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Yeah I hear you Jamie. I really need a diesel estate though which limits me to Audi A4/A6 (which seem to fetch a rather hefty premium) or a Jag maybe?

Mileage does seem rather high for 10K Cheers Mr P, I'm very edgy about cars that people have messed with (obviously present company excluded, besides you've gone way beyond 'messed with') Just found this one that looks a little more like it: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201048374341027/sort/priceasc/usedcars/fuel-type/diesel/transmission/automatic/body-type/estate/engine-size-cars/3l_to_3-9l/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/model/5_series/make/bmw/page/1/postcode/pe68pr/radius/1500/keywords/m-sport%20leather?logcode=p

He guys I'm looking at buying a BMW 530D touring as my daily driver and wondered what the opinions were of this particular one I found, price, year, milage, etc: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2223221.htm Hopefully some of you may have some experience and a better idea than me?

Can you Pm me a price for the aircon rad and pipes please?

I'm assuming these are bilsteins fitted with ride height adjusters from someone Summit Racing or ECS. You'd need to know who made them and contact them, or get some machined up. Do you have a photo so we can see exactly what setup you have?

Used a similar kit from MachineMart a while ago to remove a pretty deep scratch on my drivers side window. It used an abrasive disc to remove the scratch then a liquid polish on a fibre wheel to polish it . Worked perfectly although was nervous as hell doing the first stage to remove the scratch!

You could try contacting Chris Wilson as I believe he is a Bilstein dealer.

That's the worrying thing Swampy, you really wouldn't suspect any problems looking at the exposed sections of lines. I can't stress enough the importance of actually removing the plastic cover and checking this section of pipe/tube, I was amazed at the level of localised corrosion!

Only six months ago Swampy, to be fair the lines all looked fine wasn't until the the plastic cover was removed that I found the problem. It didn't start leaking till I started to remove the cover either so all appeared, on the surface, to be fine.

Just found this same issue on my car luckily off the road for a ground up restoration. I would just like to point out that my lines looked absolutely fine from front to back, until I removed the plastic cover on the rear cross member. When you check yours make sure you have the cover removed! These are a few pics I took whilst under the car, sorry for the quality (iPhone) these are with the subframe removed.

Cheers Smarty, scary thing was the rest of the lines looked absolutely fine, don't like to think about what might of happened had it not been off the road! I guessed it would have been covered already, but just wanted to bring it to everyones attention again as this seems to be a serious problem that I'm sure will happen on most of the supras out there sooner or later unless dealt with. Glad the pics are useful too.

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but I feel obliged to do so again. Whilst in the process of doing a ground up renovation of my supe I noticed one of my rear brake lines was massively corroded and on closer inspection actually began to leak. Thank God it was off the road. I regularly check my supe including all brake and fuel lines, they had shown no signs of corrosion until I removed the plastic cover over the rear crossmember. This apparently provides a perfect environment for corrosion. I strongly recommend that all of you check (or have someone check) this particular location ASAP!! See the photos below for location and what you may find:

I'll take this if it's still available?

Thanks for all the feedback guys, I only noticed it while I was taking the exhaust off and haven't yet reinstalled it. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't a know issue with the blitz 2nd decat pipe. supspower: This was what I was trying to rule out, I couldn't find any mention of fitment issues, but as Ark mention they are robot assembled so I think I can rule that out (fingers crossed) Rich8v: Thanks for the heads up on the flexible section (you're right I did mean the first cat) I was a little concerned that when refitting it properly it would put strain on the manifold etc. Obviously don't need to worry about that as it's flexible. Ark: A rear end shunt could well be possible as I haven't owned the car from new and this is the first time I've really looked at let alone removed the exhaust. Like you say robotic assembly would almost completely rule out a bad batch. Once again thanks for you help guys. At least now I'll feel more comfortable reinstalling it correctly and not have to worry about straining anything.

Absolutely correct Branners, sorry wasn't making my self very clear. I have a blitz second cat replacement pipe and then the two sections of the Nur Spec R cat back. So second cat no longer fitted. The problem is where the 2nd cat replacement pipe fits to the end of the first cat pipe (downpipe). The exhaust is off the car as I'm swapping to a 6 speed. When I took the exhaust off I noticed it wasn't joining as expected (see pic in first post). I don't want to bolt it all up solid then attach it with the rubbers in case I strain/damage something up front. Supra steveo: Don't worry I'm aware that the exhaust should be fitted up loose before hooking the rubbers on then tighten it up.

Dodgyrog, not sure whats up with the picture. The exhaust includes the Blitz mid pipe (2nd CAT replacement pipe) so replaces the whole exhaust except the downpipe. It's the junction between the downpipe and the Blitz mid pipe that's causing the issue.

Okay guys I've done the search thing here and on the US and OZ forums but can't find a definitive answer. Could anyone tell me, is it normal for the mid pipe (2nd cat replacement) on a Nur Spec R not to fit flush with the stock downpipe on a UK car? There seems to be a 2-3mm gap between the bottom of the flanges when the top edges meet. Obviously just cranking it up be a VERY bad idea! http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5051/nurspecfit.png Any advice would be very much appreciated

Picked up my full carbon from Keron Yesterday, these really are great quality! Will post up some pics asap. Thanks Keron, a pleasure as always.

First dibs pending a few details, PM sent mate.

Don't forget to reserve mine mate