E30 Zone

A few surplus bits, please PM for more pics Dashboard with no cracks, but a couple of very small dinks - £125 20190406_104438.jpg 20190406_104518.jpg 63 litre tank, some light seam corrosion, a little heavier in the neck area as shown - £50: 20181031_140851 crop.jpg 20181031_140821.jpg Dolphin grey ...

I see the reserve wasn't met either, taking dreamers to a new level!

Just went to post that up! Great little film

Hard to believe it isn't a p*sstake, the initial description alone's enough to make most people spit their cornflakes out

Thanks for all the views and info. Yeah the ES is a very stingy spec., with particularly nasty wheels! And yes Neil, my thinking is usually similar to yours, for a daily anyway! My brother's rolling around in a Ford Fusion 1.4 atm ( 8O ), so he reckons a 318i will blow his mind. I think he's coming ...

My brother's looking at one of these, I think he just wants to pretend he's far wealthier than he actually is. The car in question is apparently an '07 with 95k miles. I've warned him about it being gutless and not particularly amazing on fuel, just wondered if there were any particular problem area...

Not that high as long as you avoid a main dealer, not as bad as an M car either. Can't see a 750i being much worse than any other e38 to run, other than fuel/insurance. The engine is simple and pretty bullet proof. It's likely to have more gadgets than lesser models though, which may not work anymor...

No worries

Yeah i've come across some special ECP staff in the past too!

springs are springs? a car is a car; tyres are tyres and a holes a hole? maybe the OE are overpriced and cheap ones can be bought on ebay for peanuts but I know what I would not fit. Have just had new shocks and springs all round on my touring and have got apex springs with billistiens. Nowt wrong ...

With regards to performance. it's very unlikely you'd notice the difference between any of them. Springs are springs (within reason!)
However corrosion proneness/resistance could be an issue with cheaper springs.
In my experience GSF stuff is significantly better than ECP.

Not a bad choice. A 525i (M54 engine) would be a late one though, facelift only. 2000 ish onwards iirc.
See if you can stretch to a 530i too, similar economy with plenty more grunt

Or do you mean the earlier 523i/528i (M52 2.5/2.

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He's wise, those kerbs are savage

Only 325 sports have an LSD as standard, although many 325's were fitted with them. factory and after. A welded diff wont help you at all. Spacers might give you a marginal improvement in cornering grip, but wont do anything for traction. I wouldnt go mad with suspension, maybe look into an oe m tec...

If you want more grip in the wet, tyre choice is critical. E30's dont have any driver aids (other than ABS on some), so a bit of care is required in the wet, as it sounds like you've already found out. There's not really much you can do other than make sure you have good tyres and that your suspensi...

They were BBS RX, 16x7, et38.
If the wheels you were on about were fitted to some special edition calibra v6's the yes they do look identical to mine! Not sure if the stud pattern/bore is the same though.

I'll let you know if NIX doesn't want the kit

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I loved the 35/35 combo I had on my old 4 door, completely transformed the handling. H&R springs are some of the best you can get, and i'm pretty sure the shocks in the kit come from bilstein, so its a pretty good combo! In my opinion there was no loss in ride comfort either. The 35/35 kit seemed to...

I had my new rear quarters on my tech 1 bonded on, in an effort to prevent rust in the future. I can't remember what it was called but I know its the same spec as VAG use in factory. I need to speak to the bodyshop in the next couple of days so i'll ask them.

Cheers mate, do you have any experience of those?

I guess i'd be looking at the monsoon or stormforce one

Can anyone point me in the direction of a really good outdoor car cover for my tech 1??

Cheers

99% sure I remember it as being 6.5 yeah

Don't recall the girl driving it, but i've seen that!

Sounds like a pretty epic trip!!!! Glad the brakes did the business... :cool: I'd be pretty interested in a close-up photo of your brackets, I can't figure out what you're been up to, to be honest! :D Also, remind me which spacers you are running, "where" you are running them, and what wheels you h...

Sounds like a pretty epic trip!!!! Glad the brakes did the business... :cool: I'd be pretty interested in a close-up photo of your brackets, I can't figure out what you're been up to, to be honest! :D Also, remind me which spacers you are running, "where" you are running them, and what wheels you h...

Sorry for the late comeback, i've had a manic week! Eventually got the brakes sorted, but with the carriers the other way round to how they are in Keri's pics! :? They're awesome though, can't recommend them enough. I destroyed the standard brakes in about 20 mins at Mallory, but the WMS items were ...

Thanks everyone, it is a 280mm kit.
I'm pretty sure I had it how Dan says he put his together, and the disc seemed nicely aligned with the caliper.

Well I must have done something wrong!
I'll have a look tomorrow evening when i'm back with the car.

I didn't realise you had to fit spacers on the inside of the discs, the spacers I have don't fit on the inside.

This picture suggests they're meant to be on the outside!

http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk15 ... 5-001b.jpg

Started on fitting my WMS brakes yesterday, but found the caliper carrier is just touching the inside of the brake disc, it rubs if you spin the disc.
Has anyone else come across this, how do I get round it?
I really need these on for the coming week!

Cheers

So this is a very late e34 525i, definitely not an e39 523 (which is also a 2.5)?

Your lad has probably put in a 0W/30 or 5W30 which all the new BM's use. You are indeed better off with something thicker like a 10W/40.

All good then

town325i wrote:Ive read on here but dont no if its bull shite that the cab is a little heavier on the rear than a touring and yes 30/35mm is the normal drop from Eibach but im sure they list 60mm spings too

Not that I can find Mark

Thanks for those pics, it's certainly a nice stance, although maybe not quite as low at the front as I was expecting.
Think i'll go with them though.

I thought this too about Spax Mark, the ones I had on my old Mazda were rock solid, but I keep hearing otherwise about e30 ones. The H&R are too much dollar but I like the sound of the Eibach cab springs. Is the cab slightly heavier or lighter than the touring at the rear do you know? I take it that...

I'm after some springs to mate with my new bilstein b8's. I'd ideally like to lower it 60/40 or thereabouts, but it seems that only Spax (and possibly Weitec?) do touring specific springs like this. I'm looking for as stiff a setup as possible really, and I hear the Spax can be a bit soft. Does anyo...

Very interesting! What would be the pros and cons of going from -3 to say -4.5? Cheers. Should be more grip on high speed corners. Go to far with negative camber though and the car will tramline a lot, so it won't be good on rough roads. You start to lose braking traction in a straight line too as ...

Very nice!

Only one headlight is smiling though!

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