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Ive fixed a lot of vibrations with a proper wheel balance and\or switching fronts wheels to rear

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The 3 head gaskets(2 @ 300,000ish and 1 @ 500,000) ive done on E34 were coolant usage and over pressuring of the cooling system, never had coolant or oil mixing myself. Problem is most of the time you dont know the cars history so its a roll of the dice but it is easy to change. Besides the hg and checking oil spray bar bolts are tight the M30 is solid as it gets.

3k is a bit low considering it is fairly well spec'd, 3.5-4k would be more reasonable assuming every thing is in order. Just needs a manual conversion and an lsd and it would be iS spec

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Only need the rear section but will take both if needed

Last quality car they made no doubt

That size is bad alright. Id go with Graham's suggestion as not a lot of good options in that size

Buzz is normal. Id say do ccv valve first as well since it sounds like its bad, check for any vacuum leaks and get it scanned it. If any of that doesn't fix or id the problem then you can start swapping parts like afm etc to find the issue

I dont know why you would want to keep a 520i for years but nothing wrong with higher km cars as long they check out. In my experience with high k E34's is the engines are usually good but suspension components have always needed attention.

Unless you really want to go for the poser look i dont see the point of going for a 318i over your corolla. A 325-330i is a proper upgrade with a proper BMW engine. KM dont really matter its more the service history and getting the car inspected before you buy. Whats brings up an alarm bell for me on that auction is "4 new tyres, (Acceleras on the front, and Bridgestone RE002's on the rear) "

You could save yourself $100 ordering from pelican if you dont mind waiting 1 week. or Gavin @ euroitalian might be able to do one at a better price than coombes

You may not get hit with gst if that amount includes postage, and if it doesn't you may scrape through. GST isnt alot on that amount anyway

All sorted on some 17" BBS RN. Tyres are real quiet and sidewalls are nice and stiff, just need to rack up some k's and wear them in now. They took awhile to balance, fit and invoice me so they dropped the price to $1040 for 4x tyres and nitro filled them, real good deal. Insert crappy cell phone picture

FK452 are not much cheaper than 050's and id trust the Bridgestones more. Load rating on the Falken is also quite low. Ive had HRX in 15" that came with an E34 i bought and yeah i agree 100% with what you said antileet but at the end of the day you aint paying that much per tyre for a superior one.

well it does say Alpina behind the cap

2 different outlets rang Bridgestone NZ and they said they had nothing but the Porsche ones. Im sure they would of mentioned the 050 as an alternative if they could get them. I may have found some suitable 17x8's, i just have to check the condition of them so ill be going 050A's in 235 all round if they check out

Never had a problems with wear myself, no obvious uneven wear and backs usually have had 1-1.5mm less than the fronts when ived replace all 4. M5 sway bar setup is a alot nicer in the bends.

Yeah dont think they do as didnt see them on the list. I think the RE11 might be a bit much extreme for a mostly daily driver and like you said would cost a fair bit by the time you add shipping, gst etc.

050 are only available in the 235 with 94W rating and no 050 in 255. The S001 which replace 050A are still a few mths away and the only available tyre for 255\40\17 is a Porsche 911 S02A @ 500 each. Its just a bad size really

Rang around and it appears to be no 050A in 255's in the country until mid February so if i can find some 17x8's between then i will go for them. $270 each for the 235's and $350 for the 255 were the best prices i found @ Grey Lynn. I wouldn't recommend buying 17x9's if you plan on running on good tyre

I got the car on standard sport suspension with standard 23\15mm bars and which naturally under steered anyway but the staggered made it worse like you describe, adding bigger bars helped but i really need new rubber have a better idea. I see the benefits of a properly setup stagger but i still think it would benefit a car with decent power alot more than mine, im guessing thats why it came standard on the M cars which have the suspension tweaks and power to match. One day ill hopefully run both at trackday to see for myself

They run 7.5" F and 8.5" R dont they? If so i would be running a small stretch and they are only 91 load rated anyway

Appears to more high end tyre selection on 18's, im guessing due 18+" rims and wider tyres become more common on new higher end cars

I'll wait till i get new tyres on and take it to the track for passing final judgement but as i said i like how its setup at the moment and it should be alot better with new tyres. Cheaper and way more selection of tyres are main reason i would switch, seems like any good options in 255 17 are becoming less and less and i would have to switch to 18's which look too big on E34's imo