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Moderator: martauto
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Mousey
- E30 Zone Newbie
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:45 am
Hello all - I’d just like to introduce myself as a new member. I have an E30 316i and I’d love to get it back to its best. I bought it a few years ago from a neighbour. Her father bought it from new and then gave it to her before he died. It’s been off the road for two years but I got it MOTd this week and it’s now back on the road! I have a few issues with it - drivers door lock doesn’t work, even though the central locking does. The heater works but makes a hell of a racket. They’re very simple things to repair, I think. I’d also like to get it re-sprayed at some point too. The car is completely original and I want to keep it that way too - but I will need guidance from sage minds, please. Thank you very much, Mousey from Herefordshire.
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martauto
- E30 Zone Team Member
- Posts: 6207
- Joined: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:00 pm
- Location: leeds
Welcome to the zone mate , I`m sure people will help you with anything you ask. 
Loads of pics please.
Mart.
Loads of pics please.
Mart.
Only the E46 cab left now.
Just got too old.
Just got too old.
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Foe
- E30 Zone Regular
- Posts: 615
- Joined: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:00 pm
- Location: South Wales
Hello and welcome.
Agree with Mart.....pics and more pics
Agree with Mart.....pics and more pics
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ocde30
- E30 Zone Newbie
- Posts: 244
- Joined: Thu Feb 07, 2019 4:54 pm
- Location: Yorkshire
Hi and welcome. If your car is "completely original" and you want to keep it that way then think twice about a respray. You only get "original" once and a respray will compromise that and cost a fortune if it is done to a high standard.
I bought mine last year with full intension of having a respray because the paint was dull and miserable looking. I was lucky that my car was not rusty or rotten and so with some careful, patient detailing with a DA polishing machine the car came up looking great. Sure it has the odd scratch and dent, expected after 29 years, but I now see these marks as all part of the cars long history and for me a respray would spoil it. Now when I look at it I can't believe I considered a respray!
Obviously major rot, welding repairs and panel replacement can mean that a respray can't be avoided. Good luck with your car - it is great to get hold of a car where you know the history. Any pictures of yours?
I bought mine last year with full intension of having a respray because the paint was dull and miserable looking. I was lucky that my car was not rusty or rotten and so with some careful, patient detailing with a DA polishing machine the car came up looking great. Sure it has the odd scratch and dent, expected after 29 years, but I now see these marks as all part of the cars long history and for me a respray would spoil it. Now when I look at it I can't believe I considered a respray!
Obviously major rot, welding repairs and panel replacement can mean that a respray can't be avoided. Good luck with your car - it is great to get hold of a car where you know the history. Any pictures of yours?
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brutus
- E30 Zone Squatter
- Posts: 1620
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 11:00 pm
- Location: east london
welcome !
& yes its looks great !
& yes its looks great !
MANY e30 PARTS FOR SALE.
( all models available )
& parts /glass for e21, e28, e34, e36,e39,e46
318i baur 1986 auto.
( all models available )
& parts /glass for e21, e28, e34, e36,e39,e46
318i baur 1986 auto.
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magpie
- Old Skooler
- Posts: 28035
- Joined: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:00 pm
- Location: Consett,Durham.
i have a good quiet heater blower here for sale, they aren't that hard to change if you can do some spannering .
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
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Tzantushka
- E30 Zone Regular
- Posts: 464
- Joined: Sat Nov 24, 2018 4:18 am
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
Welcome!
Post up some pics and especially the areas of concern on the body.
The collective wisdom is strong here.
If you're not concerned about show standards, then these cars are fantastic when the mechanicals are sorted and they're 'well presented'.
i.e. 30+ years old, but tidy.
Post up some pics and especially the areas of concern on the body.
The collective wisdom is strong here.
If you're not concerned about show standards, then these cars are fantastic when the mechanicals are sorted and they're 'well presented'.
i.e. 30+ years old, but tidy.