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The SA 318i also had the M44 engine and those were the ones that the dealer brought into the UK and got into trouble over. They had the SE spec and not the M.Tech bits that the UK iS had.

Had mine almost 7 years. Fantastic car. No rust on it. They made 1155 of them, most in SA but some came from Germany. They were a special only on offer in the UK between Feb 1998 and June 1998 although a few have been exported to other countries There were only 1050 still registered in the UK about ...

Had a cat back system done on my E36 in march 2006 at their Leeds depot. Got a Citroen AX as courtesy car for the day( better than nothing). Sounds great , never had any trouble with it and it still looks good. http://s114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/steve_seed/?action=view¤t=roadmap007.flv ht...

That damn Clio is still beating my E30 in the Vertar car of the month so any votes and support will be most welcome. Lets make it a runaway E30 winner. Thanks very much, Steve. Please vote HERE http://www.vertar.com/car-of-the-month/bmw-e30-318i-140.htm PS Don't forget to verify the vote with the li...

Best way is to have both :D My E36 is fantastic. Had it 7 years now. Its a 1998 318iS saloon. They only made 1056 of them, it has the M Tech bits but the engine is the 1.9 twin OHC 140 bhp 16 valver. I've put a pipercross filter on it, A custom made S/Steel performance exhaust system and had it rema...

Ollie_bwoii wrote:Voted! Awesome motor!

Nice one, your a star

I voted :thumb: Off topic slighty, but who in the world Pays £1118 for a tub of fookin wax 8O 8O 8O http://www.vertar.com/car-care-exterior/wax-polish/zymol-atlantique-glaze/ Edit: That looks quite reasonable till i seen this http://www.vertar.com/car-care-exterior/wax-polish/zymol-royale-glaze/ 8O...

I was going to say I thought I'd seen this car at Tatton. After I saw this car I went out and bought my is about a week later 8) 8) I have to agree with Kieran, the Tatton show was dire this year and I didn't stay around for long. E30 NW meet sounds like a good idea :wink: :wink: Glad that you foun...

Well they do say if you don't have a spin your not trying.
Very sad, such a nice car. Hope you can resurrect it. Good luck.

Very Very nice. E30's look so good in white.

( and red of course

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Thanks to everyone for the positive comments, to get them from other E30 owners makes the effort worth while. Like Luke from Ireland I found that many people pay more attention to my car than the new or more exotic BMW's due probably to the fact that many people have personal experience of the older...

Hi Steve, Re the Tatton Park event, I found it compact and un entertaining due to the small layout :? I've had some good years there in the past and this was by far the worst, I turned up at 10 and was gone by 10.30, maybe I should of given it bit more time but I bailed out with many others :? So i...

I've never been to the Sheldon meet, I've seen it in the meets section on the car club site, I'm not a paid member and never will be :D The show at Tatton was really dreadful, I had some good visits in the past and this was a big let down :roll: I remember dozens of stands with parts galore and a h...

Im not sure about Sheldon, the snobs would say its a 2p car. And Tatton is normally all about said snobs. Let us know when the unloved sport is at Benhams, Ill pop in for an inspection of Mr Coxon's work. :D It's a shame you feel that way. I am a club member and have been on the NW commitee for som...

I used to work at Williams back in 94, I know the place well :o: I went to Tatton Park and I thought it was dreadful, not as good as previous years and was disappointing, hope it bucks up for next year :-x My E30 will be making a visit to David Holmes for a few weeks on show, I might make a call at...

kieran325 wrote:Tatton Park a few months ago and looks like Williams used car showroom ??

Nice and clean

Well spotted, correct on both counts

Williams borrowed it for the weekend when BMW held the Joy event and they loaned me a brand new 118d for the weekend.

bss325i wrote:Mileage?

The mileage is now just over 63K.

andrew320i wrote:Wow that is mint! Is the paint original or has it been resprayed?

Cheers.
The bonnet and boot had to be resprayed due to marks made by some sort of chemical which would not polish out and the drivers side rear panel had some paint damage which required spraying but apart from that its original.

Thought that it was about time I put some pics of the 318i up for your approval folks. Hope you like. Cheers Steve. :D I have entered my little red E30 in the Vertar car of the month so any votes and support will be most welcome. Lets make it a runaway E30 winner. Thanks very much, Steve. Please vot...

Its all about personal taste and freedom of choice. Original or modified at least we have the choice. Just remember if Hitler had won the war we would all have to drive VW Beetles ( god help us). I keep mine totally original but I still like to see a nice tidy modified E30. Anyway just remember all ...

Not me today mate but I'm not far from there really.

Cheers guys thats a good start

Hi folks,
I'm looking for a top notch body shop to get some spraying done. I'm in the Altrincham area south of manchester. Anyone got any good recommends. Last guy I used was crap. Luckily it was only on my E36 but now its for the E30 so must be really good.
Any info appreciated cheers. S.

Good on you mate. I am in the middle of a resto myself though no welding required fortunately. I've had some of that what for its only a 316i business. What we are doing is something constructive, preserving something to enjoy in the future as well as enjoying the progression towards our final aims....

Looks like new.... I'd get some tuffed mats in there to save with the carpet cleaning....not an issue untill winter now though i suppose! Are you keeping it as a 316? Yes I have some grey BMW mats for it and I will be keeping it as a 316. I want to keep it original. The sport interior was an option...

Looks good. Nice colour. I always use zymol myself. As the coats build up it seems the shine gets deeper and deeper almost like you can put your hand in it.

have a look at this beauty, this has been done tastefully.

http://www.kwyjibo.com/ispeed/mday98/im ... day000.jpg

Thanks for the kind comments guys. Fortunately it not a daily driver ( thats the 318is saloon) so I can do it at my leisure. No special secrets for cleaning Jay07, For all the plastic panels just soap and water, lots of elbow grease and some trim cleaner. If you can wash off all the dirt first then ...

Towards the end of last year I bought a little white 316i lux as a restoration project, the first stage is now complete. The interior is finished after many weeks of sourcing parts, much pinching of fingers, swearing and the occasional small loss of blood it has gone from this, http://i114.photobuck...

Cheers Guys, I work in Hazel Grove, Stockport, so Diamond are quite handy for me. I will check them out.
Thanks again, Steve.

Telford may be a bit far thanks lowey but the what is the place in haslingden Taz. That shouldn't be too far from
me I'm in north cheshire.
Cheers. Steve.

I am restoring a 316i lux and want to have the BBS alloys refurbished Can anyone recommend a really good alloy refurbisher in the Greater Manchester or surrounding area.

Thanks in advance guys.
Steve.

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