E30 Zone

What mirrors do you guys have on your cars?

Do most people stay OEM or are there any aftermarket ones that suit the car aswell?

Opinions please!

most people use oem i think. i have california style on mine

I think the OME type look the best on the E30, they got them just right, seen a few with M3 mirrors on them, are not bad, but don't look right, that's just me.

They look nice on your car mate, go with the rest of it well!

I was thinking more DTM style but wanna see an E30 with 'em on before i decided as they could look shite!

give me a min.......

OEM

Paul325ITouring wrote:I think the OME type look the best on the E30, they got them just right, seen a few with M3 mirrors on them, are not bad, but don't look right, that's just me.

I'm not so much a fan of the M3 mirrors. They look ok, but on M3's!

oem on the tourer. dtm on the cab

Nice one dude, they go well with the kit! Not sure how i'd feel about them on standard bodywork tho...

Cheers for the pic, both cars look ace BTW

old cars mate. the dtm's look good with standard bodywork too.

Ah fair enough. Just trying Google now for some pics

And found this...

http://www.michaelseidel.com/tmp/pics/p1010067.jpg

Does look quite good actually, i think even without the kit they would look alright actually!

Are what I'll fit eventually


Not mine

Yeah they're nice! Don't think i'm gonna be so extravagent tho! Just good ol' ABS for me

They'll look the nuts tho mate! Think i might have to invest in a cheap set and see how i feel about them, can always change back.

the cheap dtm 'style' ones look terrible, the only acceptable ones are the proper copies of the real deal e30 DTM cars, either with or without the vents, and preferably in carbonfibre.

I bought a set of E30 M3 mirrors to put on my pre-facelift coupe, but I think I'm going to give the OEM ones a fresh lick of diamond black and keep them! They have grown on me lol

Anyone after a set of electric E30 M3 mirrors in Metallic light blue? Very good nick and i believe they are heated too. Pics/pricing available on interest.

E30 m3 mirrors are exactly the same as standard e30 mirrors.

Unless you mean e36 m3 copies made for an e30.

Your are right. They are E36 M3 ones..similar colour too

What is the opinion on facelift mirrors on a chromie cab?

harry_p wrote:E30 m3 mirrors are exactly the same as standard e30 mirrors.

Unless you mean e36 m3 copies made for an e30.

E36 mirrors are in fact copies of e30 mirrors, and used on the later race cars !!!! Personally I dont think the dtm ones suit a road car, they look a bit dumpy!

Standard mirrors for me, too'd and fro'd with dtm, e36 m3 but always decided to stay standard.

Falkster wrote:Standard mirrors for me, too'd and fro'd with dtm, e36 m3 but always decided to stay standard.

Yeah I'm back to standard now, amazing how much more I can see!

I will admit that the rounded shape of the DTM CF ones doesn't really suit the shape of the M3. However, I recently noticed these mirrors. And I think they would suit the car much better. They also have a wider viewing angle compared to the Shrek DTM style









They are similar price to the DTM ones. They are replica Impreza WRC items

They look quite cool, I'd like to see them fitted though. It's really the only way to tell if they are going to look shite or not.

ivqii wrote:What is the opinion on facelift mirrors on a chromie cab?

They are the same.

There is only one factory E30 mirror.

bss325i wrote:

ivqii wrote:What is the opinion on facelift mirrors on a chromie cab?

They are the same.

There is only one factory E30 mirror.

Aren't the facelift colour coded?

E30NutUK wrote:Your are right. They are E36 M3 ones..similar colour too

they look crap on a e30

ivqii wrote:

bss325i wrote:

ivqii wrote:What is the opinion on facelift mirrors on a chromie cab?

They are the same.

There is only one factory E30 mirror.

Aren't the facelift colour coded?

You can have colour coded on pre and post facelift and you can have plain black ones on both as well.

For me the original ones look best because they go with the square shapes of the E30, the DTM ones are too rounded and stand out like Plug's ears even though they are smaller.


For those of you too young to remember

Standard imo

Noticed a lot of E36 M3 (style) mirrors being advertised in the For Sale section as 'E30 M3 Mirrorz'

I'm not totally convinced that e36 mirrors even suit e36 m3s!

They were probably the single most popular 'mod' in the mid to late 90s and ended up on 99% of barried up turds which taints even the real thing.

Odd seeing that e30 dtm car with them on, never seen them on one before, although for some reason my dim and distant memory seems to think they were only fitted for certain rounds like the nurburgring where a bit more of a view behind would be an advantage, and a helpfull tool for seeing how close you are to the car next to you! I can't see them lasting many laps at most of the normal dtm circuits.

Am I a spaz? Pre-facelift mirrors were black? I've never noticed!