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Trade it for an M5.

I know that Silver Spring has done a bunch, including my own.

I'm not really sure what training the fix required. Maybe "you have to replace the airbag with this part number, and not an older one?"

Call your dealer and set up an appointment. Parts are available.

White or Red. Must be rust free, but I am otherwise not especially picky. It'll be getting a euro motor/6spd, so drivetrain condition doesn't matter either. I'd prefer a black interior, but can work...

D4 ATF is one of the lightest fluids that you can put in. Combine that with the fact that the transmission was hot (making the fluid lighter still), and on an uphill incline (which drains fluid away...

Well, first things first:

1) Do you have a lightweight flywheel installed? If so, the noise is normal. Ignore it, or put in a stock clutch.

2) Are you so bothered by the noise that you need to...

Approaching 366k on my daily. But I bought it at 333k to throw out he original drivetrain and have swapped that out for more power a second time. :)

(And we have too many cars and don't drive...

Anyone have any recommendations? A fedex truck tried to drive across the front of my S50B32 E30, and I am concerned that they will try to total it.

I'd look at unbolting the brace.

How far does the strut rod compress? My preferred technique for this is to leave everything in place on the car, support the knuckle with a jack (the car should be close to the ground), disconnect...

For $800+, I'd look at just replacing them. :p

Attorney if you don't want jail time. And if you want to get a security clearance, it's also an issue. Net-net, only an idiot refuses to lawyer up.

Brian is doing very, very nice work: http://www.speedfreakdetailing.com/

He's in NoVA, but you don't want to let any idiot near your car with a rotary polisher.

Bushings get trashed pretty badly in the X5.

It's not perfect - but it doesn't leave excess paint and it's a lot better than nothing.

In my experience, the car will get in range just fine after a swap. (Personal experience: 323 to "330" and 528iT to "530iT.") Headers, on the other hand, seem to completely befuddle the software.

I highly recommend Eastham's Exxon in Bethesda. They will inspect the car properly and will fail it for valid reasons, but they will NOT fail it if it passes (they passed the 323i, for example, with...

On a track day car, buy PFC06es. They are a little bit more up front, but they last so much longer than anything else I've seen, it's just not funny.

If you're interested, I have a pair of Corbeau GT7 seats with E30 sliders installed that I would let go of.

My old '04 M3 had a tab get caught in the timing chain. It occupied a lift at Sterling for something like 10-12 weeks.

The exhaust tabs fail relatively frequently, unfortunately.

Now that they've realigned themselves with the pro-life movement, that hardly seems appropriate.

The problem with the HP+ is that they give you the braking torque of track pads until they stop working, at which point they go from trying to pull out your eyeballs to nothing at all. And they stop...

Again, the problem with the HP+ is that they work wonderfully right up to a certain point. When you exceed that point, you have no brakes with little to no warning. Many folks won't hit that, which...

And I have heat ready: The Hawk HP+ is absolutely, utterly inappropriate for track use. You should NEVER, EVER recommend them for use because of their fade characteristics. Quite simply, when they...

I've used them twice and my Dad used them once. The work on his old E36 was pretty good, aside from the fact that they forgot to bolt the window regulator back on. And that, again, it took months...