Single headlamp E30's - Do they exist?

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:17 pm

Can someone settle a discussion.

My brother had a 1.8 BMW 316 on an old X plate (ABC 123X) - It had single headlamps...is it possible that it is an E30 or would it be another E number?

Not seen one on here and rarely see one on the roads.

cheers

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:18 pm

nope only poverty spec 4 pot E21's came with twin lamps so i've read and seen

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:21 pm

ive seen single headlight e30's (seem to remember one was posted on here a while back) but i seem to recall the opinion was it was an aftermarket grill

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:25 pm

could it have been
a 2002

or a 1602

or an e21

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:30 pm

I was reading about this today in my BMW book i got for christmas at tea break!

And i'm sure it said factory standard E30's all came with quad lamps, and only the very basic 4 pot E21's for Europe ever came with 2, but in the US all E21's had 4 lamps.

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:32 pm

Chaos wrote:ive seen single headlight e30's (seem to remember one was posted on here a while back) but i seem to recall the opinion was it was an aftermarket grill

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:32 pm

Could be an E21 i looking at that picture!! I'll try to find a pic of the back of one - i'll know for def then.

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:40 pm

e21 from behind

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:31 pm

Yeah it had that plastic grooved thing in the middle. Being a 316 it didnt look as good as that one.

Anyway i pretty certain its an E21...

Thanks everyone especially Tylerma

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:32 pm

Simon13 wrote:I was reading about this today in my BMW book i got for christmas at tea break!

And i'm sure it said factory standard E30's all came with quad lamps, and only the very basic 4 pot E21's for Europe ever came with 2, but in the US all E21's had 4 lamps.

What bmw book is this Simon?

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:02 pm

it's gotta be an E21, were there any E30's about on an X plate?

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:20 pm

lower e21 models had single headlight higher engined e21's had quad lights this was then brought onto the e30 as a standard feature. I have it a book i was bought for xmas too, it's a BMW publication I think only avaliable from BMW about Ãƒ”šÃ‚£25 and very high quality book one of the best I have seen in a while

Post Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:14 pm

this book is wicked loads of tech stuff and detailed history on the development of the E30 M3,S14's S42's E36 touring cars, and bmw's engine guru Paul Rosche who had a hand in every bmw engine u can think of for the past 25 years!

It's abit heavy but i like it!

I can't remember the name though!