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Hey Dan, Just a FYI, I'm quite sure the E46 M3 front bumper will not bolt on to your car, same for the rear. Reason being the M3 has flared fenders. You might be able to get a shop to make it work though, ask Josh (Hybrid), I think he has OEM pieces on his E46 330i.

High Intensity Discharge lamps. Also known as 'xenon lights'. You find them on new cars, they have way more output and are white.

Looks very nice. I'm a sucker for Montreal Blue, but give us more details on this one, where was it imported from, and also it looks like a 1998 model?

Yeah, that car is FTW

Was he lucky or what!

This is nuts... thought you all would want to see this!

Yup. Steve, go to Repco, it'll run you max around $25 for two harnesses. You need 2 because 1 will connect from your stock harness to a generic connector. The other harness will connect from the generic connector to whatever headunit - in your case, Kenwood. I think mine cost $10 each, or was it $15 and $10.

Blasphemy.

You can just use a paper clip, I remember people using them.

Silver bulbs/DIY spray painted orange bulbs, to get rid of the orange in the indicators. Btw Spargo, I saw your car on Hobson last night, looks awesome! I actually think I saw it on Hobson a few weeks back, in the day - you were cruising right beside me then you gave it a bit of gas and the exhaust sounded good, it was very raw and didn't sound like a stock exhaust. Have you de-catted or something?

Yup, spark plug check is a part of the Inspection. There's Inspection 1 and Inspection 2, one is more important than the other (more things to check), you alternate them I believe... to do an Inspection at Team McMillan I was quoted $600+ and that was not including any parts, which you can be sure will need to be bought because they will find something in our old cars that needs replacing. Suspension etc are part of the Inspection as well.

I drive a Helen Clark I would test drive the E30 318/320 and E36 318/320 and choose from those. IMO, E36 320 is not a good buy, if you really want a 6 cylinder E36, go for at least a 325. Preferably 328 or M3. I've sat in E36 325s and the butt dyno feels much difference. Btw, my 320 is a 1992 non-VANOS. Later M52 320s had VANOS.

Is it Avus Blue? Nice car for sure. But 850CSI FTW.

Earlier E36s = M50. Oil filler cap on the back (closest to firewall) Latest E36s = M52. Oil filler cap on the front Edit: As for the VANOS, there will be a bulge in the valve cover at the very front, as Brent said. If it's flat then it's non-VANOS.

Did you bleed the system properly?

If you do choose to go with EBC, maybe you want to try EBC Red Ceramic. I hear that's a good pad. Their name was tarnished last time but apparently now they have turned over a new leaf and are doing quite well. The only reason I didn't go with EBC is that I got quoted too high a price for them. Ended up getting my parts from the US.

Looks the same to me. Looks good, too!

No worries man... just keeping the M3s looking good Let us know how it goes!

Unfortunately, no.

Not being silly, I haven't even seen the car yet Just posting what he has said. But obviously by posting I'm not taking his word already... "if it's too good to be true, it most probably is". It was priced that way because the guy has factored in the re-registration time and hassle. I've just been told that it hasn't been NZ registered at all. Story is that it was de-registered in Japan and shipped over by a guy who owes the current seller money. The car was part of the repayment of the debt. I know that if it was worth his time and money he would have re-registered it and sold it for a gain... so I guess it's likely it's not worth all that trouble. Pity, because the car looks nice...

Hey Damo, Thanks for the detailed info! Ok, so let's run through it: 1. No paperwork at all 2. Brake pads (+ rebuild kit) - $300ish 3. Repair cert - not sure, I hope not! 4. Re-registration + Registration cost = ~$550 for a year's rego 5. Third brake light missing = $50 - $100 at a wreckers Not looking too optimistic at the moment. $3k + around another $1k for a 1995 318iS at 101,000kms... not to mention the time.

Apparently nothing wrong with it. Just hasn't been started up in a while. Interior looks good, overall could do with a clean. Third brake light is no longer there. Other than that, nothing I can spot, will have to get it jacked up to check underneath.

Andrew, is it a lengthy process as well? What does re-certing usually cost? Funny you should say that because the guy is asking exactly $3k. Nope, it's an M44. 1.9L. 140bhp I think, my 320i is 150bhp so it won't be much of a downgrade at all.

Hey all, I am looking at getting an E36 318iS. 1995, 101000km. Has the M44 engine. Having a 320i I have no experience with the 4 cylinders. Are there any common issues with the m44 that I should watch out for? Also, if everything checks out, I want to bring the car to a BMW specialist to check for any problems and give me the go ahead. My mechanic is fine but I'd prefer a BMW workshop who knows their BMWs inside out. Anyone know good BMW workshops in Auckland? Also what sort of price range am I looking at for such an inspection? Cheers. EDIT: It has also been de-registered. The owner doesn't have the de-registration documents though. Will it be hard for me to get it re-registered without any documents? Also what are the costs?

The general consensus is that it is a little risky to swap from dino to synthetic if your car is over 128,000kms. Reasoning is that the molecules of the synthetic oil are smaller than dino oil, so it might get through any gaps in the seals/gaskets that the dino oil, having bigger molecules, did not get through. I thought what the heck, and did the change right around 140,000kms, no problem, and I'm glad I did it