e30 2dr 1 off oil cooler grill fitted 8-)

[shedrool83]

That is nice

[Laurence]

cheers mate

[MurphyE30]

looks nice

[adit]

that's much better Laurence

[oomz1975]

Very nice mate.

[Laurence]

Took it up the strip at the pod today performed well and had a really good laugh, didn't see many other e30s though...

[Laurence]

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php ... 1349834779

Link to the video racing a mates 225 quattro tt up the strip. Considering my engine was only around 190bhp out of the factory and is now 20years old, I think i did quite well to keep up

[Laurence]

Right, I'm looking to renew my interior as my seats are quite tatty...
I'm after a pettern like this :
http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?site=i ... seats#i=50

My question is, can I buy seats like this or can I buy the replacement covers and do it myself?
Any help appreciated

[aj_mckay]

Your link displays a tiny photo of a ghastly orange E30, no seats. But looking at the search results there are some photo's of E30 sports seats in both leather and cloth.

The cloth ones appear to be the checked pattern often found in 318is's so you may well find a set for sale somewhere. Leather ones also come up for sale but for slightly more, obviously.

[Laurence]

this was the image:

[adit]

Right, I'm looking to renew my interior as my seats are quite tatty...

My question is, can I buy seats like this or can I buy the replacement covers and do it myself?
Any help appreciated

i have dark and light grey check cloth, which could be useful for a retrim, available Laurence:




cheers, adi

[Laurence]

do you have the same pattern for the front seats Adi?

[Jhonno]

Chrome grill back in and that will look mint..

[Laurence]

Cheers
Gave it a service today, new plugs, oil filter and oil and it feels nice and smooth

[Laurence]

Out with the old:




In with the new:

[MurphyE30]

looking good, nice work

[Laurence]

Cheers mate, it really feels like its taking shape now

[CaesarBob]

Looking good.

Got to ask tho, is it really Calypso coz it just doesn't look right in the pics. I'd have said it was Wine Red, which is still a nice colour.

[tonybtonyb]

She's looking sweet fella

[Laurence]

Cheers guys

I wouldnt know the exact colour. Anyone got a clear picture of each for comparison?

[Laurence]

New rear lights...

Before:


After:

[Laurence]

Right well it passed it's mot saturday and one of the advisories was both ball joints worn. Now I want to replace them and done a little reading and found it's probably more cost effective to replace the lower arms. Is there any good modifications I can do for example updated bushes that's worth doing? Or a specific model of lower arm?

[aj_mckay]

I don't think you can replace just the ball joints... you will need to replace the whole wishbone. Get some Lemforder wishbones from ECP or the like.

You will also need new wishbone rear bushes (lollipop bushes). Polyurethane bushes are much easier to fit than standard ones, which will need to be pressed in. Some people opt for 'eccentric' wishbone bushes to increase castor and sharpen up turn-in. But to be honest I've no idea if you'd notice any benefit/difference on an otherwise standard E30.

Make sure you have an alignment done once you've completed the work, too

[Laurence]

Have you got a link to the ECP arms? Also I want to be able to tweak the suspension setup of the car so any adjustability is a bonus. I will be getting adjustable top mounts in the not to distant future aswell...

[aj_mckay]

HERE (Left)

...and HERE (Right)

I'm guessing your car's a 318...?

Not sure what adjustability you could ever get other than top mounts and coilovers though.

[Laurence]

Mine is a 325, is that the same setup as the 318?

[aj_mckay]

I'm not sure if there's any difference (they will certainly fit!) but they do list 325 items on the ECP website. Use the above links and change the option to 325 items to be sure.

[Laurence]

Front arms and E30 M3 bushes ordered, arms turned up today and bushes are at the main dealer waiting for collection

Will also Upload some pictures from an autotest i did on saturday...

[Laurence]

Some pictures from the autotest i did on saturday, was having problems with snap understeer which i have pinned on worn balljoints and having an open diff, all of which will be changed shortly

[aj_mckay]

Looks awesome! Fair bit of body roll in that last pic...

[Laurence]

yeah, I hadn't stiffened up the damping back up so it was a bit wallowey, but the corner was a very tight 180 with quite a fast entry so was scrubbing off alot of speed...

[Laurence]

This was a fellow competiter, he had slightly more body roll than i did lol...

[tonybtonyb]

the lights look great mate

[Laurence]

Cheers mate there are a bit red when indicating but they have an orange tinge to them at night apparently

[Coops90]

Nice car.

Sure it isn't Burgundrot though? Doesn't look like calypso to me?