E30 Zone

Hi i have one too , the guy who imports them is a mate of mine , i have had it for 2 years now and its its in very good condition , it may be up 4 sale as he has a tatty m3 that im trying to buy for the right money to do up , i have pics if ur interested , call me on 07980 698015,( after 5 today)if...

I own one.... I have had it for Four years nearly, and it has been my everyday driver since then, that includes sitting in London traffic in the heat of this summer just past to driving to France and back for a weeks skiing in the Cold. I dont know how to compare it to a 325 as I have never owned on...

I have 35mm cupkit and H+R Roll bars, I run the front on the softest and the rear on the hardest. Handles so well, if you set up for the corner you can take it at very fast speeds.
When I had the front on medium i was getting too much understeer. Could be my style of driving though!!

I had mine fall off in under a month! Have the BMW M3 ones on there now and there is no difference between the two. The choice is yours.

Hi guys, first of all I have done a search about this as there is alot of tyre talk but most of you guys are running bigger alloys than me. Okay, I had 4 new Toyo Proxis T1R's put on the car the other day, the profile of them is 205/55 R15, this should be the standard size for 15" wheels. Anyway sin...

ask demlot about an M3 that came in the other week at birds with cracked to pieces poly bushes on the control arm. The rubber bmw M3 ones won't fail like normal e30 ones Yup this is true and i can get pics of them. Andrew I dont know if Andrew is talking about me, as I also saw an E36 with the same...

I have used my 320is (s14 engine) everyday since I bought it back in 2003-4. In that time I have covered about 35,000 miles, this has been motorway and London traffic use, and since its a motorsport engine you have to rev it quite alot winkeye I dont see any problem in using one as an everyday car, ...

it's only the track rods u can adjust on a stock E30. Are your bushes fresh/been changed recently on the front end? Or has the car been in a smack?! lowered e30's wear the insides of the tyres on front and rear I know you can only adjust the track rod ends, the bushes have been replaced. I new abou...

Thats what I am trying next, ordered some Toyo T1r's from www.mytyres.com, they are great, good price quote 9 days delivery and get to you within three days (well me anyway) I had Goodyear eagle F1's on since before last summer, so they are coming up to around 10-12000 miles. I hope they are good. C...

Subframe bushes dont make a huge difference and nor do the thicker spring pads to be honest. It was way to low for me so I got some 35mm springs, thinking I might go back to standard now and just keep the H+R roll bars. you might want to also check your rear tyres as they will probably wear out on t...

all the e30 ffront control arms are the same, the ali ones are not worth the money in my opinion. I have fitted M3 control bushes and its fine.

Simon's right, it should have an electric fan infront of the rad, only the USA spec cars had clutch fans.

Hey guys, I just got myself a 318is as the 320is is having some work done to it. I have spare parts from my 320is, ARB's and Springs. What I need to know is, do these parts differ from the 318is and if so would it be an improvement to fit them to the 318is? I also need to find a 318is front spoiler!...

Its great if you dont live in London. Personally I dont like the 60/40 drop, too low and causes excessive rear tyre wear.
I will either be going to 35 springs or some M3 springs.

Powerflex are easier and cheaper! that should answer your question

just to add, my IS can beat a 325!

yes it should be connected

Ant could you please let me know how to change the sub bushes in situ, maybe a pm, dont want to hijack the thread!

Are you sure its the whole subframe not just the bushes? I am about to do the bushes on my car, they should be a real pain in the arse!!!

Probably the petrol vent tank. The hoses go from the fuel tank to the little tank then hoses go to the outside, this helps when filling up the car as the pressure adapts to the fuel being put in. Could be wrong though!

I know that if found on my engine (s14) they sometimes come loose from the upper oil pan. I do not know if you have the upper oil pan on your engine though.

Make sure your rear sub bushes are done first otherwise your car will be to low! (ask me how i know!)

If you do alot of town driving I would go for the 35mm option.

Well he asked if any other E30's had one!!

Simon, have you replaced yours, phoned up BMW as I am driving to the Alps and wanted a new one just in case and they had never heard of it!! C3 also!!

So dont any other E30's have one except for the S14 engined ones?

Got one on mine so cant be all bullshit!!

remember that M-tech only lowers by 15mm or so. The Hartge suspension is 25mm lower, and is slightly nose-down. These companies have spent an awful lot of money in developing the best set-up for driving BMWs on real roads - therefore you might conclude that anything lower is for looks only, and too...

Yeah the Cup kit would not have really stiff springs compaired to what the Coil over crew in the states will be running on a M3 but they are stiffer and lower than lets say -35mm/Mtech springs. The good thing about the cup kit and most of the H&R springs for the E30 is that the front is stiff but b...

Also, I installed the H&R ARB's at the same time as the cup kit. What I dont like is...... Even with no one in the car I am still getting rubbing of the mtec kit in the front of the rear arches when giving the car a bit of welly, and hitting the exhaust which in turn is hitting gear shifting linkage...

I see your point, do you have any profile shots of your car? The car was going to be mainly a track car, but you need to get to the track aswell as driving on it! I think what I will do first is get some new rear sub frame mounts, see what this does to the car, Hopefully it will raise the rear a bit...

Cheers Demlot.... are you still running the cupkit?? I will get hold of Sal on his return, hopefully I can work something out with him. One major thing I am trying to find out is, what are the spring rates for the 35/35 and 60/40 kit?? Tried to find it on H&R website but can only find a site with Am...

It could be your subframe mounts... apparently these can cause lowering up to 10mm.

How long ago did you have your lowering springs installed?

oh if your axle bushes are f**ked getting them done will raise the arse about 10mm. They collapse down when they've had it Need to replace the rear subframe bushes, they are still original. Got quoted some stupid price by BMW! Did you do your yourself? If not where did you get them done. I also nee...

Went out today on the country roads and the car felt pretty good. It is still too low I think I will change the rears to the 35's, Here are some more pics. Also trying to get hold of Sal at the Zone shop anyone have his number as I have lost it. Cheers http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/Italianm...

The shocks are fine. I installed the whole kit, shocks, springs and ARB's!

You can fit some rubber pads in the rear to raise the back a bit. OR if you want i might swap my 35mm rears with you. winkeye Andrew I might take you up on that offer!! Although what you are saying about some rubber pads on the rear sounds like it might do the job, maybe get them in Poly if I can.

Hey Karan thanks for posting the picture, do you have a profle shot of the rear wheel? Yours looks very like mine probably even lower now they have settled! They are 60/40's right?

Any problems with rubbing under hard acceleration?

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