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Yup, Got a set of g-zeros widened out they look phat cuz. Too much chrome to take pics of the face, so sadly will have to see at the hamilton meet Those photos make the paint look 1000x waaaay better than it is. See it in the flesh and you will know what I mean lol. And F*ck the skidplate has no chance of fitting under the m50 sump without some mean mods. Don't know how I would mount it either... Anyone ever retrofitted a factory skidplate to a non SA car? Also front is as high as they will go - Rear is as low as it will go. Unless I yank the adjuster out it'd go about another 10-20mm lower in the rear.

Haha nah it was allgood man, your e30 def has alot of kick in it! I pused it outside today. It's all done other than a vacuum hose that needs changing, then off tomorrow for the exhaust. Also need to adjust the stance but on the highest I can put it up front I can only fit 4 fingers between oil sump and the ground! Started to take pics and the camera died so more tomorrow ...

Be hell awesome when it's done. Those front brake discs are HUGE!

Heres a good lil comparison. Jase's 215/40 on a 9" and my 205/40 on a 9"

Yep, if I get the shocks sorted tomorrow I'll have the exhaust sorted on Tuesday / weds. Take it for the fail WOF on thursday then sort out the cert from there, hopefuly won't be like last time where I had the hugest list ever due to crap suspension lol. But I fixed everything that time, so technically everything I failed for last time has been fixed so unless something new needs to be sorted with this conversion, it should be sorted and legal within the next couple weeks, which means up will see you guys at the Hamilton meet

Reunited with my 3.64LSD today thanks to Mark (1rotty) absolute legend!! Wasn't gonna put it back in today but had the time so bleh.. Diff is in. e30 manual driveshaft fits up perfectly to the getrag 220 box. Mint. Also chopped the end of the exhaust that went up the firewall where the old turbo dump pipe fitted, so now its cut just by the gearbox to have the bottom of the m50 manifolds matched up to it. And I double checked everything works, all lights and everything are working sweet as. Rear shocks should be shortened tomorrow, then that leaves it to just having the exhaust joined up then w000t m50 wut.

Strip it and il take that interior kthx.

Yeah king spring superlows are the same as other brand lows.. like 40mm drop.. Most other superlows are 60mm drop and pretty low.

M-tech2?

rusty bonnet + dish + racks FTW

Go for superlow king springs. They sit pretty high and are pretty firm too. I have some spare but they have been cut 1 coil up front hah..

Go 205 on the 8.5 and 215 on the 9.5 and it'd be more super stretched

You would have a higher diff ratio though anyways wouldn't you? (no idea about e34's, but e30 autos all had higher ratio diffs vs the manual versions). So it would balance out?

Yup andrew hudson, http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/index....mp;hl=m30+turbo Read his list, Says hes using a 5speed supra box with his m30 turbo.

How much for a buff?

Didn't Andrew on here get a toyota box for his m30 turbo.. Maybe hit him up see how much it was for the bellhousing adapter to be made or whatever. I'm sure that black e30 m3 with the v10 m5 engine has done similar, I saw pics and it is using an adapter plate and a different manual box.

Looks good man. Look forward to seeing it at the hamilton meet

What a fool, how dum would he have felt if the car ran him over lol

+5 Haha yeah, I do the same. Or I forget if I have replied to everyone.

Struts are a whole lot cleaner now, cut off the brackets cleaned them up and painted them. Also got a 12" electric fan. Probably could have gone bigger but oh well.. I didn't realize how tiny it was til I got it. Wired it up to the factory thermoswitch too so it comes on at T1 (The lower of the 2 settings). Waiting for rear shocks to be shortened. Get the diff this weekend to throw that in and it is pretty much done! If the skid plate comes first may aswell try fit that too then it's off for the exhaust then WOF/CERT time

If you are wanting to use it to get the rear halfshaft out, You will rip the hub off and destroy the bearing before the axle shaft even moves.

God damnit. And I have 205's on my 9".

It says if the engine swapped into that car was built in Germany after 1990 it will need a catalytic converter. Christ that would mean I'd need one, i think? I'd better hurry.. Lol.

Ahh righto. Would explain the 1500rpm idle that I couldn't trace to anywhere else..