E30 325e 3/1987

[Kedge]

So.. this is what i've been up to the last 4 years and where i am today. Hope you enjoyed this short story of me and my e30 so far. Haven't driven the car yet cause i want to empty the fuel tank and put some fresh fuel in. The car has been sitting on axle stand for 7 months.

If i ever have the chance i would love to do the rear axle as well but i think i need a bit of help on that one.

Cheers

If you can do what you've done so far the rear end will be no problem!

I'm doing pretty much what you're doing but I started with the underside (luckily not had any big body repairs like yours though), will be pretty much the same time frame as well if mine is done for the summer

[Ajsingh]

Just read through this whole thread and its by far one of the best threads iv read on here! amazing work with great amount of details.. Hats off to u sir!

[anothere21323i]

Congratulations - fantastic car and incredible attention to detail through quality workmanship

[e30Passion]

I believe it's number 5 which would be 61121381721
http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?mod ... g=52&fg=65

Cheers.

Thanks for that, I'm thinking I might have ordered 61121380484, will have to check when I get home tomorrow!

My pleasure! You allready installed the heating in the seats?

F U C K Me! What a car!

I have one of those tidy trays for a battery in the boot kit and they look amazing!

I tell you what I really like from your project/car was the bottletop wheels

Yeah it's cool isn't it. I really like these kind of accessorie stuff. Also found a brand new genuine boot-tidy for the left side of the trunk (right next to the jack) . Never knew they excisted. Partnr: 82129413029




Very comfortable for your dog or cat on holiday.


Here are some more bottlecap pics just for you If they where 15inch i think i would've kept them cause they look so fantasticly classy.

From changing the Steelies > Bottle caps > BBS > Total shell rebuilding fiasco...

Love this thread mate, pure passion...I know I will be doing this soon keep it up excellent work fella!

Thank you man! Keep us posted when you do.

The stickers are made by a member called Pukar.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... t=stickers

I allready got in contact. That guy has got some great stuff for sale. Fantastic site! Wouldn't know where else to get those decals. Will order them soon. Many thanks!

wow, dont know what else to say

My e30 is the same model in the same colour, only difference is mine is a four door and will look like shit compared to yours.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks, I'm sure if you give it a good polish it won't be that bad. Mine still hase some dents and things on the hood and right side door and the right fender needs to be replaced. I know somebody with a 4 door eta which is in a way better condition then mine. It is still 100% factory original and completely untouched wich is a rare exception. Here is my car next to his. 2 Low revving lazy asses.

Looks good mate.

If you have time pics of interior maybe?

Well done again

Tan.

Thank you very much.. appreciate it. On the first page there are some interior pics, here some more..




The seat is in pristine condition thanks to the cover which needs to visit the washing machine for the 2000th time.






Cheers..

[iceox]

bloody lovely mate, cant beleive to work gone into this

[oomz1975]

Reading this has motivated me to take apart & clean my spare alternator.
Got me in the garage doing things instead of cursing the weather.
Cheers, keep up the good work.

[e30Passion]

Right.. thought i'd do a little update as i'm coming to the UK next tuesday

A good 7500kms during summertime since the head got rebuild and she's doing great! What a difference that has made in driveability so worth the effort big time! The idle problems i had after first start were quickly fixed with a good valve adjustment.

And with that all done it's again back to usual.. buying stuff for the options list

First took her for a shower though..


Very happy with the M-Tech spings btw.






Under the hood it's lookin much better now.




Still have to install those fantastic decals i got from Pukar (thanks mate) but the sun is long gone and the car is now garaged for winter.


Some other small jobs i did after rebuild:
- Fresh diff-oil.
- Fresh Gastrol GTX 15-W40 engine oil.
- New right end piece rear bumper.
- New plastic airvents under windscreen.
- New Hella crank sensor.
- New original hood emblem.
- New left door stop.
- New rubber boot for the fuel filler cap.

Also cleaned the area where that weird fuel expansion tank lives in the wheelarch. Need to weld some new brackets in the future.

[e30Passion]

The accessories i managed to get hold off.

Got very lucky and happy with this one from German Ebay for just 170 euros considering i've seen them go for dubble that second hand. It's a brandnew electric sunvisor for the rear window.


Unfortunately, all partnumbers shown for these rare items are not recognised by realoem.com nor at the BMW dealers!




Problem beeing there's supposed to be a wireloom and a switch to go with it but not even BMW themselves know which one. Have to still figure that out as the installation manual doesn't give any info on this at all. It just shows how to install it and not the partnumbers involved.
I could improvise something but wonder how the factory installed it when somebody ticked the box to have one installed in their e30 from new.


Another thing nobody knows anything about. Not even bloody google! Ultrasonic alarm system UA 202/ZV


It needs an installation kit to be installed. Again.. not even BMW know the partnumbers or my local dealer parts supplier just needs a good solid punch in the face.




In search of this strange mounting kit i stumbled upon this system on Ebay UK which is specially for the e30 so i think i'm gonna go with this one. Not that i expect any of this stuff preventing my e30 from getting nicked but as an OEM freak it's nice to have things original and genuine BMW!


Another thing i was very happy with finding. As mentioned on the previous page it's a boot tidy for the left side of the trunk. 82129413029.


Just because i like to carry alot. Of Ebay UK and although non-original it does come in handy. The middle section is reserved for a tool-box that will be useful unlike the bootlid thing.


Didn't expect it to be so huge though. It's massive!


I'm gonna mount it to the backpanel in the trunk using the velcro and the shoelaces that are attached to the back of it.


For some extra insurance when hitting the brakepedal i'm srewing the backpanel to the metalwork where the central locking bootlid motor lives and then mount the thing to the panel using the plastic screws that are normally used to mount the sound deadening to the underside of the bonnet on eta's, 320is's and M3's. I'm hoping a total of 6 will be enough to stop a few kilo's coming thru the rear seat whilst BMW is using 16 to hold some featherweight sound deadening to the bonnet


And i also ran into a set of seatbelt adjusters. Never knew the existed for an e30.
http://realoem.com/bmw/partxref.do?lang ... 2119061138


Al this lot wil get bolted when the sun's out in a few months time

[bss325i]

What a great E30!

A man after my own heart in the pursuit of options!

[e30Passion]

Thanks man

We option hunters are always on the lookout but persuit turns in obsession some times and it starts with a new exhaust

Thinking about options, out of curiousity i actually just took a look at the factory options list for the first time today after 4+ years ownership Always forgot asking the dealer partsman even though we've met a couple thousand times. Luckily there's internet so google brought this up: http://www.rubmw.ru/vincode/eng/

Vehicle information
E series E30
Series 3
Steering LL
Doors 2
Engine M20
Displacement 2.70
Power 129
Drive Rear
Transmission AUT
Colour BRONZITBEIGE METALLIC (139)
Upholstery (0214)
Prod.date 1987-03-16

Options
Code
S215A Power steering, engine-speed-dependent
S311 Electric passenger side mirror
S350A Therm.insulat.glass green
S410A Window lifts, electric, front
S520A Fog lights
S556A Outdoor temperature indicator
S615 BMW BAVARIA DIGITAL MONO
S682A Rear seat bench in fabric
- Latch clovebox with key
- Electrically operated radio antenna


Self added options, all OEM:
Interior
- Electrically adjustable and heated mirrors both sides
- Rearview mirror with maplights
- Cruise Control with speed adjust
- Armrest with cupholders
- Rear headrests
- Front seatcovers
- Fire Extuiquisher driverside.
- Manual sunblind rear
- Torch clovebox
- Bavaria Electronic CD2 with 8 way Pioneer updated speaker sounds system
- 3 Spoke leather steering wheel
- Central locking
- Driver side door lock heating

Exterior
- BBS crosspokes 15''
- Rear spoiler
- Front spoiler
- Between rear lights decoration plate black
- Mudflaps front & rear

Suspension
- Boge Turbo gas shocks front & rear
- M-Tech springs

Trunk
- Taillights bulb holders with windows for trunk light
- 9L. Reserve fuel tank in new spare BBS 15''
- Boottidy right side with triangle & first aid kit

Might've forgotten something


Waiting
The stuff pictured above, electric sunblind, alarm, seatbelt adjuster, trunkstuff.

Wish/search list, new or second hand
Heated seat mats. Loom, buttons and relay allready in.
OBC 13 buttons
Popout rear windows
Heatpipes footwell rear passengers
Headlight aim system
Headlight wash and wipe
Rear seat with armrest
Grey inner bootlid cover
Sportseats
And just for good measure a useless bmw 80's telephone with even more buttons next to the 13 buttoned obc to stop the knees of that anoying, smartphone holding passenger getting in the way of the gearlever al the time even though its an automatic! Would be cool though.

[bss325i]

Air conditioning?

Loving the Bavaria CD 2 by the way!

Its a BMW branded Blaupunkt SCD2.

[e30Passion]

Air conditioning?

Loving the Bavaria CD 2 by the way!

Its a BMW branded Blaupunkt SCD2.

You spotted pretty much the only option left except maybe carpetted front speaker panels which i forgot.

Little to no upsides for me there, to expensive and not really needed this part of the world for at least 7 months a year. Sure it's handy in slow traffic during a heatwave but having an arm out at any speed works for me and pop out rear windows will surely help the airflow. A great excuse to get them

Me to, its a great unit, best ive ever owned! One downside, it doesnt like writable audio cds. It will play them but with slight destortion getting worse as you scroll down the playlist it wont even finish.. Still having doubts about installing an e36 Business that doesn't seem to have that problem but its expensive and not nearly as cool as the CD2.

Another thing thats on my mind is using a converter like a Kicker KISL to take the audio signal (+/-) from the speaker wires coming from the original blaupunkt amp and convert them (front & rear) into RCA to power all speakers from a hidden aftermarket amp with some proper power and sound quality cause the blaupunkt walkman thing sounds a bit harsh as its made for old Nokias and not modern Pioneers. A small active sub like a Pioneer TS-WX206 can be added also to really finish it off but would only be usefull i quess when theres an armrest in the rear seat. With this setup you can keep the original radio and keep everything stock looking and still have some quality sound. The only giveaway would be opening the bootlid.

[polsta]

excellent work, great car !!

would like to see that electric visor fitted with pics and a video ?

also this boot tidy -



not seen one before ? does it fit in the left side over the carpet ? any pic of it fitted ?

[e30Passion]

Thanks you!

I will defenitly do that once installed. Problem is i still need to find a wireloom to connect it to. Switch for the visor is i believe a window switch. Maybe the loom for an auto sunroof will work as its basically doing the same thing?

Here some other info i found. Not the same visor as mine as i got the more modern shave-mechanism but its the only info i could find on this rare e30 visor thing. Its German and according to one of the reply's there should be an original wireloom for it.
http://e30-talk.com/bilder-videos/t-bil ... 35764.html
http://3er-foren.de/showthread.php?tid=6439&page=2

Yes the boottidy is for the left side where the jack sits. Not installed it yet as i need a left boot panel which i took out when installing the sound system amp few years ago. It should be somewhere but i just cant find it anymore .

[bss325i]

Air conditioning?

Loving the Bavaria CD 2 by the way!

Its a BMW branded Blaupunkt SCD2.

You spotted pretty much the only option left except maybe carpetted front speaker panels which i forgot.

The carpeted front speaker panels were only used on E30's up to september '85 when the E30 received a few changes at which time also the 325i replaced the 323i.

[e30Passion]

Ahaa.. Thanks! Didnt know that.

Here btw is the other version of the e30 electric sunblind using a stick to raise the blind as opposed to a shave mechanism.


The link to ebay.. hope you're sitting down Mine was a bargain for sure!
http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-E30-Elektris ... 0986213085

[mani]

This is one super clean e30 mate good work !

[e30Passion]

This is one super clean e30 mate good work !

Cheers mate!

Decided to reload all the 425 pictures in the thread thanks to imageshack deleting half of them as you need to pay for that these days. Bunch of bloody moneygrabbers! Took me ages.
Hopefully photobucket is less greedy cause i'm not gonna do it again!

Also found some pics of the beautiful Pukar decals i put on not to long ago. The finishing touch!
A special thanks to Dutch college Sjoerd320i which i've spotted somewhere on here










Had 4 New Falken 914's mounted the other day as the original Pirelli P6's on the front and Uniroyals at the rear were past there sell by date

[e30Passion]

Finally had some time to finish the trunk

And off course with the winter knocking on the door its a smal efford to do some rust prevention.

Took EVERYTHING out..






Only surface rust which cleaned up easily. This is what happens when you forget wet sponges en towels and leave them to dry in the trunk.




Time for waxoil






Instead of trying to clean the runs i took a brush and spread it all out.

[e30Passion]

Lots of grease where the trunklight rubbers sit.


Before waxoiling i drilled a hole which i made squar to secure the back panel with a plastic nut.


To mount this thing. A non original boot-tidy


Secured with some bonnet clips to.


The right side of the trunk allready has the original boot-tidy for the warning triangle and first aid kit which is mounted with this lot.




Installed this to


The stuff i like to cary around From torquewrench to feelergauge, multimeter, reserve fluids, greases, jumpercables, cleaning stuff and even a genuine foldable bucket from BMW. Still searching for the perfect toolbox for the mid-section of the boottidy.


A hydraulic jack to replace the rubbish standard one that ruines the edge of the sill and if youre not careful put a dent in the body metalwork to.




Can't find this boottidy anymore but another 'improved' version is so far still available:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Boot-Tidy-Org ... 19f4f03318

[elan]

I love the new decals, nice touch.

I might steal that idea

[e30Passion]

I love the new decals, nice touch.

I might steal that idea

Indeed they are the finishing touch

[Ashley1995]

Absolutely awesome mate, amazing work! This is what i dream of doing to mine, almost completely stripping and starting again!

[e30Passion]

Absolutely awesome mate, amazing work! This is what i dream of doing to mine, almost completely stripping and starting again!

Many thanks mate!

Yes me to, only at the rear underside this time where it slowly starts to need some TLC to. Problem is as always.. money & your own garage with lift. If you have those 2 nothing can stop you as you can take as long as you want to do the job.. something i still dream about

Good luck with it. Cheers

[bmw9818]

damn that is nice!

how you managed to find that electric rear blind though!!

ive pretty much got the essential extras, heated seats, obc armrest etc, illuminated gear knob,

that rear blind and original phone would get me in a bidding war if on ebay!

[Ashley1995]

Absolutely awesome mate, amazing work! This is what i dream of doing to mine, almost completely stripping and starting again!

Many thanks mate!

Yes me to, only at the rear underside this time where it slowly starts to need some TLC to. Problem is as always.. money & your own garage with lift. If you have those 2 nothing can stop you as you can take as long as you want to do the job.. something i still dream about

Good luck with it. Cheers

I have the garage space, no lift unfortunately though. i just cannot afford to run two cars at the moment being just 19 soon though, soon

[e30Passion]

damn that is nice!

how you managed to find that electric rear blind though!!

ive pretty much got the essential extras, heated seats, obc armrest etc, illuminated gear knob,

that rear blind and original phone would get me in a bidding war if on ebay!

Thats what i thought! Stumbled on the blind which was for sale with a starting bid of 1 euro and no reserve. Went to work after a maximum offer expecting it to go into the hundreds but came back only to find out i won it at a bargain 140 quid Unused and new in box. Pure luck and i say bargain of the century!

Sometimes they do pop up here and there but the price is ridiculous. Not to long ago the same one as mine (shavemechanism) was for sale somewhere for 900 Euros secondhand! The other version (rising stick in the middle) is still for sale for months allready and is a littlebit cheaper.. or should i say less expensive.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-E30-Elektris ... 1e7f62fedd

The phone is completely useless because it works on the D-net which is no longer in use and can also be very expensive.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-E30-M3-GSM-D ... 2ed8874065

http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-E30-Autotele ... 4ade6b3de5

[jslot]

E30passion, beautiful car, excellent photos and great thread, thanks

[e30Passion]

Cheers mate

Still got a lot to do. Hopefully this upcoming summer ill get a few thing done.

[e30Passion]

Recently scored some New Old Stock mats which fit the interior nicely


Top quality! Nice thick carpets with anti slip underside!


Once in place it aint going anywhere

[e30Passion]

Finally got some time to install the sunblind

Not to long ago there was another one for sale which did had the kabel in the advert for me to take a peek. Not even BMW could help me because they never knew they made them, apparently.

Dealer couldn't help me, 2 mails to BMW factory headquarters in Germany went unanswered. Same goes for BMW classic which is the restoration department next to factory. No respons at all!

Anyway, this is a picture of the wireloom i needed that goes with a electric sunblind. Snatched the picture from a seller on ebay who had a complete set for sale at 900 Euro's.


So a sunroof wireloom was chosen as it also has a windowswitch and coincidently a connector that fits the blind.


Some minor modifications required. The relay was cut out as it is not needed. Power and ground was taken from the cigarette lighter as per manual just like the original wireloom.


Tested the whole thing”¦ It’s ALIIIIIVE


Some soldersleeves to make the whole job alot easier. Never again will i have a soldergun in my hand as this is just so much easier and better!


mounting it to the parcelshelf was next..




While i was in there i searched for rust but could not find any of it. Nothing


So out with the waxoil again to keep it that way.


Seatbelt adjusters also mounted


Repaired the wireloom for the shiftlight on the gearlever. Common problem as overtime the wires break because of bending.


Switch installed.








Seatcovers to the washing machine.. again!

[e30Passion]

Here's a clip
[youtube][/youtube]

[e30Passion]

And a washup the other day after 3 months of standing still

[Kedge]

So want one of those blinds

[e30Passion]

So want one of those blinds

Keep an eye on this one then just like 37 others I've seen it for sale for way over a year now and it has dropped to current price from past 600 quid. He's going in the right direction

http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-E30-Elektris ... 1e7f62fedd