Napier_E36

yeah you can import wrecked cars, its just a matter of what you are aloud to repair and register on the roads here - Ive been looking on tau-net.co.jp for a wrecked manual bimmer - the E36s are usually about 2 - 3g, as yet i havnt found a manual! However I did find a 94 320i that had had a bit of a side on crash - nothing too bad repairable as, and they wanted 2000 for it - it had adjustable suspension, front and back momo strut braces, 16 inch tsw trophies, full exhaust system and a few other goodies... I was very close to buying it - you know, getting the parts I wanted, selling the rest to cover my costs (like the right hand side, bonnet, boot, lights etc) made more than it cos me in other words, but the f**king thing sold before I could register an interest! when I looked at it it was still available, when I went to make an offer it came up as sold! gutted! (it would have cost a total of 4 - 5g to get it to my place - thats purchase price and shipping costs, it was still driveable too so i coulda taken it for a thrash when i got it!) but oh well, there will be another one - maybe the next one will be manual?!!!

Hay thanks guys - Ill let you know how I get on - It is bloody hard to find manuals anywhere in the e36s. I did try SD European when I initially decided I wanted to manual it, I sent them an email asking if they could hook me up with the parts etc, and I got an email back saying that they had nothing and that was all I heard from them! I have been looking on Tau-net to try and import a manual wreck - but as they are so hard to come by, I havnt had much luck!!! Maybe I should just find a wrecked M3 and chuck all its goodies into my 325! (just leave it with the 2 BMW badges as it is now, and no one would know what its got!) But they are as hard to come across as manual e36s!!!

Hay, I have a 95 325i BMW, it is an auto - only E36 I could find when I was in the market for 1. I am quite keen on chucking in a manual box. Has anyone out there done this? I would be keen on any info as to how easy this is and rough approximations of cost etc... I know that I will need a manual 'box (another auto would defeat the purpose) a manual pedal box (stands to reason!) a clutch (duh!) some one I spoke to said that I would need to get a manual computer. Is this correct or have I been told a heap of bullshit? Is there anything else that I will be needing for the job? and would anyone know of a reputable place to get a decent gearbox? Im guessing that this is going to cost a lot - but i feel it will be worth it in the long run - especially for resale (being quite hard to come by in manual!) Ive posted a pic of the suspect - basically for the hell of it!!! hehe cheers Blair.

maybe speedo cable is frayed and catching on its casing? was the speedo needle jittering up and down before it stopped?

hehehe call me thick - but what are bottle caps??? LOL