E30 Zone

Needed some new front seats for a while and came across a pair of E28 M5 jobs,bought for a bargain price by comparison to "normal" E30 seats.
All that was needed was to swap the runners over,and that took all of about 45 minutes.

First job,locate my original seats,they're here under all the debris i'm sure



Once cleaned up,new seats fitted a treat,I know they're matching colour to the rest of the interior,but TBH I think they look pretty damn good.

Before:


After:



Incidently I used an article written by Jam172 as a guide to changing the runners,but now I can't find it,but thanks Jam,great article

You want to be careful where you park Rog, to close to the kerb and the bin men may try and empty it

Chance would be a fine thing Dan,the b4astards find it hard enough to empty the wheelie bin

Were on our second bin of the year, they keep falling in the back of the truck! Had a new one last summer while I was doing a bit of clearing out in the back garden, must be 'compacting' it a bit too much

DanThe wrote:Were on our second bin of the year, they keep falling in the back of the truck! Had a new one last summer while I was doing a bit of clearing out in the back garden, must be 'compacting' it a bit too much

Do you do what I do then,jump up and down in it cramming it to the absolute max

You even cleaned and hoovered it after fitting them seats didn't you? Very nice.

Shame someone specced the colour as 'Camel Arsehole'

That looks like it works well. Nice one! and some E28 seats have arm rests too. Do the E28 sport seats have arm rests does anyone know?

Incidently I used an article written by Jam172 as a guide to changing the runners,but now I can't find it,but thanks Jam,great article [/quote]

Glad you found the article of use, it is a sticky in the Technical help, it's a bit disjointed and needs re-writing to be honest.

Oh yes, no e28 sports seats did not come with front fold down arm rests but late comfort seats did.

Your doner sports seats would have come from an E28 M535i, AFAIK all E28 M5 sports seats were electrically operated for the Uk market and bloody heavy.

Your E30 is a touring/ 4 door, it is still possible to swap E28 front seats into a 3 door E30, just a bit more work required so that the seat back tilts to allow access for rear passengers.

Jesus325iTouring wrote:

DanThe wrote:Were on our second bin of the year, they keep falling in the back of the truck! Had a new one last summer while I was doing a bit of clearing out in the back garden, must be 'compacting' it a bit too much

Do you do what I do then,jump up and down in it cramming it to the absolute max

Well, I dont jump directly on the rubbish, I find a couple of old slabs or a dozen bricks on top helps the 'compressing'

Whats your plans for the old seats? Im looking for a retrim project!!

jaistanley wrote: Shame someone specced the colour as 'Camel Arsehole'

Guaranteed to get a hump in your car with this colour though!

The last time i saw a camels areshole it was red raw

mrLEE30 wrote:The last time i saw a camels areshole it was red raw

Lack of women out there Mr Lee??

Jeez, I found a car dirtier than mine.

i attempted to clean out my touring a week or so ago and pulled out 13 costa coffee cups, not good

tomtomiS wrote:i attempted to clean out my touring a week or so ago and pulled out 13 costa coffee cups, not good

maxfield wrote:Jeez, I found a car dirtier than mine.

Not for much longer Maxy Boy,this time tomorrow you'll need these to look at it.

Jesus325iTouring wrote:

mrLEE30 wrote:The last time i saw a camels areshole it was red raw

Lack of women out there Mr Lee??

why bother... we have camels!!!

Well call me old fashioned but I think they look great. Would look better with a load of newspapers and coffee cups all over them though. pimp tight baby.

adam81 wrote:Well call me old fashioned but I think they look great. Would look better with a load of newspapers and coffee cups all over them though. pimp tight baby.

you talkin about camels!!!


jesus, to answer your question watch ITV(or BBC??) about 12:30 your time.... judge for yourself if Bahrain has women for the weekend you may even spot a camel toe

mrlee