E30 318iS **New Pics**

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:07 pm

Finally got my first E30. To say i'm chuffed would an understatement!

She's a 1990 318iS in diamond schwartz metallic with 126k on the clock

Factory fitted ABS

Fitted 60/40 Spax lowering springs on Saturday which I'm very impressed with, they lowered the car sufficiently and the handling has definately improved without the car shaking you to pieces on the B-roads

Lots of plans so I'll keep y'all posted as they progress

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:08 pm

did this car come from the north east of England?

Looks very nice fella

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:12 pm

Thanks

Yep it came from Sheffield I believe. Why do you ask?

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:32 pm

I just know someone from the zone whose son had just sold an iS to somone on Ireland, but I am sure this car was from the Newcastle area so must have been a different car.

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:38 pm

Ahh! They're becoming very popular over here. I can see why now I have one

Do you know where I could get a new set of carpets for the boot? EPC and GSF dont seem to do them. If they arent available new I'll just get a second hand set but I'd prefer new ones

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:43 pm

not sure about trim/upholstery etc, the odds are you can no longer get hold of this type of stuff but I could be completely wrong.

Best thing to do is see if anyone else has any ideas where to source this stuff new and if no success just put up a wanted ad in the relevant section.

Smithy318i is always dismembering an E30 and JonB is always a good source of parts, try Dazleeds too, he has most of yorkshire's E30 population on his driveway and normally only 1 of them works

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:45 pm

i'll ask about and see, theres a BMW scrappy up the road from me so i'll head up there if they arent available new, I think postage on a set of carpets would be rather difficult!

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:46 pm

surely thats slander?? :ban:

3out of 4 on drive do start

what more do you want :lol:

cnt help with where to source the carpets new but sure i can help if you take the 2nd hand route

Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:48 pm

she is a beaut, very cool car. Those lowering springs give the car a nice stance.

Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:02 pm

slideordie wrote:

i'll ask about and see, theres a BMW scrappy up the road from me so i'll head up there if they arent available new, I think postage on a set of carpets would be rather difficult!

I got a set before from fabdirect.com and they posted to Dublin - could be worth a try

Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:19 pm

I'll try them, thanks mate

Guest · Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:38 am

luks really nice

Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:45 am

Well done! i bet there are more 318iS in Ireland than there are in the UK now! Everyone i see for sale ends up over there....

Enjoy!

Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:52 am

looks good buddy, I bought my iS recently to and am well chuffed with it.

I'm abotu to drop the suspension to was going to go for the 60/40 but unsure how well that would work with the 16" rims that are going on too

If anyone can offer some advice that would be awsome

Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:21 am

looks sweet mate

and look at those fogs

Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:22 pm

tommo320i wrote:looks good buddy, I bought my iS recently to and am well chuffed with it.

I'm abotu to drop the suspension to was going to go for the 60/40 but unsure how well that would work with the 16" rims that are going on too

If anyone can offer some advice that would be awsome

Well those are 15inch BBS wheels with fat ass tyres on them so I'd say that 16's with lower profile tyres would have a very similar rolling diameter. They'll sit fine. I'm going to refurb my wheels in the next week or so and will be fitting my girlfriends old 16inch Schmidt wheels so that'lll show you exactly how it sits with 16's on

Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:37 pm

Thanks fella, got of 17"s coming at the weekdn now, will it still take the drop....?

Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:49 pm

depends on the offset?

Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:23 pm

New shoes! refurbed standard BBS 15" with polished lip. Have also fitted smoked front and side indicators and German-style plates. going for the dirty/evil/german/euro look

still got a few little niggly things to sort out. want to smoke the rest of the lights and repaint the valances too. apart from that i'm very happy with her, hasnt missed a beat at all, starts better in the cold than my previous cars that were much much younger, fires up straight away and idles perfectly. also passed MOT first time yesterday.