Where to get parts

[Heitzke]

Love the touring group on Facebook! Bought a cargo cover with mesh divider this morning from one member and one of the guys I admin with is shipping it for me!

I do too. I about died when i saw that lachssilber mtech 2 touring being parted... and the damn spoiler was already gone.

[KSanchez]

Love the touring group on Facebook! Bought a cargo cover with mesh divider this morning from one member and one of the guys I admin with is shipping it for me!

[stonea]

Blunt can hep too, he asked to see a copy of the title though.

[KSanchez]

Awesome - did not know about the FB group!

My local dealer did not ask for a title, the euro parts they ordered just never came in. They probably just did not know how to order them correctly.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/503998543112775?ref=bookmarks

Hopefully that link works, they are slowly starting to warm up to Americans in there :)
Weird that they didn't ask for your title, they scanned mine (it was a whole thing) but now I can get euro specific e30 parts I couldn't get before.

[cory58]

if you bring your euro title to your dealer they can order euro specific parts like mtech bumpers.
the e30 touring group on facebook has been a HUGE help as well, we were able to find a few small but rare parts there.

Awesome - did not know about the FB group!

My local dealer did not ask for a title, the euro parts they ordered just never came in. They probably just did not know how to order them correctly.

[KSanchez]

if you bring your euro title to your dealer they can order euro specific parts like mtech bumpers.
the e30 touring group on facebook has been a HUGE help as well, we were able to find a few small but rare parts there.

[crash n' burn]

I've gotten most of my parts through leebmann24.de. they can do international shipping. On average, they're prices are very good and they update inventory on a regular basis. I bought about $650(with VAT) worth of parts that would have cost more than $750 before shipping from ECS.

They also have access to a lot of parts that are "unavailable" in the states.

[Heitzke]

Not dissimilar to what you've already said, but I ordered M40 timing belt tools from ebay.uk, and have actually been looking at timing belt kits on ebay.com.au.

You've also reminded me that I need to ping Schmiedmann about a few things.

[cory58]

Since we are all in the same boat with non-US cars, I thought it would be helpful to have a thread for sharing parts sources.

Most of the parts I've needed so far are shared with US E30s, so I've just gotten them from my local dealer. For the Touring-specific (non-US) parts, here's what I've learned.

1. Local dealer - My local dealer has ordered several non-US parts for me. They show as available and the BMW parts system let's the order be processed, but the parts never come in. I eventually gave up.

2. Maximillian Importing (BMW Classic) - I've successfully ordered from them several times. Great guys. Orders usually take a month to arrive. Prices are high. For decent sized orders, I've found that Schmiedmann is faster and cheaper (even with the international shipping).

3. Schmiedmann (Denmark) - They have become my go-to source for new OEM parts. I have been able to get parts from them that Maximillian shows as NLA. Fast shipping. Good prices. Minimum $23 shipping cost.

4. Guten Parts and BluntTech - Many euro-BMW owners get parts from these 2 places. I've never used them.

5. Sskoda - Dismantler in Ireland. He advertises in the r3v classifieds. Good seller. I bought some parts from him through his web site willswheels.co.uk.

6. UK eBay. There are some random Touring parts on the US eBay, but many more on the UK eBay. I actually found a guy who advertised a Touring he was dismantling and bought some parts directly from him. I tried German eBay once, but did not find much, probably because the translator I was using was not that good. My guess is that if you can read German, that would probably be a great source for used parts.

Hope this is helpful. Please post anything you all have learned!

Cory