E30 Zone

For what it's worth, I agree that the car should be saved. These 2.7s are so damn rare now, efforts should be made to restore them all :) I'm currently going through a labour of love and I am completely restoring my Tech 1 C2 2.7 from the ground up. It's taking a long time and I don't expect to see ...

That's excellent advice thanks - you're also not alone, I've had many people advise me on the merits of buying 2nd hand, as long as they get serviced again.

Hey - that's really helpful stuff, thanks a lot.
I'm in North London for what it's worth.

Is the E30 susceptible to vibration and rattles then? I understand soundproofing can seriously increase weight?

Don't mind used amps actually, quite a good idea.

I'm restoring my car as best I can back to factory standard, at the very least all components except the brakes and suspension. Although I want the car as original as possible, I would like to take advantage of modern brakes and suspension. Brakes must fit within the 17" wheels without any modificat...

Maybe vague, perhaps even answered a thousand times already, but I did go back 10 pages of threads and found nothing. I'm in the process of restoring a car and, well, I have an opportunity to fit something from the ground up. My budget is about 2k and I'd like to include a method of plugging in my i...

Blessed by weather and great selection of cars.
Trevor's 325i Convertible was car of the day for me, what a stunner.

01.tylerma 02. d6dph 03. bazzalurman93 04. D1MYY 05. Maxfield 318i 06. Dmaxfield M3 07. saqi 08. Ray 09. Alex-E30 10. Oze30 11 Daved 12. Pal318is 13. Elf 14. Oguz: Cant make this, will be in fatherland too! 15. Gortour 16. Magoose 17. E30Demon 18.rossle 19. bss325i (CANT MAKE IT NOW. Will be losing ...

From what I understand, the 325i Sport seats never have been Recaros - but these are from the same seat yes.

madaboutthe30 wrote:The question is.......................which one is your everyday car ???

Erm, neither!
I take the tube!

Thank you all for the kind and cruel compliments :D Nice!! So who was driving what?? Bit of both really, I drove the GT3 there and I drove the C2 back. Wife finds the C2 more comforting - the GT3 scares her. I'm a big fan of the GT3 RS, but even then, the GT3 is a fantastic car, I bet you love that ...

What an amazing day. Turned out beautiful so I jumped out of bed this morning and gave the E30 some real proper detailing. Few hours later, the sky was still pretty so just before the sun kissed the horizon I popped the two cars out, courtesy of my sidekick driver, the wife, for a few much needed ph...

re the brakes; bear in mind that early E30 brakes were crap to begin with - an overhaul might not be enough if you're used to modern brakes (mine are scary, but I know they're working correctly and anyway I'm used to them). I know of someone who was doing a E28 brake upgrade on one, which if I'm no...

Have already spoken to Cooks Ferry in N London, but they say they do not do bodywork. Is there not a one stop shop ANYWHERE in London that are experts with E30's? I'm almost thinking about sending the car to Sytners to get it all done there, but no doubt that would be ridiculously expensive, but als...

pacerpete wrote:Bdawg strikes me as a proper chap, no 60 mm council drop or ebay tat will be going on Haps 'pina , i hope !

Proper chap indeed

I've a feeling this car's gonna sink a lot of my money!

Yes please! The more pics the better.

P.S. am also looking at buying an E30 convertible - that C2 2.5 recent one looks awesome, can anyone clarify??

Pacer is both enthusaist and a trader, he's also a deviant of the highest order, but we won't go there.. Good to see a decent car came your way dude. Mines pretty fragged @ the mo :lol: :thumb: Haha - well, I was armed with all the knowledge you gave me, it was real helpful when we met and spoke. I...

Thanks all. Forgot to mention, huge thanks from the guys on here - I was going to look at the one sold by a dealer in Hillingdon at the moment. I believe that's the one that's been on eBay - like 5 times now...glad I've avoided now as it looks ropey. This one I'd seen was the 3rd car I'd found and d...

Hey all. I've finally found a Tech 1 C2 2.7 in Scotland and drove it back to London yesterday after a years hunt for one. Car is brilliant and for a 21 year old motor, drives real nice and is a lot of fun so far. For me, it's a third car and I'm looking at restoring it to it's glory. Although the bo...

holy crap that's a hell of a lot of negatives right there :) Well i'll appreciate the detective work and you saved me a lot of hassle - won't even go to look at this. Further research my end has indicated that the place is run by wide-boys. Actually, I'm just really gutted I missed out on this: http...

Hey, did a search everywhere but there's scare information to be found - doesn't seem to be a much sold car. I'm going to look at one of these soon and would much appreciate any advice on any points to look for. I'm assuming it's going to need a couple thousand to bring it to tip top condition, but...

Yes it is the hillingdon one.
Link to it directly here

I did expect to pay a little to get it to good condition, won't mind throwing a few grand at it, but is this a dead horse??

Rosc0PColtrane wrote:If and when the head cracks, you put a new one on!! The lump is what gives it the greater stroke! The head is a standard b25, perhaps with a bit of machining done on it

So can I assume most repairs are relatively affordable on them? Are there any unique components specific to the 2.7?

Hey, did a search everywhere but there's scare information to be found - doesn't seem to be a much sold car. I'm going to look at one of these soon and would much appreciate any advice on any points to look for. I'm assuming it's going to need a couple thousand to bring it to tip top condition, but ...

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