E30 Zone

do they go?

if they dont can any one recommend a good brake upgrade when putting in a e36 328 engine?

ive herd alfa 4 pots go on but im not sure if im making that up?

Hi i'm just getting a batch of discs and adapters made they will cost about £180. You can get the E38 Brembo calipers from ebay for £200

I assume the OP was asking about the E36 calipers left over from the engine's donor car, not E38 4-pots?

E36 stuff doesn't bolt straight onto E30 hubs without messing about with adaptors etc.

The Alfa calipers I've seen while doing upgrades for them have a 100mm C>C on the bolts meaning they won't bolt straight up - but I've not seen every caliper Alfa ever made of course.

As you asked about an upgrade there's always the proven WMS route: http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 9&start=24

Standard E30 vented discs are good enough, you can fit the entire E36 leg with some faffing and choice parts

i think the alfa 4 pots go on mk1 golf based stuff, i know the rear 4 pots from a 944 s2 go on the front of mk2 golf hubs, but all that has nothing to do with a bmw!!!


how hard is it to fit e36 legs? as im in the process of buying all the running gear off a e36.
well it will just be the hubs ill want, i want to go down the coilover route.

i can afford to go with the wms set up, looks nice though

I would never consider using E36 legs it causes loads of problems. Everyone who done this mod in Germany changed back to normal E30 parts.

Do you have E38 Brembos under those alpina reps? I expect its 17 inch wheels or bigger to run them

The E38 calipers fit under the 17" alpina reps with 10mm spacers. They might fit 16" alloys not tested them yet. I managed to get a pair of E38 Brembo calipers on ebay for £70. So with a bit of luck you could have this setup for £250

I don't want to run 17's really, I waned to go with the 15" vw Sebrings I have kicking about

Stick with the E30 brakes then

325's with some good pads and disks?

WMS or 300mm.de are the only ones offering upgrades that fit under 15" at the moment.

Taxin wrote:WMS or 300mm.de are the only ones offering upgrades that fit under 15" at the moment.

True, though the 300mm.de ones need thick wheel spacers that change the offset/handling, the WMS ones keep the wheel where BMW intended (assuming we're talking 15" BBS as used by 95% of 15" people).

do a 5 lug conversion with e36 m3 front hubs and your sorted,

e30_ev0 wrote:do a 5 lug conversion with e36 m3 front hubs and your sorted,

Yep..... because it just a case of slinging a pair of e36 m3 hubs on To do the job properly it would be cheaper to buy a set of WMS 4 pots.

Does the e28 share brakes with the e30?

richlyons wrote:Does the e28 share brakes with the e30?

e28 calipers ,corrado g60 280mm discs

Off which one? M535?

DanThe wrote:Stick with the E30 brakes then

nothing wrong with well sorted E30 brakes

yes,i think they are all the same exept 518i,but maybe i am wrong