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Bimmersport has been upgrade to a new version bringing it forward by about 4 years and a major version. Looks like a lot of images are broken, this didn't happen on the test run. I will figure it out. Let me know if anything else is broken. Username and public names have now been combined as this was a requirement to upgrade.

Hi Guys, I've decided that I need another E30 in my life, and this time I planning to do it right. Rewind to 6 weeks ago, some friends and I are having a few drinks on a Friday evening. One friend was browsing facebook and mentioned that he found a '96 328i factory manual for sale. Only $1000 he said. This sounded too good to be true....and it was...sorta... The car was water damaged - I'm not 100% on the details, but something something Dunedin floods. Surely if it's a factory manual, the manual parts alone would be worth the money and effort. I thought about it for a while, and then tried to convince myself that it was a stupid idea and to forget about it...I failed. I called the guy, and told him I would take the car and pick it up tomorrow. The car was located in a wreckers yard in Dunedin. I managed to persuade a friend of mine with access to a car trailer and shop to make the trek from Christchurch down to Dunedin with me the next morning. Jumping forward a couple of days and this is my view: After decoding the VIN number of the car, it turned out the car was actually a factory automatic and must've been converted at some point. We started tearing into the car, and it quickly be came evident that, yes, this car was very water damaged. A thin layer of silt covered everything. As we dug deeper, things started to look worse (not unexpectedly). We found water sitting atop cylinder 1's intake valves, but 2-6 all looked perfectly fine. Draining the sump resulted in roughly 10L of water with mixed about 6L of chocolate milk...not great. Further investigation found that the car has a ZF 310 5 speed transmission, an OEM 328i dual-mass flywheel + clutch. Cool, at least the conversion looks like it was done properly. At this point I still hadn't decided what I wanted with to the parts from this car, But I'd been looking for a project car, and I felt I needed another E30 in my life. As it turned out, my friend's father has this little beauty that he's willing to sell. It's by no means perfect, but it's a straight, rust free, registered, '89 318i automatic coupe in my favourite colour (Delphin grey). A good starting point for my project E30. Jumping back to the present, I've pulled the engine and drivetrain out of the 328. The engine is sitting on a stand, and I intend on stripping it down and rebuilding it. Once it's ready, I plan to swap it into the E30 with the manual transmission. From there I plan to do new suspension, med-case LSD, wheels + tyres, and general tidying up. Eventually I would like to have the car's paint redone as it's a little rough in places. Looking at the task at hand, I know I have a fair bit of work ahead of me. But I'm ready for the challenge! Any help finding the various 24v swap components would be great. I know I need the sump, oil pickup, dipstick, and throttle cable from a 525i E34. Not 100% on what to do about the brake booster, although moving it over a bit seems like the easiest solution. The water-damaged ECU is toast, so I need a new one. I would like to keep OBD2. Thinking of getting a (red-label?) ECU and having it flashed (EWS delete, rear O2 delete, M50 manifold, maybe even a higher redline?) E28 535i engine mounts seem to be the way to go, although I've read mentions of an additional spacer is required? Subframe reinforcement is also something I want to do. I would like to use as much of the 328i's factory exhaust as possible as it's still in good condition. Not sure how much of a plain it would be to chop it up. I want to use the E36 radiator and do an electric puller fan conversion.

For the vertical thread titles it is a known issue and will be fixed in the next release which will probably be some time next month. In the meantime the following hotfix has been added to the custom css config to try resolve it: /* Fixes layout issues on safari 6, chrome 19-23 (which caused problems on old android devices) */ _::-moz-svg-foreign-content, :root .ipsContained_container > span { display: inline-block !important; } /* Fixes layout issues on safari 4 */ _:window-inactive, body:nth-last-child(n0) .ipsContained_container > span { display: inline-block !important; }

This my loved e46 wanting to sell and have a change, looking to get another silvia so letting this go now not sure how much to expect for it so i say $7000 ono but if can work out something you just never know how much lower i can do ? Contact: 02041137966 Ex UK import factory manual milage is in MILES which is 135 thous, guessing roughly like 225 thousand kilometres speedo in both keyless entry facotry alarm pretty stock standard has 2 key scratches near back ( will take pic and show ) M43TU chain driven engine tidy interior ( posting more pics tomorrow ) clutch good, engine no issues use it alomst daily and no problems, selling to get a silvia project or if aint sold will just throw in adjusties wheels and keeping it ? Feel free to message or txt 02041137966

Not possible. They're different... Give it some time and James a chance to tweak the software.

How do I revert to the previous theme please? Can't see myself liking this one.

When you consider E30s are advertised with higher asking prices now, it shows that there are great bargains to be had.

e46ti is worse on the eyes@@

yes but a corolla can do all of that and better at it. the compact doesn't bring anything useful to the table until its engine dies and you put a 6 cylinder in and rip out the interior. unfortunately, after that it still looks like a compact

I strongly disagree. About the every level thing. Sure it's got its downsides, but my 316i is ridiculously economical, plenty spacious, still has proper BMW comfort on the open road and is tiny, having all the benefits associated... easy to park, very small turning circle etc. Gutless and somewhat of an ugly duckling yeah, but the hatch is damn useful. Can't get a dishwasher in a Sedan or Coupe.