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Check the famous M3 bubble car for pics for what an E30 looks when it was delivery millage , or near zero miles http://www.bimmers.com/albums/bubble-car/ Underside seems to vary a little. I've seen some near total body colour, but then seen others where large parts are unpainted beige underseal . Fu...

Barry - could you message me re the steering rack tool. Thanks

Re: E30 M3 number 2. 18/12/18 fresh paint! Nice rack !

Nice rack !

Excellent stuff - someone else getting in ever deeper in to an M3 rebuild and resulting financial pain.

Your body shop does nice work, looks like its in good hands. What was up with the front panel to remove and replace ? Lots of scabs and surface rust inside the box sections so it made sense to make a nicer repair by replacing it. How's the underside look , any areas of failed underseal to remove or...

Your body shop does nice work, looks like its in good hands. What was up with the front panel to remove and replace ?

I think they are the dogs mate, It`s all about what you think !!! Mart. Not sure what that means in relation as to what is the stock item :( Basically do you like them ? if the answer is yes and you found out they were not stock what would you do ? It`s all about yourself mate. Mart. I don't have a...

Roof skin replacement is covered on the X-Works M3 rebuild thread.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=108356

martauto wrote:I think they are the dogs mate, It`s all about what you think !!!

Mart.

Not sure what that means in relation as to what is the stock item

What is the stock rear speaker setup for the M3, is it these ?

For a red car with black leather and black door cards, black speakers too ?

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Yeah, mine has exactly the same rust. Always good to see an E30 getting some love.

One of my fave Ari moments is this from the 1983 Manx rally in an Opel Manta. Watch the whole thing, but at 2m10 sec in he clips a wall that sends the Manta sideways in the wet, just as a narrow stone wall cattle grid is 100 yards down the road. The reaction of his co-driver being scared shitless is...

Great job and thanks for making the vids. If I were to make one small comment, get that diff back cover vapour blasted. For £10-15 it would really make the difference.

BMG, they've added a lot more to the museum now, far more displays, technical info & a lot more, as you say though it's definitely wortha visit. if you go into the village & up to the area between high barn & the church there's a field where a spitfire overshot the runway & crashed landed & the rem...

mart, it really is a fantastic sight to see her flying, i've seen it a few times & been round the hangar they keep her in at RAF conningsby, it's in there with a Dakota, spitfire, hurricane, IIRC vulcan & a few others. if you get a chance then go to east kirkby in lincolnshire, they have a lancaste...

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Thanks. Had brain fade and kept thinking that was a floor drain plug.
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I can see even the part for one of the fuel tank access covers under the back seat. There is a large oval shaped one and a smaller round one, I'm looking for the part number for the gasket for the smaller round cover.
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That's a different style pump and chassis, the wiring plug on top is also different . Click the link in my original post to the ECS site and you can see the difference. I guess it might be easier to rewire, but kinda bugs me to convert it.

Can't see just the pump, only the whole thing in the above link and in the ETK.
The pump body is plastic with a molded bracket in it to mount to the frame. Generic pumps don't have this.

Is there a simple replacement pump for this style in-tank pump ?
The factory part as a plastic mount, so not easily replaced.
https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-bmw ... 141179415/
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Hi, I did some Google work re the bearing and did see the actual bearing looks to be generic and cheaply available. I could maybe have waited for the gearbox man to dismantle and pass judgement on the condition of the sleeve. While ordering a batch of parts, I just added it and thought what the hell...

Don't know too much about them, but seems a tracker signal can be blocked quite easily from what I read.
This company looks quite interesting. https://www.youtube.com/user/AutomatricsMtrack/videos

I have one and it drinks oil at a rate of knots, they all seem to. I did the CCV and found the old one wasn't blocked. It made zero difference to consumption. Job took a few hours as it's a fiddle to get to. Nothing hard about the job, just a fiddly job requiring ting hands. Have a look on YouTube f...

Unbelivable and amazing attention to detail man! I must say, you're appearing to be the hero of my E30 career as an enthusiast and an amateur restomodder of my thirty which is NOTHING next to this unicorn you're building. Such an inspiration so thank you for sharing. Maybe this has been covered ear...

Missed the last post to this and just had the same problem, called today to hopefully drop the box of tomorrow and just a dead number.

The zinc part works fine, I think its more a case of me failing to get the yellow passivate stage right. I've seen others use the Caswell Plating kit and getting fantastic results, but given the price of it, its more than I will spend having it done professionally, plus the time saved. Small nuts an...

Looks amazing. May i ask; What kit are you using to plate the nuts/bolts? How are you protecting the aluminium afer it is fresh from vapour blasting? Apologies if it has already been mentioned. Thanks. Most of the plating was done by a company in south London. When I started the project, I tried to...

Things like the rear dampers and booster were painted with a 2 pack paint from a custom spray can. It was all flatted back to around 800 grit , primed and then a light mist coat of colour, followed by 2-3 coats of paint. Using a proper de-grease is a must for any paint work. The rear damper sprayed ...

Been far too long since an update for various reasons, so here goes. The driveshafts have been built up and finished. The outer CV has an O-ring fitted. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4523/38403805966_7820acca0d_b.jpg 20171106_105259 by e30 m3 , on Flickr Slide the boot on with the tin cover. https:...

DHFiS wrote:If I was you I would have it tested on a dyno to find out what it makes now, if the current set up makes good power then leave it as it is.

Not possible at the minute...

100_1437 by e30 m3, on Flickr

Not sure its the original stuff or not, but it is what BMW now and was covered in the Xworks rebuild thread.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... &start=225

When you say ' restoration' , what exactly do you mean ? People getting a repaint done use this word, but then so do people doing nut and bolt rebuilds. To totally farm out a restoration in the true sense of the word is a LOT of money, tens of thousands and a loss on 325s I would think.

Thanks. So at least the ECU's are no different, just sourcing a correct 215 chip will effectively give me the 091 ECU.

Thanks. I'll send a email to them and see what they say. I did PM Speedtouch, but got no reply.

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