E30 Zone

Some very impressive elbow greasing Mr Ozu, Which product did you use to strip away all the grime in the engine bay?

Hello, Thanks for the quote on the timing belt, i'll order that tomorrow. Could you also please let me know if you'd be able to provide a spray can of Granite Silver Metallic BMW paint as was used on the late facelift (92, K) convertibles? I've bought Granite Silver elsewhere before and it hasnt mat...

Evening guys, Just a quick one - have any of you experience (good or otherwise) with an aftermarket rear valances on an E30? Context is, some years ago i got a shunt up the arse (uh huh) in the vert and the shallow dent it left leaves a nasty gap to my rear bumper, and so im now looking at this (bel...

Timewarp! 'What is it worth' threads have never been popular on here so dont expect a glut of feedback. If that were mine i'd consider it worth at least 6.5 to £8K, owing to the scarcity of such early models, condition and mileage. Suspect you'd easily find a taker for it that wants a show car.

Hello,

As above please, for a 1992 K Plate E30 320i M20 engine. Price posted to North Wales please.

Thanks,

Alex

Hello,

Do you have a working facelift 'smily' nearside headlight set about? If so, price posted to UK mainland please.

Thanks,

Alex

Top bloke. Took the time to go find a fiddly little part for me, then take the trouble to send me pictures - and was with me the very next day safely packaged up and in good condition. Thanks Carl.

This is what the Zone is all about!

Hi there everyone! First post on here so here goes... I’m 16 and have bought an E30 Touring 318i for a grand last summer. Currently doing a minor restoration on it and its going well- despite the constant battle against British weather! So it is fitted with a fire extinguisher under the front of th...

Thanks Jon, but I'm gonna trust your BMW parts catalogue over my random BMW forum Googling!

I really can't understand why so many struggle to find these brackets (surely only worth 20 quid tops, even new) in breakers.

Thanks Jon,

I think it might be 72 60 1 906 501

It's item 3 in this picture, but is grayed out so can assume it's NLA everywhere.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpar ... Id=03_3408

Off to the flea market it is then! No probs and thanks for checking

Hello guys,

Price please for an E30 fire extinguisher bracket, posted within UK to include any clips required for fitting.

Thanks,

Alex

A very nice example Mr E30cbe.

Loving those branded tyres on your bottletops, are they road legal in the UK? Fancy a set myself Explain to an old man please . winkeye Mart. See, knew i'd make myself look a tit before too long! Second photo down, the tyres have 'steel banded' written on them in white, looks like a racing car but ...

Off to Weybridge Surrey to finally get my hands on a hardtop from Mr.Z3I!

Loving those branded tyres on your bottletops, are they road legal in the UK? Fancy a set myself

Two well balanced rational arguments. Nearly 3 years on it is quite amazing how BREXIT still divides people with otherwise much in common, in families & offices, quickly leading to 'racist, 'stupid', 'naïve', 'weak' being tossed about. No general election does this and seemingly polarizes Leave into...

Suspect yoi're all sick to the back teeth of the B word but, we've a monumental few months coming up that could see the Tories renegotiate fresh terms with the EU, leave without a deal and trade under WTO, scrap BREXIT, have another referendum and hold another UK general election. All big potatoes a...

: Guess this kinda answers my question! Shows M3's and cabrio's in Germany have held out the longest

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Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:18 pm
Shells from South Africa, that'll be the way forward for us brits. The pound goes a very long way there.

Yep, just have to fill in & sand over the bullet holes and job'll be a good'un.

Reckon there's any way of being able to plot a graph of declining #E30's registered in the UK against time, split by model/engine against rising price? Surely no Joe scrappy man would cluelessly cube an E30 without realising tge parts have value. Perhaps our supply will now come from Germany, as fer...

Yeah i feel the same about my Renault 5, but unless we have a multi-story garage from aged 18 upwards they all get cubed. Makes you wonder though...should we be collecting the Toyota Yaris, Dacia Duster or Ford C Max of today to coin it in 20 years from now? Or, are all todays equivalents sh*t?

I live in Leeds and never see one from one week to the next and it has been like that for about four to five years now. I bought my Baur for £700 just over five years ago now and just got in before the prices went up big time. The "man in the street" wont come across the cheaper cars anymore unless...

Be it the Zone, Ebay or the FB group - there's clearly a hell of a lot less 'turds' being dismantled for spares than I when i bought up loads to restore mine in 2010-13 so it got me thinking, have we reached a plateau of all the £500 'shitters' being killed off? Are the number of E30s registered in ...

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Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:36 pm
Don’t forget that the material increases with heat, so if it’s hot enough to put the roof down, the window will be warm and plyable.

Ah hadn't thought about that, ta. I guess a little slack needs to be incorporated then when fitting the screen in winter temps.

Thanks lads, possibly worth a shot as a short-term (until the summer) fix then, even if attached with glue, though worried this'd make it brittle & breakable whenever the roof gets folded down. Mart have you able to collapse the roof easily with the screen you fitted? Does yours have one of these zi...

Alright fellas, Just a quickie, have any of you repaired (replaced) a torn rear screen on a non-zippy convertible soft-top with a kit like this (below) that allows you to stitch-in a zipper and new plastic sheeting? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-REPAIR-ZIP-WINDOW-CLEAR-MATERIAL-CLASSIC-BMW-E30-CONV...

Thanks guys, what about cars that look good but have no history at all eg "restored in 2012 but history lost by previous owner". I know you can see the mot history back to 2006 or something but what if you know nothing from before that? MIleage might not be genuine etc. I suppose it does go down to...

Moredoors need saving too! Nobody seems to keep those original hubcaps on their E30 so you'll stand a good chance in the COTM comp if you do!

Hello,

Could I please get a price posted (UK mainland) for a boot seal to fit a 1992 facelift 320i convertible?

Thanks,

Alex

I echo all the above. I remember pages & pages of 'unread' Parts For Sale ads to look through everyday in my Zone addiction of 2012-15. Is this perhaps due to all the rotten £500 E30's having been bought-up, dismantled & sold off by the breakers on here & the bay meaning that (a) young lads can't ge...

Terrific, please pm me your Paypal details.

Hi Skoda,

A few items i'm after please mate. Could I get a price posted for all (or some) of the below to North Wales?

- a nice condition 320i boot badge
- one of your better condition original dealer key fobs (your Cotswolds one looks pretty tidy).
- OEM spare wheel fuel can thing

Thanks,

Alex

I bought mine from Pelican Parts delivered from Germany (back in 2012) 60 quid brand spanking new, beautiful things. Have a look at that site...is this them?

https://www.pelicanparts.com/More_Info/ ... SI=207.htm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bmw-E30-Tail ... 1431.l2649

These look OEM and'll clean up nicely with a bit of T-Cut

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