E30 Zone

question are the coupes the same as the tourings in terms of length?

Yes exactly the same.

And its 2dr saloon not coupe.

Convertables are a touch longer ..

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... nd_Weights

G-Bear wrote:Convertables are a touch longer ..

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... nd_Weights

No their not!

The wiki is wrong.

Oh.. Everydays a school day..

Indeed.

The proof is that 2dr/2dr/touring tech 2 side skirts are the same part number and 2dr/cabrio tech 2 door pods are the same.

Also bumpers are the same regardless of body shape as are exhausts.

Maybe the Wiki stats were comparing chrome bumpers with facelift plastic ones by mistake?

That's crazy you would have thought a touring is bigger,

I can't remember where I sourced the wiki dimensions from, but it was definitely a BMW source. However, it might have been for the US market with their ridiculous diving-board bumpers.

If someone's got a good alternative souce, hook me up.

Grrrmachine wrote:
If someone's got a good alternative souce, hook me up.

Owner's handbook!

daimlerman wrote:

Grrrmachine wrote:
If someone's got a good alternative souce, hook me up.

Owner's handbook!

There's loads of data at the back of this. I keep one in easy reach of where I'm sitting now, and a significant proportion of what I post comes straight from it.
I know the handbook is available on line somewhere, so any chance of including i,t or a link to it in the wiki, preferably directly from the front page.
When you're underneath it on a ramp, the only way you can tell a touring from a saloon, is by the M3 front control arms, if it happens to be a 325 touring, or you know it's a saloon if it has rear drum brakes.

Brianmoooore wrote:

daimlerman wrote:

Grrrmachine wrote:
If someone's got a good alternative souce, hook me up.

Owner's handbook!

There's loads of data at the back of this. I keep one in easy reach of where I'm sitting now, and a significant proportion of what I post comes straight from it.
I know the handbook is available on line somewhere, so any chance of including i,t or a link to it in the wiki, preferably directly from the front page.
When you're underneath it on a ramp, the only way you can tell a touring from a saloon, is by the M3 front control arms, if it happens to be a 325 touring, or you know it's a saloon if it has rear drum brakes.

M3 control arms

How has the touring got different control arms from the rest?

Just the 325i touring that left the factory with alloy control arms.I would be very suprised if any are still fitted!

daimlerman wrote:I would be very suprised if any are still fitted!

Well, there's at least one that I know of. About 15 metres due north of the red one in my sig.

Brianmoooore wrote:

daimlerman wrote:I would be very suprised if any are still fitted!

Well, there's at least one that I know of. About 15 metres due north of the red one in my sig.

My touring had a set on up until about a month ago. They came off as they were knackered mind.. had failed its MOT because of it.