E30 Zone

Hi zoners , been hovering around for a while on this forum , here's a quick update over the time ive had the e30

Bought as a standard 316i auto about 2 years ago now


Next i lowered it


And fitted my sport black leather interior to get rid of the grey cloth nastyness


I then broke a sump to bits so made a shallow one out of 3mm steel


Then bought some wheels for it

Xxr527 in 16" et0

Next i converted it to manual


Lowered it some more next


Got fairly bored after a year or so of 1.6 powers so i set on a m50b25 swap



Ripped out the 1.6 ,quite happy to have the dc2 for a daily whilst i was doing this


In and running.

Also i converted it to 5 stud all round using e36 318ti rear trailing arms and e36 328i front brakes


Please excuse the e46and e36 wheels , i have much better ones on the way

Thats pretty much it up to now , missed out lots but wanted to keep it short and sweet
Current spec of the car is
M50b25
M20 ltd flywheel
Sachs clutch
318is gearbox
325i prop
3.91lsd
318ti trailing arms polybushed
Front arms pollybushed
Front custom coilovers
Front 328i 286mm brakes
E36 rack conversion
Custom exhaust with danthe conversion manifolds

Thanks for reading a‘a

To be honest, I preferred it in the first photo

Yeah but standard is boring in my eyes , i ran it around for a month or two like that if it means anything a˜‹

Firstly welcome to the Zone, secondly that is bloody low, what's the ride quality like?, does it ground out on speed bumps?

Fal_325i wrote:Firstly welcome to the Zone, secondly that is bloody low, what's the ride quality like?, does it ground out on speed bumps?

Ride quality is very hard on its lowest setting , and i dont go over speedbumps

oli_125 wrote:

Fal_325i wrote:Firstly welcome to the Zone, secondly that is bloody low, what's the ride quality like?, does it ground out on speed bumps?

Ride quality is very hard on its lowest setting , and i dont go over speedbumps

Im guessing you dont live in london?

Cool car btw

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Liking the progress, keep up the good work

Like the transformation. Very cool.

Thanks giggz and jasso a‘a
Did some repairs today swaped out my tired e30 tierods and trackrod ends for e36 equivalents


Always hated the e30 adjustment lock thing kept catching if it was sat on top , e36 ones are loads better and fit fine
Also picked up 1 style 32 17x9 for cheap as i want a full set of 9s to run for dailys idealy when my new wheels are together



So if any one has another 9 or a staggered set for sale pm me a‘a

been away from here for a while so have an update
got my wheels ready to go on


gotti g1001 16x9 et25 in 5x120
i picked them up in a fairly poor state a while back and been refurbishing them when i had a chance too
had the lips mirror polished centers powdercoated in hypersilver
and gloss black powdercoated barrels ,refurbished the original bolts and valves and replaced the nuts because they were rusty.
got them on intime for players classic at good wood a couple weeks ago
very happy with the bolt on fitment too

Looks class with the gottis on!

admire the effort and the work, the results are impressive..just not my cup of T.