Genuine E30 BMW pannels Poland?

[Skinhead]

Where and how much do genuine BMW pannels cost in Poland?

[Grrrmachine]

Genuine panels come from BMW, so it all depends on the exchange rate. If you take a standard panel like a front wing, there are a few dealers with online shops that will give you a price.

Auto-Voll dealership offer a 5% discount to members of the beemka-klub forum, so a wing comes in at just over 1000zl, with shipping:

http://sklep.auto-voll.pl/pl/searchquer ... 1351968489

However, I buy most of my bits from a Latvian dealership; they accept bank transfer and Paypal, offer a 5% discount and there's free shipping on orders over 200zl, so the same panel is about 950zl:

https://www.bmwautoparts.net/pl/katalog ... er-search=

There is another website for parts, and sometimes they have things that others don't:

http://www.oryginalneczesci24.pl/

They offer the wing for 1000zl too. However, their price for little items like clips and screws can be double or even triple that of the other sites, so I use them very rarely.

Hope that helps.

[Skinhead]

I couldn't of asked for better information my friend, thank you.

What is poland like for breakers? Much good gear around? Oh and what about Alpinas, Hartge and M3 E30s?

Random questions I know but I found some parts for a Polish chap I know and we were talking about prices of gear here and there etc. and so forth....

[Grrrmachine]

It's a complete desert. Remember that the Iron Curtain was still up during most of the E30s production, and even when it fell people were still making around $30 a MONTH, so there weren't many bought.

20 years later, every E30 here falls into three categories; poverty-spec chromies being squeezed of their last gasp, driftcock-equipped stickerbombed sheds, or cars stolen from germany so any attempt to register them flags up all sorts of paperwork issues. I went to the lengths I did in my restoration because something like a 2.5 touring is THAT rare, so forget about things like M3s.

There are a few breakers across the country (mostly near the German border) but they charge more than the earth, sell broken trash and offer no form of customer service ("refund? get fucked mate".) That's why clued-up Poles buy their spare parts in the UK or Germany.

As for Hartge and Alpina stuff... bwahahaa. Not a chance. No-one has enough money for stuff like that. I haggled my Hartge manifold down from 1000zl to 600 because the guy hadn't been able to sell it for three months, but other sellers are way more stubborn, and will continue to list alloy wheels at 3000zl for a set, week after week, than reduce their prices for a quick sell. It's daft, but it's Polska. No bargains to be had here.

[Skinhead]

Sound thanks bud, interesting stuff. Good to see it from a restorers point of view, after all you know the exact gear we are talking about and have been there and got all the badges and scars!


As I said before cheers, and thanks for your time.

[BATTS91]

Off topic but what is poland like to live compared to the uk , ie many jobs ,nice people ? How about te language barrier is polish easy to learn ???

[Grrrmachine]

If you don't speak Polish, there's no job market. That's a simple one, and the language barrier can be mental; there aren't any English speaking people in the Immigration office, for example And after 8 years, I'm still nowhere near fluent in the language.

It's not for everyone. 5 months of winters with temperatures below minus 20, overpriced Western goods, miles and miles of tower blocks in the cities can be pretty crushing. But the Polish Dream is summertime, when everyone f*cks off to the forests or lakes or mountains for weeks at a time, just to swim around and have barbeques.

It's not a cushy European country by any means, but if you put the hard work in it's worth it. And the women...

[Skinhead]

I heard about the women too lol!