Retrofit aircon to an E30?

Post Sat May 21, 2005 9:50 am

The only thing that would make me look at an E36 over an E30 is that aircon is a lot easier to get hold of. Everytime I buy another car I swear that this time it's going to have aircon, and every time I end up buying another eighties motor with a sunroof. Last time it was a VW Scirocco 1800, and I don't even like sunroofs. Anyway, what I'm thinking is once I've got my E30, either a Sport or an M3, what sort of a job is it to retrofit aircon if it's not been done already?

Are the parts easy to find or is it a scrapyard job?
How much would the parts cost?
How tricky is it to fit and are there any specialists who do it?

Cheers!

Post Sat May 21, 2005 10:21 am

I think the hardest part is getting hold of the Freon

Post Sat May 21, 2005 10:32 am

This was discussed recently.

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ht=air+con

Don't worry too much about Freon (r12). You can easily convert to r134a which is easily available.

Cheers,

Ian.

Post Sat May 21, 2005 10:47 am

Many thanks. Well looking at that picture of the dash out, maybe I'll try a bit harder to find one with aircon already fitted!

Post Sat May 21, 2005 10:56 am

i`d have fitted it if i could find complete setup,
my interior is totally stripped so fitting would be fairly easy