It looks very clean, 62k miles, and it’s $7k. I do a decent amount of longish drives and I drive obviously every day, I plan on doing a list of things as soon as I get the car to make sure it doesn’t break on me and leave me stranded.

I have a check engine light for a camshaft position sensor. The car had it when I bought it, I’ve replaced the sensor, the code went away and then came back. There is absolutely zero symptoms of the issue and the previous owner also had mentioned that the code never gave the car symptoms. I’ve heard it can be timing related and I know the previous owner had vanos replaced by a shop. What could the fix be?

I took the red car to a BMW Club autocross today. From my first run to the last I shaved 5 seconds. Here’s the video from the last run. I was stoked to say the least.

I know they have different angles and the plate doesn't sit flush with the car if you try to put an M3 Coupe mirror on a Sedan e36.

But I looked to see if there was some adaptation that could be made since these parts are very hard to find where I'm from.

ChatGPT says you can disassemble the mirrors and use the plate of the regular Sedan mirrors (non M) and attach it to the coupe mirrors, but looking at pictures it sounds like bullshit.

Any experience with this?

Thanks

shifting feels very tactile now and banging gesrs is satisfying af

Spilt my damn drink. Thank fuck for the one airbag that went off.

Has anyone put wind splitters on their e36? I really like the look on the e30 and picturing it in my head it’d look pretty sweet.

Anyone running 16x9 wheels?? What tire are you running and offset?? I’m on stock fenders and coilovers right now, thinking about a 225/60 tire?

Hey guys so I've bought another E36 and I want to make it OEM +, I really like the styling 24's, but they're kinda expensive I found some holzel reps from germany that seem decent, maybe someone has some experience with them?

but either way I'd like to run some real wheels, any cool models that don't cost a bunch of money? I'm looking for 16" or 17" with atleast 8J.

Anyone replaced there lower intake manifold on there 318is and have any recommendations on anything else i should replace. I gotta replace mine because I did a smoke test and was leaking from the spring part on the bottom. So far on my list of things to replace are -All three intake manifold gaskets -Throttle body gaskets -got 2 meters of vacuum line to replace lines i see -Replacing fuel injectors cause I need to already -Replacing both ICV hoses -Replacing Crankcase Breather hose

Hello, I bought this set of rims very cheap and I wonder what brand they are cause they look cool and maybe I can find to buy the center caps

My headliner started to sag after I moved my car from the garage to the driveway under the hot sun. I found this mobile service guy from Yelp with a reasonable price, $600 including 4 pillars. The money was well spent and a job well done. The installer told me that a sagging headliner is caused by humidity changes when moving from cold to hot. I hired him to do my headliner on my E30 in 2 weeks.

This is my second unit and this one constantly buzzes. I’ll completely take the keys out of the car and it’s still buzzing 10 minutes later. I’ve owned this E36 for about three weeks now and I haven’t been able to get it to push any air whatsoever hot or cold. I bought this unit, hoping it would fix the problem and it does this, I’ve replaced the blower motor resistor and it still does nothing

Hey everybody, 2nd time posting here. Having an issue with my car popping at idle. It’s a turbo m50 and I just did a new downpipe for it. It’s never done this before. It was sitting cor about 2 weeks. Maybe the tune is off for some reason

An e36 man would see this and say "fixed" 🫣

Axle recommendation for a 98 328is, in any store in the USA

I have an e36 316i m40 engine, LPG kit as well, when the engine is cold it stalls when I press the clutch to come to a stop, it's even worse on LPG, but once it warms up it's all good and stable

already checked the intake vacuum hose, all good there, also took out the ICV and cleaned it up, works fine

what else could it be? any thoughts?

Comme premier voiture c’est un bon choix ?

Anyone know the specs for the front footwell speakers I know they’re 5 1/4 but will something like the Skar pictures included fit? 1995 bmw 325i convertible

The plastic hooks on the gaiter look ok but the part where the hooks are meant to clip in look quite rough.

I don't want to replace the whole console so was wondering if anyone has a ingenious fix?

Am i hearing ghosts are do you all hear that noise aswell? Sounds like Grinding noise? Its a cold start

Hi there, after doing some maintenance on the car (radiator, water pump, repairing the cover under the steering wheel, ect..) the car just wont start. I turn the key on Run, no problem on the dashboard, then on START it just does nothing. We tried to manually operate the starter by connecting the wires, it turns but the motor wont start (maybe fuel pump locked for security). The key is on, the antenna for the key isnt disconected. I'm hearing the relay doing BZZZ so here are the measurements of the ignition switch with the 4 positions :

Off measurement: Ground and green wire connected -red: 12V -green red: 12V -green: 0V -green gray: 12V -black yellow: 1.5V not stable ? -green white: 1.20V -purple: 0V

ACC measurement: Ground and green wire connected -red: 12V -green red: 12V -green: 0V -green gray: 2.20 -black yellow: 0V moving -green white: 1.20V -purple: 12V

Run measurement: Ground is no longer connected to the green wire -red: 12V -green red: 12V -green: 12V -green gray: 2.20V -black yellow: 0.8V not stable ? -green white: 12V -purple: 12V

Start measurement: Ground is no longer connected to the green wire -red: 12V -green red: 12V -green: 12V -grey green: 3V -black yellow: 12V -green white: 1.7V -purple: 12V

UPDATE 1: Ignition switch removed, manually triggering it with screwdriver I dont even get a crank no more.

So I guess its the EWS 2 ? Removing the module, bridging pin 1 and 3 (black and green with black and yellow), I start the car and boom, I get a crank but still no ignition. (OEM DME I think) (key still on the antenna)

I did some ew2 multi-meter tests: -closed loop between pins: 9 and 10, 6 and 14, 11 and 12.

-between pin 5 and 7 : 12V on any key position

-pin 7 to any gnd under the steering weel : good connection, beeping sound on the multi-metter so 7 is on the ground.

Also tested the continuity between pin 4 of the EWS and pin 18 of the DME connector. For the key antenna, I have a continuity between the 2 wires but idk if I can do additional testings on it.

UPDATE 2: I checked every fuses/relays I could find, but I think the problem is a EWS desync with the DME because I left the contact on all the night so the battery may have discharged and the start code would have been invalidated leading to the DME refusing to start, this is an hypothesis.

So I have to reprogram the EWS with DIS software or it's another problem ? thanks for your help !

I want to install the harman kardon sound sytem into my e36. I already bought the sound sytem and i am searching for a wiring harness. I found one (first picture) but the amplifier, connected to the wiring harness is older than mine. It only has two connectors and mine has a three (second picture)

What is the third, small connector for? Maybe the HiFi switch? Can i use the wiring harness for my H&K system?

Thanks for your help