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I dig the skills but sometimes things go too far - surely you can see that.

Daf318is wrote:
Dezzy wrote:That noise is amazing wow!
+1, I just wet myself over that!

It's not amazing it's gay. Tearing around in a tunnel so you can get turned on by mechanical noise? There are names for that kind of condition.

I bet he's got a gimp in his cellar too.

Come on Alex - get the headlining off and put yourself out of your misery.

Doesn't look bad at all from above.

:eek: hope the radio surround panel isnt new, realoem lists them as around $400 You sure? Mine says it's NLA but costs £1300 - some kinda glitch I'm sure. I checked about 3 years ago and it was £40. On another note, have you seen the other version of that stereo trim for non-OBC models with the hea...

Alex wrote:

hope the radio surround panel isnt new, realoem lists them as around $400

awsome ratch, going to inspect my sunroof tray today , wish me luck

ive got the same comps in mine, they sound really good

Post some pics - start another resto!

does it really matter what any of us think of the car?? let's be honesrt eh?? at the end of the day the guy who owns it has got what he wants & by the look's of it was prepared to pay the price in the end. I don't understand why people say this, it really gets on my nerves! The sole function of thi...

Still dwelling on what to do here as the car is in bits and now is the time to go for it. I was going to do it, then got depressed at the confusion and decided to leave it and now I'm thinking I don't want to work on the car anymore after this so I should do it. It's deffo out of B6 and B8 as far as...

Err, I guess it is.

Nah - it's engine swaps gone too far.

Oh look, they;ve put a rocket engine in a Megane.

A once nice machine butchered for some idiots mutant fantasy.

Disgusting.

Throw enough money at something I guess...

Impressive but it's not really an E30 though is it?

Okay, let's geek out some more on minty fresh parts...! Dug out some more bits today in preparation for Monday down to the bodyshop. I wrecked my drivers side door in a freak 'handbrake not engaged' accident. It's not that bad but certainly not repairable. So had to dip into my treasured stash of mi...

It's £400 for the part. I'm sure that's what Karl at the BMW parts section will do it for. Maybe less maybe more - you know how BMW prices fluctuate wildly. Factor in £800-£1000 for labour. Remove trim and grind out old skin, weld in new skin and smooth joins, prime, paint, waxoyl and sealer, re-fit...

No it's not my E46, I don't rock out to 'The Fray' though 'How To Save a Life' wasn't total shite...

The roofskin was about £400 heavily (I mean HEAVILY) discounted. I had it delivered to the nearest dealer to the bodyshop and they collected. You don't want to move that stuff about too much. The head unit retails for around £800 but I got it here for £600: http://www.aliencaraudio.co.uk/product/Bec...

Interesting to find out who has had the same E30 for the longest unbroken run.

sorry to go off topic but rico i found some wires that look like speaker wires in the door of mine You will more than likely have wires for them but BMW, in a rare lapse of wisdom change the colours of the wires as they pass through the door grommet! Easier to do what I did and feed new wires from ...

old_skool wrote:Great thread Ratch.

Free the Pimlico one!

NW6 is not Pimlico Dameon lol.

I posted some of this on M42Club but didn't update it in yonks. Wanted it to be available here too.

Looks like I went out and spent 10G's on parts in one go but that's easily 8 months of hoarding parts lol!

Thanks all. I'm going to sort the entire front-end over the next few weeks. Was going to do new shocks and springs but after doing TON's of research I couldn't get the definitive answers on whether to go MTECH again, B6 or B8 bla bla bla. So I'll leave as is - it rides pretty tight anyway. I'd like ...

DHFiS wrote:Any chance you could give me the part number for the foam seat base? I cant find it on realoem.

Thanks

Items 4 & 5 (52101933390 / 52101923907)

I find http://bmwfans.info/parts/catalog/ to be way better...?

So. This thread was deleted a while back, I don't know why but I love resto threads so here is mine. 1990 H-reg Lazer Blue 318iS. I'm the second owner, have had it for over 11 years and it had 50K on it in the dark winter of 1997 when I bought it for 5G's!. Since then it's lived with me in Germany a...

Testing testing 1, 2, 3...

Dude.

Surely removing the entire roofksin and welding in a solid roofksin is the way to go?

You could also talk to PacerPete or Ant at A-Tech but they are a bit further from you.

PacerPete may spit on your car at first but after that he should get the work done.

Ant is great of he can find space for you he's always very busy.

Go to Cooks Ferry in Enfield (0208 804 2002). They are not far from you and know E30's inside out.
They also supply parts and have an bake spray booth bodyshop so offer a full service from paint to engine to mechanicals.

Ask for Pat, tell him Rachid sent you.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trks ... Categories

Classic Policies usually come with a lot of restrictions such as limited mileage, the car must be garages and you must have a another (primary) car that is your daily driver - this is all to prove it is in fact a cherished car and you're not trying to get insurance ion the cheap. The comparison site...

Lol.

Perhaps the Mods will convince you. Continue as you wish.

Bob is right the leads really do only fit one way.......the right way! plus the leads are numbered alex! Ratch i wouldn't be giving it the large when your asking how to change spark plugs on a car forum! but we all start somewhere hey buddy? Dear Lord. 1) I'm not BEERBOY - his ID does not use my pa...

Bob_S wrote:and you both type in the same way.. bloody scummer.

You have to be pretty stupid to muddle up iS plug leads. They are all length specific

Isn't that jailhouse stuff - personal insults etc?

Simon13 wrote:Ratch copper slip is your friend and don't gorilla them up, alloy heads and over tightening plugs, leads to misery! 25Nm is the torque spec but i think thats way too tight imo

Simon, BEERBOY really isn't me - you just look kind of dumb sticking to it dude.

Calypso Red (Burgundy) comes second.

Lazer Mettalic Blue - Indisputable king of E30 colours. Metallic Sky Blue is the mans pink. The greys are too dull too common and too whatever. Silver looks crap on an E30. White is wrong on any car. Black will be stuck with the drug-dealing-gangsta thing forever. Bronzit is just another word for Ch...

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