E30 Zone

Alex wrote:A local tuning shop in the town sells replica 333i skirts for £28

I know where theres a genuine set.

so you bought a 325i convertible for £250 and your scared the service history will not surface to add value... yea ok ive heard it all now. Its an old car as above a service history on something like this means diddly squat. get on with getting it on the road and enjoy it next summer its a scrap val...

my sport was the only one I put in a hedge! Loved that car, hope it still lives! http://i44.tinypic.com/2vtzdif.jpg Sold it to guy in Edinborough in 2005 iirc Im sure I recognized the reg when I seen the picture.. which could mean its been broken. The vehicle details for F693 RGS are: Date of Liabi...

a non sunroof shell is desirable why would you want to start fitting a sunroof to it?

that looks lovely. good luck with it.

adamt93 wrote:What's the diffrence to a normal cabby and a motorsports cabby??

between 4 to 6 grand depending on condition...

in laymens terms its the convertible version of a 325i sport.. IE it has loads of extras as standard and if its a genuine one all the better

if theirs any vacuum or breather pipes where they run to. also if there's a vacuum advance pipe for the dissy stuff like that.

the manifold may be different. either that or it should come with an adapter plate to bolt it onto a standard manifold. as long as all the throttle linkage is complete it should be good to go. might be worth asking him to take note of any pipework for you to where it runs to extra. also the choke li...

The vehicle details for C829 JMJ are: Date of Liability 26 03 2013 Date of First Registration 11 04 1986 Year of Manufacture 1986 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1766cc CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type PETROL Export Marker N Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour WHITE Vehicle Type Approval Not Availa...

All E30 M10 engined cars were a 1766cc ( 1.8 ) the 316 was the carburater model where as the 318i was the injected model. but both used the same 1766cc engine so it will bolt straight on and will not need rejetted

when did you last speak to him? did you have regular contact with him?
I know if someone bought a car from me 8 months ago and then left the car sitting for this time I would be a bit peed off

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Grrrmachine wrote:No pictures + mention of rust = scrap value. That simple.

If you want a decent valuation you need to post some pics so that we know the car is what you say it is.
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dont ruin it by fitting facelift bumpers.. as said a set of 15" bbs wheels and polished.. also the lip spoiler on the ebay link you posted is horrible.. If you are really wanting a spoiler save youre pennies for a tech1 spoiler which is more fitting to the age of the car. also you could fit a "jimmy...

janc wrote:Yet another new bonnet turns up damaged. Don't the courier firms read handle with care, fragile.

Yes they do read it but once they see fragile written on something they handle it a bit more harshly just for fun

Get underneath and clean up them brake pipes and rust treat the pipes and front and rear arches before rust takes hold and drive on. At 180k it is not worth a huge amount and is a pleasant tram. Unless you are buying new, any thing you buy is probably just as likely to bite you in the 4rse repair w...

could it also be possible that as the cone filters aren't highly regarded as a good mod that Steve has thought that everything was there due to the fact that he possibly would never go to the hassle of fitting one? hence what was there with it he thought it was complete.

yes sounds like you have got a dog leg box

the car has been lying 8 years and you say 3 out of 4 tyres are good!! given that the tyres are your only contact to the road I would be changing them.. they may well appear to look good but if its been sitting for 8 years without moving I wouldn't be willing to give it a chance.. as above though ch...

keep filling it with oil until you can see it covering the rockers. you will be fine

Keep it, save it, rebuild it, make it what you want. Tech1 value is rising too its easy for this to be said but if you have it in front of you and it needs a new roof skin and possibly a lot more would you be willing to chuck your cash at it? this could be 10k upwards to do it right is it really wo...

you can measure the stroke without removing the head. remove a spark plug and put a long screwdriver in and measure the stroke that way. if its a 2.7 eta bottom end the stroke should be 81mm the 2.5 has a 75mm stroke the 2.0 has a 66mm stroke where as a 2.3 bottom end should have a 76.5mm if you mea...

Topblag wrote:I'd say £1250, as there's probably £750 of bodyshop bills to come to rid the panels of rot and paint the O/S.

I would paint the full car as its red if its the original paintwork you'll never get it to look right.
If you just paint the O/S it would stand out a mile. red is hard to get a match on.

£250 ill collect today

Ive had an MOT tester go over a mondeo twice as he said it looked like it should be parked in the local scrapie but the only thing he could fail it on was a crack in the windscreen. It was just a car we used for work an old Diesel mondeo that had dents on every panel and had been through the wars bu...

looks like a 1 piece 325i sport tech 1 knob.

youre saying that if its the valve stem seals you wont be best pleased.. the engine has sat for a year in your garage before you fitted it.. seals would have dried out in this time no matter if they were changed or not. I would buy some oil seal conditioner and put it in with fresh oil. I would reco...

wheres Colin?

I cant believe a thread with a link to a video on youtube has turned into a 5 page bitchfest... and there's a moderator involved..

is this the new face of the E30 zone?
take a step back and have a look and see how this will look to new members?

get James bar Jake youll not have to worry but youll need a tow car with a tow bar

take the spark plugs out and spray some wd40 down the bores and put some fresh oil in before turning it over. turn it over by hand a few times aswel

I would check where the oil leaks are coming from and try and cure them. on the m42 engine the timing chain cover is guilty of leaking oil if its from there I would put a new chain and tensioner on also as I have seen the chains breaking.

what a lovely collection you've got there I look forward to seeing more pictures

It's Lapis Blue, non metalic. I must admit i didn't like it when i got it but it's grown on me. I think the fact its on a chromie it looks good I reckon if it was on a facelift car it wouldnt be as nice. I must admit though I would leave that standard looking and get big power under the bonnet wink...

that looks lovely I even like the shade of blue its not one ive seen before but its nice

try driving a Capri 2.8s with an open diff and a live rear axle.. that will teach you how to drive a RWD

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