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Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:21 pm

Seems after years of everyone saying it's not available, BMW had a stash of the genuine tools all along.
Although, since AlexM3 posted it on S14.net yesterday with 91 available in Germany, it seems this morning its down to 31 available before it really does goes NLA.
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:00 pm

Looks like someones already selling on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E30-M3-S1 ... SwoudW3w9F
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:58 pm

how much from BMW?
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:43 pm

I expect most of them will have been bought to sell on at a huge profit.

Bmw want £40 for them, he's also selling a sport evo kidney grill for over twice what bmw want.
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:31 am

Hopefully those people who actually needed one got an order in.
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:43 am

bigbird76 wrote:Looks like someones already selling on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E30-M3-S1 ... SwoudW3w9F
Seller and location look familiar!
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:43 am

I did :D
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pacerpete wrote:I did :D
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:51 pm

Will this fit my 316 toolkit along with the even rarer hens teeth window tool and perverts w4nk rag?
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:51 pm

pacerpete wrote:I did :D

You feckin' cretin! :D
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:20 pm

M40 ones fit... :)
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:40 pm

These are on back order in Germany as of Monday.
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 1:38 am

Everything that Pete sells is NLA.
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:21 pm

jonb wrote:Everything that Pete sells is NLA.

These bad boyz are :D None / nil / zero
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Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:15 pm

These 'new ones' aren't quite the same as the original M3 part. Hope no one paid over the odds and feels ripped off.
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Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:40 pm

As most people buying them have nothing to compare it to, I doubt it.
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Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:14 pm

in what way aren't they the same???

BMW normally manufacture to the original spec/blue print, hope its not a sign of the times
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Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:37 am

It's fundamentally the same thing, but what it doesn't appear to be is a batch of old stock of what was originally part of an M3 tool kit. It seems old stock for something else, but not an M3. I guess it depends how pedantic you want to be.
For the £31 it cost to replace my original broken one, it's a nice thing to complete my tool kit. Others can decide if paying 7 times the price is worth it and selling it as an M3 original is accurate.

Thank you to Alex for making people aware a similar replacement was available at sensible money.
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Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:39 am

also i can't see any difference between my original tool and these newer ones :)

but then how original is my first tool ???? :D :D :D
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Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:15 pm

There are very minor differences but none that would concern anybody but the saddest OCD paedo type. Strangely , they even have 'Made in West Germany' on them.
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Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:34 pm

I believe the original M3 part is as per this pic.

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Thanks , Alex. Had no idea those Sport Evo grilles were so cheap. To think I almost bought one at 100% mark up on dealer price.
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