Zitat von sandwich;90191I expect they're a lot cheaper than that in China but a bit of a drive for me
Right... Since they are Reps sold online, you are buying them from China. You are just paying a premium markup for someone else to do the admin.
Beiträge von mattsimis
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Well, I can buy them retail here, from a bricks and motor store for EUR799 (18" BBS RS reps with "economy tyres" like the eBay advert). EUR799 is £725 so £800 online to me is not very good.
I would still prefer to pay less for used OEMs.
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I would not be spending any where close to £800 on Reps, you'd be mad. OEM originals of various types can sometimes be picked up for 1/4 of that and arent Reps.
I dont mind Reps at all, but not at that price.
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Zitat von reinhard;88800
Boy, oh boy - even though they´re looking extremely cheap from here, E31 prices in the UK seem quite inflated looking at the C215 prices!
The cheapest 2000 CL500 can be had for a measly 4000 quid and the lowest budget CL600 goes for just under 8K. Considering that the E31 Lloyd found is also in the range of "just under 8K" it might end up in the comparison that Noggie assumed, only with a different outcome.
They should have come over to Ireland. Seen 850s for under EUR3000 here (£2300?), usually around EUR5000. Considering Ireland has a Import tax around 33% of the car value at time of import, that makes the true cost in Ireland spectacularly cheap. -
Wasnt there huge concern last year they wouldnt do this, meaning parts would simply dry up? Isnt this a good thing?
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Great videos, but of the over 400 on the BMW channel (on Youtube) I couldnt find any on the e31. Yet again we are the black sheep!
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Zitat von reinhard;87786
Have a look at this one: Autoscout
Good god, I assure you that is nothing like the look Im thinking!
RAL2004 is the Jagermeister BMW colour as on the M1 racecar and e21 DTM:
http://speedhunters.com/archiv…-jagermeister-bimmer.aspx
And from the front page of 8er.ch!
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Other than this one (too copper/gold IMO and not a solid Orange IMO):
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t…cqNTsgBwTjD1XcWrQ&cad=rjaIm strongly considering a Jagermeister Orange vinyl wrap (ie undoable, dont panic). I love Wokke's yellow e31 but I had a yellow car already and love Orange cars.
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Zitat von Noggie;87306
In Norway the max speedlimit is 100kph.
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Only one in that colour? Seems like (all) black colours would be popular, any more details?
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Zitat von 8Tech;86310
Superchips set-up is definately 3 chips or you will not lose the speed limiter.
8Tech
I do remember you mentioning this before, though oddly the guys I talked to (only Superchips disti in Dublin) said its 2 chips for EUR650, unless they were phrasing it weirdly, ie 2 sets of chips (2 DMEs and 1 EML). -
850CSi so unfortunately no Wokke chips for me.
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I know Gerry said he got a dyno'ed 25bhp on his CSi with Superchips, has anyone else got feedback?
I got a price of EUR650 fitted for the Superchips setup (though they said its 2 chips not 3). I might get a little more off the price "paying cash". This is still considerably more than the Conforti setup ($399 but allegedly not for Euro spec cars).
http://www.turnermotorsport.co…performance-chip-set.aspx
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I wouldnt buy a replica anything anyhow. In your case, Id prolly buy a used modern day M6 (e63). Yeah yeah e31 owners are "mean to hate" the new 6 series, but I like it. Its a big fast GT, like the 8. The V10 version is stupid fast.
Problem solved.
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Zitat von mattsimis;86004
Interesting, a MAF for my 48v CSI..
I emailed them and asked the Brand anyhow, thanks!
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Zitat von revtor;86019
It's all in the electrical troubleshooting manual (ETM).
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Zitat von arnie;86011
It would be even more interesting to fit it in line with an original MAF and compare both signal outputs at different engine RPM. If they match, that would be great.
I considered this before too, does anyone have the pin out info for the 850/CSi MAF connector? Presumably a rig could be made up to provide 12v voltage and monitor signal change to air flow. -
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Interesting, a MAF for my 48v CSI..
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On an unrelated note, what body kit is on the 8 in your sig smileynialley?
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Zitat von 8Tech;85640
A fine bit of vehicle maintenance to be sure!
From my earlier post......"the reason this one has failed anyway is a severely worn clutch and flywheel filling it up with swarf and clutch dust."
Woops you did indeed say that already!
