restoring my A-reg 84 E30 *new pics added*

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jonesye30
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Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:34 pm

mmm, have had a chat with jason at e30 centre he has one, with all the other bits i need. nice 1 tho!!!
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Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:39 am

comming along nicely
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Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:45 pm

hi lads been away for a while due to me little one arriving, had a good 8 hours and the car to day got most of it painted just door shuts and bits left to do should be on the road by mar.ch at the latest.. Pics to follow hope u all had a nice Xmas
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Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:36 pm

come on jonesy get them pics up :D
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Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:13 pm

yeah will get em up tomorrow, hopefully .... Got the bbs rims on now and drop on the rear 60mm but will still look high on pics as the stands are still under her
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Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:15 pm

need two rear trailing arms still tho for it if n e one local can help dudley west mids
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:16 am

Have many of u with german plates had much trouble with the old bill, or don't they really take much notice
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:03 pm

jonesye30 wrote:need two rear trailing arms still tho for it if n e one local can help dudley west mids
may be able to help with this mate is it for the rear disc conversion?
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:17 pm

na just to replace the rusty old ones really not sure how to go about rear disks dont really want to
i think :o:
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:47 pm

jonesye30 wrote:need two rear trailing arms still tho for it if n e one local can help dudley west mids
there is a lachs silver touring breaking at nine locks brierley hill!
Cypriotgeeza wrote:I done both my mates in my old 318is
felt so proud,even tried it with a E30 325i and got put in my place.. :o:
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:52 pm

is that u mate? or u know them?
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:23 pm

jonesye30 wrote:na just to replace the rusty old ones really not sure how to go about rear disks dont really want to
i think :o:
if your changing the rear trailing arms you'd be as well converting it to disk brakes on the rear. its a straight forward job just a case of changing the rear trailing arms for ones from a 325,318is, cabby or touring. change the hand brake cable and renew the brake pipes which I'm sure you'd be doing any how if your changing the rear trailing arms
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:05 pm

if i put on the trailing arms off a 325, the hub with disk, and caliper would i have to use the brake pipes off a 325 or just renew the old ones? also would the hand brake cable have to be off a 325????? cheers
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:36 pm

just thought id drop a few new pics in on how its going!
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:39 pm

it is up on stands thats why it looks a little high, lol has got a 60mm drop on now.
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:40 pm

tech 1 skirts still waiting to be fitted on this side also
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:41 pm

looking good. im sure ihave spare m tech end caps somewhere. let me know if your interested and ill see if i can lay my hands on them :wink:
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:52 pm

u have pm jbh , cheers
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:58 pm

jonesye30 wrote:u have pm jbh , cheers
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:57 pm

Motor is looking good now mate.....

Repair work is pretty seemless.#

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It doesn't look like it does in my sig pic anymore
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:49 pm

thats looking spot on now mate
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Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:00 am

That looks good fella very nice work there :cool:


some old boy around the corner from my mother-in-laws got an A reg sitting in his gardan been there now for about 9 month, I think its time i knocked his door.
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jonesye30
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Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:35 pm

i would mate there min the oldewr nes, the reason for this littl eproject realy is the ow milage, 64k o cloc, with papes to prove
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:19 am

jonesye30 wrote:i would mate there min the oldewr nes, the reason for this littl eproject realy is the ow milage, 64k o cloc, with papes to prove
PARDON!?
Proud member of the PARDON? club!
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Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:12 am

looks cool , it getting some alloys and a drop?,.
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jonesye30
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:06 pm

keeps the bbs 15's on for now, she got a 60mm drop on bilstein shocks and springs, was looking at a set of borbet A rims if i keep it for summer
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