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Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:25 pm

Guys opinions on this, do you think if it was running smaller wheels with a dish it would work?

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Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:30 pm

Seen this on here quite some time ago - last year, IIRC.
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:31 pm

This has been for sale since man has walked upright.

Make of that what you will :D
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:36 pm

Needs to be put out of its misery and crushed! I bet its been sat on that driveway for at least 4 years now it will be rotten as well as a crap "modified motor" :mad:
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:39 pm

there's a reason there is only one of these
there's a reason it's still for sale after about 2 years of trying
at least it puts off others from trying
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:05 pm

i think its interesting !!.....to go to all that trouble , i like seeing strange E30's like the pickup conversions and the trailers made out of the back of E30's and that !! 8O 8O
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:10 pm

yeah, but interesting like white dog p00
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:13 pm

pukar wrote:yeah, but interesting like white dog p00

thats exactly what i meant....the fact that hes gone to all that trouble to do this mod and it really dosnt suit the car. Its not a good mod imho ..
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Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:35 pm

heres a roof chop (i did using paint) on a clean e30 running 17" bbs rs

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Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:51 pm

Still looks shite. Definitely best reserved for low-brows.
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:05 am

Oh not this blue 318 roof chop monstrosity again... christ its ugly... even uglier than a Baur..! What was he thinking...
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:47 am

all thje ones i've seen look horrible.

the e30 does have a big glas house though, i bet they'd look great with a very subtle chop, say 10-20mm, but it would be a massive amount of work for something most wouldnt notice and i wont be trying it out on my car :D
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 2:16 am

This was forsale when i was looking for an E30 must be about two years ago? Yeah im suprised no ones bought it.... loooks like quite a weapon to me haha
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 4:35 am

its been about a lot longer than 2 years, iirc it was for sale when i was looking for my first over 5 years ago.

Chopped e30s just don't work, it screws with the angles and the perspective.
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kangman wrote:heres a roof chop (i did using paint) on a clean e30 running 17" bbs rs

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i'm guessing you like it.......as long as you dont ever plan to sell your car.......ever!
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:21 am

harry_p wrote:all thje ones i've seen look horrible.

the e30 does have a big glas house though, i bet they'd look great with a very subtle chop, say 10-20mm, but it would be a massive amount of work for something most wouldnt notice and i wont be trying it out on my car :D
Best way to make it look less "glass-house" is a set of rear headrests and a parcel shelf sun blind 8)

kangman, that is sik design skillzzz :mad:
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:30 am

It's even the same advert used aaaaaaaages ago!! Doubt the paintwork has aged gracefully.
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:42 am

or the dodgy welding done to hold the roof on. :mad:
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:54 am

Its stupid and unnecessary, its like say lets cut the boot off and make it shorter or turn it into a hatch back, NO. It wasn't supposed to be like that and doesn't look good at all.!
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pukar wrote:
kangman wrote:heres a roof chop (i did using paint) on a clean e30 running 17" bbs rs

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i'm guessing you like it.......as long as you dont ever plan to sell your car.......ever!
pukar me old muker, my e30s already got a factory roof chop winkeye

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Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:44 pm

I saw this ages ago and wondered if removing the body kit ( fibregash ?) and fitting a good drivetrain / wheels etc might turn it into something :mad: but there was much chat on here regarding the poor standard of the chop ie alignment / welding etc so i didn't give it another thought. Even if i had been interested it's a few hundred quids worth as a punt that could be weighed in if it went wrong. Fair to say it's been for sale for as long as i can remember so god knows what state it's in now
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Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:54 pm

kangman wrote:heres a roof chop (i did using paint) on a clean e30 running 17" bbs rs

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deffo my fave e30 out there, been around SW for ages, i prefered it when it had the fk 75/50 spring kit on it though, not keen on it being bagged, and i dont like the roof chop. roof chops are for low riders and hot rods IMO, not e30s
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verde wrote:
kangman wrote:heres a roof chop (i did using paint) on a clean e30 running 17" bbs rs

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deffo my fave e30 out there, been around SW for ages, i prefered it when it had the fk 75/50 spring kit on it though, not keen on it being bagged, and i dont like the roof chop. roof chops are for low riders and hot rods IMO, not e30s
looks like its been photoshopped to me u can see a line from the top of the gutterline at the back all the way to the front of the car plus the back window doesnt look right as the bottom part is open the top part looks closed ......plus look at the building even the galvanised sides are not sitting in line ........
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Paul it does say he used paint to do it :chuckle:
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bigredbmw wrote:
verde wrote:
kangman wrote:heres a roof chop (i did using paint) on a clean e30 running 17" bbs rs

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deffo my fave e30 out there, been around SW for ages, i prefered it when it had the fk 75/50 spring kit on it though, not keen on it being bagged, and i dont like the roof chop. roof chops are for low riders and hot rods IMO, not e30s
looks like its been photoshopped to me u can see a line from the top of the gutterline at the back all the way to the front of the car plus the back window doesnt look right as the bottom part is open the top part looks closed ......plus look at the building even the galvanised sides are not sitting in line ........

The roof chop was done in paint as mentioned above. the e30 is real though
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bigredbmw wrote:looks like its been photoshopped to me u can see a line from the top of the gutterline at the back all the way to the front of the car plus the back window doesnt look right as the bottom part is open the top part looks closed ......plus look at the building even the galvanised sides are not sitting in line ........
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^^^ that was it on the FKs, gorgerous brief
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kangman wrote:
pukar wrote:
kangman wrote:heres a roof chop (i did using paint) on a clean e30 running 17" bbs rs

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i'm guessing you like it.......as long as you dont ever plan to sell your car.......ever!
pukar me old muker, my e30s already got a factory roof chop winkeye

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Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:18 am

No matter how it's been done the car will be almost uninsurable if the mod is declared, and also should be SVA'd as the bodyshell has been substantially modified. And it looks shite.....Weigh it in!
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mickkeee wrote:No matter how it's been done the car will be almost uninsurable if the mod is declared, and also should be SVA'd as the bodyshell has been substantially modified. And it looks shite.....Weigh it in!
Wow 7 years for your first post, this car must really pi55 you off :D
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Pointless POS that needs to be fragged.
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"IDEAL ROJECT", according to the ad. IDEAL REJECT, that should read.
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Now lets see the original e30 pic pls?
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Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:11 pm

guys guys guys,,, i saw this pile of shite on pistonheads when i was looking for my 3rd and current e30.

That was 3 years ago.. id have lost patience and thrown a match in it by now . hasnt he figured it out yet?? farkin hell.!! :mad:
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