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Had to ask Will. Good to see you're still around. I thought you sold your vert?
Seats are in NZ.

Can anyone tell me if E30 M3 seats will fit into a convertible? Tried searching with no luck and there's conflicting advice on the web.
Cheers.

Thought so Will, thanks.

aj_mckay wrote:Why don't you have a quick look?!

I have, but am slightly clueless on what to look for other than a hole of some sort and don't really want to see him flying over my head when we brake! Cheers.

Hi, I have a 325i cabby, which I'd love to take my toddler for a spin in, our coupe has a child seat bolt fitting in the parcel shelf, anyone know if there is one somewhere in a cab? Cheers.

Autocar mag said 7.4 to 60 and a quarter in 15.6 if I remember correctly.

At the edges of the hood, there are two belt type bits (can't think of how else to describe them), tuck them in behind the metal work of the hood, gently fold back and tuck away, should be easy.

Shipping a diff (or near anything else) to New Zealand tends to make things quite expensive. You guys don't know how lucky you are with the supply of new and 2nd hand parts you have over there.

Will keep you informed, gearbox mounts just replaced, so will rule them out. Sliding coupling, I assume you mean the carrier bearing? That's fine also, have seen it myself, will try the rest. Pretty sure UJ is ok also. Without stands/tools/somewhere to work on it, on a daily driver, it's a bit of a ...

Cheers, I tried the preloading the centre with them and that made no difference. They do know what they're doing (I assume, main guy used to work at Sytner BM in London), but reckon it's the subframe bushes. I'll ask about the prop being split as I'm sure it's something they've done. Car had nothing...

Hi All, I had the front donut/guibo replaced which left me with a vibration through the driveshaft, felt like it was going to enter the car through the floor pan! So, took it back and got the centre carrier bearing replaced on the garage's advice and now still have the vibration. Only occurs in 1st ...

Cheers, I'll try and sort out something from that lot.

Hi, Anyone know what the story is with e28 diffs? I understand that e28 528i's had an LSD and that this fitted an E30? Is this true? E28 525E? They're pretty thin on the ground here and people want 250 quid for them. Cheers.

a chip from ant will give you nice gains and iron out any flat spots etc :wink: I have one, very good I really feed the difference in the midrange. Im organising a rolling road day at Surrey Rolling Road in September so I can do a before and after run i'd be really keen to see the results with and ...

I have leather in the sport and cloth in the cab. Cloth is never the same, just feels wrong. Keep the leather.

Had a similar problem on ours, under hard acceleration, would cut out, then start/cut out/start etc, like a really bad miss. Turned out the insulation had worn out on an ignition wire (somewhere in the front), would swing back, touch the block and short out, then car woud hesitate, wire would swing ...

Nearly always brake hard and quickly, don't leave foot on brakes. Have a facelift 325 Sport which is the problem child and a pre facelift 325 cab which has no problems?!?

I'm about to go on to my 3rd set of discs in 18 months (12k miles), all bought from BMW, so can't say I'm a fan. All road work too. If they are any good, what could cause the problem?

We ran a 8v944 for 40k miles, 1 failed gasket, 1 engine mount and a leaking fuel tank. Total repairs, approx 650 pounds over 6 years. Servicing wasn't bad, handling and braking are far superior to any E30 I've driven and it was beautifully built. They can cost an arm and a leg to repair to be fair, ...

Towards gearbox I'm about 99% sure.

Meguiars make a window polish. I couldn't see sh*t out of mine, now it's clear as. Might try that BMW impregnate stuff though, but I bet its' not 7 quid or so here.

E30 325i with 3.64 LSD tested by Autocar in '85.
0-60, 7.4, Qtr, 15.4, top speed, 131.

E36 325i tested in '91 by same mag.
0-60, 7.3, Qtr, 15.8, top speed, 141.

I'll check tonight, but I'm sure Autocar (UK) posted 7.4 0-60 and 15.4 or .6 for the quarter for an e30 manual 325i.

Bring the Alpinas with you mate and I'll give you a ride in mine. Ward off the homesickness. . . . .

Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:17 am Post subject: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *. *. *. boybimmerm3 294,000 325i *. Cecotto147 213,000 325i Tourer *. Zayyan 197,000 316i *. Herrity 187,612 325i tourer *. charlE30 186,954 1987 325i *. Palazzo 176,000 8...

Cheers guys, nice diagnosis from 12,000 miles. Centre bearing is the culprit. Tried increasing pre load, but much the same, so I understand it will need to be replaced. It's the original one, so I guess after 176,000 miles, I shouldn't complain.

They are BM specialists, so hopefully they know what they're doing with regards to putting it back together, although on current evidence, maybe not? Everything was sweet until it went in for this work, only seems to happen under hard acceleration, no issues at up to 70-75mph. I hope it's not misali...

I've just had the front driveshaft coupling replaced on a 325i Sport, now I have a vibration/banging when acclerating off the line. Comes in about 4k rpm and feels like the driveshaft is actually hitting the floor plan, makes no noise if driven gently. Any ideas? Cheers.

OK, I've read everything I can, done searches and have a spare 325i motor. Am I right in thinking that I use: 325i block/head/throttle body/pistons eta crank and conrods Skim block to suit (1.5-2mm) Spigot bearing on crank for manual box Preferably a better cam for best result Every post seems to ha...

Thanks for that. Trouble is, I'm in New Zealand and shipping kills it. BMW here want 334 pounds for it! By the time I get anything here, it's moonbeams in price, which is why I still don't have a strut brace. . . . . Cheers anyway.

Hi, I'm looking at a MTech II wheel from an E36 for sale, the guy selling has said it won't fit an E30, but I thought they were the same fitment?? Any help? Cheers.

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