mark247 39 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Just picked it up yesterday. '85 528i motorsport. 5 Speed manual, LSD, recaros, etc. Goes okay but I do want to put the 3.5 in it sometime soon. I also want to get it a bit lower, so if anyone has lowering springs for an e28, or knows where I can get some, let me know! Thought I would post up some first shots I just took today in the rain... as soon as it clears up and I find a nice place, I will take some decent photos! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AN E30 Fan 1 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Looks great. I am looking forward to seeing it with an M30 engine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deane30 30 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 awesome buy mate. Don't know if you saw but I posted this up in the trademe section earlier. Well done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Looks great. I am looking forward to seeing it with an M30 engine it has an M30 engine already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bellicose 9 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Nice car, wonder what the seller will do when i bid and it meets reserve, he should've withdrawn it but probably doesn't wanna pay the fees. Pisses me off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark247 39 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) Nice car, wonder what the seller will do when i bid and it meets reserve, he should've withdrawn it but probably doesn't wanna pay the fees. Pisses me off. Meh, I do that all the time. I'm guessing he will do it soon, he seemed like a rather busy guy. I'm thinking of taking the side skirts off... they just dont really do it for me... anyone know how hard it is to do? Cant be that hard. Edited August 1, 2009 by Mark247 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Meh, I do that all the time. I'm guessing he will do it soon, he seemed like a rather busy guy. I'm thinking of taking the side skirts off... they just dont really do it for me... anyone know how hard it is to do? Cant be that hard. i have a fibre glass copy of a mtec kit . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tire 10 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 I'm thinking of taking the side skirts off... they just dont really do it for me... anyone know how hard it is to do? Cant be that hard. They would look fine if they were balanced out with a m-tech front bumper As I said before, I love it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
320guy 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 M30B35 + supercharger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamez 2147483647 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) nice buy, was thinking hard about getting it myself go for a S38, leave everyone behind Edited August 1, 2009 by Jamez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Turbo M30, cheaper, faster, more reliable. Win, win, win. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) Nice car, wonder what the seller will do when i bid and it meets reserve, he should've withdrawn it but probably doesn't wanna pay the fees. Pisses me off.I couldnt agree more mate, but its a dog eat dog world and if you want something enough just have to get stuck in there.I saw the 318is on trademe, phoned him straight away, went to see it two hours later and made an offer on the spot, conditional on him taking it off the auction. If Id waited for the auction to finish I probably wouldnt own it now because the amount I paid is just criminal [e] Sorry Mark, meant to say good job a cracking car that needs the front spoiler to finish it off Edited August 1, 2009 by Penry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Simon* Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Always liked this car Be nice to it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
isis 16 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 awesome car! must be extremely different driving that compared to the e36. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30plz 1 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Very nice, Was drooling over it last night on TM. M30B35 Turbo would be mint. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) like this Edited August 1, 2009 by Brent HARTGE535i Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark247 39 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 (edited) meant to say good job a cracking car that needs the front spoiler to finish it off Yep, I think even the normal black front lip would make it look better. I'm thinking I'll take the kit off, if it looks good I'll stick with it off, if I feel it would look better with a full kit, I'll save up and get the front mtech piece. awesome car! must be extremely different driving that compared to the e36. It's kinda like driving a bouncy castle compared to the 36. Hopefully a bit of drop will fix this. Edited August 1, 2009 by Mark247 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1283 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 those side skirts and rear skirt are zender or bbs type not the mtec type . you should see a label at the ends of teh skirts. my silver car has the mtec type . to sort the handling just fit some new shocks , and maybe stiffer sway bars to stop the roll Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark247 39 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 those side skirts and rear skirt are zender or bbs type not the mtec type . you should see a label at the ends of teh skirts. my silver car has the mtec type . to sort the handling just fit some new shocks , and maybe stiffer sway bars to stop the roll it doesn't handle too bad, it handles kinda like old e30 did before i replaced the springs with lower ones, made a huge difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
320guy 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 nice buy, was thinking hard about getting it myself go for a S38, leave everyone behind Because S38's are easy to come by, and cheap enough for the average uni student to afford. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamez 2147483647 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 Because S38's are easy to come by, and cheap enough for the average uni student to afford. thats exactly why I said it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dyl 4 Report post Posted August 2, 2009 Another classy old school ride, nice work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmw_guy 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2009 Yer saw this on trademe, love it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted August 2, 2009 thats exactly why I said it. good one...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted August 2, 2009 Nice car mate, sell me your side skirts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites