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Yeah market is certainly inflated but certainly starting to cool off to some degree. Tall order to ask for big money when they aren't exactly popular.

Least its all sorted now in one go.

Still well ahead of the average car around im sure. Like they told me at school 'its what on the inside that counts'. Lots of polished turds around when it comes to vehicles.

Don't know anything about what you are done to your engine but O2 sensors may help. You can data log them to see, but i find they are slow on most older cars. Replacing them usually improves fuel mileage and throttle response when ive done them in my own BMW's after checking everything else.

Yeah it has been posted and he's certainly got talent. Not really a 330ci anymore though.

Maybe its just me but i don't even think its even worth 20k.

If you get Eibach Pro-kit or Sportline springs then Spareto.com is the probably the cheapest place to buy

Looking at that sheet: Yeah camber is technically out of spec but realistically not an excessive amount plus its even, almost looks like its been modified to a give close neg camber reading on both sides. Would be nice to have one before new part install then you'd know for sure, but comparing the two sheets i think we should do the L\H knuckle also as you suggested. I think the strut and mount are most likely ok.

RH side maybe not have been mm perfectly centered but certainly visible via the slot and other side appeared the same to me, not going to change anyway. Yeah that camber is out a fair bit more than i expected. Yeah adjustment is very little on E39 iirc like .20' so probably not going to help in this case sorry. Has it always had alignment issues\steering issues since you bought it? Have you kept any older alignment sheets like before all the suspension work? I keep them for this reasons like this

Dont worry about it man, im sure its fine. Did they bang out the front camber pins to get some adjustment? Probably not. They were still installed when i worked on the car. I had a look at the front struts and they appeared fine to my memory, the L and R letters were aligned with the slots. One of the side of has a stupid BMW sticker plastered over the strut label with the L\R alignment marks, but you can still just see it. Maybe the other side was mixed up but you can have to look yourself to confirm or i can check it again if you like, maybe they are wrong about them being out of rotation, wouldn't surprise me. Yeah please post the alignment sheet

Gets you a broken fog light though Seems like a car that wouldn't be that great for anything besides one wheel peelers.

Sounds about right. According to E30 owners manual 1275kg - 2 door - 325is - 1290kg 1290kg - 4 door 1355kg - Vert Ready to go with full tank of fuel and fluids, assuming no driver.

Id recommend Spareto.com over FCP. Whilst they dont have the genuine specific parts selection (just more common wear items ie suspension, engine parts etc) they are usually way cheaper with EUR\NZD and more reliable freight (Spareto DHL vs FCP who dont actually specify anymore) Rockauto.com is another one that are similar to Spareto. They probably have the fastest processing times and usually the cheapest shipping via Fedex (seen as low as $25 NZD). They collect GST but this is can be offset with cheap shipping depending on the item. If you are buying lots of parts id recommend pricing it and ordering from multiple sources as it usually ends up cheaper. There is some big variation in part prices for specially for genuine only BMW parts ie Schmeidmann vs FCP

Helps for when you do the rear subframe eccentric adjusters too, less toe out to start with the better.

Yeah way overpriced - sounds someone has done a conversion (maybe Getrag) thrown some headers on it and called it a day. I bet extensive service history doesn't amount to much, probably just repairs needed to keep it running and legal. I don't think any stock'ish non M E46 is worth more 20k in current market regardless of work done. (EDIT: Mine is valued at 18k independently)

Had a few similar experiences over the years, mostly with domestic NZ post. Can't really do much except wait for it to turn up one day. At least stuff actually going missing isn't common place.

Yep, msport has a straight tip which goes out rear of the msport bumper.

Yeah also wonder how calculated the hole placement in regards to stiff\soft setting

Good price on the bar given what aftermarket ones cost.

Probably a $10 strut mate dust boot. Last about long as those shitty stretchy rack boots.

You know your complete garbage when you gotta change your name

Its a breather hole so its normal. It shouldn't really be turned upside down with oil in it.

Because you want to actually drive the car, not sitting on the roadside looking at it whilst the tow truck comes.

SRS specfic ive used an old Hanntech P1? and Carsoft 6.5 for my '95 E38. I think ive seen @NZ00Z3 mentioned that some a Foxwell scanner can do it?, he can confirm. Im sure there's more but as you hint with many scan tools its hard verify what works with what systems unless you buy it or someone has tried it. Im assuming its how the adapter is wired is many cases.

Lots of aftermarket scan tools that will do most ADS systems with the adapter.