looked into pricing for E36's but would think you'd be able to get a new set of sport shocks for <1k landed from overseas at places like shox.com. Should be plenty of options for springs locally or maybe you could get spring\shock package for a good deal second hand or overseas if shipping and GST aint too bad.