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I got mine done for about Ã‚£120 and that was a touring. I wouldn't try it yourself, to do the rear window the guy cut out lots of little strips to go in between the heating elements so I presume you can't just slap it on.

Welcome! If it's a saloon 320i you probably wont even have discs at the back. Get the brake setup from a 325i or any touring(same setup) as mentioned above, which will be solid discs for the back and vented discs for the front (and calipers to go with them). Reconditioned or new calipers maybe and d...

I accidently clicked a supposed e-mail link from Ebay to a dispute (I did have a dispute open) only to find it pointed to an item I new nothing about. Next day I had a message from ebay saying my security had been breached and some one had requested a password change. Fortunately i use different pas...

Bought some skirts off me, paid full price paypal straight away, no blagging or haggling and PMd me to say he'd recieved them. Top bloke I'd say.

I'm very sorry to hear that Matt, I've read the amount of work that's gone into your car. A no-brainer for you, the supercharged IS is definatley worth fixing no matter what. Fully comp I hope!

Thanks for all your words of concern people. Thing is; I really do consider myself a very good driver, I'm always very aware of what's going on the road, always know when a pedestrian is gonna walk out when i'm making a turn, always know when a driver isn't going to look right before pulling out in ...

This blue 325i touring belonged to mates brother in law who is a top notch bmw/porsche mechanic. Some porsche customer left it for free (!) as he'd got a new 911- he used it as a garage runabout then passed it to my mate for nowt. Turns out it's lowered on bilsteins etc. , got A/C that works, posh s...

If the engine was mint I might consider fixing her but it was a rattly bugger. Probably needs 2 wings, bonnet, valance, radiator and a light. Also the clutch pedal's dissapeared so somethings wrong there. At the end of the day it's an average spec 318i so I'll just sell off the good bits and scrap i...

Went in the back of a civic at some lights yesterday. Road was slippery and must have lost concentration for a second, my fault. Had my 18 month old son and dog in the car but everyones fine. Just nipped out for something, didn't have my phone, wallet or a pushchair with me, but matey let me borrow ...

As above, mine was leaking in both places!

As above, get a screwdriver and hammer the little round pins upwards and out, the clips then fall off.

Very sensible conversion. My dad's just bought a 330d touring, huge torque in any gear and smooth too. Wonder if he's got a donor card?

No, definately alpine white 2. Maybe it just shows how much my paintwork was in need of restoration! I just couldn't bring myself to keep going back to the dealer and shelling out >Ã‚£6 for a TINY can, everytime I found another bit of rust. Can't remember the halfords price but definately cheaper an...

I bought some dealer alpine white to do my se skirts and was surprised that the colour match wasn't great. I later got some halfords "bmw alpine white" to touch up and it was actually a better match as it seemed to be more dirty/faded and therefore more like a real 16 year old white! The bmw paint i...

Don't know if they do chassis stuff but as far as suspension geometry goes, go straight to Nottingham 4 Wheel Alignment in Bulwell. They did in 20 minutes what it took Kwikfit an hour to decide they couldn't actually do.

look like standard ride height to me. Not even mtech

A lot of them are tappety and rattley unfortunately, but if you find one that's been loved then it's all good! Just have to listen to it really. If you're looking, see if the owner will let you whip the rocker cover off and have a butchers at the cam to see if it's scored/worn and see the condition ...

yeah checked in haynes also for this and says that the M40 engines have automatic valve adjusters.......how do i check the spray bar (sorry for the stupid questions but ive not had much experience with engines) Remove the rocker cover (just 8 or so bolts), then remove plastic valve cover (just pull...

Before owning an e30, mechanics was like witchcraft to me, now it's like big mechano!

I had to hammer in a star (torx) bit that was just a bit bigger than the hex and used a socket to turn it (with lots of wd40) - depends if there's any hex shape left at all! Get new bolts from the dealer, why not- only pence.

Or get a touring which will have rear discs and arb and (probably) the 51mm front struts as standard. You can pick up a mint 316i or 318i touring for peanuts but you will need to change the diff as well as the rest of the running gear, plus the weight will be more balanced with a heavy engine.

Original shocks are good for -40mm springs, any more and you'd need shortened shocks. A nice subtle touch is the SE side skirts from a touring, and a front lip spoiler from a 318is (but these are hard to find) or you could just colour code your standard little chin spoiler along with the SE skirts. ...

There is only one way to mount them that makes any sense. The cutouts in the arm part of the bush dictate where they go, it's just that with them pushed on as far as they go, the back part of the control arm doesn't quite seem through enough. Whereas the original bushes fitted so that the end of the...

Right, fitted some of the above (eccentric) a while back (I know i should have gone for OEM,too late now). I realise they move the back of the wheels out and also the whole wheel forward (though I don't see why) but I've noticed that the tyres rub on the front plastic inner arch cover (the bit the b...

My kwik fit told me (after leaving it with them for 45 mins) that the track rod ends were too rusted on and it couldn't be done but that they could replace them for me if i liked. I said no thankyou very much and went to a specialist allignment place who did it in 15 minutes. All together now; "You ...

My mate was chuffed when some lads were taking pictures of his touring till his friend pointed out "oh yeah, those boys are big into cloning cars" I was chuffed when my dad, whose cars include a few jags and porsches and a bentley continental gt, currently a carrera s, said of my turd touring "cool ...

For a quick fix I replaced the spring loaded "key" bolts which hold the shoes to the backing plate with a normal bolt and locking nut and a washer to overcome the inevitable rust hole-easier than removing the hub to change the plate. I'm sure it wont last forever but it works.

I thought piston slap was supposed to be worse when cold also, until everything expands and seals the gaps. Mine does a similar thing-comes and goes but when bad it's a loud metallic "tink tink tink". Usually happens in the first half a second of startup in the morning, and then randomly after that,...

May need to move an four pot engine soon, no box. Anyone done this? Needs to travel a fair distance, mostly moterway. My rear springs are standard but a fair bit lower than when it left the factory! Also is it true that having the engine anything other than vertical can drain/damage the hydraulic ta...

If they're only 6j wide then I doubt 11mm would make any difference to the clearing. 15 inch bbs are 7j wide with et 24 or 25 so thats 2mm less offset but they stick out an extra half inch with no problems-go for it.

I recently bought an oil filter from an autofactors for my 92 318i touring and it seem to be a few mm longer than the one that came out, consequently the top of the filter housing didn't seem to locate all the way over the lip but closed enough so it didn't leak-annoying though, i have to keep check...

I usually try if it's not an old gimmer. The worst though is when you get locked in a kind of wierd gaze with another driver as you both try and work out whether or not to nod, so we just kind of stare at each other for a few seconds, at which point i nod and he invariably then looks away making me ...

Do you wave at other e30 owners beetle/mini stylee? I've only had 1 nod in a year of ownership although most e30 drivers i see are 60+ with mint chrome bumpered 316i's or wannabe gangsters who are too busy looking dangerous to wave. Out t'other day in my girlfriends dads old shape impreza turbo wago...

My dealer ordered these in, took about 2 days (even had a nice text message saying "your parts have arrived sir")- cost bugger all for a pack of ten. Surely the dealer would post them for you if you paid by card on the phone.

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