JJohnsen88

So here's the deal, had airbag light come on some time ago and finally found someone locally with a excellent code reading tool to pull the codes for me. Turns out it is fault 002 Drivers airbag firing circuit. I've had a bit of a look around on Google and what not as to how I would go about fixing this issue and nothing is really helping a lot. Has anyone else had this issue or more knowledgeable on this than myself able to point me in the right direction? Ever since I bought the car it's had a squeek when turning the steering wheel and I have a hunch that possibly a loose wire has been rubbing on the slipring and finally been severed as it sounds like the kind of squeek a wire would make on bare metal so maybe that's a place to start

As per title I'm after some mirrors to suit a coupe, second hand, brand new, aftermarket or genuine in any colour doesn't matter. Just want a price for the pair.

Hey Brent, I'm looking for E36 RH Tie Rod from the rack to the hub, coupe LH Door RH Door RH Guard and RH Rear Quarter M trim and if possible to get out without breaking them the white clips that hold them all in aswell. Cheers

This is a joke, I just failed a WOF the other day for an insecure gear knob and people can run around on dodgy old tyres like those. Wow, just wow.

Driving at night I've never had anyone give me the highbeam flash and we all know that means someone's pissed off with brightness. In my old A32 Cefiro I got it all the time due to the HID's I had in that, even I admit they were f'ing bright and was little to no difference between low and high beam. But these are purely on low beam only the high beams are the 'Intense Blue' Halogen bulbs (or whatever their new equivalent is called) from Narva, I also use the headlight tilt switch to minimise PITA factor. The visible light beam on the road infront of me is barely 10m ahead of me. Too many times I've had SUV's and the like up my ass on the open road with factory HID's now they are the real blinder, mine are quite tame in comparison.

There's too many haters on here it's quite concerning. Why do you have to hate on a fellow BMW drivers car? Just appreciate someone has a good taste in what car to buy instead of what headlight a guy chooses to use. I mean sh*t there's plenty of riced up peanuts and Honda's out there to rip on, like the sack of sh*t beater that just drove past my house, running rough as guts coughing and spluttering with no rear muffler, I think that's well more deserving of a bitch session.

I don't know what you mean about glare I don't notice anything, but HID's with ballasts aren't legal anyway but it's a 5min job to take them out and put the halogens back in for wof time

I myself am in two minds about them. Occasionally they look semi ok on an E36 with standard headlights, but mostly they just don't suit especially the atrocious crystal clear aftermarket headlights, they look quite fugly. I was humming and harring about them for a while but decided a nice set of 8000k HID's would suffice and I'm happy with my decision. They don't look as blue at night as they do in the following photo

Sounds great, the budget factor is a real buzz kill when it comes to obtaining what you're really after. My love for BMW's started with an '85 E30 318i sedan which belonged to my dad as I learned to drive in. Sad part about it was I decided to back into a pole, somehow missed the rear end completely and took out the majority of the rear passenger door without shattering the glass. Was not a popular 15yr old that night that's for sure haha

So say the 3.07 that Brent has could be a nice option. The 3.15 would be better as I wouldn't lose as much acceleration, as marginal as it would be, but I know one of those would set me back well over 1k because I'm sure I've seen some regular LSD's up around the $900 range for the E36

Ah well, guess I have some additions to do to make it full m-spec. The parcel tray seems to be covered in anthracite, when ya swipe ya hand across it, it goes from a dark greyish black colour to a slightly darker shade almost black but all the rest is the same light grey shade even the trimmings around the edge of the roof, sunroof, and windows so if it has been recovered then they have done a thorough job of it. Apart from the missing LSD what else would make it full m-spec optioned? I will do some research and remove that part if I find the answer I'm looking for

Definetly not going for a higher ratio diff, this one is a tad too low. What's the next highest ratio after 3.46? Would be ideal if I could LS the diff I have now, but make 5th a bit longer if that's even possible without messing with the other gears too. Whatever path I take for better traction and/or lower rpm I'm going to have to dig to a part of my wallet I haven't found yet, the part that contains the money!

Yeah it's the Anthracite from factory but it's a very grey colour no mistaking it for black which I thought anthracite liners were black? It is sagging in the very front where it meets the window on passenger and drivers side also the same on the rear but passenger side only. Has the same material on the underside of the sunroof too so I'm clueless. I don't think I've owned 1 car that hasn't been odd in more ways than one.

Ok, that's cleared things up even more. It was assembled in Regensburg, Germany, but then shipped off to Japan and in 2005 made it's way over here so would highly likely have the 3.46 ratio. I have a hunch I have an open diff aswell, again, I haven't done anything apart from driving it to see if it is for sure or not. So what should I look out for in the LSD range to match what I have now without altering engine speed too much if at all? Might have to lift the ass up tomorrow and give a wheel a spin just to be sure.

Welcome, I hope these forums turn out to be as informative to you as they have been to me, don't know where I would be without it really. I'm sure I seen a few manual E30's on Trade Me the other day when I had a look, just might have to travel or organise shipping. There's an awsome looking one on here in the For Sale section but it's set up for show more than racing as it has airbag suspension and all, very nice car though.