The Turbo Gets New Alloys & Seats - Update 24/08

[d1mmy]

Updated the car with new inteior and Alloys 16's Borbetts.

What we started with:


Front Brakes giving problems with fitting.


Ant recommending the 'New Smooth Euro Look Calipers'

Pics of the finneshed Euro look Calipers coming soon....

Testing the arch after they were rolled


Just before Aces and cleaned






Old Interior being stripped


Old with the new interior


New M3 Interior In




And Just some Pics of the Old but (newer e46) riding on 19's Breyton Magics





If any one inerested the Old BK Replica Alpinas for sale:
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=74313

To some of the new faces that i met at Aces nice meeting u. Pm me with the details. And Ant thanks

[maxfield]

Absolutley stunning!!

Don't suppose that interior is from bme30mtechs car?

[d1mmy]

Good spotting Max, its is. And she is under development for a new project.

[maxfield]

Sweet, i was going to buy this car but oh well

What's the new project with it, PM me if you're wanting to keep it hush hush

[Greeny]

Lovely looking motor, especially lovin them Borbets

[d1mmy]

Sweet, i was going to buy this car but oh well

What's the new project with it, PM me if you're wanting to keep it hush hush

Good choice, very nice car. No hard feelings

The Car:


The New Engine 2.5 M50 Vanos from a e34 Sport




Thanks to Andrew for helping Fragging the motor and Ant (just to embrace him more pics) for taking on another one of my projects

[dom-1984-320i]

looks very nice mate, the borbets are a cool look good work!

[1an]

looks good DIMMY saw it at aces, loving the wheels, how low have you got it dropped and do you have any problems with rubbing on the back arches?

ian

[d1mmy]

Was lowered about 40mm.

Rubbed like a B*****

Had it raised and Arches rolled @ Atec.

Now she only rubs on full boost when the rear squats.

Stiffer adjustable dampers will have to be ordered.

Apart from that sweet

[1an]

sweet, they are the wheel ive been lookign at for my car and so ive been trying to get and idea if they would rub or anything, as mine is lowered 40mm,

[CHRISP]

Car looks sweet mate love the wheels .
last time saw your car was in Ants old work shop in bits.
when is the m50 going in

[d1mmy]

When Ant gets time

Should be before the end of the month

[CHRISP]

We must all get together at ants so for a bbq to open his new workshop and lookat his work

[d1mmy]

Dont start that again, he wont pick up the phone

Great idea lets do it (obviously with his approval)

[ric325i]

it really looks amazing man!

what wing mirrors are they? they look bonkers!

have you thought about dropping the front ever so slightly or are you thinking the extra weight of the m50 will do that for you?

looks really good

[d1mmy]

Mirrors are M3 (e36) Replicas.

The front can not be dropped otherwise the intercooler would be hitting on most of the speed bumps in London.

The M50 is to go in the new project not this one. Its the Black 1990 E30 above with Mtech 2.


This has a M20 Turbo and lots of other bits, which i am very happy with. Check out the old thread
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

[SHAKEELE30]

hey dimmy never noticed the interior, nice...can you get hold of the rears by any chance with headrest, been looking for some for a while....

[d1mmy]

Nah Bro - Just keep your eyes open.

I bought a whole car to get those seats (the black one further up on the thread)

[tylerma]

nice one mate
car is looking a right treat now
not that it was too shabby before lol

headlights really set it off too
glad you were pleased with them

[Ant]

For those that may be concerned, the grinder was used to persuade the casting flash off the calipers, that gave the required clearance to sit under the Borbet B's

the structure is as per O.E, TBH even removing a few mm would make no odds, the calipers were designed to haul 4 tonnes of E38( inc luggage/passengers) to a standstill repeatedly, the E30 is approx 60% of that weight maxed out.

Nice pix, daaaaaaamn the workshop was a shithole that day, Uber tidy again now thank god.

as for the "end of the month" possibly end of Sept Dimmy

@ Ian, I have another set of rims off the car if you're wanting to have a mock up before comitting £Â£Ã‚£, they are mine so they're NOT for sale but you can bolt em on to try if you want dude.



Dont I look happy......

[tylerma]

the doc at work

[NL-BMW]

Nice looking BM

Love the Borbetts.....

...How wide are the rears ?

[1an]

ant im gonna come down with my dad as i want to give the car a run out,

hmmm, ill take you up on the offer Ant though.

[d6dph]

Dimmy, This is a stunning car.

I have known of it for about 6-7 years, One of my customers used to own it and kept it in great condition. It then got sold to a lad from colchester who didn't really take great care of it.

The original owner will cry when he sees this, He really misses the car (was gutted when I bought mine as it wasso similar) andwill be chuffed that the new owner takesthat much care and pride in it.

Good to see you at Ace, Car stole the night imo.

[d1mmy]

For those that may be concerned, the grinder was used to persuade the casting flash off the calipers, that gave the required clearance to sit under the Borbet B's

Plus we wanted a clean Euro Look

...How wide are the rears ?

9j's at the fronts and 7.5j's at the front.

Good to see you at Ace, Car stole the night imo.

Thanks for that mate. It was a good, al though i got late due to football. But to be honest I loved the 300CS that was quality and the guy was really nice, no attitude, down to earth and we talked ages. He's got an M30 in it, and we talking about turbo charging

[Loozen_it]

The rims look friggin amazing!!

Staggered Borbets...

[slinky2000]

pimpin

[d1mmy]

Been waiting for some good weather, so i could do some bits and bobs before Aces on Monday.

I wanted Black carpets after the new interior to complement it, but could not find any. BMW new carpet was £300ish plus (inc VAT) an even then its not black.

Searching the zone and found a Post by Alymen 'dyed my carpets today!'. http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... hlight=dye

So a month ago got the 5l Dye (i want to do a couple of e30's if this turns out good), Caliper paint, Dremel Kit, Leather conditioner, German Style number plates and Surround.

After getting back from work today i thought i'll get started;















I also got new Mats 3 months ago. The colour never matched. So i thought i'll give a ago dying them Black ago.





More Pic's tommorow after i give them another few coats.

[bmwe30mtech]

My old car, robbed of its seats

Whoever aksed, no you can't get them with a rear armrest, the centre is too narrow. Have you thought about getting them re-trimmed dimmy? They would look awsome, as some of the bolsters are actually blue

Whoever owns it, in my opinion that car will always be mine Take care of her, im sure you and Ant will!!

[bmwe30mtech]

Your 318i as i bought it a few years back....just parking outside my house for the first time!

[1an]

im really like the car Dimmy esspecially when i saw it at aces.

good to see the stereo wiring is all nice and neat

[d1mmy]

Dont worry about the wiring they will be neat when i finnish before Aces tomorrow.

I hope

Just Finneshed painting the Calipers and Strut Brace. Gave the interior another coat of Black Dye. Looks Good. May give another coat tomorrow plus the boot carpet (it had a lot of grease stains).