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Bumper tape makes it look 1000x better. Very nice I'm envious!

Looking great Alex! Your comfort seats are so clean but I love your plan of M3 front and rear seats. That's always something I've wanted to do... except with recaro front! :twisted: And if you're ever curious about how to complete your e34 toolkit, this is what my Dad's kit I completed for his Chris...

Well everything looks solid there! haha

Carlsbad? Looks like your somewhere off the 405 on the way to San Diego.

Nice cars btw

More pics! That interior looks like a model car it's so clean!

Mate it's a forum full of people that have the same intrest and you will be unlikley to ever meet anyway, so take it with a pinch of salt. But personllay I would stop what you are doing conversion wise and look through all the build thread's and copy what is proven to work. There is at least one co...

I wish you hadn't have posted this here... I like how on the zone everyone is helpful and respectful of each other so I usually post here instead of R3V. Hopefully this doesn't give you the reputation R3V has given me... Everyone will see the finished result once it's finished within the next couple...

Anybody who owns an Alpina B6 2.8, B6 3.5, or B6 3.5S, I need your help. I need a picture of the drivers and passenger side motor mounts sitting in your car. I need to see what Alpina's M30 motor mounts looked like. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

I don't think front mtech springs from a four pot iS are going to be very happy with a M30 boat anchor sitting on them! Right, that's what I was figuring. So you think the Mtech springs for a 6pot with Bilstein B6s will sit well enough? I don't want a slammed e30, I want a respectable ride height n...

Got a question for everyone here, are the Mtech springs on the tech 1 sports the same as the Mtech springs on the tech 2 sports? I've got a m30b34 swapped e30 with a tech 1 kit and I'm going change my suspension from that of a stock 318i. If I understand correctly, the tech 1 sports had Bilstein b6 ...

oakey wrote:
Japandrew73 wrote:Oakey, your car is truly and inspiration for me. Such a stunning example!
How is yours coming along matey?

Very nicely actually thanks for asking, don't know where I left off last time I posted pictures of mine. In fact, I think I'll post a few later today.

I've followed this since the beginning and I have to say, very very nice work! Now what I want to see is a proper photoshoot

Oakey, your car is truly and inspiration for me. Such a stunning example!

The only thing I can find in my wiring diagrams that utilises a blue/black wire in that vicinity is a relay that is energised by the A/C compressor to prevent the fuel shutoff on overrun. Like Brian, I have not seen a candy-striped wire in an e30 before!! (black/white wire) Very strange... well I a...

willnz wrote:Is the wire colour definitely blue with a black stripe?

Yes I just checked one more time to verify. It's 2 Blue w/ black striped wired going into the square plug, then on the other plug that plugs into the blue/black plug is the black/white striped wire.

This is where heated washer jets plug in, (and headlamp wash/wipers) but this doesn't look like those looms. The purple/black is a first ignition switch position switched, fused 12 volts + , and could be used by BMW for anything they chose. I don't recognise any of these wires, in fact I've never s...

Something to do with aircon possibly, what is the red wire? Where do the blue wires from the other side of the plug go? Ignore the red wire, thats the PO's attempt to wire in city lights. The black/white wire goes through the square plug into two blue wires which I can't tell where they go because ...

I can't see the pic as i'm on a work pc, but from your discription and iirc this is the wire for the map light mirror. Have you done a power test to see if and when it goes live. It looks similar to the maplight mirror plug, but it's not. My car was povo spec meaning it was a base model. I had to r...

town325i wrote:headlight wash control?

No no, ignore the headlamp cleaning system. This is a picture from way back when I was retrofitting the system. I have an American spec 1984 318i. It used to have just a standard wiper system, no headlamp cleaning system.

On the accessory wiring harness coming from the fusebox that has your headlight wires, foglight wires, washer wiring, etc., when you get to the connector for the power to the washer system which is a purple power and a brown ground, bundles with it is a black with white stripped wire that goes to a ...

Wow! So I guess they both look identical, but the only difference is a smaller key. Thanks for the pic Ollie I appreciate it.

Just bought one off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 500wt_1182

With non-central locking cars you got the plastic cap with lock as standard, and it used the same key as the the door, ignition etc.... However, you could spec an optional extra to have a cap, with a different, smaller key than the rest of the lock set. This I have a picture of in my optional extra...

I've just arrived at work, but if you can wait till my lunch time I'll take a photo for you. I need to fill up anyway. By then someone else may be able to post one up anyway. After a little googling with the part number 51212291901 I found these two pictures. Does yours look like these? I'd still l...

Well you've confused the hell out of me ! The key for the locking petrol cap is the same key as for the rest of the car or at least it should be with a plastic locking cap...I know nothing of chrome caps I'm afraid. Blank keys are available from BMW: Part number 51211900892, price last week in â‚¬ ...

I've got a question that after hours of searching I still haven't found an answer to. For those of you who don't know, early e30s that didn't have central locking which locks the petrol door, had a locking gas cap. The original locking petrol cap for the e30 was chrome. It has now been replaced by a...

Yes that is correct.

Just to help and give you proof, here is the Hartge Brochure with the rear strut brace you have.

I've just been informed after some research, that the one I just bought is similar to the ebay one, but the one I just bought has more of an oval shaped tube going across. Apparently, Hartge made a strut brace to fit the M42. It didn't come on any Hartge model released, but one could buy the strut b...

Wow that's nice! I think this is definitely the most attractive strut brace for the e30. Please let me know if anybody has one for sale.

they go for anything between £120-£170 if i remember correctly. I think thats about right. Saw one go on the bay for 180 8O http://www.e30tech.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6081&d=1262663447 How much did you pay for this if you don't mind me asking? The price may reflect the product... £77 ...

I think you're right.

Look Familiar?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-Strut-Str ... 522wt_1167

I'm talking to him about a refund now...

Can anybody explain or verify with my that there were two versions of the Hartge Strut Brace for e30's? I just bought this: http://www.e30tech.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6081&d=1262663447 The one i'm used to seeing looks like this, but with two bars going across. The guy said the one I ju...

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