Belt Line Trim
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That would be fantastic- thank you. I have found the piece in Greece, but the shipping is crazy expensive. I’ll take the whole set if you find them, but really only need the left front. Here’s what I’m dealing with. I can DM you if you find. Thanks again!
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mosearch
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I feel your pain!I would very humbly beg for the right hand side peices if they become available:
please let me know
Oh, and you are in Mill Valley, right next door - I’ll keep you posted.
Those trim pieces are very hard to find in NOS condition. The problem with the E3 vs. the E9 is the rubber goes bad, cracks, etc. I got lucky and found a full set during my E3 restoration. If anyone with an E3 ever comes across a full set in great condition I always recommend buying the full set. Bummer on both your cars Borg and mosearch. As they say, "could be worse." Always curious what happened? Sometimes good learning lessons so it doesn't happen to our babies.
Anecdotal but I believe part of the scarcity of the belt trim is the difficulty in shipping ( from BMW). I ordered all new trim in 2012 and two pieces arrived bent so were replaced and at that time I was told, they were the last of each.
Thanks. I can see that. Maybe a long poster tube?
I've had some success with PVC pipe...fairly cheap too..and bulletproof. Just got to get clever with the cap pieces.
Trying to get them to you but need to hear back.I would very humbly beg for the right hand side pieces if they become available:
please let me know...happy to pay any reasonable price. Basic body work will begin soon; hard to source the trims.
I've an e3 resting under the trees at my place. Can have a look? Postage wont be cheap though.
mosearch
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2000CS. sorry for the late reply; I sent you a PM just now.
mosearch
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Not much to learn here. I was at a 4 way stop. I stopped, looked, and then made a left turn...a young woman on my right had slowed, but then just drifted into the intersection and teed into us. My daughter (who was in the passenger seat and had a very good view of it all) said the driver was looking down at her phone.
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I was heading down CA 1 (a twisty road in NorCal) at night. A coyote or bobcat jolted out from the left across the road, I swerved left to avoid and then the road turned right. I broke hard, locked up, and started to slide across apex of corner. Didn’t have the courage to let off the brakes and try to make the turn. It was probably a 20 mph turn and I was going about 30-35 when entering the corner. I slid a little off the road, but no shoulder and made contact with a tree, unfortunately. Combo of factors that contributed - most of which were within my control. Maybe there is a lesson in there somewhere.
Hey guys, thanks for the responses. Yeah, the cell phones are quite a problem. Back in the day people were worried radios would be big distractions. But typically once a station is set one doesn't mess with it much. But people and their phones are like a crack addict needing their fix every couple minutes.
Regarding the coyote or bobcat, we have a lot of wildlife were I live. I had an elk bolt out of the trees like a train and run right out in front of me, there was nothing I could have done had I been going a little faster. I have to always keep an eye out, especially the fawns. I grew up in a place called Sea Ranch for 8 years on the CA coast, pretty remote and I can't tell you how many deer killed people on HWY 1 over the years. Imagine a Moose or and Elk? Anyhow, always lessons to be learned, I make it a point not to pick up the phone or text if I don't have hands free capabilities. In the vintage cars it is almost a treat not to have to answer the phone or text and take a break from all that. I can't hear anybody anyways since with windows are usually down.
Nice to hear you both are trying to get the E3's back on the road. If the frames aren't damaged you should be fine. The only time I ever wrecked was in the 80's in a Golf '76 2002. Hit some freshly laid oil/gravel that they were "fixing" on a twisty road on the coast that didn't have any warning signs up, hit the side of the mountain, surfboards went flying on the hood, not a pretty sight. The frame ended up getting tweaked and as a kid I didn't have the money to replace the subframe and everything else...it never drove the same since so I ended up getting rid of it.
Oh, and I just saw a local guy that has a Harley with a plate that says, "H8DEER." I think he hit one or two over the years.
Regarding the coyote or bobcat, we have a lot of wildlife were I live. I had an elk bolt out of the trees like a train and run right out in front of me, there was nothing I could have done had I been going a little faster. I have to always keep an eye out, especially the fawns. I grew up in a place called Sea Ranch for 8 years on the CA coast, pretty remote and I can't tell you how many deer killed people on HWY 1 over the years. Imagine a Moose or and Elk? Anyhow, always lessons to be learned, I make it a point not to pick up the phone or text if I don't have hands free capabilities. In the vintage cars it is almost a treat not to have to answer the phone or text and take a break from all that. I can't hear anybody anyways since with windows are usually down.
Nice to hear you both are trying to get the E3's back on the road. If the frames aren't damaged you should be fine. The only time I ever wrecked was in the 80's in a Golf '76 2002. Hit some freshly laid oil/gravel that they were "fixing" on a twisty road on the coast that didn't have any warning signs up, hit the side of the mountain, surfboards went flying on the hood, not a pretty sight. The frame ended up getting tweaked and as a kid I didn't have the money to replace the subframe and everything else...it never drove the same since so I ended up getting rid of it.
Oh, and I just saw a local guy that has a Harley with a plate that says, "H8DEER." I think he hit one or two over the years.