jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) Hey guys. This is my e30 that I have owned since 2009 when I was in 7th form. Some of you probly remember it from when I first joined and from the auckland anniversary meet. Its a face lift Japanese 320i. A little while ago I bought a de-regestered south african 325i. From that I swapped over the houndstooth interior,m-tech 1 wheel,oil cooler,battery in the boot. I have kept the m20b25 out of the other car (2.7 head by the way) but it has a blowen head gasket hense why its not in my car yet. Around the same time I also purchased some bbs rs040's off Jed Rose in Christchurch. They are 16x8 et24 4x114.3, Jed also had some 25mm 4x100 to 4x114.3 adaptors that I also got. I pulled all the bolts out,stripped all the clear off and hand polished all 4 lips and all 136 bolts and put them back together. They are wrapped in 205/45/16 tyres and have a final offset of -1. I know this car probly wont be everyones cup of tea because of the "stance". Its not finished by any means but its finally at a point now where I am happy to say "Thats my car and I built it". I just want to thank Lucan for all the advice on the wheels and to Jed for contacting me in the first place. Thanks to my friend Mike who hooked up the incredable deal with the 325i. Edited August 30, 2011 by jwde30 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sascha 17 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) Looks nice man! Any chance of more pics? Edit: sorry they didn't all load the first time I looked! Loving it Edited August 31, 2011 by sascha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polley 916 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Was looking incredibly clean the other week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Was looking incredibly clean the other week. Thank you sir! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_BRS_ 208 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Wow! Very clean and classy! What suspension are you running? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joshnz 2 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Awesome, well done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Wow! Very clean and classy! What suspension are you running? Xyz adjustables. Purchased from Speedfactor in tauranga. best money I ever spent honestly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbirgel 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 looking good man! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrphTa 5 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Perfect height, nice lug nuts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Perfect height, nice lug nuts Thanks man. They're Blox 70mm. Just trying something different. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SIR E30 68 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 That looks amazing dude! Tell me more about your coilovers.. do the rears have the spring and shock seperate like most E30s or have you got a normal coilover bolted to the shock mount?? Do you know if the E30 shock mounts are strong enough to handle a normal style coilover? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Very tidy, wheels suit well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 amazing car, love everything about it apart from those stupid door lock dice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 That looks amazing dude! Tell me more about your coilovers.. do the rears have the spring and shock seperate like most E30s or have you got a normal coilover bolted to the shock mount?? Do you know if the E30 shock mounts are strong enough to handle a normal style coilover? Thanks man!. Yes its just the normal set up with a seperate spring and shock. Ive taken the bump stops and locking ring out to lower it more. XYZ do offer a coilover conversion for the rear but its about an extra $1000 on top of the price I paid for these wich was about $1300. No the strut mounts arnt strong enough standard they have to be strenghend. Speedfactor can do this for you. To be honest if I had the money I would do a rear xyz coilover conversion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 amazing car, love everything about it apart from those stupid door lock dice Hahaha! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SIR E30 68 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 All that considered, how much lower will it go at the rear with your current set up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 All that considered, how much lower will it go at the rear with your current set up? I can get about another 10mm out of it with out cutting the springs. The front is not even half way down. Could tuck golf kart wheels haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SIR E30 68 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 What does a set of these lovely inventions cost? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 What does a set of these lovely inventions cost? Um think I paid $1300 plus $200 to get the fron struts welded. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Pics do not come close to doing it justice. Stance is incredible in the flesh! You must be getting pretty sick of scraping that front lip everywhere you go Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Pics do not come close to doing it justice. Stance is incredible in the flesh! You must be getting pretty sick of scraping that front lip everywhere you go Haha thanks bro. Na that lips been on there for ages im used to it. Its the not having full lock that im still getting used to lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 34 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Yeah! I f**king love this! Nice effort. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jay^ 1 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Haha thanks bro. Na that lips been on there for ages im used to it. Its the not having full lock that im still getting used to lol Haha yeah im thinking of going XYZ aswell.. how bad is the lack of lock now ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwde30 81 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 Haha yeah im thinking of going XYZ aswell.. how bad is the lack of lock now ? If I lifted the car up I would get full lock. I can still get full lock at the height it is now it just rubs alot. Do it bro they're really good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
byza213 1 Report post Posted August 30, 2011 very nice! i dig it!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
