E30 Zone

Hiya!
Thought I’ll make a new thread of the cabrio as it was featured in Performance BMW (Nov 2010 issue) and the pictures can be now posted on the internet.
The pictures were taken by Anssi Ranki and me helping him during two nights in July. None of the pictures is photoshopped, believe it or not.

For example this pic was shot at around 3am (quite bright in the nights of Finland in summer time):


I bought the cabrio as a bone-stock, black E30 325 cabrio 1987 pre-facelift model in Easter 2005 and started modifying it (sold the old engine within a week of buying the car). The only stock parts in the cabrio are the side windows, fuse box and heater control panel so pretty much everything has been changed / modified (all done myself & the help of friends, expect the paintjob and interior retrim). This summer I drove around 6000km with the cabrio as it is my daily summer car ”“ not a trailer queen!
The full spec list and project info can be found here.

And then the pictures... (few more can be found at www.m5time.com)

Side view;


Top view;


Front view;


Another front view with the rocks;


The interior;


The engine bay;


And here’s the cover of the mag;




Thanks for watching, comments are welcome!

I was looking at this magazine yesterday and recognised the car, very well done on the feature

Simply stunning, one of the best

Jonsku your car is awesome. Its cars like that, which makes people like myself want to forget buying new vehicles. A truly magnificent machine and a brilliant piece of engineering.

That looks great

is it got a hard top or soft top?
a black hard top would look the nads!

insane car extremely jelous!

well done jonsku

car looks mint

Looks awesome mate! Proper oem engine bay too

Lovely car, well done on the feature.

Hi Jonsku

Great article, I really enjoyed reading it , the article also said you are still run a 4 stud set up is this true?

Good feature Jonsku

Thanks!

aaronsmart wrote:is it got a hard top or soft top?
a black hard top would look the nads!

I've only normal soft top at the moment. White or black Wiessmann hard top could be very sexy, though pretty much useless

Steve wrote:the article also said you are still run a 4 stud set up is this true?

Yes, it's 4x100 all around.

If your running 4x100 all round, what model are the RS's, there not 003's?

Rav335uk wrote:If your running 4x100 all round, what model are the RS's, there not 003's?

Yes, this why I'm excited, 17" FTW

How did you do it Jonsku?

Redrill I think.

Rav335uk wrote:If your running 4x100 all round, what model are the RS's, there not 003's?

They are originally 8x17" ET40 from E36 but after magic tricks they're now 8,5 + 10x17" 4x100

Another front view with the rocks;



Superb subject. Superb picture.

Jonsku wrote:Thanks!

aaronsmart wrote:is it got a hard top or soft top?
a black hard top would look the nads!

I've only normal soft top at the moment. White or black Wiessmann hard top could be very sexy, though pretty much useless


who cares! haha its al bout looks with this bad boy!

Love it looks amazing

Jonsku wrote:

Rav335uk wrote:If your running 4x100 all round, what model are the RS's, there not 003's?

They are originally 8x17" ET40 from E36 but after magic tricks they're now 8,5 + 10x17" 4x100

So plug and redrill then

Thanks

aaronsmart wrote:who cares! haha its al bout looks with this bad boy!

Haha, that's true! Maybe someday with the AC, cruise control and big OBC..


Rav335uk; not necessarily. It's quite easy to convert to 5x120 so that'd be what i'd do if i was to do it all again.

So you're running hubcentric adaptors from 4x100 to 5x120
An no issues with the wheels??

This has got to be one of the best cabs on here without a doubt

Is off to Asda to buy the magazine...

Love these wheels they set the car off perfectly! How do you get them redrilled then? Is it costly is it safe and where in the uk does this?! Thanks.

Thanks!


Rav335; no i'm not using spacers. 5x120 -> 4x100 can't be done (yes those shittybag spacers do exist but i would never use them on any car unless they're "double bolted" => very thick => no real use.

brettski wrote:Love these wheels they set the car off perfectly! How do you get them redrilled then? Is it costly is it safe and where in the uk does this?! Thanks.

No idea as I live in Finland All you need is a professional welder and machine shop, it's only alloy after all..

I compiled a new video of the cabrio, here you go

awesome car, even video...love the wheels...almost same as mine.. also redrilled

Nice - can remember as well when the video was posted up with the engine problem - happy ending though - car looks great

beautiful car. used and enjoyed too.