E30 Zone

i have a 318 h plate cabby, that needs a roof and windscreen, will a normal e30 screen fit or is the cabby a diffarent shape? is it bonded or rubber sealed?

maybe shoulda sent this to you via Pm... Not mine, but to keep others from seeing it... but have you seen this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-3-series-E30- ... dZViewItem

passatsport wrote:i have a 318 h plate cabby, that needs a roof and windscreen, will a normal e30 screen fit or is the cabby a diffarent shape? is it bonded or rubber sealed?

I believe any E30 screen (not M3) will fit - they are rubber sealed not bonded.

Replaced my front screen the other week....minutes to remove, minutes to fit new screen....one and half hrs to get the trim back in without damaging it or the body.....well worth it though

My understanding of it is that any screen will physically fit, but that there are differences between saloon screens and cab screens:

An original cab screen will have a factory tint at the top, the glass will be slightly thicker than standard, and, of course, the cab screen will have the mirror attached to it

Just what I've heard, mind...

Alyman wrote:My understanding of it is that any screen will physically fit, but that there are differences between saloon screens and cab screens:

An original cab screen will have a factory tint at the top,

nope - mine didn't; I've just had to have it replaced this month, by a BMW windscreen of course

Alyman wrote: the glass will be slightly thicker than standard,

who told you that?

Alyman wrote: and, of course, the cab screen will have the mirror attached to it

silly boy

Ah well, seems I'm a master of misinformation then!

Like I said, these are just things I've heard on the forum - I was breaking my convertible at the time so it stuck in my head that cab screens were different. I stand corrected!

breaking a convertible

according to oem ( and i had heard this earlier)cab screens only go on cabs and it is the same screen as an m3 cab...obviously put in differently

-my cab came with a green tint (an option according to the spec)on top but they also came clear and all green

so the glass might be thicker than standard? Odd.

orangecurry wrote:breaking a convertible

It was a mercy fragging

Cat B write off 10 years ago (so shouldn't have been on the road in the first place!)

Ultra bad quality pale yellow respray

Every knob/switch/door handle surround/dials/handbrake/steering wheel etc - yellow

Vandalised back window.

It's in a better place now... and for a car that cost £400, it made £1200 in bits on ebay everyone's a winner

Cab windsreens ave the attachment for the rear view mirror

no they don't...its glued on later

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=51&fg=40

or the boss falls off twice a year as mine does...

Still passes MOT tho, as the wing mirrors are in place... stange laws...

Alyman wrote:

orangecurry wrote:breaking a convertible

It was a mercy fragging

Cat B write off 10 years ago (so shouldn't have been on the road in the first place!)

Ultra bad quality pale yellow respray

Every knob/switch/door handle surround/dials/handbrake/steering wheel etc - yellow

Vandalised back window.

It's in a better place now... and for a car that cost £400, it made £1200 in bits on ebay everyone's a winner

thank you for this important work

the screen at the mo has green tint. but as i need a roof and a screen before i even look at servicine brakes etc i think a scrappy will be needed, any good breakers in scotland

passatsport wrote:the screen at the mo has green tint. but as i need a roof and a screen before i even look at servicine brakes etc i think a scrappy will be needed, any good breakers in scotland

There's a place in Bonnybridge, reasonable distance for you. Last time I was there, they had about a dozen E30s in:
Allparts Autosalvage
Hillview Rd, High Bonnybridge, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire FK4 2ER
Tel: 01324 819009