These grounding straps affectionality now known as “probably overkill” are made at a much higher quality than anything currently available on the market, including OEM. 2AWG, 3/8″ closed cap zinc plated copper lugs, type III zinc plated copper wire, crimped, and glue sealing heat shrink. Don’t bother with competitors that use ‘welding cable’ as...
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Cupholder for an E30 BMW; these are 3D printed in black out of PETG and are held from sliding by two M8 bolts pushing against the inside of the door card. Price: $55 shipped globally via small packet air.  
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If you’ve been researching doing a V8 swap into an E30, you’ll quickly learn that one of the major dilemmas is how to solve the brake booster problem. With a V8 swap, there is no room for any kind of brake booster in the stock location. In the early years, the solution was to...
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While the E30 was still new in 1988, Motor Trend set out to compare various suspension related upgrades. Article below:
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Most automotive hydraulic applications use a copper or aluminum washer for sealing. The idea is that the two surfaces are near perfectly flat and all that is needed is a hint of squished copper or aluminum. A small gouge, unevenness, or slop in the mounting threads can mean the squish of a copper or...
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If your in the market for a heater core for your E30, you should know that there are two different types of heater cores that covered near all E30 years. When referring the ETK or RealOEM you find both heater cores listed, but they are certainly not interchangeable There is the 64118391363 and 64118391362...
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The short answer is Littelfuse. The long answer is that historically, a German company by the name of Pudenz was the maker of BMW fuses. In 2005 Littelfuse acquired Pudenz and therefore BMW relationship moved to be with Littelfuse. Pudenz fuses:   Littelfuse as received directly from a BMW dealership:     Be careful...
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If you have an early E30 (pre 10/87) your power steering line from the reservoir to the pump probably looks like this: The hose is held to the banjo by a worm style hose clamp: Post 10/87 has a banjo permanently crimped to the hose: If you check the ETK, there is no mention...
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A few years ago I wrote about common problems with the E30 central locking and how to fix them. Two of most common E30 Central locking/Power locking issues and how to fix them Well, its time to revisit the topic, because I have figured out the once and for all solution. You see, even...
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Unless the center caps came with your BBS RG003’s, the details for what center cap parts you need is hard to find. So here it is: 09.23.134 (metal outer ring) 09.23.133 (Outer plastic ring) 09.23.132 (Inner plastic ring) 09.23.131 (Hex nut) 09.24.036 (Emblem) However any 3 prong 70mm front/ 56mm rear will work  
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