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The gold wheels are ace! It reminds me of something but I can't recall what...

Also I've never liked silver Alpinas on a red car, there's just too much silver going on and it just looks awkward, Alpinas work better with dark colours or silver cars.

Some people are just sentimental

Got to agree with the others, the car looks ace but that grill looks like a pigs snout.

Interesting ute. What work did you have to do to get it through a BIVA test and keep it's original registration?

As above, you are allowed to stop on double yellow lines to allow passengers to board or alight from your vehicle so get a claim in and get your car fixed to your satisfaction, tosser should have been looking where he was going!

Nah, it's bolted on at the sides, where the hinges are, and there are the visible screws around the rear and that's it.

Hmm if you've got your new roof isn't it obvious where it folds and where the screws go? Or is it a brand new roof with no holes or anything? As that really could be quite tricky and I can't really help as all I did was swap my horrible old roof for one in better condition which was already on a fra...

When I removed mine it did appear that the fabric had been glued to the aluminium panels but it wasn't still stuck when I took it off and when I put the new one on I didn't stick them back on as the fabric is held in place by the screws and pressure between the panels and the rubber seal. I can take...

You'd need some centre-bore/hub centric spacers. Not much point in modifying the centrebore of the wheel when it's going to be so far away from the hub anyway :) I looked into it when I first got mine as a mate had some MINI wheels in his garage and a chap would make the spacers up for me for about ...

I swapped mine and it was just a very simple bolt on job although the new one came already on a frame so I didn't have to fit the roof to the frame. The only tricky part were the exposed screws around the bottom of the rear section as they pass through some flat pieces of aluminium and were totally ...

stew72 wrote:Any baur owners interested in swapping for a neon blue design cab?

You could just buy mine as an experiment to see if there's any improvement

It's a 318i cab lux with an engine capacity of 2.5l, and should be registered as such. It's an silly anomaly with all cars that reference their engine size in the model name.

Ke70 Corolla or a Diahatsu Charmant at a guess.

I saw it run late on Saturday evening, as it's for sale I guess he was taking it a bit easy as it ran just over 10sec.

Wasn't sure how the vinyl/plastic bits of the carpet were going to take to the dye but as it turned out they dyed perfectly black too........ http://www.xworksmotorsport.com/m3%20build%20%2832%29/m3_2684.jpg Hmm I also did, this but unfortunately although the dye is awesome on the actual carpet it ...

taking photos while driving and posting them on an internet forum...

The fact they didn't call your insurance company at the time, confirm the details and take your car away on a trailer makes me think that you are likely to have got lucky... although if I were you I'd be getting proper insurance now to prevent getting into lots of trouble next time you're pulled.

All you need to know about what an mot tester will be interested in regarding your plates in the UK. http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_630.htm Corrected your post :) Now for the real deal... The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/20010561.htm...

What about a MINI knob? (Assuming reverse is still up-left)

Direct fit on an e30 after a minor tweek with a hacksaw and they look quite nice too... I really must get piccies of mine.

It's not the roof that's the issue really it's the removal of the bulkhead behind the rear seats.

Modifying a car with a monocoque chassis is a legal minefield, there are cars that have been detailed on here which clearly haven't followed the correct process to make them road legal (as a road legal e30 pickup modified recently should carry a Q plate) and as such they would not be insured, mot'd ...

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This guy already did that.

I used the valeters pride stuff on my carpet when I had it out and it looks awesome... hmm that reminds me that I must get some piccies to put up.

bizarre, why did a mod just randomly pick an arguement with a guy who was asking about how a guy built some wheels and then accused that person of argueing?

Awesome wheels btw wokke

Gah, time for the embarrassed emote...

Top hose is hot and so is the bottom hose... however unsurprisingly the hose from the bottom of the expansion tank that I had just topped up was cold. I'm sure the top and bottom hoses on my old 205 were on the same side (hastely making excuses now)

Hmm, really? That wouldn't be too bad as I got given a non leaking m40 rad for free a while back... just to add a bit more detail, I've only noticed this now the weather has got better, the car was fine while it was cold, but the previous owner did have a huge half full evian bottle in the boot whic...

Ok I've done a search but have not been able to completely find answers to the questions I have regarding why my little e30 looked like a hissing dragon thing when I parked up at work today (steam coming out of the kidneys, actually looked kinda cool :D ) 1. Is there a short term fix for a thermosta...

Had a great experience buying a pile of stuff from Adi, including both bits of a Baur roof which must have been a right pain in the ass for him to package up, but he did it and he did it well and they look great on the car, massive

from me!

Seems like a good week for e30 MoTs (mine went through, just like yours yesterday) definitely a good feeling especially when you see owners of much newer cars with their red papers looking all sad

I am now in possession of a lovely green piece of paper from the local MoT centre 8) Flew through with no advisories!! although he did mention a control arm bush looked a little old. Not bad at all for a 21year old car that I bought with the couple of hundred quid I got through selling some unused t...

I've checked for power at the switch and that's ok too. How? 0.6 ohms doesn't sound to healthy, either, if that's an accurate figure. Would acount for over 2 volts. Thankyou once again sir! Mine is reading 0.8-1.0 ohm and then occasionally 0.1-0.2 and surprise surprise the reverse lights are only w...

I have nothing apart from a receipt for the last mot, the last mot certificate and the v5 (and I guess all online mot test records although I don't physically have them) and it doesn't bother me one bit. A car is what it is not what it has been, all the parts are replaceable and anyway masses of ser...

Yeah the size, shape and fixings are identical to the original, although it's the boot badge that's curved isn't it?

I bought a £3 badge off eBay for my bonnet and although it appears to be legit (has bmw badge and correct part# on the back) it's made from plastic rather than the originals alloy, not sure how it will stand up to the british weather but it certainly looks better than the original at the moment.

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