E30 Zone

was asked to put a pic up of the e30 ive just bought so here it is, this pic was taken before i bought it, be kind

got some new wheels coming this week, cant wait to fit em

Looks alright - what engine is it ?

its the m10 1.8, cost me 250 quid, needs a bit of tlc but runs great

Nice looking moredoor

Got any other plans for it?

jaymos wrote:its the m10 1.8, cost me 250 quid, needs a bit of tlc but runs great

Can't go wrong for that money Will look better with the bottletops on it.

cheers, ye plan to get a couple of front seats for it, as they are in pretty bad order, needs a good service and general tlc, think a wheel bearing needs doin, bodywork isnt too bad at all just bits of surface rust and the paintwork is a bit on the dull side, the worst been the boot lid which is a bit worse for wear think that may need changing in the near future, in general i just want to get it back to good original condition, im one of those people that think they look the best as standard but with maybe a few subtle mods nothing too ott.

im currently after an original gear knob as it has a nasty aftermarket thing there, plus a new gaiter as the one in there now is well past it.

nice looking motor fella ..........

Keep the hub caps!

looks good, although i take it your a bmw virgin fitting bottletops

there worse than trims IMO

looks like a clean car, and the in colour too, white

cheers alex lol, it needed a couple of new tyres and seen the alloys for sale for a cheap price, all with good tyres so i thought id get em as i thought they would look better than trims, i will see how they look, if youre right i will be changing them when the tyres wear out

Bottletops look fine if they're kept sparkly clean and they're cheap as chips. You can buy a bottletop wheel with a good tyre cheaper than you can get a decent part-worn fitted and balanced.

ye rob got a set of 4 with 4 good tyres on them, plus the guy is sending me 2 extra tyres free, all for 75 quid, im made up with that

finally fitted the wheels

Car looks clean and better with the new wheels!

looks better with new wheels

Agreed, looks better with the rims.....I used to hate bottletops, but they've grown on me now, especially after seeing a MK1 golf with some sprayed gold.

Looked awesome.

p.s. welcome to the zone

thanks guys, the bodywork looks better on the pics than it actually was, it was looking dull and tired, gave it a bit of G3 yesterday and its like a new car , well almost

pics after a little bit of a clean, pics dont really do it justice, due to crap camera phone

This has come along nicely

cheers ste, but seems like i do one job, then somethin else happens, the sunroof handle broke off the other day so ordered one of them, then yesterday the chrome trim on the passenger side blew off on the motorway and put a small ding and scratch in the roof i was fuming all part of the fun i suppose

Indeed, soon you'll be knee deep in parts and jobs to do. Very rewarding though. The sunroof handles and manual window handles do have a habit to breaking too as i found out the other day.

Haha funnily enough my new one has just arrived as we speak, so that is the job for the afternoon, bring on the next job

when i bought the car both front seats were perished, ive been on the lookout for some replacements since day one, i gave up after a while. Then last week went down to chris warburtons to pick up my chrome gutter trim, top bloke by the way, so thought id ask him if he ever gets any seats in, low and behold he had a set, 40 quid for the 2 so i took em gonna try and fit em this week.
Thanks again Chris you are a legend.

theseats in there now




the new ones to go in, like brand new





cant wait to get em in there

I really like this.

Nice bottletops, look in great nic! New tires?

Ollie_bwoii wrote:I really like this.

Nice bottletops, look in great nic! New tires?

no ollie, the tyres were already on when i bought the wheels, they seem to be pretty new though, plenty of tread on em, am well pleased with em

Bottletops for the win.

The only thing that would annoy me is the grey rear bumper. Other than that it looks a real nice more door!

ye that annoys me aswell, thats one of the many jobs on my list lol its never ending. was thinking of either getting a set of new bumpers or getting them sprayed white, no too sure yet

Either would be good!

What else you got planned for it? They really are addictive aren't they, even 4 cylinder models.

ye very addictive, just when you seem to be on top of things something else comes up lol had to patch up the inner rear arch as with all this rain and driving the car the jack compartment in the boot was flooded again so have fibreglassed it up just to get me through the winter, then will give the bodywork a good inspection in the spring and get all the bad spots sorted before they get worse, wanna keep it as original as possible really, maybe a few tweaks here and there, wish mine was in as good nick as yours ollie, by the way hows the car goin now you have passed your test?

Sounds good!

My car is going great thanks. I think If I showed you photo's of the state the car was in when I got it you would be very suprised, and there is still lots to make it right.

Ollie_bwoii wrote:Sounds good!

My car is going great thanks. I think If I showed you photo's of the state the car was in when I got it you would be very suprised, and there is still lots to make it right.

would be good to see em mate, i like seein what other zoners have done to bring their cars back to life, get them pics up
ive seen the pics you have put up of it now, stunning car, hopefully i can get to see it at a show next year now you have your licence

I'll get a few pics to you some time.

I did have a resto thread going but I deleted the pictures from my photobucket account, and couldn't be bothered to put them all back up.

And yep would be good to see your lovely little more door as well.

Looks a nice tidy e30.Was it one lady owner from new!27,000 on the clock and history lol.What a bargain.

tonybtonyb wrote:Looks a nice tidy e30.Was it one lady owner from new!27,000 on the clock and history lol.What a bargain.

eh