E30 Zone

toby,
I think the clear plastic film you are talking about is called Armorfend. I've seen it on a few cars to protect them from stone damage.

The village my brother lives in had a load of pikeys/gippos move into a field next to the house across the road from him. He use to repair cars for a living and it wasn't long before they started to bring their "bargain" cars to have work done, the first 5 or 6 they paid for but then they started to...

My favourite route would be Perth to Braemar on the A93, then take the A939 just before Ballater and head for Tomintoul. Brilliant empty roads and no cameras. The best bit of this route, for me, is the stretch of road between the Glenshee Ski Centre downhill to Braemar, 10 miles I've twice been luck...

Didn't realise there were so many Zoners within 20 miles of me. There are at least 3 or 4 others that I know of in Fife/Perthshire but wouldn't like to put up their names without their permission.

Martyn (kempo_perth) the reason I asked is that last summer or the year before, twice, about 2 weeks apart, I saw a black E30 in Perth. Both times I was sitting at the traffic lights waiting to turn right, opposite Tesco on the way out of Perth towards M90. It was the same E30 both times as I recogn...

Jeez, I'd really like to come to this, but Scotland are playing France at Murrayfield on the 3rd. Maybe I could come up to Perth say hello and head back to see the game. Decisions, decisions.

kempo_perth, is the car in your avatar one you used to drive a year or 2 ago?

1. jbh / central scotland ( denny ) 325i tec1 sport 2. hammoj28/ Aberdeenshire 318iS 3. Ian / West Dunbartonshire 320i cabby & E39 4. shedrool83---Dundee----320 cab/325 4 door 5. grantfk10 / Kincardine / 318i lux Tech2 cab 6. Ritchie / Angus / Tech2 335i Sport 7. gra325i /Angus / 325i sport auto,318...

I got an MTech 2 spoiler cheap because it was like this. I very carefully drilled a small hole in the centre of broken stud then I drilled it out to the size that I could then use a tap to thread the remains of the stud and the square piece of plate it is fixed to. (The tap I used was the same threa...

It was the broken wire in the sender that was causing fault. This wire must be resistance wire and is very thin so couldn't just replace it with ordinary wire.

The fuel gauge on my '90 325i stopped working and using info from search of Tech Help I tracked it down to the sender on LHS of tank. Checked the sender with ohmmeter and it was max resistance. Took it out of tank and dismantled it. There is a small nut (5.5mm) on the bottom that allows you to remov...

Took mine for it's MOT yesterday and it passed :D . The only thing I did to it was patching the rear silencer with baked-bean tin and exhaust sealant. I had thought there was another couple of weeks to go but it ran out on Monday and I couldn't tax it. Will have to fix the advisories, 1 tyre and bot...

The alleged better mpg gained from using higher octane petrol isn't enough to justify paying so much more for it.

Have a look at the discs and you might find that on the outer edge of the disc ( and on the inner part ) there will be a part of the disc the pads don't touch so it rusts. If you then change the pads and they are slightly different in shape this rusty bit then rubs on the pads and starts to squeak/s...

The chances of the carbs having the correct main-jets, emulsion-tubes and air-correctors for your engine are not great. Have a look at this info on initially setting-up your carbs to get engine running, http://www.tigerownersclub.co.uk/downloads/download_files/selection_and_tuning_of_weber_carbs.pdf...

I did both of mine this way, nothing else worked. Bolt the wheel back onto the hub and lay it on the grass. Fit stilsons onto the collar nut, stand on the wheel so that it doesn't move, and hit the stilsons with a big sledge-hammer (tool number 1). First one slackened with one hit, 2nd took 2 hits. ...

WTF, what a chavtastic car. Won't be long till it's on BarryBoys.

Some of it might be but from the bits I have looked at, there seems to be more detailed information. Looks more like its from BMW workshop manuals, as it has stuff that is not in my Bentley manual. Just look at the pages about the soft-top and it's mechanism, hydraulic and manual.

Found this site on e30tech.com

http://www.e30faq.net/files

It has lots of information about E30's, have not looked at every page but what I have seen looks to be very helpful. When I get some time I think I'll download it to my computer in case it disappears.

jmc330i, Instead of trying to fit caliper in line with the existing holes, would it be possible to rotate the caliper upwards, in relation to centre of disc, till the holes are clear of each other? The back-plate would have to be cut to move caliper but if the caliper was at 10/11 oclock instead of ...

I have no idea about the E30 engine conversion, but just that the mk1 Golf GTI and mk2 Scirocco brakes are the same and would have thought the servos' are the same. The mk2 Scirocco is based on the mk1 Scirocco which has the same floorpan/chassis as mk1 Golf. All the suspension and brakes are the sa...

I have had a mk1 Golf GTI and a mk2 Scirocco Scala with GTI engine, they both used the same linkage from brake pedal across bulkhead to servo (right-hand drive). Just had a look at the servo on the Scirocco, and there is a sticker with these numbers on it Ate 3.6142-7205.4 163 0 A4F VW/AUDI 172 612 ...

I would also like to know what size it is, thought this would be an easy question to answer? Or would those who know rather you bought one off the Zone? Not everyone is going to make their own BBTB, but some of us would like to try. If the question was, "where can I get a BBTB?" there's always an an...

Maxfield, don't you see the irony of you saying the red 318is on Pistonheads is council? After you get your E30 it won't be long before it's on BarryBoys. Just hope you realise this, and leave your E30 as BMW intended.

Don't you see the irony of you saying the red 318is on Pistonheads is council? After you get your E30 it won't be long before it's on BarryBoys. Edited to say my intention was not to have a go at you, as I know you're 16/17. Subtle standard cars, BMW parts, will get the right sort of attention rathe...

Fuzzy, a friend of mine had similar symptoms on his Scirocco. A constant thumping vibration that increased with road speed and got worse when turning right.(It eventually got so bad it would shake whole car). We assumed it was left front wheel-bearing, but like you when we jacked-up car could not fe...

One of the twin-engined Tiger kit-cars was 4-wheel drive. This was fairly simple to do as they use or did use Golf Mk1/Scirocco front hubs and brakes. I have a Tiger Super Six which even uses Golf/Scirocco control-arms reversed as bottom-wishbone, later kits had fabricated wish-bones. I think it was...

In answer to Trigger, he attached the INTAKE end of the leaf-blower to the airbox assembly, so this is the end that sucks as the other end blows. In the later pics the blower (suction end) is attached to AFM side of air-box, so it is quite clearly sucking air through the airbox as the engine would d...

Madspikes, you were looking for more, how about this

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 9591&q=e30

an hour and a half more

Self-amalgamating tape isn't the same as the fabric tape. Self-amalgamating tape is a type of rubber tape that has to be stretched as it is wound around the wires so that it causes the 2 surfaces to stick together and become one piece. Once amalgamated it cannot be unwrapped like PVC tape, it has to...

Thanks johnono,

BMW M3 V8

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... =hillclimb

Audi R8

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... =hillclimb

Gimme, gimme, gimme, me want

Hope I've done this right

An hour and 36 minutes of M3 European tarmac rallying. Pure magic!

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doc ... 9591&q=e30

53, and have a '91 325i SE. 60's Mini 70's Mini 70's Mini Estate (written off) 70's Mini 1275 GT, with self-built 1320cc Cooper S engine 70's Imp with self-built Sport engine 80's Metro 1.3 HLS #1 (written off) 80's Metro 1.3 HLS #2 (written off) 70's Mk1 Golf 70's Sunbeam Alpine (OK, I just needed ...

I think he's looking for info on fitting an M-Tech 2 BOOT spoiler. I got the fitting kit which was 2 plastic brackets which fit on ends of spoiler clamping it to boot-lid. Plastic nuts are used (6 required) to fit bottom part of spoiler to boot-lid. I obtained the brackets and nuts from dealer. Have...

It looks like the same 325i, but will try to get his (it is a guy) reg. number. There are more E30's in Fife than I thought. Might go to Knockhill on the 4th of Feb., if it's a good day, to see if any turn-up.

Sorry Mike, it's not for sale. I still use it when I can afford the petrol!! A friend of mine from Kinross said he saw a silver 325i near Auchtermuchty, would it have been your's? There's a dark silver grey 325 that passes my house around 5.45 every night in Vane Farm direction, always wondered if h...

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