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My wife has managed to pull the key out of the boot lock with the slot in the vertical position (locking the boot) now I cannot unlock it, any solutions? Yeah, dump the B**ch. Kick her to the kerb, as the Americans say. This sort of situation is intolerable. Why are you letting her near your car in...

My wife has managed to pull the key out of the boot lock with the slot in the vertical position (locking the boot) now I cannot unlock it, any solutions? I have tried to remove the battery but no joy, also the car does not have a ski slot so I have no way of getting into the boot. Don't want to get ...

Quality, cheers chaps, I always wondered what the secondary washer bottle was for.

Brief background, my wipers were stuttering so I performed the wiper motor maintenance commonly undertaken. All was fine until until a week or so later when the wipers stopped working on all speeds including single sweep function, after stripping the motor again I managed to get the wipers operation...

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As per topic, are 51mm front struts interchangeable with 45mm struts. My car is a 320 but the previous owner has added all the sport kit including wheels, thus if I put 51mm struts on will it foul anything??

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Cheers, is a 2 door classed as a saloon?

The Koni website says that for a sedan it has the 51mm housing, it doesn't say anything about housing diameter for the vert or touring.

Cheers Fraser

Just been looking at getting some new suspension, now on various web sites there are two strut sizes, 45 and 51mm, how do I know which one to buy. Car is an '88 320i facelift.

I'm currently away from home so cannot simply go and measure is there any other way to findout.

Cheers Faser

FraserM / Nairn- Aberdeen / 320i

Yip halfords is pure crap, I got some dolphin grey mixed and it was totally off, it was far too dark even when you consider paint fade....

Stay away from it, it will make your look like crap.....

Cheers Chris, I thought as much but hoped otherwise

To fit a new drivers side wing do you have to take the bumper (tech 2) off or can it be done without removing the bumper.

Cheers Fraser

I got a qutoe from elephant for an E30 M3 and it was only Ã‚£500 full comp with 3 years no claims, my big bro was quoted Ã‚£900. It seems ins co take all sorts into consideration, but occupation is very significant, he is in the RAF and pays crazy money, when I was a poor student I was still paying ...

Cheers guys, will look into it in more depth, nearly 25 so hopefully insurance will be ok. Some valid points regarding overtaking and the local drive thru, however I like the idea about curb crawling winkeye . Didn't realise it was hard to export a car, in my ignorance I thought it was just a case o...

I work offshore so I have plenty of time off, hence the hassle of getting it back isn't really an issue,

for those who have imported a car, can you drive it into the country and then register it or do you have to register it before it arrives??

As title, does driving a left hooker increase your insurance?? Found a nice e30 on ebay.de, not an M3 but nice none the less. Also are the spares the same for left and right hookers and finally are there any issues that effect lefties that are not apparent in RHD.

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Think there is already a post about this Ian

Here's my 2 pence worth, last year some twat ran into the back of me, pushed the bumper off the runners and chipped some paint off it, dented rear panel and cracked lights. Written off as a non economical fix, the price breakdown was crazy, new tech 2 bumper Ã‚£350, rear panel Ã‚£100, lights Ã‚£40 e...

What code do you have, mine is 184/7, if yours is the sane, don't go to halfords, they don't have the correct code and the colours don't match, I know to my cost!! Also if it is for a large area you better just get it done properly as the paint will have faided with age thus a pure match is hard to ...

That looks the business to me mate!!

If I had a cabby I would certainly do that to it.

Great, cheers for the info, you can always rely on the zone.

Just a quick question, does a 325i sport engine put out more that a 325i se engine. Wanting to do a conversion from 320 and cannot find any decent "sport" engines but have seen a few "se's". Wondered if they were the same engine. I know about the gearing and diff differences.

Cheers Fraser.

cheers alane, I thought it was there. It seems a pretty wierd place to put it, will look out my ramps and have a bash.

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Please don't laugh, but where is the fuel filter located on the 320i, is half way down the sill on the passenger side under a cover, or have I missed something very obvious??

Your help please, Farser

Oh well there seams to be plenty of spares, now I only need a block. Cheers boys I'll be in contact soon about prices.

yeah fuzzy think I'll stay away from the cossie.

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Cheers Widge, should be in the next month or so if you are willing to keep it that long.

Yip wiring scares the shit out of me. I have a decent 320 so I'm part of the way there. A search is on the cards for the rest of kit, 325 injectors, cam etc. I take it my obc will still work regarding oil level? and a new chip is all that is needed on the electric side or is it more detailed than th...

Cheers for the info Widge, yeah I will be doing the work myself, and am just away to start work offshore so I won't be home much for long periods of time so I was looking for a quick easy conversion to do. I saw glenns extreme projects and think this might be a bit ott for me, but fair play I would ...

There are lots of mental conversions goin on out there but which gives the most power and speed and is relatively easy to do. Obviously the S50 gives about 300bhp but seems a lot of work to do, what about 2.7 converesion or 2.5 turbos, what power do they put out.

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I had 8x17 et 18 running on my car with 215 40 17 with no rubbing what so ever if that helps.

Cheers for the welcomes guys, yeah I know what you mean about being adictive. Over the last two days since being a member no work has been done.

Yeah if I'd have known about all the quality technical info on here I would have joined ages ago.

Hi folks, New to this site, but use bmwcc forum, so far lots of good stuff to look at and read, particularly the crazy transplants underway. I thought about doin an E36 M3, but now thinking about a 325i turbo, however this will have to wait untill I finish uni. I stay in Aberdeen and drive a '88 dol...

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