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Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:53 pm

did the 318is come with 45mm or 51 mm struts??
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:07 pm

I'm pretty sure everything other than the 325i's and 320 cabs came with 45mm struts......
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:20 pm

318is got the larger 51mm struts.
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:23 pm

The i.s has 51mm struts
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:26 pm

Perhaps it is easier to say that only saloon versions of 316,316i,318,318i,320i and 323i were fitted with 45mm front struts!
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:29 pm

e30-dk wrote:I'm pretty sure everything other than the 325i's and 320 cabs came with 45mm struts......
That is why the IS is a good base for a 24v conversion Ant, rear discs, sporty seats etc etc
How do you pronounce 'either'? I say 'either', but some say 'either'. Either is correct.
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:10 pm

Already had discs on my 320i se which baffeled me as I thought they didn't come standard with them :?. Maybey last owner changed them or they were optioned when new?

Anyway only thing I need now is sport seats :D :D
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:05 pm

Rear discs were fitted when ABS was ticked,I think.
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:20 pm

That would explain it then malc as my car is abs equiped :)
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Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:56 pm

thanks lads..
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Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:23 am

daimlerman wrote:Rear discs were fitted when ABS was ticked,I think.
e30-dk wrote:That would explain it then malc as my car is abs equiped :)
Correct and ABS was standard on all 325i's from '86, all M3's and an option on every other E30, even 316's.
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