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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / bmw photos

« on: May 11, 2009, 11:19:21 PM »

I was surfing the web and came across these.

Hope you wiped your screen off properly afterwards.

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Exterior / Changing the roof colour

« on: April 27, 2009, 10:13:22 PM »

I quite like it as it is, but I've been considering making the roof white,
or getting a white hard-top,
on the basis that it kinda makes it look like an M3, if you squint and go off-focus.

Opinions?

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / Pencils.

« on: April 27, 2009, 03:51:52 AM »

Also not an M42, sorry.

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Off-topic discussion / Ford GT

« on: April 12, 2009, 04:50:09 AM »

Plenty of room to get an M42 in there.

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General Topics / alpina's v reps!

« on: April 10, 2009, 02:43:11 PM »

Two easy ways of telling the difference between genuine Ronal Alpina, and BK craplicas. The BK ones have a smooth and curved inner-rim, where genuine Alpenis have a step. Alpinarse also have an Alpina badge in the middle (missing from my example) reps will have a BMW logo.



To be absolutely sure, Alpina have 20 spokes, replicas have only 19.

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General Topics / My new ballin rims

« on: April 07, 2009, 04:48:11 AM »

Demz lyk totaly bangin' boii.


They'd work on a Volkswagen New Beetle.

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General Topics / Why do people give the M42 engine a hard time?

« on: April 07, 2009, 04:43:12 AM »

I use the M42 as my yardstick, when making comparisons about engines. It's got such a good output:displacement ratio, even better than a lot of modern engines. The M20 is lovely, smooth, and pulls nice, but if it were about torque, the M3 would have had six cylinders. The agility of the M42 is perfect for the E30.

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / Pencils.

« on: April 02, 2009, 02:34:31 PM »

Thank you.

looks cool. why is watermarking necessary?

Haven't been paid for it yet,
and the person that wanted it may well be a member on this site.

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / Pencils.

« on: April 01, 2009, 09:24:18 PM »

Apologies about the watermarking,
it's sadly necessary on this particular piece.

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General Topics / Steering rack

« on: March 31, 2009, 05:25:11 PM »

A common and relatively plug-and-play swap is to use the rack from a Z3.

I have one installed, and it's literally the best thing about the whole car.

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Photoshop, Media, & Artwork / Pencils.

« on: March 30, 2009, 12:27:50 PM »

It's not an M42.
Full version to follow (maybe)

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General Topics / road trip avg 33mpg...bad?

« on: March 29, 2009, 06:40:35 PM »

i get around 275 to 300 miles to a tank in the city.

I managed to make a full tank last nearly 90 miles before it was off the bottom of the gauge, when I ran out of courage and filled it again. If I go nuts, I can probably cut that down by about 30% but for general every day driving I can reasonably expect a tankful to last about 80 miles.

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General Topics / What Are You Going to Buy for Your E30 to Start Off Spring?

« on: March 02, 2009, 07:09:39 AM »

Nah - don't care enough about it. It's an airbag car and used as a DD on relatively straight roads.

I wouldn't have an E30 without one now. It's probably a personal choice thing, but to me, the steering is perfected by the Z3 'rack. It makes for better steering than I had in my 944, which is regarded by some (and by me until I got my E30) as the best steering car ever made.

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General Topics / Post Your Current Problems

« on: March 02, 2009, 03:21:52 AM »

I wouldn't bother reading through this. There's a lot.

- front bodykit valance hanging off
- most of OBC arrangement missing/damaged
- worn front brake discs
- worn front and rear brake pads
- worn rear tyres
- radiator on its way out
- all the hoses in the engine bay are perished
- radio aerial/antenna missing
- power steering and fan belt need replacing
- oil change required
- tap tap tap tap, valve timing needs adjusting
- ABS doesn't always work
- 8mpg, possibly overfueling
- earth strap needs replacing
- spark plugs could do with replacing
- unidentified power drain means battery discharges overnight
- alarm works sometimes, but I can't rely on it
- rear boot lock seized unlocked (can't...)
- passenger side door lock seized due to break-in (...lock...)
- no key for drivers side door lock (...car)
- wiper arms, blades and motor needs replacing
- power steering pump needs repair or replacement
- convertible top roof seals need replacing
- windows "overbite" the soft top, need adjusting
- all electric windows are slow and sometimes don't work at all
- tear in soft-top cloth
- chrome trim around windows is coming away
- rust under door mirrors mounts
- passenger side electric door mirror doesn't move
- indicators don't self-cancel
- engine bay lid release lever-cable broken (can't open lid)
- rust along sills under bodykit
- rear arches completely missing due to rust
- rust in floor pans
- rust along front edge of engine bay lid
- rust in exhuast midsection
- convertible roof "horseshoe" lid wont open (can't put roof down)
- seatbelts don't retract onto the reels
- gear lever gaiter worn out
- synchromesh gone in 2nd gear
- differential is worn out and needs repair or replacement
- radio speakers are wired up sideways (front-rear instead of left-right)
- engine bay lid gas strut broken
- boot lid gas strut broken
- rust around rear light clusters
- cabin heater assembly broken
- handbrake is ineffective
- ignition lock barrel is so worn it hardly takes the key
- front seats have rusted away from the floor on the front bolts
- alloy wheel centre caps rusted/missing

I give up, there's too much!
I'll write a list of what actually works instead.

- steering rack is excellent.
- suspension is good enough to highlight the woeful chassis flex

that's it.

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General Topics / What Are You Going to Buy for Your E30 to Start Off Spring?

« on: March 02, 2009, 02:50:13 AM »

You should all have Z3 steering racks on your lists.