BMW E30 M-Tech Cabrio V8 with BBS RS and M-tech2

[Jonsku]

Some new thingies 11/2009 -->
(post #45 forward)




Hello all!
I though I’ll present my E30 cabrio to you all. It’s originally a normal ”˜87 325 with ~415 000 km on the clock.

I bought the car in 2005 and after that I’ve been building it. I stripped the car completely to bare shell and built it with new or retrimmed parts.
I’ve built almost everything by myself, only painting and interior trimming were made in a special shop.

I got the cabrio finally ready for this summer. It’s my daily driver in the summer, for now it has made ~7000km without any problems.

For future plans I’ve V8 swap coming next winter and some minor adjustments to suspension but nothing radical.



Specifications;
-M30B34 stock
-Sport getrag (from E12 528) with dogleg and 1:1 fifth gear
-2.65 LSD from E34 525tds
-Selfmade coilover setup, Bilstein Sprint shock absorbers
-BBS RS 8,5 + 10x17”a
-Complete, original M-tech2 bodykit
-Smoked lights and indicators all around (MHW, Hella)
-Retrimmed interior (real leather and alcantara)
-M3 instrument cluster and gear knob, Z3M gear stick, M-tech2 steering wheel and rearview mirror
-And lots of minor things..

More pictures can be found here.

Enjoy!
-Joonatan H.
Finland
Joonatan84@hotmail.com

[SteSE]

impressive man, hats off to you

[NatDJ]

Joonatan,

That is simply delicious my friend! I love it!

[w17led]

proper nice,

how did you get 17" rs's on there, change the hubs? or use adaptors?

thanks

[Mandeep_VW]

That looks very nice! Get more pics please.... engine bay, interior, etc

[LondonTom]

Nicest cab I've ever seen.

Top job mate

[groselha]

Really beatifful cab!!

[aamerchau]

Amazing car!!

[snooka]

looks realy stunin' u comin to Santa pod on september 20-21, this is reallty a beauty! white pearl

[Jonsku]

Thanks for positive comments!

how did you get 17" rs's on there, change the hubs? or use adaptors?

Some welding and drilling ;)

That looks very nice! Get more pics please.... engine bay, interior, etc

There is a link in the first post for additional pictures.

Here're couple of interior shots.

u comin to Santa pod on september 20-21, this is reallty a beauty! white pearl

Little bit too long way to come

Here's one night shot

[JazzMan]

Very, very nice. Especially like the wheels

[Jindmahi]

Very !

[dips346]

that looks so cool

[/// KAMI]

nice

[RUSHY]

Very Very Nice..!! Loving the 3rd pic...

[jase325isport]

I would give my left arm for those wheels!

[Chase007]

I would give my left arm for those wheels!

I think i wud give my left arm for the women Nah seriously i luv the look of this car, can see how much it is luved very easily. Nice!!!

[Shane325i_sport]

Seen this over on E30Tech also, very very impressive, credit to the owner...

Lovely car.....

[siddiqi1]

stuunnnning!!!

[THE_GODFATHER]

AMAZING................. its lokking WICKED

[SHAKEELE30]

Jonsku, personally not one for convertibles, but this one i like alot, looks awesome mate, you can see that you've put alot of effort into it, and it does look stunning... loving it

[M_Parallel]

As already said on BF.com, your car is amazing. If only those silver BBS logocaps were gold on black....I think that would look REALLY lush!

[89-325i]

Nicest cab ive seen!! congrats mate!!

[TopSod]

Here's one night shot

Where would i find one of these accesories for my passenger seat? Really finishes the car off

[Lowm3]

Wow!! thats awesome!! The BBS really suit it!!

[bmwe30mtech]

Quite simply one of the nicest E30's I have seen. The seats are a work of art. Clearly a lot of hard work.

[konflik1]

perfect buddy.keep up the good work

[StefanAnghel]

Welcome and thank you for sharing this beauty

[Jonsku]

Thank you all.

Next week i'm going to strip the car (again.. :-/ ) and start the V8 project. Can't wait to get my hands dirty again

[SHAKEELE30]

What you going to break it....

Why not just buy another car and sell this one, i would buy this and i dont even like convertible much...

[gooner1]

Thank you all.

Next week i'm going to strip the car (again.. :-/ ) and start the V8 project. Can't wait to get my hands dirty again

If it had been anyone else that had said that, i would have condemned
them as criminally insane, but in your case i think you may even improve on an already beautiful work of art.

Still think you are slightly mad though.

[motorsport786]

stunning mate, keep up the hard work...

[Jonsku]

Hehe, well now i've had one week holiday, and:



Couple more pics here

edit; thought i've been around here so long that i'll start project topic on "engine swaps" - side. Link.

[SHAKEELE30]

thought i bump this up, to find out hows it coming along mate... how far you got, any more pics....

[chisel]

Spote on mate, did the wheels go straight on or did you have to mess about with then