Schnitzer or not?

[bali_nz 0]

Recently bought an '89 E34. Got little schnitzer badges on it, subtely lowered, and a very throaty sound to her. The rims are not ACS, but a german manufacturer that changed it's name and branding in '89.

Couple of questions, is there any way of checking id via vin number etc, and were ACS making there own rims in '89, as they only been going for 2 years at the time?

I don't really care if it is authentic or replica, still an awesome car, but would like to find out a little more about her history.

Another curious aspect. The Schnitzer badges are just a little over 1 x 4 cm, unlike any I've seen on other photo's etc. Which makes me a little sus, although it is an old model.

[Guest SamSpargo]

schnitzer had been gong since the sixties man, herbert schnitzer and burkard bovespieden (sp) of alpina fame ran the original 2002 racecars.

But anyway, post up some pics. They've never mad their own rims though, originally oz racing did, then borbet did.

Car of that vintage could have either

[kiwi535 538]

where did the car come from?If its a UK car and you have the vin you may be able to find out from the UK agent....cant recall thir name right now...but a badge means absolulely nothing...if it was truly a schnitzer i would have bet there would have been some proof accompanying the car...even then the actual level of modification can be absolutely minimal.

[bali_nz 0]

schnitzer had been gong since the sixties man, herbert schnitzer and burkard bovespieden (sp) of alpina fame ran the original 2002 racecars.

But anyway, post up some pics. They've never mad their own rims though, originally oz racing did, then borbet did.

Car of that vintage could have either

Somebody needs to update Wiki then. It says the tuning side only been going since '87. Great source of misinformation.

The rims are Atev, later changed to Azev. And it's a jap import.

Will get some pics soon, just came back from painters yesterday, and not the weather to be out taking photos today.

Cheers