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at least they ran a buff over it for the pics this time. Waste of time considering the ad says now breaking ;o)

I'd only get the waterpump genuine, ECP's top brand on Belt / Tensioner Kit is Conti or if you prefer SKF/Gates belt kits. Viscous will be Sachs. Very important to specify that you want the best branded stuff as they carry cheap copies of the most common parts. Personally I find it very hard to beli...

Just wanted to clarify that the Blue coolant Temp Sender is the front-most one (next to cyl 1). Mine certainly doesn't look too blue any more.

Looks like I should be able to swap it without taking the inlet manifold off - or is that just wishful thinking?

I've had too many near misses with the same thing - turning right in a roundabout from the left lane. On my old commute in in a fairly rural area in Ireland they upgraded many of the junctions to roundabouts. I used to see at least 1 smash a week due to the same problem - I think the country folk ha...

Good to see the usual e30 owner spirit alive and well

More like the recently made unemployed spirit! Right now I need to be legal and mobile - The end.

Are you really sure you can't spend an extra £17.44?

Prices I quoted are fitted - usually around another tenner a wheel no?

205 will offer more protection to the lip on your wheels

God knows they need it with my parking skills!

hmmm....Blackcircles.com Value Choice 205/50 R15 V (86) £177.12 - Yee-hawww!

Cheers for the tips fellas.

Looking at http://www.blackcircles.com for what's in my range - I reckon I'm gonna be a total gyp and buy mega budget 205/55R15 - £194.44 for 4 over Toyo Proxes T1-R 195/55 R15 V (85) £215.04 for four. That way I'm running the proper size and I can put 2 decent ones on when the time comes Surely bet...

So it's time to finally put some rubber on the Hartge rims that have been kicking around the spare room for a while. Unfortunately times are tight so I was wondering if anyone has experience of running 195/55R15 instead of the usual 205/55R15? For a start, do they fit OK? and secondly will handling ...

Euro Car Parts do em. Dunno about prices.

I'm a contractor at Dunton. I've a mid restoration Alpine White 318iS currently on 17Aplina Reps (15in Hartges at home awaiting rubber) with no Interior or Subframe bushes for that matter! I usually keep it well hidden ;o) The Hartge badged M3 is a lovely bit of kit. I think it was out for the "Vehi...

Thanks Chris, I thought they were colour coded, was sure it was light grey or white.

The wheels are for the car in the pic?

Siver / Gunmetal or whatever - Not black. Doesn't suit that colour car IMHO

Does anyone know which electrical connectors are used for the front indicators behind the bumper carrier?

Broke mine while pulling the bumper carrier off

No access to the car at the mo and wanted to visit the dealer in the morning.

Cheers Brian - I follow exactly what you mean. Will give it a rattle tonight.

the new tray comes with a brace from side to side which should be removed before fitting as removing the old one from the roof would create quite a mess so its best left.

Cheers Beardymat - I'll pass on the knowledge. Ordered a new tray today so should be sorted by the end of the week.

Cheers Brian Remove a few dozen self tappers from around the slider area and pull the bits out of the goo. The self tappers are out, Probably being too gentle with it - I'll have a good tug later. I assume refitting is the opposite? Fill the runner with goo (what is it?) and slid into position secur...

Watching this with interest Paul. Did you manage to save yours wwhen you removed them or did you get new runners? http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=AF92&mospid=47256&btnr=54_0133&hg=54&fg=05 I'm pretty sure i'm gonna mangle No 8 in the diagram above while trying to remove it. Had it in m...

Your tray is not as bad as mine was! Thanks for the moral support! Thought it may be terminal! Re-fitting the runners etc is not so fun, i started mine today Keep me posted on how you get on. It liiks like there are two runners each side which I'll mangle trying to remove. They're just bonded in so...

Cheers for the replies guys. I had a look through Simon13's thread about the resto which looks like a proper good job. a new tray from the dealers is about £100 but budget for repainting the roof after fitting as its more than likely there will be remedial work necesary. THe car is getting a full hi...

I've got my car in bits for a re-spray at the mo and have found a nasty surprise under the headcloth. http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii289/rab-doo/SNV31828.jpg Cripes!! All 4 corners of the suroof tray are the same. So the question is ....What are my options to repair this bar a new roof? THere'...

As for diff and Gearbox oil I think the link I gave above also has spec and volume info. better check the detail but I think most people recommend ATF for gearbox (even though it's a manual) and IIRC 80-90W Hypoid Gear Oil for an open diff.

I.ve done most of that and I'm a pencil pushing cack handed idiot! Oil / Filter - 1 bolt and the Sump bung- Be careful not to thread the bung on it' sway back in. Air Filter - 4/5 clips Fuel Filter - 4 Jubilee clips (supposed to de presurise the fuel system first - do a search on here for that) I fo...

Is there not an issue with Vanos on these packing up? Pretty pricey to fix.

I got a little pile of 15" Hartges in the spare room. Keeping them until I get a respray hehe.

You'll need to get it out past the acc pedal too - i undid the pedal from the lever and slid the carpet over since the bracket holding the pedal to the floor as a bit rotten and would never have gone back on.

Mine was the same . Be careful running the car like that as there is a fire risk, or so I'm told. A mate ran a 5 series with the same problem and the engine went up in flames. Changed mine the day after hearing that story. Rocker cover gasket set will only be buttons and take 5 mins to change.

Delphi are pretty strong in the aftermarket but 60 bills still sounds steep to me.
Get a price for Lemforder from ECP or GF as they are OE fit anyhow. And make sure they actually send you Lemforder!

Currently avaeraging about 350 miles to a tank (£55 ish) in an iS. A good mix of London traffic and M25, not granny driving and not thrashing it (much!). Lot's of revs on 1st and 2nd and i'd be luck to get half of that.

I changed the mag-pickup on the diff to fix this on mine. Straight swap and 5 min job.. The wires running from the plug on the pickup can corrode and break causing this prob too. I put some new lengths of wire in that were stripped out of the headlight fixings on an E30 in the scrappy. Inside the pl...

...and don't rush cleaning up the matng faces for a new gasket like I did

I've had my old E36 fall off the Jack before now - Fortunatly the wheels hadn't come off yet!. Went straight out and bought a tiny little Trolley jack (1.5 tonne?) that normally goes everywhere with me now! Got caught without it last week and got a slow puncture so went to use the BMW jack - I think...

The ECP website is pretty good

It hasn't been updated in about 3 years. Not really a problem for E30s since most parts will not have had any design changes since the data was put in the website. I wouldn't use it for any later vehicles tho.

It's also only a small selection of the parts on offer.

Well theres the proof. Thanks for being so open about it and I'm not surprised so many of us have been disappointed! Like I said - It's not all bad - You can get some decent bits - but you need to know your shit when it comes to spares cos it's too easy to get hoodwinked. Before I left I bought a s...

Having worked at ECP HQ for a year and a half (fortunately I have left recently!) I can vouch for some of the dodgy practices that go on. You have to be really careful with the part quality. THey may say OE quality but that mean fook all - for instance the "OE" quality Rad for my iS is some dodge fr...

Hope not ! It had a tensioner about 3000 miles ago. Chain, guides and sprockets all looked in order when the timing cover was off getting a top gasket kit at the same time Ã¢â‚¬”a or so I was told. Perhaps the mechanic was being a lazy so and so! It really sounds like the clicking is coming from the...

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