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Photo background looked like another Scott's house here in Hamilton.

Nice. Did you attend Berkley middle school by any chance?

There is a hole each of the inner fender edges near the top of the park light. You push a long screw driver onto the release tab down there to release the corners.

First id get the proper tool as you going to need them anyway. You can buy a full set of flared wrenches at SCA for $20 or just a 10mm one at hand tool place for probably not much Depends on how bad you rounded it, A decent gas torch to heat around the thread on the wheel cylinder then flared wrench or vise grips. Should crack easy with heat.

Easiest route would be to get some poly ones purely because you can install them by hand which is much easier if the subframe isn't removed from the car . Ive never noticed any harshness over rubber and ive used them in many E34's. https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-5-Series-E34-88-96-POWERFLEX-REAR-SUBFRAME-TO-CHASSIS-BUSHES-PFR5-507/192211115615?epid=1825257998&hash=item2cc0acde5f:g:WqIAAOSwrfVZOMky Otherwise like Gabe said

Nice. I think if id kept my manual TU one the first thing id buy would be an LSD. Bridgestone S001 275's on the rear and you couldn't get off the line fast without traction control kicking in or tyre smoke. Light flywheel didn't help things.

For the most part the 90's had everything very well balanced.

I wouldn't put my life on an E39 taking a beating, id consider it with an E28 or E34. Some of the maybe lesser known things for the E34 Pro's Cheap, durable and easy to fix in nearly all areas Plug and play retrofits eg cruise control, obc etc Good performance - complexity ratio iS models weren't common as muck and you actually got you an LSD diff Con's M30 in the E34 would probably be in the top 3 worst BMW engines for mpg Every M30 ive owned has blown a head gasket but they are so cheap as easy to do (all 300,000-500-000km cars that still ran strong) Dead on center steering feel from new but awesome feel when not in middle Wiper arms have always seem to have rubbed on the hood at some point

Never go full fast food menu photos

My ex 325i was Delphine Metallic. Loved that colour, so much better than than your typical BMW 3 choice line up. Yep you can get diff thickness pads for the rear (5-15mm)

Ive got a AKspeedo ribbon with instructions if you want to buy it. I got a good OBC from a parts car i bought so didnt end up using it.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/tools-repair-kits/meters-testers/auction-1470608484.htm

Damn I knew it was pretty rough but not like this. Sadly as you know it's not to you own the car you find all the problems. Upside is you can look forward to having something quite unique and far better looking than most modern BMW's GL

Sounds like a slow day I don't even own a TV and would never get sky so wouldn't know tbh

I used the NZ fern logo ones for many years without issue here in the Waikato (was pulled over many times during the period too). Most of the people that reported getting them getting confiscated were from the bigger cities like Auckland iirc. My theory is police were targeting these places due to more euro cars around\more people using the plates.

Reminds me of your average Japanese modified car, they always seem to spend alot on power train and skimp out on handling\suspension. Cheapest coilovers with big rims and sh*t tyres seems to be the combo.

Yep loved the performance of the Srt.t's in my E34 compared to the B6's i had. They only cost me $550 for all 4 incl shipping and GST when shox.com had a special on back in the day.

Sorry wording wasn't the best. What i was trying to say if an average person looked at both engines in the car they would think they were the same. Sure there was a thread recently discussing the chain setup. Look at a M60 and M62 timing diagram on Realoem etc and its pretty obvious. Basic summary: M60: Duplex chain with idler sprocket between banks M62: Single row chain with plastic chain guide between banks. This was done supposedly done to reduce weight (lol) make it cheaper to produce (yep im sure) and allow room for vanos solenoids. The M62 has it advantages but imo the M60 is BMW's most reliable V8 engine, esp in the E32\E34 body. M62 CCV setup is better which can be swapped in.

No shortage of 316's & 318's around so would think you are far more likely to see them coming in broke. Either way the cause is the same - cost cutting in same way. No doubt there are a few factors that can prolong the lifespan but it's always a when when dealing with a flawed product. As most know the M60 chain setup is the far superior setup in basically the exact same config. Ive never heard of read of one single chain failure myself and most of these have done well over 300,000km and in older cars.

Very nice Too bad none ive the M-sport spec'd cars ive examined had the bigger M5 swaybars. They are much nicer to drive with these combined with 17" alloys and a decent spring\shock package.

Haha sure. 4.8k

Seems to the case but there are many more vanos ones around compared to NV +1 around 5k

Makes me chuckle when people do the old 'chain driven so no need to worry about cambelt' line. Yeah no cambelt but you get cost cutted chain design that only lasts twice as long as a cambelt but costs 3x as much to fix.

Saying any BMW is just taking the piss. For 2000+ era cars its not a bad idea when you look at part prices and labor required.

Certainly not WD40 lol