anyone got a silver e30?+opinions please

[dobbie82]

Ive put this in general cos no-one seems to bother with the "styling" board.

Ive got a 4dr silver e30, and the other half fancies putting arch trims/covers/skirts whatever they're called.

The car has been de-chromed so they would look naff wouldnt they? though i guess i could stick black plastic ones on.

Anyone got a silver e30 with arch trims? could you post some pics please?

[dazleeds]

they always look naff as you said

clip him round the ear and tell him to stop being stupid

nice set of se skirts to tidy up the sill by all means but no chrome arches

[jonb]

i agree with daz.

crome arches are council. and i dont think they will fit properly if your car hasent got rusted arches.

[Jhonno]

Council!!!!!!

[dobbie82]

lol thanks for the opinions... will leave her as she is.

the sills are rock solid..





no need for skirts, but may pop some on as it would look better.

the arches are solid but one is starting to bubble throgh so i wanna respray it, but to match the colour gonna need a proffessional a?

Hannsh

[Nostrils]

I reckon an MTech 2 kit, colour coded would be cool.

"Everyone does that though!", I hear you but it is a good look and you personalise it with your own things....debadged, black badges, wheels, lights.....

[Martinaston]

Why not go the other way and put the original black front skirt back on so it doesn't look so out of proportion.

After all it's not a rocket and skirts are only used to create a vacuum under the car to keep it stable at speeds of about 80+ so don't get used much and are more expensive to replace when you smash them to bits on crap roads.

But then it's your money

[dobbie82]

dont mean to appear thick but i thought that WAS the original front bumper... its a 1991 LUX model.. am i wrong to assume its original then?

[Martinaston]

no idea. it could well be, i just think it looks out of proportion without something similar along the sill's.
Could just be the angle of the picture.

[Adammcf]

Silver ones will look gay. If you do go for it make sure they are colour coded.

[Zayyan]

dont mean to appear thick but i thought that WAS the original front bumper... its a 1991 LUX model.. am i wrong to assume its original then?

The bumper is a Lux one with the top and bottom bits body-coloured, the valance is the standard E30 one but that's got an iS lip on it instead of the normal black lip like on my Lux:



If the other half is a drug dealer then go for the chrome arches

Otherwise leave it alone

[dobbie82]

lol the other half is a chef, he wants skirts cos it aint the angle of the photo.. it is looking out of proportion..

May put colour coded arches on it if we shelling out for paint for skirts anyway.

any other suggestions for cosmetic improvements?

(the engine runs sweet as it is so im not messing with it!)

[Jhonno]

the arches are already colour coded

[Zayyan]

Cosmetic improvements.......you could lower it so it doesn't look like it's on stilts

The sideskirts are a good idea, though M Tech II kit would be the ultimate improvement

[dobbie82]

if i treat and re-spray the arch (well get someone else to do it...) then put new plasic arches ans seal them on.. would it stop the rust starting on the other 3 or will they all go in the end?

My dad runs a bodyshop, so when i eventually get back home to wales, i can get it done properly for little money, i wont touch it till then.

I guess im looking at silly prices for m-tech skirts?

Hannah

[Bob_S]

leave it well alone are you keeping it now?

[dazleeds]

mtechs always silly money lol

like you say if ya dads a sprayer get him to sort the arches and theyll be no need for any covers and they look so naff on car
didnt mean sills looked bad earlier its just they look so much better with the skirts on (will put mmine on eventualy)

se skirts cost upto Ԛ£50 on here and theyre are some usually floating about mtech skirts look naff without the full kit imo

good luck car looks sweet

[dobbie82]

well looks like im keeping it, cos cant get the money i want for it, im puttin it on ebay next week with a decent reserve, if it doesnt go, im selling my rover.. (paid Ԛ£1300 for the rover 12 months ago... i be lucky
to get even half that now!)

cant afford to run 2 cars

hannah

[dazleeds]

out of my nosey interest lol

what you putting it up at? and what engines in there??

may be selling mine cnt decide yet but after a guide price

[Bob_S]

if i recall correctly han has it up for 900 it's 318i lux with about 144k on the clock i could be wrong

[Zayyan]

M Tech kit is expensive but you'll get what you pay for it when you come to sell it....

[dobbie82]

good memory bob_s

one sold on here for 1250 yje owner was asking 1450

so i asked 1000 got a lot of viewers and one offer but they never came back...

lowered it to Ԛ£800 now but still no serious interest!

will probably set the reserve at 700 and pray it goes higher

hannah

[dobbie82]

everyine who sees it says its a nice car but nobody has the cash...

sorry 4 spellin.. trying to feed baby and type at same time!!