[uucdigest] Thursday, March 30 2000 Volume 03 : Number 538 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | For all available Digest commands including unsubscribe/subscribe, | visit the BMW UUC Digest page: http://www.uucdigest.com | Send SUBMISSIONS to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Complaints? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you must. | Visit http://www.bubbaclub.com | www.bimmers.com - "serving enthusiasts on the 'net" | Visit http://www.bimmer.org - ultimate BMW bulletin boards! | Subscribe to the Zionsville Autosport Parts Digest: | http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/majordomo.htm ����������������������������������������� In this BMW UUC Digest: Re: [uuc] Looking for specific E30 wheels Re: [uuc] Frank Fahey Motorsports [uuc] FOR SALE: 94 325i CONVERTIBLE Re: [uuc] 98 pre-production M3 has a 328ic Re: [uuc] looking for E34 M5 transmission [uuc] <e28> Tether Mounting Re: [uuc] Looking for specific E30 wheels [uuc] <e28> Shortshifter question ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:12:15 -0800 From: John Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Looking for specific E30 wheels - --=====================_5478978==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >Check out http://www.turnermotorsport.com/catalog/wheels.htm and scroll down >a bit Turners are 5 bolt wheels, the ones in the link & what I'm looking for are 4 bolt for an E30 325. I don't feel like going through the expense of fitting E30 M3 hubs just to get the wheels I want (call me cheap)... Thanks, john - --=====================_5478978==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> >Check out <a href="http://www.turnermotorsport.com/catalog/wheels.htm" eudora="autourl"><font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.turnermotorsport.com/catalog/wheels.htm</a></font></u> and scroll down <br> >a bit<br> <br> Turners are 5 bolt wheels, the ones in the link & what I'm looking for are 4 bolt for an E30 325. I don't feel like going through the expense of fitting E30 M3 hubs just to get the wheels I want (call me cheap)...<br> <br> Thanks,<br> <br> john<br> <br> <br> </html> - --=====================_5478978==_.ALT-- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:39:49 -0800 From: Jerry Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Frank Fahey Motorsports www.frankfaheymotorsports.com - -jerry Phil Bell wrote: > > I'm trying to locate Frank Fahey Motorsports in San Diego. There was an > article in Bimmer magazine a while back about his M1. I've tried a > couple of search engines but no luck. If you know the URL, please > forward to me. > TIA > Phil Bell > 88 325iX ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:55:22 -0800 From: "Ahmad S. Hamzawi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FOR SALE: 94 325i CONVERTIBLE Car 1994 BMW 325ic, 89000 Miles, $22,000/OBO Options Exterior Color - Black Interior Color - Black 6-cyl. Air Conditioning Anti-Lock Brakes Driver Air Bag Passenger Air Bag Cruise Control Cassette Player CD Player Power Windows Convertible Two Door Automatic Transmission Description Amazing and very unique 94 325ic... You won't find one like it. Details: -Black on black convertible, automatic -Wind screen so you can drive in the cold and not feel it! -Lower part of car painted black to match rest of car...M3 style -M3 Exhaust system -Performance air intake system (Jim C) - Performance chip (Jim C) -5 spoke UNIQUE Fittipaldi racing rims -Brand new Pirelli 215 45 17's -On board computer -Roll over protection -6CD changer - Power everything -check out other pictures below. Wanting to sell F A S T, very motivated seller. San Jose, California Pictures at http://dons.usfca.edu/~hamzah00/bmw ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:53:03 -0800 From: "Ahmad S. Hamzawi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] 98 pre-production M3 has a 328ic Hi all, Just to update you all on what happened: I called BMW NA about the car and they told me the VIN belonged to a 328ic and not an M3. They said unequiovally that the car is a 328ic and will be warrantied as such - which is no good for me because I know I was buying an M3! I wasn't happy with their response considering the BMW dealer that inspected it vouched that it was. I guessed that I didn't explain correctly to BMW NA that it was a pre-production M3 and this was supposedly normal. All I was hoping for was that BMW would acknowledge the problem and modify the VIN in their computers to be an M3 so the problem would be solved. So, that night, I called BMW AG in Germany and ran the situation by them directly (my god I had a hard time with all that german till I got a Brit on the line). I explained the situation and he told me that BMW NEVER issues a 328 VIN on an M3 no matter what - BMW doesn't make mistakes like this and if they did, they would gladly correct it. Also, pre-production cars are never sold to the public and are always destroyed once they are done using them. I was also told that there was in fact a 97 M3 conv in Germany when the guy in MA told me there wasn't and that was another reason why there was a 328ic VIN on the car. So the fact that this person in MA that was trying to sell me the car as a pre-prod 98 with 328ic VIN's was a bogus story. So, I asked him to run a history on the VIN which was for the 328ic. He found out that the car was serviced in Munich at 18000 kms when the car I was going to buy currently has 14000 kms. So right then and there we knew that the VIN on the car was really for a 328ic and the car I was going to be was in fact an M3 but with stolen VIN's. What was disturbing was that I asked the BMW dealer to check multiple VIN locations on the car and when I asked him after the inspection, he said he 'forgot' to look...Although I saw nice pictures of the VIN on the M3 , it looked so real. The BMW AG guy said they are so sophisticated now with stealing VIN's that they actually drop lead in the current VIN and re-etch them into the body, and superficially replace the easy to see VIN's. The real test is to remove certain body panels and look for VIN's that are hidden under other panels. Obviously a normal dealer isn't going to do any of that. In any case, the BMW AG guy advised me not to purchase the M3 since it was stolen from Germany and that he would be more than happy to prepare a document vouching that the vehicle was stolen with incorrect VIN's. He also said that BMW imports such as these typically go through dealers, not any joe dealer. I called the MA person I gave the deposit on the car to and told him I changed my mind...He sold it right away to some poor soul that bought it for $1000 than I offered, that didn't seem to care about the VIN problem. I then played dumb about knowing that it was stolen to get my deposit back. He stalled for 1.5 weeks and just today I got my deposit back... :) So there's the story, hope you all learned something from this, I sure did! Too bad, I could've had a sweet deal on a nice M3 convertible. I just bought a 99 M3 hardtop instead. :) Regards 94 325ic (for sale now...with tons of mods) 99 M3 (it's real, I swear) :) > > Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:08:01 -0800 From: "Ahmad S. Hamzawi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] 98 pre-production M3 has a 328ic VIN??? Hi all, I have a very interesting problem I need your insight on: I am in CA and dealing with someone on the East coast that gets BMW cars from Germany, some independent car dealer. These cars are used and done to US spec, but with the german turning lights and the tempered glass headlight covers also so I know for sure they are coming from Germany. The issue I have is that the car was recently titled by this dealer in MA as a 97 328ic 3 weeks after its arrival to the US. The VIN # on the car itself lists as a 97 328ic but the car in fact is a pre-production 98 M3 so the dealer says. The dealer has a MA title and the german briefs. The german briefs only list the VIN # (a stamp with a line in which the VIN # is written on in ink), but no indiciation of the model of the car. The car is under full warranty, and BMW NA just sent the dealer notification that the warranty was transferred from Germany to the US and is valid BUT for the 328ic. I don't want to take it to the dealer and have them mess it up by ordering 328 parts for the car when I need M3 parts...etc. So, I don't want to buy this car unless I can get the VIN switched to an M3. The dealer said they can't do this since there was no 97 M3 convertibles when the car was manufactured (first few off the line in 97 - 5/97 to be exact and first registered in germany in 6/97) so they couldn't have assigned a M3 VIN back then. Having said all that, I called BMW North America and they unequivocally said that the car is listed in NA as a 328ic and they even called BMW Germany and they also said the car is a 328ic and they said there is no way it can be an M3. Even more boggling, is that I had the car taken to a BMW dealer who said it was for sure an M3 and checked all the VIN #'s on the body panels etc. One thing BMW NA said was that sometimes when a preproduction car comes out, this VIN issue crops up but is taken care of by making amendments to the VIN or something to that effect - and I have no amendments on mine or on record. So, I don't want to register the car here in California as a 328ic and not only that, get insurance for the car as a 328ic (and worry if it gets totalled that I get the price of a 328ic) and then deal with the hassle when I ever sell it when the buyer questions why the title says 328ic. Any thoughts as to what I can do? I am going to call BMW NA one more time and hope I can do something, otherwise I might just avoid the hassle and not risk it. Do you think it's possible to do something at the DMV such that it lists as an M3 so I can get an M3 title and then get insurance for the M3 conv. not 328ic? Regards - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:24:10 -0800 From: Shiv Sikand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] looking for E34 M5 transmission Try Kormann. They quoted me about 2K for a rebuild. - --Shiv ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:35:58 -0800 From: Shiv Sikand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <e28> Tether Mounting Anyone know how I can install a top tether mount for a child seat on an E28 ? I know the Canadian cars came with this and remember hearing something about a kit. I called BMW NA and they asked me to contact my dealer who said " 1988 ? Hmmmm..." Thanks, Shiv '88 M5 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 02:38:44 EST From: "Steven Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Looking for specific E30 wheels It's not a matter of cheap or not...that setup is quite expensive just to get a certain set of wheels. I too am interested in the 4 lug wheels like shown in the picture. Steve '87 325iS under conversion >From: John Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [uuc] Looking for specific E30 wheels >Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 22:12:15 -0800 > > >Check out http://www.turnermotorsport.com/catalog/wheels.htm and scroll >down > >a bit > >Turners are 5 bolt wheels, the ones in the link & what I'm looking for are >4 bolt for an E30 325. I don't feel like going through the expense of >fitting E30 M3 hubs just to get the wheels I want (call me cheap)... > >Thanks, > > john > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 23:49:21 -0800 From: Shiv Sikand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <e28> Shortshifter question My M5 can pop out of third gear under heavy decceleration. I checked the TSB's and there is one I found on the NHTSA site for this involving a new detent spring. I ordered the part and had it installed according to the instructions. It was a bit better, but did not solve the problem. There is a possibility that the shop screwed up the install 'cause they screwed some other stuff up...like failing to align the front wheels after two goes and gettting grease all over my carpet...obviously, I don't go there anymore (Mike @ Palo Alto Independent, which incidentally was recommended to me by a few folk in the GG Chapter...) So, here is my question: Will a UUC shortshifter help by providing additional back pressure on the lever ? I've found that lightly holding my finger against the shifter is enough to prevent this happening. A friend has the UUC shifter in his E34 M5 and it felt stiff enough to possibly solve my problem..ie it might act as a secondary detent spring. The rest of the gearbox is smooth as silk. There is a lot of slop in the shifter (the car has 112K), but the shop did replace the 'knuckle' as they told me at one point. Thanks, Shiv ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #538 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. (used & classic BMW parts) e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Curry's Auto Service . http://www.currysauto.com | Eurosport . http://www.eurosport-hp.com | Koala MotorSport . http://www.koalamotorsport.com | Taylor BMW - http://www.taylorbmw.com - Doc Bimmer! | The Ultimate Garage . http://www.ultimategarage.com | UUC Motorwerks . http://www.uucmotorwerks.com | Zionsville Autosport . http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com ����������������������������������������
