Neal

The e28 was in fine form on the weekend ! Thanks for the lift after the dinner.

I'd be worried about my Mini's and the carpet not to mention all the other stuff I've filled mine with. Willing to give it a try though .......

Photo 3 , looks like you got owned by a Pulsar

When you get back to nz join us at the next cliffhanger event. R6's are ideal . You get to take corners at speeds not to far your straight line speed.

Here's a legal version of your speedo shot

Cliffhanger Or

Ps, bring the Aussie chicks as we could do pit babes at the next event

Helpful link http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=245914

Body of posting has wiring colours / use. If you dropping after market speakers in the factory location use the mid bass wiring as it's a thicker gauge.

Note the rear screen aerial is active and will need power to operate. It also has a diversity system which an after market head unit won't use ( helps with finge area reception)

Also check out the metra brand which has some drop in harnesses depending on factory head unit. If you have a rear factory amp then it will become more complex as Bmw have sole rights to the tyco connector which covers the amp power , balanced inputs and speaker outputs. E.g no aftermarket looms with the tyco connector

One thing to consider is if you have the factory 10 speaker amp / speaker setup it's probably better to run RCA from the Sony , convert to balanced audio via suitable box link or after market bass processor and feed it into the factory amp as it will have more power over all than the 12 watts rms per channel that the Sony has.

Brian was kind enough to arrange some of my late fathers Motorsport photography to be used at the bmw festival last year ( bmws @ Nissan mobil 500 in the 1980s). This gesture meant a lot to me and my mother.

Never met the man , but have great respect for him doing so. Thoughts are with his family.

BUGGER!!! I just knocked off my rear view mirror in my E36.

Looks like previous owner glued it on with ... some thing... its still got a little round metal plate that is stuck on the windscreen.

What should I glue it on with to do a proper job???? Some sort of rapid set stuff?

Cheer,

Dave

Get the proper stuff from Repco. They have a super strong quick setting rear view mirror glue system. Supercheap also have a glue. Ring first as not all stores have it.

In terms of e46 smgs you can set the shift speed in both auto and manual mode. Want smoother auto shits , set it in mode 2 auto mode, Want crisp manual changes set in manual mode 4 which is similar to a reasonably quick manual gearbox change.

Most people who first try the smg drive them a manual and lift off the gas as you would on a manual car. The gives a jerky gear change and the impression that the gearbox is too harsh. Give the system a month of so to get used to and you won't regret it. Also plenty of people read stuff but haven't driven them but yet offer the option they are crap. Not sure what that is about , some kind of Internet armchair critic thing.

Basically you either don't lift the gas or if you do only slightly do it in manual mode. In mode 4 plus you get a nice fast change similar to a manual. In mode 6 mash the gas pedal and you'll get a gear change in 1/10 th of a second which does feel a bit brutal but will bring a smile. Only a few top racing drivers can change gears faster in a manual.

The smg system will also blip the throttle on down changes so no need to heel and toe if you drive like that.

Would a 3rd gear run give a reliable reading ? My e46 m3 which is standard as far as I know read 230 kw at the hubs on a dynapack hub dyno . Seems 30 - 40 kw too high based on other and too close to the v8 m3

Couldn't run in higher gears due to the smg wanting to change down at the run start.

Have a look at Fusion marine systems (a few other bands do similar units) Here

Another option is to take the face of a dettachable face head unit, Solder wire on the the connectors and put the cd / tuner unit in the boot.

Renault Megane II

I know its ugly because I own one and get told how ugly it is all the time..

To me its its like owning a weird dog (I own a weird dog too so I know), the people have no problem telling you how ugly it is own labradors and drive the car equivalents, everyone has a f**king labrador.

For the record I love the Fiat Multipla.

Not sure if the uk add came on tv here ..... shaking that ass...... still comes to mind every time I see one

I'd do the 15,000km mcoupe . A lot of car and not many km's for the price

Thought about both before settling on m3 for two main reasons. First was rear seats and the second was having a contained boot for adding heavy stereo gear.

However ,Rear seat wise I've used it twice in two years other than for joy rides for family and friends. If four doors are required the wife's car is used. ( we have a 5 month old and the m3 doesn't really work for her yet )

The stereo gear comment is more about running a sub and the boot protection offered should the car roll. Don't want to be taken out by 30 kilos of sub box.

Performance wise it comes down to the person behind the wheel as I don't remember having problem staying with one of a track day. Conversely neither car seemed any better or worse corner , acceptation or braking. There isn't much difference from what I could tell

Styling wise , mcoupe is better in my opinion , the s54 used incorporates all of the lesions learnt from the earlier versions and uses later electronics. There aren't many mcoupes so they area bit more excusive. Also a newer model of car.

I don't believe they have the hair dresser look of the z3 convertable

Agree with bandit , we all have our interest areas and MD13's posts are TM BM machines that I wouldn't seek out but often have got great entertainment value or are different from the factory norm.

In the case of this e30 , someone has spent a lot of time and money creating a B6 3.5 / e30 M3 and 745i in the one shell. alpina , maybe not , but certainly in spirit

E46 does work off rotation rather than sensors. Reset the values by holding down tps botton down for 10 seconds and see if you have the issue after.

System works well. Had a slow leak which the system picked up when the tyre had dropped to roughly 20 psi.

This looks pretty cool, has anyone done similar? http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-7-Series-E65-E...5b1&vxp=mtr

I like the idea of hooking up a game console in my vehicle! That would be awesome

Doesn't the TV tuner have a spare Aux video input already ? If you do you'd be able to connect a games console via that input.

Sh@theads . There's some filth in this country

Was going to say check the other wires while your at it. Did the wife's one a couple of months back and need to do the same again

Another for cleaning and conditoning leather is shaving foam that contains lanolin. Work a treat on motorcycle leathers that were subjected to 9000 km of adventure riding in South America. Lady that made motorcycle leathers put me on to it.

I would IF i could find some for 31mm forks, they're made of 'un-obtainiun', like most of the bits on the bike haha.

How about these un-obtainiuns

If the young guy is Chris then he probably wholesales more secondhand M3s and evo's than the rest of the Auckland market. The good ones he will keep for a while and then move on. Let me know if you want his details.

Try a number of M3 s regardless of KMs first. I found they varied quite a bit in terms of tightness There are also a few low km ones around still. I waited about 6 months for the right one with lowish KMs (47 km) which felt tight. Needed a couple of scratches and curbing dealt to. But nothing major.

Thanks for the advice guys, my laptop came with Norton, so I was just going to get the same again because I hadn't experienced any problems.

I'll look in to the Microsoft Security Essentials.

I'm already using Chrome, so much better than IE!

Which software are you talking about here Neal? The Microsoft one, or Norton?

Cheers

Xtra's packaging of mcafee

Mate had one of those those problematic e38 740i which was nick named the lemon (brought it new) After two years of break downs and electrical issues it he had enough and replaced the companies other bimmers with falcon turbos and never looked back. Mate with the 300c has owned for 6 years and is yet to have an issue.

Caution with this. Their last packaging was crap and caused system crashes and was recalled.It got repackaged but I still get system crashes on a hi end pc that never had issues before installing their antivirus. Need to also do something about a replacement.

Dsp was an option so your car may not have it.

If your going to repower front or rear speakers then I recommend you replace them. The have power handling that has been matched to the factory amp so repowering is more than likely going to destroy them. The bmw system runs active on each speaker which means it has an amp for each speaker. I'd either just run a sub via taps into the front woofer outputs or gothe hole hog, with a 5 channel amp or a 4 channel plus sub amp and replace all the speakers.

The tuner which acts as a mixer also has balanced audio outputs. Best to get a amp that can take balanced preamp inputs. Otherwise you'll either need to get balanced to unbalanced converters or mod the tuner circuit board to add RCA outputs. Cabling wise it's easier to use the midbass wiring for replacement speakers as its not too bad for wiring gauge. Otherwise you'll also need to get heavier gauge cable through the door connectors which is possible but makes it harder to return the car to standard when you sell it.

Had a couple of RR for wedding cars. The last of the hand built jobs before BMW brought the badge. The RR and 7 series are very nice cars but the 300c is a lot of car for the $$$.