E30 Zone

I saw a nice looking girl driving an E30 on the back roads of Chichester the other day, didn't wave tho....was too surprised to see a girl driving one I guess! I also see a tidy blue convertible going through Emsworth sometimes and recently tried to warn him about a speed camera he was heading towar...

I doubt we'll be seeing a difference in price. :roll: Only upwards I should imagine! I think that fuel has to have a certain percent of renewable content anyway, but now the 'EU' are changing the rules to up the percentage, but, once again, classic car owners are going to suffer because of the corr...

Afternoon all, Anyone else on here read about the new bio fuel rules coming in next year? http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=24901 Ive just read this list on PH which states that our cars should be ok with it, but I wondered is anyone else knew more detail on the subject? I remember...

Just purchased a rad for my chromie from adi, friendly and easy transaction, nice bloke, good price too!

Many thanks!

Wow....3 seconds? I thought E30's were built better than that! To be honest i dont usually use full lock very much, and its literally only just started doing it. I first noticed it pulling out of the junction at the end of my road, i thought it was the diff but then i noticed a very slight feeling t...

I do have power steering, its on an '86 325i.

I will check the level at lunch time....

Hi all,

Ive notice a low whining noise when turning my steering from lock to lock at low speeds, its slowly got louder over the last couple of days.

Steering doesn't seem to be affected though, any ideas?

Cheers!

Brilliant, thanks guys!

P.S. i cant seem to find them or the part numbers on realoem, do you have any ideas?

Ive got a slight leak on the top half of my m20, straightaway i replaced the rocker cover gasket thinking it was that but there its still losing oil. I thought then that the only other obvious place would be the camshaft seal but then i saw these little buggers. Anyonw know what they are, what they ...

I think thats a zoners car if it is the one with the supra engine, i seem to remember reading a thread on here about it tearing the diff mount from the cross member.....guess he's beefed it up a bit now!

This is it i think....

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The only thing that you can do, which will also make much better running and playablity. Ditch the 1.1 and swap to 1.3 motronic off a later model. It's not the easiest job but it is well worth doing. I also have the 073 model ecu. Not wanting to hijack the thread....but whats involved in the swap, ...

If its the M10 engined model (or i guess even the M40), check the fuel relay on the passenger inner wing.

My 316 (M10) did this and eventually wouldn't start at all, it turned out to be the relay which only costs a couple of quid!

I have come across pcd converters that did this job but i havent been able to find them since!

Not sure on the safety side of things though.

This weekend has been pretty busy for me on the e30 spotting front! It started when i drove up to East Grinstead Saturday afternoon, i took the A3 through Hindhead and saw a nice clean standard dark grey tech-2, then a bit further down the road saw another one going the same way that was pretty much...

You should get one without a sunroof.. :wink: On a more serious note, is it that much of a problem? Its not an mot failure and so long as its not causing it to leak i dont really see the problem, at the end of the day we are dealing with cars that are usually well over twenty years old, so a little ...

Theres always the good ol' internet!

A couple of examples (no photoshopping)

Here is a quick job, i think its what you meant although its not directly front on.

I used to own a y-reg 320i in a really dark gey metallic, it was completely standard apart from being slightly lowered and 15" touring bbs wheels (with dark grey centre caps for some reason). Was a great car, and really solid, but my mates used to call it 'the shotgun beemer' as when i used to give ...

I would think that thats been pretty well stripped to bits restored and put back together, thats not a simple afternoons work with a rag and a bottle of cheap polish!

It does look fantastic though, full respect to whoever owns it!

Alex wrote:Buy a genuine 318is they never rust

Isn't that because they were fully galvanised....

Fair enough, i just didn't think that e30's were at the stage where owners show recognition to each other.....i thought that was reserved for vdub campers etc!

I cant help but feel for this poor guy, looked like it was once a nice looking car

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-325I_W0QQ ... 2557843cc1

Mindless idiots is all i can say!

I think it was a facelift cabbie, i was driving the chromie!

I think it was last week whilst driving towards Emsworth in my ol' chromie 325i I got a nod and wave from a fellow E30 driver, it was a nice tidy dark coloured cabrio from what i can remember, it sort of took me by surprise and i was too slow to wave back! lol :roll: Anyone else had recognition from...

Ollie_bwoii wrote:Love the sound of your plans, But I'm not sure about the Tec1 valance.

Its actually a tech-1 rear spoiler im after, not the valance, as i said, im not a bodykit man but i do like those spoilers.

A freind of mine collected one of these on a night out once, he didn't remember anything about it! lol

When i went round his place it was standing in the middle of his lounge frame and all, we ended up turning it into a coffee/beer table in the end.....

nice! :D fit a M30 and leave the rest along, including the hubcaps winkeye oooh, better still, get the wheels banded to 8" or thereabouts and keep the hubcaps :D Would absolutly love to get some banded steelies but they are just too pricey...would also like to keep the hubcaps and take off the 325i...

Oh wow! That is nice! :drool: What changes are planned then? Looks great as is. Cheers! :D Ill be fitting a tech-1 spoiler (if i can find a one!), sport suspension and some 15" bbs, straight old school rightness.... I was going to fit the sport seats from my 316 but the whole interior in the 325i i...

Just a few pics of my new chromie bumpered 325i beastie, found purely by chance after reading one of ollie_bwoiis many 'i found another chromie for sale' threads! Its completely standard and untouched and came with a stack of paperwork along with every mot! It needs a bit of tidying, and a couple of...

BEAMERFNATIC wrote:Cheers for the photoshop .......

No worries.

That said, they do have quite a dish on them and it isn't really that obvious in the picture, they may look better in the flesh...

Heres a very rough job, but it gives you an idea!

Does anyone on here have any experience with the E36 318is coupe? Are they as good or better than the E30 or are they a bit of a barge? Ive heard in the past that E36's suffer from problems with the electric windows and a few build quality issues but are there any major common problems with these mo...

Ok, I just wanted to know if anyone had experience of this, im going to be changing to an m42 in the near future so im upgrading in stages, as and when. I was looking to sell mine and buy another 325i, but lack of decent cars within my price range and fuel prices are starting to wear down my ambitio...

Whats the ideal ratio lsd to have in a 316/318?

Ive read somewhere that the is's have 4.10/4.45 but i imagine thay are super rare? (and stupidly priced!)

Any one have experience of this?

I know they are in good nick and have good tyres but surely this is a bit of a typo.....!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BBS-alloy-wheels- ... 27aca9b3f1

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Two Tech-2's, a red Touring and a dark green chromie cab....

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E36 318is anyone on here own or drive one?

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316/318 lsd Ratios

How much?!!