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Home Forum Register Tech Help Contact Us   Downloads Ebay BMW E30 Auctions			Welcome To Planet E30 The friendly site for owners and enthusiasts of the classic second-generation BMW 3-series E30 was produced in various forms from 1982 to 1994 2-door saloon 4-door saloon Convertible Touring M3 sports saloon 316 316i 318i 318iS 320i 323i 325i M3 The BMW E30 was the first 3-series to be offered by BMW in anything other than 2-door style. Soon after introduction it became available as a 4-door, followed by a factory-built convertible and finally the Touring sports estate. It also saw the first incarnation of the now-legendary BMW M3 models. Our forum has members who will help you in any way they can to enjoy your BMW E30 experience. We will do our best to answer any technical queries you have in our Technical Section and if you are finding that the recent fuel price increases are spoiling your BMW E30 fun, we can even advise on fitting an LPG system to halve your fuel costs. Whilst we are a UK-based forum, we welcome enthusiasts from all over the world..... and beyond! Some variants of BMW E30 were not available in the UK. Do you have a 320iS, a 324d or td, a 325e, a 325iS or a 333i? We would like to hear about them too. Want To Join Our Community Its very simple and its free just click on the register button on the left or at the top of this page. We all look forward to talking to you Welcome to not just our planet but your's too!!			Tech Articles Key Light Upgrade If like me you love the fine details of the E30 this simple and relatively easy modification is for you. 9 out of 10 E30 owners will find the tiny bulb in their key has either disintergrated or burnt out. read more > Removing The Diff Jack the rear of the car and put axle stands under the rear jacking points. I don't need to tell you to chock the front wheels as well, do I? Pull the handbrake on hard(ish). read more > Changing Your Differential Oil! Why change the differential oil? The differential is just like any other mechanism with moving parts. It generates heat and friction while in operation. Just like an engine, regular oil changes help to keep parts such as gears well lubricated and clean. Over time, the differential wears just like any other component read more > Bmw E30 3 Series Ignition System Tune-up! In this tech article I will go over the incredibly simple steps needed to tune –up your vehicles ignition system. While this article is specific to my 325is, it applies to all BMW models in general. That said let’s begin. First, disconnect the battery. read more >

Hey Guys! Greetings from the Philippines! I currently drive a 1991 320i which i had owned for the past 4 years. Bought in really in stock good condition and have recently finished my own modifications. E30 parts are really hard to come by here in the Philippines that is why we envy you guys there in the UK where parts are a plenty. So we usually source our parts from the U.S. or not we get it from the local BMW dealers who rarely carry e0 parts. So all of here E30 drivers take a lot of dedication and saving up to purchase the parts we need. I will be posting some pictures of my car as soon as i finish the small touches needed. By the way, i am also a member of the BMW E30 Car Club of the Philippines. Your site is great and continue the good work!

hi to all here im rueb ,live in oxford and looking for any e30 owners in the oxford area to maybe even give me a hand with my project .
im 24 a mechanic by trade but work on a radioactive plant !?
i have a gravel drive (sht to work on n no garage oh hello winter !!lol
i have a 3i8i h plate touring and jus purchaced a m30 b34 3.5 to go in it so need some info and some e30 to m30 mounts any help or info would be great
thanks rueb
p.s any one in or near oxford who into e30s give me a shout

Hi all,
Only had my BM 325 a week now...it's a '90 with 122k on the clock....i'm planning to strip it out and roll cage it etc and take it to the track....
Pics will follow shortly....

hey new boy here, how are u all?

ellllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo allllllllll never been here before so i thought ide say hello to you all loooooooool

Hi there people. My name is Dan , I'm 29 and live in Oxford. I'm now on my 4th e30 which is an Alpina C2 2.5. My previous ride was a White 325i cab which now belongs to Cloud. I've posted some pics up in the "my e30" area for all to see.

I'm normally on the e30zone most of the time and have been very active with meets since I joined last year. Main reason I joined is to keep in touch with Cloud and to meet other e30 lovers who may not use the zone. I'm also a BMWCC member and had a running report published in the club magazine in December 08.

My Alpina is fairly well known in thanks to a 6 page feature in Total BMW magazine in 06 where they compaired it to the 325 sport. Needless to say the 195bhp and the cudos of an Alpina with a 74 car run made it a very desired alternitive to a supped up sport ( which was doing around 180 bhp ).

As you can see I am extreamly proud of my Alpina and I hope to be able to meet more people and show and talk about cars. Ask cloud about it as he is one of 2 people I have ever taken out in it!

hi fellow e30 owners ....names paul aka bigredbmw ...i have got a H reg 316i ...i am from newcastle

Hey Fellow E30er's
I was introduced by Tom (btw, whats your handle on here?) Real cool site!

I am 25 years old
I am currently in NY, though I have lived in London in the past and will be moving back this summer/fall

I am driving a 1987 US spec 325is, Cardinal Red Interior, oem is front spoiler, oem is rear deck lip, oem is side skirts, a turner motorsport performance chip, KN Rectangle Filter, lowered with HR Sport Springs an Inch & Half all around, with KYB GAJ (rear) and Billies (front), 4.10 LSD, with 16in replica BBS CO....This is my 3rd e30...I've had '86 325e (sold), '86 (euro-spec Italy) 325i (wrecked), and this one currently. The one I am in now I did a 5 spd swap and it was pretty simple as the auto's were already wired and the holes were already punched out at the factory for the pedals and transmission.

The pictures in the album are a bit outdated as they were taken pretty much immediately after purchasing the car....the album does have pictures of my previous e30's though http://picasaweb.google.com/transatlantic0207/MyE30S?feat=directlink


And I've posted some current pictures (i know it needs some work!)

hi guys im a new guy.was invited by tom lucas.site seems pretty cool already.

Salutations.
I expect a lot of you will know me from the E30 Zone, for those that don't I think I'm regarded as the Zone's "village idiot" of sorts. Expect more of the same here. I'm the very same Cloud as mentioned in StuBeeDoo's current sig. I came on here because the E30 community on the Zone is fantastic, I've literally never met such nice, helpful, friendly and accepting people. Some of my ideas will come from a good mechanic friend of mine who can fix just about anything with pretty much nothing, but doesn't know bagger all about what makes a car cool, or quality, or fun, or even any good. The opposite of me, having enough knowledge about cars in general to buy an E30, but I couldn't fix a broken hazard switch if my life depended on it. I'm more of a driver.

So what do I drive? Well, nothing at the moment. I have a backburner project of a track car, which started out life as a 320i SE, got a bit tatty, a bit ragged, a bit abused, and since I've bought it has been almost completely obliterated. Plans for that are a 2.8 M20 with as much of the most advanced tuning technology as is possible to cram onto it. The newest addition to the fleet is a 325i convertible (pictured below) originally a chromie, which has since been facelifted. I'm hoping to get that back on the road soon, but it's reluctant, and every time I sort one fault out, another one comes up, and I'm slowly beginning to lose my patience and enthusiasm with it, so that may end up binned before it ever sees the road again. Actually nearly hit it with a shovel just this week.



My ever changing stance on what's acceptable for E30s gets me into arguments more than anything else. Sometimes I want to weld the diff and drive around sideways, other times I just want to put some polish onto a cotton bud to get at that bit that runs around the windows. I have the tuning bug bad, but I think tuning, and in particular aftermarket styling, will ruin my convertible. I've dreamed of both concourse and rallycross. Part of me wants to go mad with E36 components, and partly I want to keep it simple. But always, I think the E30 rocks.

In the photo above, my car is the sad looking white thing behind someone else's gorgeous car.

I've also just noticed the URL of this website is s14.zetaboards.com - awesome.