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Does anyone know the colour code or a very close colour match for the rota grid alloys in bronze please? Some tyre monkeys have managed to scratch mine and need to cover them asap. Thanks in advance.

If u need any, i have some in the for sale section.

I think i may have them, will check tomorrow.

Bump!

I have a pair of sp9000's in 255 40 18. 1 had around 4-5mm even thread and the other has around 4mm of outer thread andaround 3-3.5mm in the middle. £100+postage for the pair, both been tested as they came off mu own car. Also have a pair of matching fronts in 225 45 18 with approx 5-5.5mm of thread.

I have for sale a pair of 225 45 18 dunops sp sport tyres of my own car with approx 5mm+ of even thread, so plenty life in them. They are in very good condition and obviously been tested as i have been using them for around 6 mths. £100 + postage for the pair.

This ones solid mate and should pass mot again fairly easily. I have been meaning to advertise it for the past 4 wks but haven't had time and has come in use from time to time when picking up/moving stuff and TBH if it wasn't taking up space on my driveway( where my M3 is parked!) i would just have kept it. It starts first click everytime and is one of those vans where u never need to check the oil/water even on long journeys!

Sorry for the slow response...............been really busy! Pics can be seen on my advert here: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1864672.htm

yes i'm on there and currently is a nice black one for sale at 11.5k but guy needs a quick sale , so maybe room to haggle. I bought a e46 m3 just over 3 yrs ago after getting rid of my single turbp 6 spd supra. I kept this one and then bought a gtr but after 5 mths went and bought another e46 m3 which i still currently have. I love em and there brilliant cars overall! Servicing costs may be high but service intervals are around 15k mark. £1200 is only for a inspec 2 service which is the big one and this can be reduced to around £700 from a good specialist garage. Inspec 1 is half the cost and u only need inspec 2 every 3 rd service, so not that big off a deal really. Oil is TWS and retails for around £65 for 4 litres and car require tad over 6 but again can be had cheaper from opie oils etc at nearly half the cost. There is very little cars out there that can offer what one of these do for the money and they are very reliable cars and reward fast driving. Yes overall they will be expensive to maintain but it is a m3 and u do end up paying a M tax onparts. Mines over 100k now, so i just do the servicing myself as i have no plans to sell this one for some time yet. I've just put a BBk/hsd coilovers/corbeaus seats/rota grid alloys etc on and it makes a already good car into a really good car. Gon ahead and buy one..........u won't regret it and best of luck.

Will take some in a bit although it needs a wash and clean!

I bought this 99 V reg white caddy van about 3 mths ago and it has been daily driven since without any issues. Starts up first time every time and give excellent MPG and uses no oil or water. I bought it because i needed to pick up a engine/box from wales for my m3 and to drive while it my m3 was off the road and also had a few other household jobs to do. I have done 500+ mile roundtrips in this van with out any problems! My m3 is back on road now, so have decided to sell it. I will give a honest description of it below as not to waste your time and mine. It has 190k miles but engine runs perfect and never misses a beat. The previous owner was a bit of a vw fanatic and had some cheap but comfortable reclining bucket seats fitted along with a momo? steering wheel and aftermarket ronal alloys. It also has some new speakers and a jvc face off cd player fitted and a metal cage behind seats to stop bits flyig into front cabin.. Has a folder with recipets and some history/previous mot's etc. It has tax for 4 months and is mot'd until end of august. It also has power steering and electric windows but passenger one has come off its rails or something as u can hear the motor working but window doesn't move, drivers is perfect. The van mechanically is brilliant and overall very good condition and trust it to take me anwhere but as with most vans of this age has a scuff to paintwork on rear bumper corner and a little bit of rust by on rear arch etc. The windscreen has a small crack approx 4" although doesn't affect driving as it is near where the wipers are and not noticable unless u know its there. The door locks need attention as they seem to have stiffened up and won't lock or unlock with key. However it does have central locking and i have the orginal key with remote fob which i was told by previous owner needs programming to van done by any vw specialist for a small cost. The ignition barrel has been changed at some point so has 2 keys, one for a seperate barrel which can be fitted back in the column if required. If interested please give me a ring on 07903 921217 and i will give u as much info/detail before u decide to come and view so were both happy. They seem to be selling for around 1200-1500 in good condition but i will take closest offer to £850 for a quick sale. I haven't had the time to sort out the little niggly issues as i've been working on my m3 day and night, otherwise would be a totally perfect and reliable van. Will take some pics soon as i get a chance.

I have just advertised 4x dunop sp9000 tyres in 225/45/18 and 255/40/18 n the for sale section. Excellent thread and all for the same brand!

I have 4 dunlop sp9000 tyres in the above sizes for sale. They will be removed this weekend as i need a smaller profile due to me fitting coilovers and lowering it further. They have around 5mm + of thread each and in very good condition with even wear. No puncture repairs as far as i know and can confirm once removed. £200+ postage or collection from brum.

Looks well funny and deffo worth a watch!

Chris do u do any pads to fit the ksport calipers? Feroddo frp3077 fit and they also fit ap 6 pot calipers..............so maybe u could crossreference these? I can post a template of the Ksport/feroddo pad if u like.

I want to upgrade my pads in my ksport 8 pot calipers to something better then the ksport pads they come with. I dont want to spend £200+ on ds2500 yet, so am looking at ebc yellow or mintex 1144/1155 which are both available for the AP calipers. I know Ap pads will fit the ksport but what AP pad will fit the k sport? Seems to be quite confusing but am sure someone here will know. Thanks in advance.

Any sensible offer accepted.

lol!.............................But what an advert eh?

The guy i bought it off isn't answering his phone now and yesterday said he would send £200 towards the repair costs, which proves he must have known about the fault. Only problem i have is, i picked the engine up from a garage and dont have this guys home address.

I know.............the prick who sold it must have known the gasket was goosed and being from rural wales had fcuk all garages around to do the work for him, so flogged it. I bought it through ebay and paid partly by gaypal thinking i would atleast be protected for this amount but gaypal fcuked me up and said i couldn't claim a refund because i had picked it up! Ebay themselves are a bunch of clowns who have all this buyer protection bullshit but really its just the same as paypal. When paypal refused to refund i contacted ebay under their pritection policy and they said paypal had told them not to open this case........i mean WTF is the buyer protection about then!

Oil pressure's fine..........had the engine running hot prior to doing the compression test. I think the guy who sold it knew the headgasketwas gone and pulled a fast one. Will be speaking to trading standards to get some advice and might end up taking it to small claims court.

Not on all m3's but i have personally heard/seen 7 cars that have had this issue and all their mileages were over 100k but again i know of m3's with over 175k and still on original gasket.

Only if they were recliners, i would haven made u an offer! Are the frames unversal or supra specific?

I've seen this engines with headgasket cracked between each and every cyclinder before! Their is like 5 mm between each cyclinder, so they can crack quite easily. Its just that the guy who sold it (who i've threatened to take to court) insists it was fine as it came out of his own car and having only 40k miles seems a bit odd for the headgasket to let go. They normally go around 100k but a mate mentioned something about damp/moisture causing rusting around the valves which may not be seating properly. TBH its most likely the gasket as i can't see valves in 4 cyclinders all not seating at the same time.

U have a pm buddy!