I've been really lucky, a friend has recently purchased a mint 328i he plans to add a snail to it and has also purchased a 330i msport that was being wrecked to pilfer various bits. He's a super generous chap and he's offered me the m54b30, ecu and pedal I need for my engine swap so I'm now collecti...

Coming along great! I'm thinking of the purple rack install too, friends have done it and seriously rate it. Cheers matey. Yes so I've only been driving it with the purple tag for a couple of weeks. It's good on the open road, being non power steer it's pretty tough going backing out of a car park....

I sprayed my replica IS lip to tidy up the front, I really liked the look of the black but couldn't get the paint to look quite right and it stuck out too much so I went with the matched Cirrusblau. I've also now welded a new plate in to where the rust hole was. This was then primed and painted, it'...

I purchased this rack from a wrecker, it had come out of an e46 Club Sport and came with power steering hoses. Because my car is a non power steer model I had a local brake and steering shop put in some lathed down bolts and crush washers. Once the M54 swap is complete I'm going power steer because ...

A bit of an update. I purchased a purple tag steering rack as the old manual rack was absolutely shot. New tie rods have gone in as well as new front ball joints and top hats for the Monroe shocks. According to the warrant officer, the front springs had been cut so the shocks were bottoming on the b...

Hey dude, That's nice project, a good base to start with. So what's the history like? And what are the other bodges you have to address?! Rich. Cheers Rich I like it as a base aside from living with a lil 4 cylinder currently. The interior has been neglecte, I've replaced the front seats with bette...

Good on you for putting in the effort. It's awesome to see e30 creation. I've often thought of making videos (not always e30 related) and the process is daunting as hell! Huge amount of work stick with it!

Cheers Rich I guess the issue with the purple tag in my situation is that I've done it with an m40 vs most who are using an m20 or m50 etc. I found I was way outside my comfort zone when changing the knuckle over onto the corsa/barina link. It was OK to get back in as I don't have power steering or ...

When discovering rust in my last e30, I was inexperienced and far too cavalier. Now that I'm older and only slightly wiser, I'm getting onto any rust I find immediately.

A we project to start with was stripping the smilies of the weird yellow plastic that was covering them up and getting rid of the eyebrows.

Well here starts a new e30 build. I've bought a 316i with the thinking that aside from being cheap, it'll be a daily until the build gets serious. We needed a second car to go to work in while the wife studies so I sold my practical ute and bought an even more practical vehicle an 89 e30. The plan i...

Thanks for the welcome. Yes my old e30 was as I've come to learn about as well specd as it could be but timing wasn't right. Almost through the purple tag swap of the 316i. About to bash a dimple into the header tube to clear the barina link

Hi guys, have been an e30 enthusiast for a while. Based in New Zealand. Last e30 was a 325i manual with recaros and all sorts but it got really bad cancer. It's taken me 10 years to move on but have just bought a 316i that is going to be m50 swapped among other things. Love this community for info, ...