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BEERBOY123
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:30 pm

What did I do to my E30 today?

I'll tell what I bloody did, I read it a poem.

Read it a bloody poem.

Happy now?

F*uckers
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:41 pm

BEERBOY123 wrote:What did I do to my E30 today?

I'll tell what I bloody did, I read it a poem.

Read it a bloody poem.

Happy now?

F*uckers
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:45 pm

Did it wander lonely as a cloud? Tracking, probably
Did it gaze upon a host of Golden daffodils. Headlight adjustment needed.
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:49 pm

Dressed it up...

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bss325i
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:14 pm

Nice spoilers! :)

New E30?
http://www.bmrperformance.co.uk

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Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:35 pm

bss325i wrote:Nice spoilers! :)

New E30?
:D

My old 1 all patched up back in my possesion.
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:16 pm

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Got it dirty! :D
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:19 pm

dont damage my console nobby.
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:29 pm

sweep wrote:dont damage my console nobby.
I will tell the wife to be gentle with it as she does not like her shit saxo clutch!
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:46 pm

no high heel marks please... :wave:
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Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:22 pm

If you have the console you have to take these too pmsl

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Sat Oct 26, 2013 7:30 pm

Put the hardtop back on (after a bit of headscratching remembering the nut/washer sequence, and hookwrench rotation.) Got there in the end. Do your worst, Sunday gales...


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Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:01 pm

Replaced spark plugs which by the looks of them were changed in last century. But it didn`t solve the problem anyway :(
I`m driving E30, 1989, 325i, 4 door. Restoring 1990, 4 door.
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Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:40 pm

I cleaned some moss off mine. I felt much better after.
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Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:58 pm

Took my son to rugby practice with the roof down, but then put the hardtop on this afternoon :cry:
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:23 pm

Finally got round to giving it its winter coat of Autoglym HD wax. :D

After driving home Sunday night in sub-zero temperatures I was going to fit the winter bottletops. Things have warmed up a little though so they can remain in the shed for a bit longer.
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Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:19 pm

Bought M3 Front wings...
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Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:09 am

blclar wrote:Bought M3 Front wings...
whats the going rate on those nower days?
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 5:20 pm

Courtesy of a £21 lock repair kit, I spent the day chasing teeny weeny springs all round the dining room. However I now have central locking that works!! :D
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:29 pm

Went to Garage for first time in weeks
Pulled cover off car
Started it and drove out of garage
Polished it
Put back in garage
Put cover back on
Shut door
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:22 pm

Pulled the cover off (well, the boot section), unlocked the boot. Put some rarities in it and locked it back up. Put the cover back on and left it!

At least it's still there!
B7's Motto. "If it's French, BURN IT!!!!!!"
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:00 pm

sorted my car out with its own car port/workshop lol

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Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:11 pm

^^ Fancy!
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Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:30 pm

best £60 iv ever spent on the car lol. but keeps the rain off the poor girl.
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Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:59 am

Put 200 odd miles on the clock...

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Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:30 am

Great picture
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Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:17 pm

Drove it, as I have done pretty much every day since I got it this time last year. Really do like E30's !
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Wed Nov 27, 2013 9:27 pm

Not today, Monday, but, sold it...on to something else similarly old once I find the right one. :)
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Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:04 pm

MOT day today and it


Failed

But only on a couple of minor bits - the examiner thought it was quite a good car on the whole 8O
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paulwarrior
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:45 pm

Dropped my shell to a bodyshop to get a new bulkhead put in for my s85 v10!
Anyone know where I could get an e30 m3 bootlid kit for a standard e30?
507 bhp should be just about enough to start with...
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:17 pm

what would a m3 bootlid kit consist of exactly?
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Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:50 pm

Today I took the upper manifold off to replace the injector seals .
But I must of misplaced them or lost them a˜ª
So tomorrow I'll be renewing the seals plus 2 of the injectors as the bottoms were broken.
Plus I need to buy a compressor to do the drain ways from the sunroof to the back bumper.
Plus maybe redo the alarm as the battery exploded.
Has anyone got a pic of where the wires go.
This is the alarm I have .
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Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:54 am

Today I bought my first one...

:D :D
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Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:55 am

BROOMY wrote: Plus maybe redo the alarm as the battery exploded.
What, literally? 8O They are replaceable - usually a Ni-Cd or Lithium type available from the likes of Maplin, CPC, etc.
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