E30 Zone

Just sold andy a set of seats and a steering rack. Pleasure to do business with.

Got mtech front springs and oem rears on mine and like the look. Has a better balance some how.

Either put you parents or any old person that you know with alot of driving experience on your insurance as a named driver. For some reason this always brings my insurance down by over half.

does anybody have the manufacturer (zf) part number for a z3 steering rack.
bmw part number is: 32 13 1 095 577
thanks for the help

oh do I need a spacer as well?

Is that just to save me having to pull it all out again to renew the rest of the tie rod assembly in a couple of years time or is it a benefit now as well? I suppose your right, For that price I might as well do it properly once.

Looking to do a rack conversion on my e30. Just checking there are not any more parts I will need

-New rack
-Power steering lines
-e30 track rod ends

Also any more information on what rack to go for. I am currently favouring the Z3 rack due to the rack being linear.

thanks

Makes sense

Im after a little bit of advice. I have bought a 318 (m40) cab. For the next couple of years insurance dictates that a 1.8 is the only option. I have had the car for a few months and spent a fair bit on the old girl. Both rear arches have been replaced and there is virtually no rust on the car. Mech...

maybe its just my bad experiences with clifford alarms then!

I use a bloke called andy who runs in car multimedia peckham. Dont let the location put you off they do some top quality cars in there and there work is second to none. Andy used to work on factory e30's years ago installing premium sound systems for record companies and his enthusiasm really shows ...

im not a fan of any of the Clifford alarms. The wire is poor quality and they often only last a few years. I use a toad alarm system on mine but had a cobra on my last vehicle.
are you looking to install your self or get the alarm installed by a pro?

in general rear seats do not fit but you can get the fronts to fit in with a bit of work on the basis. All front seats have the mechanism to tip forward but you just have to install the pulleys. Its the rear seats you have the problem with.

I just had a full cabby retrim in black leather with one bolster repair. It cost me £560. They have done a pretty good job. Not anywhere near as good as a quality trimmer.... got some seats done for my mums celica turbo and they are beautiful but they did cost £1500. But for £560 + Cost of the old s...

I wouldnt worry too much about performance in a convertible. The handling is nowhere near as sharp as in the hard top and on its heavier so any engine in the convertible will still be slower than the hardtop. I have a 318 (M40) convertible. It's by no means quick but it will sit very happily at 70is...

my callipers are pretty rusty right now!! gonna sort them before painting though
thanks

Por15 or classic transport?
Thanks for the advice

can anyone recommend a good calliper/engine paint. I am after black gloss.
Thanks

I have had the problem on a different make before. Check the grounding points. Sometimes they gum up

I had this issue on mine. If you remove the drivers kick panel and speaker you will get to the central locking module. Open it up and look to see if anything is damaged. Mine had a piece that had come unsoldered. Pushed it together and the locks popped.

the front seats on a convertible are a different height to the ones on a coupe because the sill is different. You would need to swap the seat subframe over (or just accept the driving position change)

I found that the roof was letting water in along the front edge. I was told to use windscreen sealer which never completely hardens to cover the gap. worked really well

oh and the audio shop I use is"in car multi media" in peckham. They are really good

I have gone for pioneer components (excelerate series) speakers in the front and a pioneer deh-8400BT head unit. It is awesome.

10w40 should be fine. That's what I use in mine

£200 does seem fair (my phone didn't update the new posts yesterday) I would be interested once you have a mock up.

I would be interested around the £150 mark. The problem with adapters is that people buying adapters are buying wheels and tires at the same time. Theres very few people who can affod to do that without watching the pennies!

I didnt use speaker pods but did put thin dynomat in and fit 5 1/4 pioneer excelerate comonents front and 5 1/4 mids in the rear. Along with pioneer head unit. Replace the rear speaker wiring to because its really poor!

I was actually planning on only doing the front. I am trying to compensate for the weight really. The car looks like it sits much higher at the front (mostly an optical illusion I know due to the wheel arches). I am only after a 15mm-25mm drop. It should also help a touch with wait distribution and ...

Just checked, they are 51m. How easy/hard is it to replace springs?

Yeah they are (99% sure)

The subs are very good quality but the amps (which are the important and expenssive bit) are poor and unmatched.

Can I swap the springs on my 1991 318i cab to 318is springs? Has anyone done this? Are there any complications and how hard is it to do?
Thanks

What is the offset on the wheels?

If the choice of sound system components is anything to go by (new to the bmw game but not the audio... yes I know, I'm still a child!) then this has been done on a budget with lots of corners cut. Pretty car though!

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