E30 Zone

Gama did several 1/43 scale E30 variants in the late 80's early 90's including a 2 door 323i in silver, a 325i touring in silver and a pre-facelift convertable in silver and also white. I have all of these except the white one which I gave to Lizzie at the E30 21st bash at Rockingham. They also did ...

IIRC there's a few versions of this Fujimi kit, 1. Standard 323i 2. Alpina C1 2.3 3. Racing version 4. Hartge H26 5. An M3 (though the box art describes it as an M325i and is basically the same chassis with an M3 body on it...) I picked up a built racing version a couple of years back. It's not a ba...

Congratulations mon brav!!!! Well deserved mate!!!

My touring G**XHK was from Chelmsford and my old 325 se F***THT was Bristol by way of South Africa........

The fracture usually occurs where the thick walled metal tube that forms the basis of the hinge for the backrest is welded to the thin metal of the seat frame side. Seat bases are easy, if a bit fiddly and time consuming to strip down. Just remove all the metal clips and split metal rings and remem...

The squab frame on my drivers side sport seat is knackered (feels like the frame has broken!) and I'm either looking to get it repaired or to replace it with a spare frame (thanks Simon). Has anybody had any experience of stripping/dismantling the seat base? How difficult is it? I was thinking of pu...

Lachs silver is a tricky one, kinda depends on the light conditions, I've even had somebody think mine was gold in a certain light!!

jonb wrote:325sme

your touring has very low gearing. thats why it feels so quick, but in the real world no quicker. your car is best suited to a 3.6 diff.

the sport box is a really nice box, first gear is lovely. much longer than that standard box.

Aah, I see, thanks Jon, that explains it

So what would a 325i touring with a 3.91 LSD diff have then? Maybe I'm driving it wrong but 60 only comes up in third but she pulls like a fcuking train with no discernable drop in power while getting there....

Out of curiosity what's the advantage of the shorter ratios on a sport box? Quicker accelration? First seems pretty damn short on my standard box anyway!!!

Richy325iTouring wrote:switches and motors work fine then

Yep, as Simon said. Thanks for seeing me right with all the necessary gubbins Richy mate, owe you one.

Simon, the tea was fine. Funnily enough I've got the same problem when making the girlfriend's coffee, can never get it quite right!!

....for putting in my leccy rear windows today and freezing his nuts off in the process. Top Man!!

Wasn't this at one of the BMW Drivers Club Castle Combe trackdays a few years back?

whats this then hey? a mini-meet and im not invited1 shame on you for isolating part of the welsh mafia just because he's going to work in a dodgy country. lol. Steve, you know the Hartges look right... now prepare to gimme them alpina reps. lol Oh go on, would you like to join us for some E30 fett...

I'm out all day Saturday but not sure about Sunday yet. I'm off Monday and Tuesday so I could pop them over? That sounds great mate, you going to come down? I could take a look at your seat for you then, and maybe fit your electric windows? I don't have any spare seats at the moment Steve, only the...

I've only had a few dealings with the police and on each occasion they've been polite and courteous. First time was a spot check while I was waiting for my mother to collect a take away. Second time was when I ran into some sheep and wrote my old 325i off and the third time was one of our Welsh meet...

I'm out all day Saturday but not sure about Sunday yet. I'm off Monday and Tuesday so I could pop them over?

Yep, lose a few more mm from the front and it'll be spot on Si. "New prop doughnut and guibo" Still my got these if you're interested.... Oh and liking the Hartge's mate, I've been waiting to see them on a touring!!! Yes please Steve, if you still have them. All yours mate, in the car ready for whe...

Yep, lose a few more mm from the front and it'll be spot on Si.

"New prop doughnut and guibo"

Still my got these if you're interested....

Oh and liking the Hartge's mate, I've been waiting to see them on a touring!!!

Sounds like a nice one Gwyn. My last 325i was a South African import too, lovely motor and came highly specced. Even bought it off the original owner as he brought it over with him when he migrated to the UK!!! Air con is pretty much standard over there unsurprisingly....

Mine's got one, dealer spec sheet shows it was one of the options the original owner picked when he bought the car.

I'm sure its been featured in one of the BMW mags over the last few years, or maybe even in Street Machine, but the cars's been around a few years.

Deffo Simon or Scott.

Richy, thanks for suggesting me mate, appreciate it, but I don't know enough and I don't have the time these days either....

Cotty180 wrote:
Simon wrote:
Nick_TBMW wrote:

I cant guarantee everyone will get a feature (until we get an E30 Zone thrash sorted
That sounds interesting!!
would tourings be allowed

oh oh me please

Me too!!

Read the Haynes and Bentley manual last night came to the conclusion that this is best left to the garage....oh well.....

Got a suspect bearing on the back so just want to know if this is a DIY job and whats involved?

Cheers

Steve

I've got one too.......funnily enough mine only had 55,000 miles on it when I bought 4 years ago, now rapidly approaching 128,000 miles.....

Richy mate that's one sweeeeeeet E30! Can't wait to see it in the metal........and sorry I couldn't chat more the other day, was on holiday with the misses and her parents!!!

Ok, I've been away a while but here's my contribution to this topic!! Does anybody else remember the bronze coloured 325i auto touring that was at the E30 21st at Rockingham? Thats gotta be rare....and I'm sure I saw a dolphin grey touring a couple of times down my way a while ago...

127,500 as of today, was less than 55,000 when I bought it just over 4 years ago.....

hi looks as though you all had a good day when are you going to meet again as i would love to join in and show off my baby We have a meet the first Sunday of every other month, so next one will be October. We are all meeting up for a convoy up to Gaydon on not Sunday coming but the Sunday after. Ay...

Still-Looking wrote:Nice cars, nice day and nice run but why do I always have to spend money on suspension after the meet.

Cheers Mark.

Bloody hell, what you done now Mark?

Steve

AND it kinda reminds me of the Nurburgring logo..........

Cheers

Steve

I personally like 23 a lot, it's clean and simple and the silhouete is distinctive, but how about different versions for a cab, a touring and an M3? That way its a common logo but everybody can have one to suit their E30? Can anybody oblige with a bit of photoshopping?

And the policeman was a tidy bloke too, owns an E30 320i and and E34 525i and will probably be at the next meet. No free rides in his company car though, which, depending on how you look at it is either a good or bad thing.......

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