My M30 E30 Touring

[SPADGE]

Hi people
I havn't put any pics up for a while and a few changes have taken place to the old hearse
Brief spec is as follows:-

Originally 318i Lux
Now powered by e34 535 M30 engine via a 535 sport gearbox with Z3 2.8 shifter and 3.64 LSD.
Bilstein suspension dropped around 40/60mm.
New standard brakes all round soon to be upgraded.
iS front lip and SE side skirts.
Mim 15" alloys with 205/55 Goodrich rubber.
Internally a full black leather sports trim (cheers Damien )
OBC, e/roof with black roof panel and visors. map light mirrior , top tint screen.

Future plans
Change modified standard 325 exhaust for something more suited with a better note to it.
Replace cheapo strut brace for a real one
Upgrade brakes.
Re-paint my cam cover as i let neat anti-freeze wreck it after i fitted it mint

Cheers all
Spadge....

[Royalratch]

That is very tidy and the engine look AWESOME in there.

Is it crazy fast?

I'm weeks away from doing my Touring with an M42.
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... is+touring

L-Reg too

[kempo_perth]

m8 that is stunnin looks like a pure sleeper how many ppl hav u shocked at the lights is wat i would like 2 kno ? hope one day my tourer can look as good as urs

[fugazi33]

Great to see some pics up dude

[Skip]

Looks superb Spadge - see you fitted the right choice of wheels I see you went for 55 profiles on the MIMs as I did, but I think that perhaps they look a little "bulbous" - still unsure myself... Dunno whether to go for 50s next time or not...??

[shane325i]

Looks great mate,those black wheels really set it of nicely

Whats wrong with that strut brace tho???

[320Touring]

spadge-much praise to you for creating a proper weapon

[charlE30]

Love the tourer spadge, looks mint and that engine bay

I take my hat off to ya mate, you've done a top job there

Charlie

[Royalratch]

Did you you do the conversion yourself?

[SPADGE]

Thanks for your comments guys

Ratch - Yes all done by myself on my drive and yes it goes well enough

Skip - I like the tyres as i'm not into the rubber band look nor do i like tyres to have no movement as imo it spoils the ride.

Shane - That brace is too weak and probably does bugger all appart from look bling lol

Thanks again all

[Skip]

Skip - I like the tyres as i'm not into the rubber band look nor do i like tyres to have no movement as imo it spoils the ride.

Thats why I went for the 55s - I went with Falkens, wish I hadnt!

[SPADGE]

Skip - I like the tyres as i'm not into the rubber band look nor do i like tyres to have no movement as imo it spoils the ride.

Thats why I went for the 55s - I went with Falkens, wish I hadnt!

Lol Falkens are a bit pants
I didn't choose the tyres on mine but they seem fine and the wheel tyre combo were so cheap i wasn't going to get overly fussy

[327]

Great looking Touring !!

[casper8r]

Not only does it look great, it also pulls like a train!

Must say I quite like the way it sounds with the 325 exaust, not too loud, but agressive enough.

[hammoj28]

Looks ace. Real sleeper. Doesn't need anything as it looks perfect to me.

[Gortour]

That looks wonderful mate. Credit to you.
Do you fancy putting an M30 in MY 318 Touring?
Sorry, forgot, the only place for green is in trees isn't it?

[Cotty]

SPADGE that touring looks really

Have you thought about colour coding the IS spoiler, helps to visually lower the car. Liike the black wheels, clear indicators and black grill

[SPADGE]

SPADGE that touring looks really

Have you thought about colour coding the IS spoiler, helps to visually lower the car. Liike the black wheels, clear indicators and black grill

Hi mate
It was colour coded and i painted it black as i hated it! Too much Silver going on and the cars theme overall is black+Silver

[SPADGE]

gortour - I'll do any work on cars (even green ones )i am never happier than when tinkering

Cheers once again for all the positive comments folks

[Cotty]

SPADGE that touring looks really

Have you thought about colour coding the IS spoiler, helps to visually lower the car. Liike the black wheels, clear indicators and black grill

Hi mate
It was colour coded and i painted it black as i hated it! Too much Silver going on and the cars theme overall is black+Silver

Reminds me of a feature car in PBMW mag a couple of months ago. He also had a silver car (cant remeber what it was). He wanted it to look like a black and white picture even when taken with colour film, it had no colour on it at all, just black, white and clear

[snoops]

awesome!

[ash-e30]

very nice mate looks like a lotof time and effort went into it!

[slinky2000]

looks well mate

[TW166Y]

nice one spadge, although it really depresses me looking at pictures like this... i just want mine done! yours looks awsome mate well done!

[SPADGE]

Cheers guys

Twiggy get it done man or bring it round here and let me do it i'm bored again now

[maxfield]

Awesome!

Looks like it came from factory like that

[dom-1984-320i]

Spadge, top marks mate, that looks wicked. love the black and silver theme a nice touch, to many all silver's out there. That engine bay looks very clean, well done for all ya hard work mate really looks the dogs!

[gareth]

looks a lot different to when i last saw it!

i love the black and silver theme. imho too much body colour on a tourer looks nasty.

oh, spadge + boredom = trouble!!!

[hass]

hay spadge
i think me and you need to have a little chat
may what you to give us a hand doing my m30 conversion 1 day

the way u have done yours look fuking wicked.

[RapidE30]

I soooooo jealous!

I hope I can get mine to look half as clean and decent as that. One cool wagon!

[TW166Y]

Cheers guys

Twiggy get it done man or bring it round here and let me do it i'm bored again now

I may take you up on that offer!

[SPADGE]

Cheers for your comments fella's

[gazcos]

Liking that a lot mate. Dont ask me what i,m doing on here LOL

[SPADGE]

Liking that a lot mate. Dont ask me what i,m doing on here LOL

What you doing on here baldy
I'll pop round the shop and show it you for real one day soon

[squares]

Hi Spadge,

Just to say your car looks REALLY awesome, I love it, just sleeper enough to not raise too much attention but changed enough to look cool.

I am on the look out for a tourer myself and in Bucks too, so perhaps I will give you a shout when I find one! (let me know if you know of any!)

Quick question, how much power does that engine put out in standard form?

Many thanks and good luck.