Interiors on the E30’s done! Hurrah Nearly a year Ive been searching for a pristine Uberkaro Blue sports interior but they just never come up for sale unless they are ruined. I really wanted the blue as the rest of the car interior is blue including the carpets, glovebox, centre console etc. I can’t tell…
New Arrival! Mk2 1988 Golf GTi and its been a busy six weeks working on it!
I wanted a local daily driver that I can enjoy but won’t live in fear every time I park it somewhere or drive it on a rainy day like I do with the beloved E30 now haha! So I started looking for a nice Mk2 GTi. I wanted an 8v as I love the torquey…
Brakes, Blaupunkt, Underseal, MOT
Well, I have been up to quite a bit with my E30 since my last post… but first of all here’s a shot of it I took yesterday looking all shiny under a motorway bridge for no particular reason! MOT Time First up some good news, it sailed straight through the MOT with a verbal…
A little photoshoot, new stainless exhaust and an interior Vax-athon!
Well I got the new exhaust fitted over the weekend (more on that below!) and the sun was out so it would be rude not to go for a blast out and take a few photos on the way home. Soooo without further ado, a selection of gratuitous E30 shots… I couldn’t resist a bit…
Limited slip diff, new paint and fixes
So the plan was to stick with the 4.10 ratio differential from the automatic setup, I thought I’d like the quick shifts through first and second… and I did, but not so much the 3500rpm at 60mph hahaha! So after a lot of pleading on forums and Facebook E30 groups I managed to track down…
The BIG one! Automatic to Manual swap!
So when I bought the E30 I was focussed on the condition and milage not so much whether it was auto or manual because I knew it was possible to swap them over. What I hadn’t quite appreciated was how many parts that would take and the task of pulling them all together and everyone…
Full suspension refresh
With the engine sorted and most of the cosmetic bits all sorted I wanted to give the suspension a big going over next. The car was on its original front struts so quite ”boat like’ when cornering haha. Looking under the front, most of the bushes and ball joints looked fairly decent but a boot…
New wheels, new stereo and some cosmetics
My plan has always been to keep the car stock and anything that I do change I will be keeping the original parts so they can always be swapped back… so nothing permanent, no drilling or gluing. First up was a set of genuine 15inch Euroweave BBS alloys which have just been shot blasted and…
Three week overhall
To put my mind at rest (and resolve some oil leak issues) I decided to dive in and fit a new timing belt, water pump, temp sensors and auxiliary belts, spark plugs, oil pressure sensor, oil and filter change, new Bosch battery and a coolant flush… amazingly Euro Carparts had it all in stock for…
The E30 – An Introduction
Welcome to the blog… I’ve been working on my lovely E30 for quite a while now and thought it’d be an idea to start a little blog up to document progress. So the car… its a very original 1990 ‘H’ registered BMW E30 320i SE with: A big thank you to Park Lane who kindly…
The Mighty E30 Blog 