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Yeah their business model is unbeatable if you are a customer. Usually 8-14 days arrival time in my experience. Unless they changed in the last couple of years MYUS were overpriced when that VISA promotion i had ended

Mostly but it depends on what polisher you are referring to? Majority of people use a dual action over rotary action for paint safety. Angle grinders have no speed control, run high rpm and use different disc sizes to most commonly available polishing pads. Ive seen drills used for very small or hard to reach areas.

Yeah they are can be slow sometimes in regarding to dispatching, depends on their international departure schedule or volumes as sometimes its very quickly received and sent. They are still the cheapest ive come across besides Amazon so i still use them for smaller US only items. Fedex via FCP covers the rest.

Just another way people in certain countries used to describe a certain specification car, same as saying 540i sport, mtech, msport, motorsport etc, most BMW enthusiasts tend to connect the dots. Funnily enough ive never come across across 535is that had the thicker swaybars (M5) as standard. Would think the 540is would though.

Yeah that's around what i think they are worth and what market has appeared to value them at. Lower k's, colour and general condition may add some extra value but 50k is either a dream or as @KwS stated.

I recall Ross selling this on tm way back, sure it was in the 25k-35k region then. I never saw big value in these myself, id rather covert an auto to spec which is very achievable and have practically the same car that cost half as much.

As long as you don't care about having possible error codes come up when scanning then its the same as most cars. You either removal all components, re-route\cap any lines and blank the injection ports, or you can just leave everything in place and put a plate between the pump and valve to block the exhaust side of it, block off the intake vacuum lines with something round and unplug the pump.

What do you mean by resolved it? possible error codes?

First WTB listing for a air pump ive ever seen in NZ

Next time ill lent you my gas torch

New LCM will require coding which is easy with something like PA soft, you could try resoldering your old one or ive got spare LCM III-B if you want it. Demon tweaks in the UK or FCP euro in US are good options for shocks

Don't think would be a commonly available part. Id say it's more likely the 2x o-rings that would need replacing rather than the whole mount. Dealers usually stock those sort of things.

Is that a tool you bought, had made up etc ?

Modifying is a huge different game but if they are both manual id take the 540i any day, much more power, nicer to rev out with a strong top end. I think they sound better, especially earlier dirty NZ new ones etc with no cat or o2 sensors with the imperfect idle. The E34 540i is the closest thing BMW ever made to a traditional American Muscle type car.

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Coolant is one side and oil on the other so something will be sealing it to the bracket, maybe this mount plate you are talking about or maybe BMW plastic failure. A pressure test would confirm exactly where without fuss, or you could try cleaning the area up, get the car up to temp and check, if you don't see anything, let it cool down for a bit and check again.

I maybe getting mixed up with another one he used to have (possibly black or blue) or someone elses.

Yeah i believe it was re bodied but i've seen it in the flesh a couple of times years ago and its very tidy. Its the brother of Simon's Techno Violet one which had done over 400,000 last time i saw it. I wager the reserve is in the 15k-20k region. One of the last truly reliable BMW's for sure.

M50 and M52 should all bolt up the same, there's probably a slight improve in the M52 system over the M50, replacing old cast iron manifold is always a plus. I dont what version or region of M50 you have, it may or may not have used O2 sensors, either way they can be used or removed and the holes plugged if not required.

+1. All the main carriers have always handled GST, they just collect it on everything now.

Ebay are now collecting gst on goods it seems

I think your car looks better though

Should join onto the intake boot, probably a right angle fitting or something which provides the link between the 2

Finding the factory kit is most of the challenge, all the converted 6 cylinder ones ive seen had corners cut. Easiest way to get a proper manual E39 is buy an M5, there's always one available it seems.

Found a wrecked msport and finally swapped over all the interior to spec, first and last type of job i think. The car was identical spec to @Autoglym one, born 3 days before even. It came with BMW individual interior that included extended leather option (leather door handles and center console) as well as the sliding arm rest and ski bag. Also got a spare msport bumper now and a bunch of spares which is always a good thing as these things are getting on now. Will be swapping back on my old wheel once i get some alloy trim to replace the wood, always preferred the thinner type and BMW changed the wiring setup so you cant plug in half the wheel controls with my car Certainly come along way from what it was