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Stick up a picture of your brakes mate and I can tell you which you have. Can't help with the model differences question I'm afraid!

If it's been poorly maintained and dogged, than it is a lot of miles. If it's been cared for how they should then it'd absolutely nothing on these engines. I know that's not overly helpful but it's like asking how long is a piece of string. It's a 19 year old car at the end of the day, and if the mileage is genuine, than it's seen very low usage in the grand scheme of things.

Pm Lee/Jamesy at SRD. They can still get you brand new HKS superdragger systems so they might be able to get it for you. If by first section, you mean the bit that isn't the back box, I had this custom fabricated for my superdragger from stainless steel. Cost around €250. The original is annoyingly made out of mild steel, meaning it constantly corrodes.

I've used ebc disks and pads on pretty much all my cars. I love the feel they give. Think red stuff pads is a bit much tbh, I've always used yellow stuff, and found it was a good mix for fast road driving.

The colour is absolutely stunning.

+1 on the brake fluid. It can be very sensitive if it's even a little bit low.

That's for a year. My m3 is even more than the supra, €1680 a year. Apparently it's going up in this years budget aswell. Great news

+100 Definitely a group buy needed!!

If you spent about £150 putting a stock interior back in this car mate, it'd be so much more appealing to a wider audience. Best of luck with the sale though

I was basing my figures on Irish BMW main dealers. I paid 170+vat (euro) to diagnose a seat occupancy sensor problem on my old e60. It was the cheapest quote I got from 5 dealers. My point was he can do it himself if he spends £13.

Not necessarily no. Intermittent fault codes won't always trigger the engine management light, specifically on older e46 models, from my experience. (newer e90/e92 3 series and e60/61 5 series are much more sensitive and have numerous engine diagnostic and performance sensors) It's 13 quid well spent in my opinion to run the fault codes. It's the first thing any garage will do to diagnose the problem. Alternatively, go to an independent and pay 60+ for them to diagnose the problems, or take out a 2nd mortgage and go back to the main dealer. Are there any other symptoms? When you say poor fuel economy, what mpg specifically is it doing?

You could be right, but I'm sure they'll be able to help or point you in the right direction!

Driftworks are the uk dealer of these mate. Maybe they could help you out? Worth a shot

Have you run it for error codes? You can get basic BMW diagnostic code readers for about £20 off ebay. Could be loads of different things, but that'd be my first move. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/U480-Universal-OBD2-CAN-BUS-Fault-Code-Reader-Scanner-diagnostic-scan-tool-U-480-/320907644060?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item4ab7960c9c I've a few different types, some basic and some quite advanced stuff. This will tell you if the ecu's pulling up any codes etc, basic but does the job. O2 sensor or a dodgy spark plug would trigger the Engine management light, so I doubt its that.

Id say its a bit heavy mate. Stick with 10w 40 tops. Thats what I stick in my TT anyway.

350z's are great fun to drive. Really tail happy, and seem to be very reliable. 2 of my mates have them and have no complaints. Only reason I chose the M3 is because im 6 foot 5 and it has a bit more room in it. I also think its handy having a back seat!

I'm putting together a similiar list mate, the only other thing I have on mine is an intake pleneum. I know its not 100% necessary, but it's definitely on my list.

Lovely car mate! The S54 M3 engine that's in that, in my opinion, is up there with some of the all time great engines like the 2JZ. Great fun cars to drive. Any reason you chose this over an e46 m3? Don't get the csl reps. They were on my M3 when I bought it and they were the first things I got rid of. Genine oem csl's have an awesome concave face on the rear- none of the reps have these! They're pricier but well worth the money. I bought an eisenmann exhaust system for mine, it lasted a weekend on the car. Great fun but far too loud as it's a daily driver for me. (yet I couldn't bring myself to sell it yet, as it's the most amazing sound )

Haha sorry I'm a bit slow this afternoon. I was pretty happy with how I'm doing at 23, until I thought you'd a gtr at 19!

19! You cant be serious? You've a GTR at 19?

Im 23 and a half.

I went on a cruise around the Hudson, and the statue of liberty etc one evening. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and along with the above list, it's one of the things I'd definitely recommend doing! Enjoy it mate, its a brilliant place.

Great transformation! I'm particularily impressed with the wheel refurb, great job. If you have your old active spoiler lip laying about gather dust and being a general trip hazard, as a kind man I'd be willing to have it off you

Out of interest mate, where would you recommend to buy good replica ones?

Stick with the stock body mate. I looked for ages for genuine oem facelift skirts and spats and they nearly never come up. Replica fibreglass ones are rubbish and a poor fit from the reviews I've read. Looking at my car the other day I realised that I probably wouldn't have fitted them anyway. Long story short- STOCK BODY FTW! you've got yourself a mint supra, doesn't need anything in my opinion, so just enjoy it