E30 Zone

Some pics of my Sport.
I've only been on this forum since 2005,so thought i'd post some!

Car is completely standard bar the Alpinas.(original BBS have been kept thou!)

Please bear with me as i'm no photographer and my camera is only point and squirt.

Thanks for looking.

That looks really really nice. People with a mullered council tech2, this is what they should look like.

Judging from your sensible posts I thought you'd have a good'un. Is the exhaust standard?

Jon_Bmw wrote:That looks really really nice. People with a mullered council tech2, this is what they should look like.

Judging from your sensible posts I thought you'd have a good'un. Is the exhaust standard?

Thankyou
Yes mate everything is standard including the exhaust.I think the exhaust has been off once only(its this cars original one)and that was for me to strip it back and repaint it/refit with BMW mounts and brakets and got my mate to replicate the original "black"tail pipe trims

Absolutley stunning mate and that looks alot like Preston Docks

Eddie25 wrote:Absolutley stunning mate and that looks alot like Preston Docks

Appreciated Eddie and your correct.

Looks fantastic - original paint? If so, must have been well looked after

Looks fantastic

Another stock Tech 2, just what I like to see

looks stunning, very nice tech 2

Looks stunning mate any more pics???

About time you got those pictures up! Your car looks as good as I expected, it's nice to see a good car in good hands.

The alpinas look great.

Now, get some more pictures up!

Looks fantastic - original paint? If so, must have been well looked after

I asked this question (to someone i thought would know) when i bought it and he reckons the majority of the paintwork is original. IMHO if it has had paint.....and it is 20yo.....its been done very well
Yes it has been looked after.The previous owners appear to have been as anal as me i'm affraid.The history file reads like "war and peace".

About time you got those pictures up! Your car looks as good as I expected, it's nice to see a good car in good hands.

The alpinas look great.

Now, get some more pictures up!

Thankyou mate. I will try and post some more later.

Very nice car, honestly i'd lower it an inch or so.

Finaly!

Its looks stunning as i thought it would!

We want more pics!

bss325i wrote:Finaly!

Its looks stunning as i thought it would!

We want more pics!

oooh...........high praise indeed ! Thankyou.

I have a couple of items that i want to do to it yet thou.

Once again thanks for everyones comments.

Some more pics,as requested.



Had some PMs about my "showplates".Gives an idea......

My original "black"tail pipe trims were split.NLA from BMW so my mate made identical replicas,so thanks go to him.


Cheers

Any chance he'll do some more tail trims?

Mate, your Sport looks like its just came out of BMWs showroom

dat is proper innit!

slash cut pipes you can still buy? or is it the other style you have? not all the pics are working for me

csl wrote:

Absolutley faultless!

A very nice sport.

its about time you got some pictures up ash! it still looks nice mate wish i never sold it now. the car never had any paint the whole time me and my mate owned it and it looks nice with the alpinas. whats the mileage on now?

Cooper Thames Ditton- Is that where the car was originally sold then? I'm in and out of there all the time and I never knew they had been around that long!

bss325i wrote:Any chance he'll do some more tail trims?

PM coming.

Simon13 wrote:dat is proper innit!

slash cut pipes you can still buy? or is it the other style you have? not all the pics are working for me

Yes,i have the other style (black outward roll). Can't say i have seen the slash cut on Sports when they were new?

brettski wrote:its about time you got some pictures up ash! it still looks nice mate wish i never sold it now. the car never had any paint the whole time me and my mate owned it and it looks nice with the alpinas. whats the mileage on now?

Hi mate.I think i have done about 7000miles since i got it.Its on about 120k now.This will be my 4th year with this car now I know it was a good one,but even good ones need time/money/effort putting in them to keep them right.
The 12 months i spent looking for one was well spent when i got this thou.

I am willing to wager you will find something nice again,you always do!

oakey wrote:Cooper Thames Ditton- Is that where the car was originally sold then? I'm in and out of there all the time and I never knew they had been around that long!

Yes mate,car was sold new there in december 89.Something like Portsmouth road???I dont think we have any Coopers dealers up here int north! The plates are replicas of the originals i still have.


Thanks for everyones very kind comments!

^ Yup Portsmouth road on the Thames by the marina. Nice area actually. Have you got an original tax disc holder or keyring?

oakey wrote:^ Yup Portsmouth road on the Thames by the marina. Nice area actually. Have you got an original tax disc holder or keyring?

I have the supplying dealers tax disc holder and rear screen sticker (although they are the new type,as could not find any originals that were not tatty).No Coopers keyring thou, as when i bought it,it had some other BMW dealers keyring on them.

^^^OH, i've just turned into a camper

csl wrote:

Simon13 wrote:dat is proper innit!

slash cut pipes you can still buy? or is it the other style you have? not all the pics are working for me

Yes,i have the other style (black outward roll). Can't say i have seen the slash cut on Sports when they were new?

yeah my sport 89 F had its original system on it when i bought it with the black slashcut tail pipes. I put the OE boyson back on it before i sold it



wheres it gone now?! nostalga moment! sp Went to the guildford area

looks gorgeous!!!

i havent seen this car about??? im in lytham and work on the docks at bowker bmw...

stunning car!!

thanks
josh

Simon13 wrote:

csl wrote:

Simon13 wrote:dat is proper innit!

slash cut pipes you can still buy? or is it the other style you have? not all the pics are working for me

Yes,i have the other style (black outward roll). Can't say i have seen the slash cut on Sports when they were new?

yeah my sport 89 F had its original system on it when i bought it with the black slashcut tail pipes. I put the OE boyson back on it before i sold it



wheres it gone now?! nostalga moment! sp Went to the guildford area

If thats the case,yours is the 1st one i have come across.I know the r/test cars had the outward roll and remember seeing new ones with those too but i suppose it was all down to 1st owners choice.
I remember that car of yours from the old zone with Alpina rimage! Seem to think it came from Scotland with low mileage?

yeah i bought it off ebay with 66k on it in 2003/4. Utter rubbish advert which helped!

Was sold new from Henry Brothers Glasgow new, one of owners moved down to Crawley from scotland and took it with him.

Had 103k on it when i sold it, and i swapped the black leathers out of it with my 2dr Alpina I felt bad but.....the alpina seats where mint

josh-hocking wrote:looks gorgeous!!!

i havent seen this car about??? im in lytham and work on the docks at bowker bmw...

stunning car!!

thanks
josh

In that case you should have seen it !...........i quite often pop in to Bowker for my bits, with it. They seem e30 freindly down there from my experience.TBH thou ,it only comes out when its sunny!!!

Thanks for your comments Josh.

I felt bad but.....the alpina seats where mint

You keep forgeting that i have been in that Alpina of yours!

I love that car!!! Had exactly the same 15 years ago!!!