e30 newbie 318i touring pics just purchased!!!

[taldo50]

hi,

just bought my e30 after seeing it on ebay, really pleased with it, thought id post a couple of pics see what you guys thought! had to take the alloys pictured off the car as they were buckled shes now on the original 14inch steelies and trims. brand new tyres on the 17's aswell, so if anyones got some nice 17 inch alloys without tyres id love to hear from them! or even some nice alloys with tyres, im intrested in anything really! anyway have a look at the pics!











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[shedrool83]

Looks nice but can do with lowering imo.
Are you sure the alloys are buckled and not just needing balanced.might even be the tyres if it had been sitting for awhile.
Whats your plans for the car?

[taldo50]

yeah thinking about lowering but not entirely sure, i might but some bbs's on it and do an m42 swap!, yeah the alloys are knackered had them balanced twice and no joy still gettig shaking through the wheel, so got them up on a ramp and gave them a spin and they were quite clearly buckled, so put the steelies on and all is well!

so as far as plans for the car go im thinking.

1) speakers in the back as it only has fronts
2) OBC retrofit
3) repair slightly sagging headlining
4) more power!

not sure what else ill do ill just make it up as i go along! this is my daily driver so any engine conversions may prove difficult!

[toby]

Welcome taldo50

1) you could try
- component speakers and an amp up front
- & the same in the rear - or just upgrade rear speakers
- or fit a small sub and upgrade small rear speakers (if you use a sub put bass filters on the small speakers).

2) there should be a second hand one available on here

3) here's a post I did about gluing headlining
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... headlining

4) how much are you going to spend? perhaps try an A-Tech chip first - good gains on an M40 for not a lot of money

Cheers
Toby

[josh-hocking]

looks a good touring!! well done

[Alex]

looks clean, good luck with it

oh and welcome

[E30BeemerLad]

before you bin the alloys....

do they balance up when the tyre place puts them on the balancing machine?

Many people have had problems with the Alpina replica 17" alloys and constantly getting wheel wobble. Usually the problem is that they are multi-fit alloys and the centre bore of the alloy is slightly bigger than the diameter of the centre of the hub on the car, so the wheel never centres properly when you fit it.

Some spigot rings at a cost of about £20 may sort this out.

Looks a nice clean car and it's rare to see an E30 without chewed driver seat

[daimlerman]

There is a proper pod type fitting for rear speakers,they fit under the grille by the rear side window in the top of the cubbys.It's a neater solution than butchering the cubby doors.If,on the other hand,you want bigger rear speakers,I have a pair of butchered cubby doors in the loft with 6+8 speakers fitted.....

[taldo50]

hi toby,

thanx for the link to the headlining post, very helpful, im going to be upgrading all the speakers followed by a amp/new head unit install, not sure about 6X9's as id have to cut! and im not after massive loudness more quality than anything else, however i am quite partial to base so there will be a sub going in! where would i acquire one of those a-tech chips from? i presume they have a website? cheers again!

hi e30beemerlad, yeah i think they did get them balanced, i hope so because they charged me for it! spigot rings sounds like a good idea! never thought of that will try it! il keep you posted on my alloy wheels saga!

cheers

[taldo50]

hi daimler man,

i had agreed a price for a pair of rear speaker pods for a touring about a month or two ago before i bought this touring as i was goin g to look at one but it turned out to be cr*p despite being advertised as imaculate! drove all the way to birmingham too! so in the end had to let the seller down but ill try and find another set i think!

[Alex]

pm ant he supplies them for around £60-£70 ish i asked yesterday how much one was for a 316i m40 and he said it was £65

[Alex]

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

click that and click the email button at the botton of his post or give him a ring

[taldo50]

be great if i knew how to do that lol! wha sort of power gains could i expect?

[alex-e30]

nice looking touring, will you be removing the tow bar or will you be using it?

[Alex]

not sure of gains. Being a 1.8 m40 the gains wont be massive but should liven it up a bit and make it funner to drive

[Alex]

Pm sent with ants email

[alex-e30]

if your talking about power talk to CHRISP, he's running a turbo in a 318i

[taldo50]

cheers alex have emailed him. p.s. nice to have a fellow north eastener to here!

in reply to alex-e30 not sure about the bar yet, usualy leave them on just incase but ive never had the need to tow anything for ages so ill probably remove it!

[Alex]

cheers alex have emailed him. p.s. nice to have a fellow north eastener to here!

in reply to alex-e30 not sure about the bar yet, usualy leave them on just incase but ive never had the need to tow anything for ages so ill probably remove it!

no problem

[E30BeemerLad]

where abouts in Teesside are you dude? I'm from glorious Billingham originally, but I try not to broadcast that too much lol

[taldo50]

good old billingham LOL! ive got a mate who drinks in the Unicorn down billingham if that brings back any memories! personally im a wooley back from guisbrough!

[Sanchez]

http://edinburgh.gumtree.com/edinburgh/86/19571286.html

try that add for the wheels.

[E30BeemerLad]

Guisborough eh. One of our members on here with a rather special 325 with E36 M3 power lives round your way.

My old man used to work at Guisborough Motor Co on the high st about 30 years ago

[taldo50]

Guisborough eh. One of our members on here with a rather special 325 with E36 M3 power lives round your way.

My old man used to work at Guisborough Motor Co on the high st about 30 years ago

really ! e36 m3 power id love a look at that!, i remeber guisborough motor co i think, its now a pine furniture store!