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I won't lie. After having this for a week I kinda want an E90 M3. This thing is f**king great.
The drive is spot on. Its done 550 miles to a tank too. Good car.
Yus they do.
Replacement set from BMW = £900
Replacement set from Bilsrtien/Eibach = £450.
Robbing BMW.
Some parts came today:
New wipers all round (so I can see....)
New boot gas struts
New front and rear badging
New centre cap badging
And a Alpina Key ring! Wooo.
Front Alpina Letter = Gold
Front Deco = Gold
Side Deco = Gold
Rear Badging = Silver Chrome
Thank f**k it didn't have gold rears. I can't wait to make this a curry house jew bus.
Alpina just sent me its spec list when it was new. It turns out it was spec'd with GOLD deco striping. GOLD. Christ.
I wanted to put it back to how it came from the factory. Gold is a bit of a push.
Pre 2010 they are a 320 motor with a 330d turbo and intercooler with 198bhp. After 2010 they have the 123d engine with 211bhp. The Bi turbo's are more desirable and command around a £3k premium.
I don't know now. I knew about the paint. The seller said the wheels were fine, which they are, they just aren't prefect. The other little bits are just me being picky.
It needs £1500 spending on it. Then it should be worth probs £2000 more than I paid for it. So no great money to be made...
300 miles to half a tank. So far so good.
Job list is pretty long:
Front Spray
Wheel refurb
4x Michelins
New speakers
Leather treatment
New 'deco' decals for the front
New centre caps
New side repeaters
New lower grill
Maybe new headlights.....
I really don't want to. Its a totally different colour at the front lol.
I found the bill for the spray, £1200 to correct stone chips. (And paint it the wrong colour!)