E30 Zone

The preview looks stunning!

Good luck with all the technical stuff that goes with such a massive transformation.

Taken from the September 1988 spec' and price list - 325i Sport options - Leather Upholstery £837 EH Auto. Gearbox £1300 Manual Sliding Roof £530 Electric Sliding Roof £692 Air Conditioning £1245 Front Seats Heating £226 Rear - Seat Head Restraints £104 On - Board Computer £337 Clock + Temperature D...

so what happens when you turn them on off frequently? Do they overheat or something. Lots of new cars have bi xenon headlamps. As an aside, is there any advantage to fitting them to foglamps as well? Still only two xenon bulbs with BiXenon. BiXenon headlamps use an electromagnetic shutter arrangeme...

I'd go for it. The W129 Mercedes SL is at an all time low at the moment. It won't have any depreciation left in it as long as it's looked after properly. The build quality of Mercedes of this era was superb as it was just before Chrysler (and their accountants) took over, ruining things for a few ye...

"Just the one Mrs Wembley?... Just the one Mr Carpenter."

My sides were almost wrenched asunder, they dont write hilarity like that anymore.

Two E30's featured in the background I seem to recall..

Blimey, I remember that reg - A10 VAU - from years back. It was on a modded E36 and took pride of place on the front of Performance BMW. I still have the mag somewhere.

Sorry, haven't seen the E30.

It's a different radiator to the standard fitment.

Tracker -

1. A crunchy, fruity muesli bar launched during the eighties.

2. A VHF/GPS based system that upon remote interrogation will commence reporting the location of a vehicle so the police can locate it and finger the thieves.

The rubber aerials fitted by the dealers were Bosch Autoflex aerials and they are still available, a far more elegant solution than the shorter thick universal items. If an electric aerial was fitted it would be a Hirschmann, available with both chrome and satin black finishes. These are also still ...

My rusting silver Ac snitchzer is 10 times the car that e36 is.

(Only kidding)

A clean and original E36 is a great looking and rare thing nowadays. Price looks a tad high though, but where will you find another with that mileage? Rather have a loaded 530i Sport on an X plate though.

That looks superb Paul. It must be great knowing there's nothing lurking, unknown, anywhere and that a quality job has been done by Mat. Priceless peace of mind. I can't wait to see the pics showing the car in all its glory after the protective dust layer has been removed, using the filtered breath ...

The back of the switch is the bulb holder.

A case of better the devil you know IMHO. You could go and strip the bits of your freshly MOT'd E30, take months finding a rust free example (yeah...right!) and find you need to spend on another aspect of that replacement car. The finish of your current car and the mods you've made are superb, It's ...

I sold it to my brother in the end Rob. I get to see it every other weekend, for trips to the park, cinema etc...

I hope you (and your mum) are well soon. I used to suffer from a similar thing when I had a motorbike and it aint nice.

I too must admit to acquiring the original brochure, so I could observe the wiper rest position. Imagine my frustration when I noticed an angular difference between the early 1988 brochure and the late 1988 brochure!!! :x Naturally, I settled on an average between the two after much manipulation wit...

I had a 1998 E39 528i SE Auto for three years. Bought it 2004 with 119000 miles and FSH. It was the most hassle free car I've ever owned, totally without fault during my ownership. They are superb value for money.

Tell him it's 2x3.14159xr

It was an '89(G) 325i Sport Auto with a/c, cruise heated seats etc.. etc... Dolphin grey. £3,250 spent on it since March to bring it up to scratch. For sale at £3795. A bargain, but not during a credit crunch seemingly. When I get my hands on it again next year, I will ask Spadge for a quote on a co...

I sold it to my brother last week and he's delighted with it. It also means I will have the opportunity to buy it back in the future. A few beers on Friday night and I thought I would vent my spleen a bit on The Zone as a tribute to some of the total timewasters my advert attracted. Despite the abov...

Hi. I'm very interested in the car you have for sale. I'm also considering numerous other E30's, other BMW's and several other makes of car (Vauxhall, Rover, Mclaren, Zonda, Maybach, Daewoo and Suzuki) and intend buying sometime within the next 18 months. I only live three miles from you, but - Coul...

goochie wrote: I think theres gelousy in the air or people just don't know how to take things my the Mellow!! Chill boys the're only cars - Pieces of metal Dudes Oxford or cambridge goochie ? Neither of them Pal... studying was not my thing....'nor is my grammer'! :mad: An Oxford man then. Hurrah! ...

I'm really pleased the moonroof worked out so well for you, it looks ace.

I know how gutted I'd have felt if somthing arrived from a distant land in substandard condition. Well done on your positive approach in putting it all right.

Those alloys really impact on the cars look. It looks great, really purposeful almost brutal! Lowered and with the black bits it will be properly mean.

Dark/tinted headlamps and HID's would look good.

Great pictures guys. That's incredibly skilled work, more re-manufacturing rather than restoration. Those sunroof assemblies are a concern for those of us that daren't look. I don't know whether to try and have a peep with a bright torch, or bury my head in the sand and be blissful in ignorance unti...

I went for the Kenwood, but with a USB flash memory front input. It's ace, no need for a CD changer.

My Dad, at 72 used to love taking my D reg 325i chromie out for a spin back in 2001. I used to work at a Honda dealership and a regular occurence was that elderly ladies would roll up in old but immaculate bits of heavy metal that had been left by a well heeled deceased husband. I guess they hung on...

With the existing set up both switches are closed when the gas pressure is within the high and low limits, so with your switch out of the box, un-plumbed, one of the switches should be open circuit - that should identify the low pressure switch. The remaining two wires are for the high pressure swit...

Just to add that the single bulb for the buttons only illuminates with the side lights. You proberbly know, but just in case. Oh, and you're missing The Gadget Show if you're still fiddling with the E30.

I've been looking at the circuit diagram to see if I could shed any light on the illumination problem (sorry!), still stumped on that. The yellow wire is not used on the E30 according to that.

I'm fairly certain it was fuse 21, in the main fuse box. If both bulbs ore okay, I would definately go for the fuse. I say that because when it happened to me I was all ready to pull the dash apart to get to the OBC, and for once in my life I thought No...I'll check the obvious first and I was lucky...

You could test for continuity and hence intact filaments on the old light bar, if you have a multitester with a continuity function.
I thought the bulbs had blown on mine recently, but it turned out to be one of the fuses.

What a great adventure. I've only travelled 350 miles in mine over the last three months!

Have fun.

Is it possible fuse 10 or its terminals are corroded, leading to a high in line resistance? I only mention it as I had a simultaneous failure of indicators/windows in my Merc recently. A visual inspection of the fuse gave the impression it was okay. Upon removing the fuse the thin strip of metal had...

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