Clean & Low 320i

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jeswaw
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Sun May 23, 2010 1:08 am

Well I am in the USAF and am by no means new to E30's, I had Lapisblau 325e that I had two years ago and was slowly building into a drift/autocross car. Had wheels, suspension, and a M50 swap. Well the car caught fire when my shop burned down and isnt nothing anymore. So now the recap is gone I'll start with the little story of how I got this car.

So while I was in afghan I was constantly looking for another E30. I searched high and low and every website the UK had to offer. After several months of looking and passing up some of the most amazing deals in hopes to get something Ive been looking for I finally found what I wanted. The only problem was that I still had a little over a month left in afghan and no one to get the car. It was priced so low that I knew it would sell quick. I went to bed every night trying to plan how I could get this car. So I finally get back just one week ago and the guy still had her for sale so I went and picked it up within 24 hours of me getting home. Enough talking, more pictures.

This is the car 10 minutes after the purchase. Paid $9.34 for a gallon of gas compared to what I usually pay. (.83 cents american per litre)
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Rare Glass sunroof from the dealer.
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Simple and clean interior.
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Bimmer Club, one day ill make the hour drive up to silverstone to see what its all about.
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I then bought some items for it.
Mtech1 Bumper
Mtech1 Skirts
Mtech1 spoiler
Mtech1 Rear Apron
Mtech1 steering wheel

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I then installed coilovers
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Coilovers doing work.
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I then drove down to London and got my wheels. I polished one and decided Id just wait for winter to come to polish them, so I painted them for now.
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Here it is now, 2 weeks after buying it. I had to cut 1.5" off the front mudflap so I wasnt a bulldozer to every rock.
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This is low as the England roads will let me. If I didnt live on such bad roads it would go lower.
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Future plans:
318is Interior
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Engine Swap
Blitz
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Sun May 23, 2010 2:29 am

Thats nice. Keep it standard. Dont think Tech 1 kit will look as good.
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jeswaw
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Sun May 23, 2010 4:17 am

Blitz wrote:Thats nice. Keep it standard. Dont think Tech 1 kit will look as good.
Yea im not putting it on. I just showed what I have for it. I agree, I think the clean and simple look with the chrome bumpers looks nice. Ill probably just sell the kit though.
shedrool83
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Sun May 23, 2010 7:28 am

Thats one nice looking car ,and i dont like chromies usually.
What coilover kit did you go with?
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Hibsfan1875
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Sun May 23, 2010 7:53 am

Dude nice motor!!!! Is ur other e30 a f16 lol
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Sun May 23, 2010 8:36 am

Nice motor, Chromies at their best!
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Sun May 23, 2010 9:10 am

nice stance.was the lowering drop?
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jeswaw
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Sun May 23, 2010 9:34 am

It has ground control coilovers on it which dropped it 20mm-100mm-ish (all guessing b/c I forgot to measure the stock height) I apprieciate all the kind words and im trying to find a car meet to cruise to but cant find any close enough :(
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Sun May 23, 2010 9:51 am

Drive up to Edinburgh there's loads up here ha
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Sun May 23, 2010 9:56 am

Very nice :cool:
M20B25 actually :)
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Sun May 23, 2010 10:53 am

Nice chromie!

The eastern region has e30 meets, not sure when the next one is though
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stbaz
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Sun May 23, 2010 4:04 pm

really like that mate, sits well. what kind of coilovers are you using?
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tomti
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Thu May 27, 2010 2:43 am

loving it slammed on the bottletops but im strange like that :cool:
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Thu May 27, 2010 11:45 pm

Looks nice im liking a lot :cool:
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Thu May 27, 2010 11:48 pm

Moon roof :cool:
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