Just bought my first E30, a bog standard, original, unmolested and untouched by the elements (no rot!). A 316i Coupe, manual in red, 85k miles and 12 months MoT. Bought it with a misfire for £3800. Already used this forum to sort the issues, looking forward to seeing everyone's cars.
Will soon be doing an engine bay clean/restoration/major service which I'll time lapse for all you clean freaks out there.
Anyone had luck with getting seats retrimmed?
Time warp 316i
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bartbad69
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1990 316i
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martauto
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Welcome to the zone mate and more pics please 
Mart.
Mart.
Only the E46 cab left now.
Just got too old.
Just got too old.
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rix313
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Thats the great thing about these cars, everything is mechanical enough it can be fixed with a bit of elbow grease and Zone help 
Welcome!
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martauto
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Check out the "restore it " thread, Stevie does some great work.
Mart.
Mart.
Only the E46 cab left now.
Just got too old.
Just got too old.
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brutus
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......and ive always got oem seat items available to replace bad ones !
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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bartbad69
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Now with the weather getting better I've fallen back in love with the car, and after giving it a thorough clean and some TLC it's looking even better! Unfortunately redundancy has put aside the engine swap and new suspension plans 
But there are still little jobs to make the car nicer.
Anyway here's some more pics after a clean and polish.
But there are still little jobs to make the car nicer. Anyway here's some more pics after a clean and polish.
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1990 316i
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HenryM3
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That is a very nice car, and 30 years old that you can still get parts for. Sorry about the job loss, enjoy your "new" car. It’ll still be going when a modern day car is being scrapped cos it needs a 6k gearbox.