Wind deflector.

[gooner1]

Any one using one of these, specifically, if so what,s the verdict on them ?
Personally, i,m happy without one but the Doris ain,t,.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

[daimlerman]

I have one,mine's a genuine BMW one that I bought s/h from a zoner.
I would not be without it.Enables me to listen to Classic FM whilst travelling hood down at 85mph on my private road.
Whilst on zone roam I loaned mine to Grant,both he and Stella were amazed and impressed at the difference the thing made.Loose paper bits placed in the oddment tray forward of the gearstick stay in place,you can even hear your passenger telling you to slow down(perhaps that is a neg...)
I was advised to buy only a genuine item as the copy one's are not quite as rigid.

[ImysE30]

Genuine one's are available for just under £380

[DaveD]

looks like the raceland one ...a good price and it covers the back seat....if you want a closer look

http://sap082.channeladvisor.com/p-3-wi ... 87-93.aspx

they wont ship to the UK and their European site doesn't sell them for the e30..a few on the ic newsgroup have had them and think they are OK

[gooner1]

They will post to the UK according to this Dave

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This is the European site of Raceland that,s advertising them.

[DaveD]

so they have started selling them ...they didnt 3 months ago

[grantfk10]

As Malcolm (daimlerman) said above - I was well impressed with the one he let me borrow on the Zone Roam. I'd recommend getting one if funds allow.

[mabz]

i have had both genuine and aftermarket ones and really couldnt tell the difference to be honest.ebay.de always has some

[DaveD]

http://tuningevolution.com/eshop/catalo ... cts_id=459

[cbv8]

I have one,mine's a genuine BMW one that I bought s/h from a zoner.
I would not be without it.Enables me to listen to Classic FM whilst travelling hood down at 85mph on my private road.
Whilst on zone roam I loaned mine to Grant,both he and Stella were amazed and impressed at the difference the thing made.Loose paper bits placed in the oddment tray forward of the gearstick stay in place,you can even hear your passenger telling you to slow down(perhaps that is a neg...)
I was advised to buy only a genuine item as the copy one's are not quite as rigid.

Nevermind the wind deflecter CLASSIC FM ditch the deflecter mate then then you wont be able to hear CLASSIC FM thats got be a good thing

[Z3I]

To me, the BMW original ones are better made, and more rigid, and cover the contours of the back seat better.

They always seem to be available on ebay.de, but prices have crept up to 200 euros at the moment, perhaps when the summer is over they'll come down a bit?

With sellers on ebay.de, check they will ship international, they often don't, and that the deflector has no holes, and preferably has its original case. Wind deflector = Windschott in German. Better still, find one in the Cologne/Bonn area and drive over there to collect and pop in to the Nurburgring for a circuit!

[DaveD]

but they are twice the price...I haven't seen the windblokker one but as I said it has had reasonable reports from the states where it is the only place it has been sold up to now

[e30topless]

I have had them in the past Rob, and never used them, my last one I have just sold because I will never use it !

[gooner1]

There was a chap at last weeks German Car Show, thinks his name is Wayne.
Anyway he was showing me a wind deflector from an E36, that he had made very small
and simple alterations to. Fitted his Burgenrot Cap perfectly, these seem to go for far less
than E30 ones.

[MARKYMARKY]

Just bought one(original BMW ) from fleabay,very impressed with it,fits easy,keeps wind and noise out,even keeps wig on at 70mph lol

[ImysE30]

There was a chap at last weeks German Car Show, thinks his name is Wayne.
Anyway he was showing me a wind deflector from an E36, that he had made very small
and simple alterations to. Fitted his Burgenrot Cap perfectly, these seem to go for far less
than E30 ones.

Any more details on what kind of mods?

[Blitz]

The problem is it only works for the front passengers.

[daimlerman]

The problem is it only works for the front passengers.

True,but how many times do you expect to carry more than one passenger?
A few seconds see's it off and stowed in the boot

I keep mine installed even with the hood up,stops the nosey seeing what has been left on the rear seat and in the rear footwells!

[DaveD]

+1

[PG325]

http://tuningevolution.com/eshop/catalo ... cts_id=459

Sorry to drag up an old posting, from the pic on this site can anyone confirm how the rear fixings work.

[DaveD]

just slot under the horseshoe

[PG325]

Do you have one Dave?

[DaveD]

only the OEM one but if you look at the copies they have aprong coming out the back ...

[DaveD]

there's a good selection here and now's the time to buy as the price goes up in the summer

http://shop.ebay.de/i.html?_nkw=Bmw+E30 ... m270.l1311

[Z3I]

Only buy the OEM part, not the copies! Make sure it is "mit tasche", that is with the bag that protects it when you store it away. Prices in Germany went up last year, and with post can be £200 now. Why not see what Cotswold can sell them for, and get a new one?

[brettE30cab]

I just bought myself a original deflector but it didn't come with a bag, anyone know where I can get one?

[mabz]

to be honest mate there easy enough to make if you know some one with a sewing machine,i would have made you one but i havent got a sewing machine anymore.havent seen a bag on its own for sale so it might be easier for you to make one

[daimlerman]

What does the bag look like/and made of?

[agd931]

The bag is made out of black cloth. I was given my genuine wind deflector free of charge by a friend without the bag, I borrowed his to have as a template, took it to a seamstress, who made one for me for 4 Euro you cannot tell the difference between the two.

I only use the deflector in the winter on the motorway. With the windows up and the deflector in place cruising at 70/80 mph is very comfortable, no buffeting at all, and no moaning from the pass seat about the hairdo... all this with the temperature up to 20degrees C which is normal temp in the winter. At the end of March it goes back in the bag not to be seen until November again, an evening drive with the temp at 30 degrees and the roof/windows down is something to be enjoyed even with the buffeting.

When I am on my own, I don't use it as I like the windows down(drop dead gorgeous these chromies) this way.

[corkie]

my oem one came with a black fake leather bag

[brettE30cab]

There is a few sites on the web that do padded bags for the template/copy deflectors that they sell, these should fit shouldn't they? £35 which isn't to bad.

[PG325]

just slot under the horseshoe

I just can't see how the back clips under the horseshoe, there aren't any side brackets, just prongs at the rear, I suppose there could be something missing in the pic?

[DaveD]

the prongs must go under the horseshoe ...the OEM one fits that way