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These are BMW’s own installation instructions (Einbauanleitungen) for genuine parts and accessories, the booklets that came in the box with retrofit kits and that dealers fitted them from. This set has 135 of them, mostly for the E30: air conditioning, cruise control, central locking, alarms, power steering for the four-cylinder cars, heated seats, fog lights, headli...

For years, a leaking E30 power steering rack left you with three choices: reseal it yourself, buy a rebuilt or exchange unit, or “upgrade” to a different rack, such as the quicker Z3 rack with an adapter kit. BMW’s own exchange rack (32 13 1 127 793) is no longer available.

Four aftermarket brands now list brand-new replacement racks for left-hand-drive E30s: T...

This is the original FIA homologation form for the E30 BMW 325i, A-5292. Homologation papers are the official record of a car as built, and they decide what may be raced and which competition parts are allowed. The form was issued by the FISA through the German ONS and was valid in Group A from 1 February 1986.

The scan runs to 40 pages: the 16-page ba...

With an E30 at standard height, or even slightly lowered, an oil change is possible without lifting the car at all. From the front, you can reach the drain bolt with the car on the ground. Then with the setup below, you can remove even the most stuck oil filter from the top. That makes it a very quick job, and it’s also how to remove a stuck oil filter on an E30 M20 engine wi...

Changing the front control arms on an E30 isn’t a hard job, but a few steps can eat up a lot of time: getting the center ball joint nut off, getting the ball joint out of the subframe, and pressing the new bushing and its carrier onto the arm. These three tools make the job much faster.

1. Snap-on FU22M 22mm Swivel Socket
The Snap-on FU22M is a 2...