E30 Zone

the rear number plate lights-

got 2 new units today hella ones from euro parts

took the old out- but on one side, the tiny screw hole is missing, its nice and clean there, but looks like maybe the original screws rusted in years ago or something

so on the inside, of the left side light, i need to fix it, tried to gaffer tape a little screw thing that you use for speakers etc, to then screw a screw in to that, but tried n tried for ages and couldnt do it

any ideas ?

what about if you fiber glass a screw in to it let the fiber glass harden then unscrew it and use as normal

mattyb wrote:what about if you fiber glass a screw in to it let the fiber glass harden then unscrew it and use as normal

would that work ? although maybe abit messy ?

is there anything else you can like mix/squirt from a tube that sticks to metal and can be screwed in to ?

Epoxy resin.
Epoxy putty.
The choose is yours....

The choose, don't you just love iPhone predictive text.

you can get fibre glass matting or like back peddler says epoxy resin or putty both very strong

Any of the above could work. Or you could just fix it properly for fook sake


Polsta, Have you got a picture? It sounds like it just has a clip missing.

Number 14 needed?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=63&fg=30

Thats it!! or maybe 15.

possibly could be it lads ?

although- on the other side , theres a hole there in the metal it screws in to ?

its a 1987 325i not a 318is as per that diagram would it make a diff ?

No, it's a universal part. It was just convenient to post the 318is page as I was looking for something else already.

penton08 wrote: Or you could just fix it properly for fook sake :roll

This is good advice.

Fiber gash is never a good idea when fixing a car

Dezzy wrote: Fiber gash is never a good idea when fixing a car

You love it

E30BeemerLad wrote:

Dezzy wrote: Fiber gash is never a good idea when fixing a car

You love it

You needed it

Dezzy wrote:

E30BeemerLad wrote:

Dezzy wrote: Fiber gash is never a good idea when fixing a car

You love it

You needed it

Road House

I thought you'd be bigger

Don't know if this helps but I tried taking a picture while farting about with my boot trim earlier.



I reckon it's the part at top left you need.

Expanding nuts, I love those things. You find them all around the the car.

Ranchero wrote:Don't know if this helps but I tried taking a picture while farting about with my boot trim earlier.



I reckon it's the part at top left you need.

could be right, need to order brom bmw tomorrow, cant cost much can they for 2x parts 14 and 15 to just see

Few pence each...

Dezzy wrote:

penton08 wrote: Or you could just fix it properly for fook sake :roll

This is good advice.

Fiber gash is never a good idea when fixing a car

Fibre glass is the nuts if you know what type to use and how to use it Dez

Bring it round mate

Ranchero wrote:Number 14 needed?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=63&fg=30

you need (14) the body nut was used on pre-face, the plastic expanding type (15) is used on facelift,

as it's a tech 1 sport it could well be rotten around the light area so fibregash may be required !

mattyb wrote:what about if you fiber glass a screw in to it let the fiber glass harden then unscrew it and use as normal

Don't mess about with it do it properly.That's why we have so many cowboys..

spook wrote:Bring it round mate

when you in boss ? (about time you gave her a once over)

e30topless wrote:

Ranchero wrote:Number 14 needed?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=63&fg=30

you need (14) the body nut was used on pre-face, the plastic expanding type (15) is used on facelift,

as it's a tech 1 sport it could well be rotten around the light area so fibregash may be required !

going to order them up, theres no rot or rust there at all !!

e30topless wrote:

Ranchero wrote:Number 14 needed?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=63&fg=30

you need (14) the body nut was used on pre-face, the plastic expanding type (15) is used on facelift,

as it's a tech 1 sport it could well be rotten around the light area so fibregash may be required !

collect them friday

got them today, a cple of the plastic bits, and a cple of the metal clips , luckily had to use 1 of each on each side , shes sorted now