Two days before Christmas, my wife and I found ourselves stranded in the Denver airport after missing a connection to southwest Utah. The choice in front of us was simple: wait two days for the next flight, or drive two days to get to the destination. The latter sounded much more fun. We...

Years before working at FCP Euro, I worked at Home Depot in the hardware department. I didn't know it at the time, but I acquired a skill there that would come in handy when working on my BMW E30—rekeying.  When I got my E30 the central locking system was in good shape, the trunk and passenger...

For the past few weeks I've been hearing a clicking sound from somewhere in my dash, assuming it was the lifters or something in the engine bay. I spent most of my time in that area, looking around, and it wasn't until I tested out the steering wheel from our BMW 325i E30 race car that I noticed...

Nate took my BMW 325i E30 for a drive one afternoon, after a quick drive downtown and back he handed me the keys. Sweating and nervous he exclaimed “you need rear shocks.” I knew they had blown, but that repair instantly became my priority. Having shot hundreds of videos for FCP Euro during my...

After the life-threatening experience the night before, it was time to fix the headlights on the E30. As you might remember from my first post, I don't like directions, but I often need them. So I grabbed a screwdriver and went to town on the back of my headlights. The lights are held in place...

The E30 BMW 325i I just purchased immediately became my daily driver. I commute roughly 25 miles on the highway to the FCP Euro offices every day. In previous mornings I would listen to a podcast on my way down and music on my way home. In the E30 things immediately changed. There wasn't any...

Ten years ago I couldn't have spelled E30. I grew up among science and practical knowledge, with Lego and woodworking throughout my entire adolescence. My father had a 1964.5 Mustang, and I grew attached to it, but never learned much about it. Mechanical knowledge seemed easy to me but I never...

Become a regular paid contributor to FCP Euro's Blog! We are searching for writers well-versed in BMW repair and maintenance, with experience on models 10-15 years old. All you have to do is send a detailed description of: Who you are Why you'd make an excellent contributor What you'd...

We are really excited to announce one of our newest features that we’ve been working on for a while. We’ve heard from many of our customers that they wished our website had diagrams to help them locate the exact part they’re looking for, and that’s just what we’ve built! We’re calling it the OEM...

This week we've got another feature to announce, one we’ve been working really hard on for a long time. We have frequently heard from our customers that it is confusing to use any online parts store and figure out exactly when the parts will arrive. Figuring out how far away they are, and when...