What did you do to your E30 today?

[bab-91]

I sprayed the parcel shelf. Autogylm fabric dye isn't worth a fiddlers f.u.c.k

[milescook]

"Made" a new door card, (the mirror switch wiring rubs on the window as it winds ), replaced some dodgy bulbs, "made" a new windscreen wash solution, replaced a windscreen wiper, gave it a clean and a hoover inside, fitted a new battery bracket, bled one brake, glued things like the check panel in place, bolted down the ecu, tidied up some cabling. Admired my "handywork" ....







Wednesday it's headed out (1st time in over a year) for an MOT.... hopefully.

[Chris_B86]

Fitted new rear back plates, bearings, poly bushed trailing arms, new H&R ARB, H&R suspension, new top mounts, new drop links...

[FinalD]

Refitted the arch liners and front under tray/splash guard then took it for a short blast, so much exhaust noise, it's soooo much fun!

I need to investigate why occasionally it won't pull away without 2k+ rev blip, doesn't always do it.

[Darren325is]

Set tappets. Didn't make a shite of difference

[RobbieT]

Bolted the new front bumper back together and onto the car, realised the valance is very much bent and needs a new one. Went to swap broken headlight for one of the spares, has wrong bulb holders so needs different type. Started to look better and worse all at once today, maybe i'll start a journal ...

[capri_rob]

Got an Advisory-free MOT pass first time

[jmc330i]

Tried the style 15's on as i've had them sitting... meh!!

Got those on my Sport. Great winter wheel as they are so easy to clean
Also, no f*cker wants to nick the centre caps, unlike the BBS caps!

[Topblag]

Removed the exhaust, rear heat shield, and log manifold on my cabby, checked the spark plugs, drained the oil and test fitted the magnex 6 branch which is going on, with a matching stainless zaust.

No broken studs

[shedrool83]

Stuck a tax disc in the window ,started it and went for a jolly for the first time in 8 months.

[jimbom30cab]

Gave it a good clean and a damn good polish after 7 weeks of cutting/grinding/welding and painting blar blar blar, which only resulted in one trip to A+E. LOL, metal filing stuck in my eye ball which was scraped away with a sharp needle after it was injected with an anaesthetic.

[sunnysr]

took the rocker cover off the engine that wouldnt start ....





9 of 12 rocker arms snapped all on the inlet side ,cam belt looked ok ,heads coming off later ,bought it as a spare engine to drop in while i removed mine to turbo build that ,but it wouldnt start when i put it in so took it back out now deciding if i should just bust it for bits and go 24v or rebuild it

[Speedtouch]

Blimey, what would have caused 9 rockers to snap all at once?!

[sunnysr]

thats what i want to know ,all the inlet side have snapped and 3 on the outlet side ,cam belt looked good and not that old but maybe it jumped a tooth or something

[taylorstattoo]

Gave it a good clean and a damn good polish after 7 weeks of cutting/grinding/welding and painting blar blar blar, which only resulted in one trip to A+E. LOL, metal filing stuck in my eye ball which was scraped away with a sharp needle after it was injected with an anaesthetic.

nice looking car,, remember,, always use safty squint,,, lol

[RobbieT]

Gave it a good clean and a damn good polish after 7 weeks of cutting/grinding/welding and painting blar blar blar, which only resulted in one trip to A+E. LOL, metal filing stuck in my eye ball which was scraped away with a sharp needle after it was injected with an anaesthetic.

That is looking lovely for a clean, worth the pain i bet

[Rtaylor2208]

Rebuilt the front struts replacing the top mounts, spring pads and washers (dampers and springs done 600 miles ago). ARB drop links and bushes also done.

Power steering pipes replaced as they were leaking, rocker cover and inlet manfold cleaned and sanded in prep for paint.

New fuel pipes in the engine bay plumbed in.

Injectors removed to send away for a refurb. Lots of little BMW bags arrived today with all the new nuts, washers, gaskets, O rings and a few vacum pipes so I can get the inlet side all put back together.

Altogether good progress since it was sunny up here today.

Lots more arriving tomorrow from CP4L and another order going into BMW for bits I forgot.

[BHadley]

Fitted my DIY refurbed 15" BBS , came up nice too.

Visited a scrapyard in Woodbury as tipped by here to get a few parts
A non rotton door in the same colour is a fairly good find!

2x 320 e30 at that yard, one 2 door in red, one 4 door in grey. for those in need and in devon its Woodbury car breakers......

[Morat]

Overtook an RS-6 on the way to work

ok, he had a dog wandering around the boot so he let me past...

[gary]

Rubbed down my alloys in reediness for a refurb

[boomerm20]

Added extra tail and brake lights.US cabrios came with an unsightly boot mounted brake light,which I replaced with a bootlid from a coupe.
The bulbs are also brighter than standard bulbs.

[tomislav]

Cleaned it last night and then drove it to work today to go to Prept at Brands Hatch tonight.

This bank holiday weekend its in the garage for complete running gear replacement

[darkchild]

Washed and polished with autoglym products before a healthy coating of their excellent HD wax. Refitted the summer wheels, 15"BBS coated in Vredestein Sportrac 3s. Drove it 60 miles to Cambridge and the aging Vredesteins are so much more noisier than the Goodyear Ultragrip 8 Winters that were fitted. This will probably be their last 6 months on the car before I replace them. Sadly one of my winter tyres has a puncture so will also need replacement but at least new ones are cheap on eBay at this time of year.

Next week? I need to get some 3M underseal ordered for a couple of very minor touch up jobs and then the plan is to just enjoy driving it.

[jimbom30cab]

looks lovely, white and chrome FTW

[Quaser]

ive been a busy boy -

finished fitting lsd
worked on getting rid of some of the fault codes - mostly sorted
found the front arch piece that id lost and fitted that
fitted a nice shiney storm motorwerks gearknob
fitted my eonon screen/tv - was nicely suprised that it didnt interfere with the indicator stalk
fitted my armrest and centre console

discovered that the seat mechanisms are knackered so seat has to come back out and sorted

[tomislav]

Bought an OS outer sill, rear panel and more welding wire!!!

[G-Bear]

Changed;

Timing belt, tensioner pulley and spring (there was no spring in before )
Water pump
Cam seal
D bungs in head
Coolant
Oil
Oil, fuel and air filter
Spark plugs.
and replaced cable ties with a few satisfying clips and housings that BMW intended to keep wires tidy around the front of the engine.

Did that last week.

Yesterday swapped my faded grey grilles around the lights with nice black ones.

Today adjusted the valves for the first time... and have made them worse

[Rtaylor2208]

Just about to go and make a start on changing the prop centre bearing and the rubber donut. Expect que stions in tech help later

[adam_2922]

I fitted a new steering wheel, changed the air filter, changed the centre console, put in new gear and handbrake gaitors and replaced the bonnet and boot badges. Kept me busy!

[kangman]

washed it... and now its p1ssing it down

[taylorstattoo]

fitting new windscreen today ready for mot time, refit bonnet, bleed brakes and sort out the interior ,, hope my new exhaust iv made passes mot emissions..

[pacerpete]

Andyboy is up the passage and there is a bit of quattroporte love planned ! Pics to follow !

[manse73]

Put mine in its garage to keep it dry for the summer