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ive found a pair of 2nd hand ARB's (apparently front touring ARB is than standard salloon?) and am trying to gauge exactly how many rubbers etc I need to buy, looks like a fairly pricey adventure..

anyone got a link to some good sources? also, are brand new ARB's a better option?

so the consensus is that they are a no go

no its these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220892243271? ... 500wt_1287

thought I could polish or refurb them. Wanting my car to look totally original, and these are fairly understated.
But with them sticking out a bit im worried the car wont sit right.

Ive seen a nice set of 15" alloys that apprently came off an E30 about 20 years ago.
They have BBS stamped on them but are an ET of only 13.
Will they fit and look factory or will they stick out a bit too much?

Im fairly sure they are 7J

is it a recommended upgrade, regularly carried out?

can i find ARB's at standard places like GSF?

i see. can one be added? im a bit naive, have owned three tourers previously and presumed salloon would handle at least as good, if not better.

thanks guys, thats given me a bit of hope going forward.

ill check the rubbers throughly, the car has only covered 30k and everything feels tight as the proverbial but perhaps a few have perished as mentioned.

Hi chaps, back with an E30 after a couple of years away, and got me a really low mileage 318i in mint condition that drives like new. Although it feels like an old friend their are a couple of things im a bit unsure of. Firstly, it seems to take a lot more steering input to get round the bends. Do t...

I threw caution to the wind and plugged in a replacement c.locking unit, and hey presto, working central locking! , even the drivers door works properly now, although there is a small amount of resistance on the key when unloking on the drivers barrel, im presumming wear and tear? I checked the spli...

Ok guys,
its probably been done before, but whats the thinking in terms of whats best to purchase when servicing the M40 engine?

ie, which plugs , oil , and filters to go for.

Thinking of using a can of Wynns engine flush first also, good idea?

when playing around with some relays and central locking system this weekend I seem to have inadavertently reset my original RDS radio and its now asking for a code which I dont have, is there a way around this? also, my service inspection lights were previously all blank which I put down to an elec...

thanks guys, will report back when ive tried a new relay and checked the strange wiring..

fingers crossed it will all work regardless

love it mate. wish i never sold my 325i tourer.... was diamond black with lots of nice extra's...making do with a 1.8i now, but still on the hunt for a low miler 325....

My relay box was full of rusty water!!! where does it come from?! currently searching for a replacement, fingers crossed it will do the job, although my drivers side door has a strange prob in itself. when i lock it with the key, if you then go to open it with the handle, the door goes to open but o...

Hi guys, I hope you can help. My central locking is completely non-existant, I have to lock and unlock each door / boot seperately in order to get in. The guy I bought the car off (93 tourer) said that the central locking was faulty when he purchased it , but had it fixed by an auto electrician afte...

I might just have your spare head actually, would be fun getting it cleaned and putting a new cam in then fitting it all back together. Just out of interest .... does anyone know the costs involved if I were to ask a garage to do the work for me? What parts would I need to buy if I decide to carry o...

tried the blutack thing....dont believe the hype.

camshaft replacement - im a novice so guessing its beyond my own skills? how much to have this carried out at a garage roughly?
plus- are there any performance cams worthy using instead?

i still dont get what the problem is exactly?!

surely its possible to eliminate the cause of the tapping sound ?

you could always put the radio on, or earplugs are a cheap fix :) Hence the fitting of a tasty stereo system... but i get enough stick from my mates from driving around in what I consider a retro beauty, but what they consider an £800 shed.... If I could make the engine purr like a kitten and nice ...

good advice, may try that thanks.

is there anything that can be done to eliminate the problem meachanically? is a cam change a good fix? is it worth removing and cleaning the spray bar?

Hi guys. Can anyone shed some light on an annoying noise coming from my engine area. When driving the car I can hear what sounds like tappets, the noise is a bit like the one we all used to make when pretending to fire a machine gun in the playground at school (dont pretend you dont know what i mean...

thats weird, my switch is a mix between the 2 you described. it has flat blades but pushes into a dedicated socket nice and tight fit. just opened the switch up. looks like an area around the spring worked loose and semi welded itself. Ive cleaned it down and will give it a try. Got a replacement on...

sweet, think youve made my mind up about the brows and grill.
Is yours matt black? looks good.
I take it yours are SE skirts? thats what i have fitted, i like them too.
Do many people fit MTec bumpers front and rear but leave skirts SE? Just wondered how this looks

Hi guys, i just bought into the whole E30 scene after loving the shape for years, i have a gorgeous blue touring which id like to make look nice n chunky but not too lairy..... i have no real idea about whats hot and whats not in the world of E30's although ive just added a set of refurbed 15" bbs a...

ok.... ive swapped the roof for window switch, and now i cant seem to blow the fuse with the 'new' window switch. But i did blow the fuse with the 'old switch' in the roof. So it looks like problem solved, ill just source a new switch. I know it should have been easy for me to trace but i literally ...

ill try your last advice monday evening. thanks for your patience Brian!

p.s. coulda sworn the drivers window blew it earlier today but may be wrong. couldnt get it to blow it again this evening

ok, ignition doesnt seem to blow the fuse . tested sunroof abou 10 times, all ok same with drivers door passenger window blew fuse 3 times, occasionally worked fully up and down about 10 times, but if i change direction of window quickly, or turn ignition off and on then hit window switch it blows. ...

well i stuck the green/blue wire in place of the black/white one , and didnt reconnect the black/white one to anything so i presume its dissconected? (please excuse my ignorance my electric skills are very poor) I tried the drivers window after turning on ignition and got nothing. When the relay was...

GUESS WHAT??? lol....just went for a drive, bloody fuse 17 blew straight away. whats next to do?

cheers brian, there seems to have been some success. i have bypassed the relay for doors being open and the windows seem to be working ok with the ignition turned to on. Fuse 17 has blown twice but i think its because i didnt realise i hadnt replaced fuse 28? With both fuses replaced things seem to ...

just double checked and as before with ignition on nothing happend. in the morning i will take out aftermarket head unit and inspect the wiring for any dodgyness!
With ignition on and head lights on window switches still dont light up

so why do you think that when the doors are shut they dont work and fuse 28 blows? fuse 17 seems to stay fine

my apollogies mr moore and everyone else concerned. ok heres the run down; with doors open, interior light AND window light switches light up , PLUS electric windows and sunroof operate without key even in ignition! (i take it this isnt standard??) with door shut all lights go out and windows/sunroo...

Whoopes! Sorry guts just realised the fuse that is blowing is fuse 28 NOT 17! Does this make any differenct to your diagnostics? The windows and sunroof were only working with the door open and ignition turned to on, but then the fuse blew with the doors open also. Could it be a short in the system?...

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