1988 E30 Touring

[SIR E30 68]

Heres a few pics of my E30 Touring for everyones enjoyment (hopefully!)

I've had it for about a month and have loved every minute of driving it!! This car is my second BMW, I also have a 1986 320i manual.

For you purists I have put up a pic of the car on its Basketweaves, which are now GONE

Future mods: Suspension, sounds, Tints. Maybe a respray.....

Yea so let me know what you think.

Cheers guys & girls!

[Braeden320 0]

Tidy Touring - Lots of White Car/Black Wheel combos around at the moment

[SIR E30 68]

Tidy Touring - Lots of White Car/Black Wheel combos around at the moment

Cheers! Yea theres definitely a few around.

[PBOY23 0]

mean looks staunch

[OLLIE 26]

very nice car! she'll hold her value if you look after her. Make sure your tints are good quality and don't cut or drill any holes in interior panels or trim for "sounds".

Enjoy the car, i know i would!

[Cale 36]

Nice Touring! Very tidy.

What side indicators are those?

[ED1RTY 2]

OMG its Wills old touring!

Like Ollie said, look after it mate. Its one of the nicest E30 Tourings around. Im feeling the wheels etc just dont bastardise it to much

Edited July 28, 2008 by ED1RTY

[greenday-rulz21 4]

What side indicators are those?

They're facelift E36

[hbmonkeyman 0]

Verryy noice the E30 tourings are some of my favourite bm's ever!

[diablo23 1]

very nice wagon gw

[SIR E30 68]

very nice car! she'll hold her value if you look after her. Make sure your tints are good quality and don't cut or drill any holes in interior panels or trim for "sounds".

Enjoy the car, i know i would!

Thanks Ollie, Dont worry I wont cut/drill the panels. I'm not putting subs in this car Ive decided, only upgrading the current speakers and putting a good head unit in. I wanna keep the interior as original as possible.

As for the tints, im getting them done at automint in hamilton because a friend of a friend works there. Any experience with these guys??

Edited July 28, 2008 by SIR E30

[SIR E30 68]

OMG its Wills old touring!

Like Ollie said, look after it mate. Its one of the nicest E30 Tourings around. Im feeling the wheels etc just dont bastardise it to much

Yup sure is!

Thanks for that, I think the same about the wheels.. They are modern enough without ricing the hell out of my car!

Thanks for your comments guys, makes me feel very proud of what I've got!

[e30plz 1]

Looks mint, Looks like Blairs.

[SIR E30 68]

Looks mint, Looks like Blairs.

Yea a bit like Blairs, minus the techII haha

[Gus 5]

look after it!!! very nice machine you have there, don't f**k up the guards with those wheels either and it'll stay a nice car and hold its value!

[Apex 693]

Thanks Ollie, Dont worry I wont cut/drill the panels. I'm not putting subs in this car Ive decided, only upgrading the current speakers and putting a good head unit in. I wanna keep the interior as original as possible.

As for the tints, im getting them done at automint in hamilton because a friend of a friend works there. Any experience with these guys??

Nice wagon, so envious of the factory 2.5 engine, im guessing it’s an import then?

Upgrading the stock system is hard without making new holes. Im running 51/4 inch components in the front and Ceflar 4†2 ways in the back witch are both amped and with the sub box removed they really struggle to produce any decent bass.

If you’re up in Auckland at some stage im more than happy to show you my system and give you some tips as to where to mount an amp.

I would recommend a boxed set of 6x9’s if your after a decent sound without an amp or a sub.

As for lowering, talk to Keith at suspension progress (our forum sponsor) he sorted mine out, you need to run a wagon specific set up.

Edited July 28, 2008 by Apex

[bravo 34]

So Will finally sold the old girl! I'm a neighbour of Wills but didn't realise it had sold as I havn't been over for a couple of weeks. Its an awesome car. He did ALOT of work to it.

I remember when he first got it, it needed a little TLC. I fondly remember going sideways in it out of the Carters carpark in Waipapa on one of its first voyages. It has been pampered ever since as he bought it for his wife as a daily, but she got sick of the difficult boot access compared to an e36 touring which is her new daily.

Enjoy it - its the nicest and quickest e30 touring I've ridden in.

[Mark 178]

A beautiful and increasingly rare car... look after it grasshopper!

[Yuen 16]

Very tidy... the interior looks very good too! Congrats mate you own a beautiful car.

[SIR E30 68]

Nice wagon, so envious of the factory 2.5 engine, im guessing it’s an import then?

Upgrading the stock system is hard without making new holes. Im running 51/4 inch components in the front and Ceflar 4†2 ways in the back witch are both amped and with the sub box removed they really struggle to produce any decent bass.

If you’re up in Auckland at some stage im more than happy to show you my system and give you some tips as to where to mount an amp.

I would recommend a boxed set of 6x9’s if your after a decent sound without an amp or a sub.

As for lowering, talk to Keith at suspension progress (our forum sponsor) he sorted mine out, you need to run a wagon specific set up.

Yea imported from the UK in 1994.

Id love to have a chat about what I can do with sounds, I'll keep you in mind!

I emailed Keith a while ago but got no reply. Will try again another time! I need to get it lowered and stiffened up!

[SIR E30 68]

So Will finally sold the old girl! I'm a neighbour of Wills but didn't realise it had sold as I havn't been over for a couple of weeks. Its an awesome car. He did ALOT of work to it.

I remember when he first got it, it needed a little TLC. I fondly remember going sideways in it out of the Carters carpark in Waipapa on one of its first voyages. It has been pampered ever since as he bought it for his wife as a daily, but she got sick of the difficult boot access compared to an e36 touring which is her new daily.

Enjoy it - its the nicest and quickest e30 touring I've ridden in.

Will and I were actually talking about you when I was up there when I got the car. Sounds like you have a very nice car.

I agree, Will has created a very nice car - all it needs now is my own personal touches.

Id beleive that, it goes sideways quite happily, although havnt done this with the new 18's on it. The rubber is a bit to expensive to be burning!

Alisons new E36 is a very nice car, she seemed very pleased with it.

Thanks for your comments

[SIR E30 68]

Thanks for all the comments guys! I will definitely look after this car and keep it as well presented as the previous owner has done.

[westy 614]

Good to hear.

Damn fine car.

E: speeling

Edited July 29, 2008 by westy

[Apex 693]

On second glance it looks as if it has already been lowered a little bit.

If you do decide to lower it go with H&R, it may cost a couple of hundred more but is well worth it if you want a stiffer ride.

[bravo 34]

It has stock msport springs which are lower than standard. Will had some lower springs in it, but Alison didn't like them so he put the msport ones in.