E21 parts &
performance upgrades
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A wealth of parts of all kinds for E21s and other classic BMW’s! |
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All sorts of parts and accessories. Order their catalog
now - over 900 pages ! |
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Wheels, body parts, engine & steering parts a.s.o. |
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Lots of new, exchange or alternative parts |
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All at affordable prices |
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Tel. +44-541-506506 Fax +44-181-9565001 |
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The competition for Euro Car Parts |
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Tel. +44-181-9173899 |
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All kinds of rare E21 performance parts like shocks, springs, |
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sports air intake filters, sports exhausts, strut braces, etc. |
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Mail them for parts you cannot find on their site! |
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Interstate - |
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They are the official supplier of Alpina
parts for the Netherlands |
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Mostly 4-cilinder E21 parts, simple but nice and clear catalogue |
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US |
Top End Performance <
Loads of E21 performance parts! |
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Korman Fast BMW <
Go there! |
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All performance parts on BMW and Alpina
engines for E21's |
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Bavarian Autosport < Go there! |
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Also, it's astonishing how many parts the official dealer still can
supply within days - at affordable prices mostly! More parts & maintenance topics via the E21 Webring
on my main BMW page |
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For lots of cars, parts & maintenance tips, addresses and
classifieds: |
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E21 performance parts & upgrades - my experience
& opinion
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Lowering springs |
Eibach.
Cheap springs do lower but do not always make roadholding
better. Some other brands available that give reasonable quality. No
experience with those but the Eibachs are out of
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Shock absorbers |
Bilstein,
Sachs or Boge - all German quality |
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Tower braces |
Tremendous improvement in cornering and overall ride with front tower
brace, at low cost. On fast roads with deep tracks every E21 tends to search
for it's own direction. That's completely gone with a good front tower strut
brace! Improve Tuning
supplies them! Cornering and especially accelerating from corners improves with a
rear tower brace |
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Stabilizers |
Replace rubber seals on front and rear with new or harder ones |
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Brakes - discs |
Replacing discs by grooved Até Power Discs or
even grooved and drilled discs like Derok improves
braking |
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Exhaust |
I don't like the sound of a sports exhaust system on a 323i, but a
spaghetti-style exhaust manifold improves overall torque and doesn't add
excessive noise |
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Air intake |
Apply sports filter like K&N |
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Spark plugs |
Bosch (amongst others) have new spark plugs with 4 leads: they sparkle
everytime! |
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Still available from your local dealer: the original 5.5x13 wheels Larger wheels: Alpina, see my Alpina
parts page E21's are known for being difficult on the subject of wheels. If
you're not sure, try to fit before you buy. The front brake caliper units tend to sit in the way. Most important is
the ET value. For 13" rims it should be about ET 18, for 15" alloys
about ET 12. |
