E30 Zone

Pics of the new sport folks, sorry it's not clean, haven't had chance yet. Added bonus, it's got working air-con, which i didn't notice on buying!

What do you think?

Very nice indeed mate! She looks pretty clean to me!

You can't beat the Tech II look.....

Nice car there. Good colour choice too. Well done

looks clean to me ...... looks mint.. lovely sport mate

Looks straight and clean....good buy

One or two paint issues to sort, other than that.......a happy man

Looking good m8

Clean aswell

Looks well mate.

What colour is it? Sterlin or lachs silver?

James.

stunning thats my favorite colour for a coupe

sterling silver

nice

lose the M badges and fix the dash undertray and its a perfect looking sport

I was told it's a lachs silver, not sure though? i'll parknit next to yours James and compare them fella! You still on for the 20th? James.

Nice motor mate looks very clean indeed.

Same as mine Lachs silver (Salmon Silver) German Translation. No joke.

So there you go, our paintwork is aptly named after a fish....

looks nice and clean

hubble1990 wrote:Same as mine Lachs silver (Salmon Silver) German Translation. No joke.

So there you go, our paintwork is aptly named after a fish....

I think i'll stick to lachs silver

should have a colour sticker on the nearside strut top, looks like sterling in the photos but that could just be the light and camara used.lachs is the one for me and you cant argue that hubbles looks poor in that colour now can you?done a little more work on mine today to try and get the damn thing on the road this year.will be nice to come to a meet in it.

looks good by the way but then you do have certain standards dont you

oh and aircon

hubble1990 wrote:Same as mine Lachs silver (Salmon Silver) German Translation. No joke.

So there you go, our paintwork is aptly named after a fish....

my mistake

looks good by the way but then you do have certain standards dont you

oh and aircon [/quote]


Dropped lucky i think Matt. Phoned the guy the same day it went up for sale, hence the early bird! As i say well pleased with the car, a few issues with the car all nigly minor things. Engine seems strong too, blasted up from cheltenham!

nickso - no worries

he30 your new sport looks lowered to me. It definitely sits lower than mine. Also are they 15" BBS on there or 14's??

he30 your new sport looks lowered to me. It definitely sits lower than mine. Also are they 15" BBS on there or 14's??[/quote]


Yeah it's been lowered mate, not sure by how much though. I would say about 45mm but not sure.I think i've seen a link with lowered cars on, would be worth looking at! And yes there 15'' bbs. I'm tempted with some azev a's but still like the oldskool look of the bbs's. What your view on M badges? personally i like to see them, but it seems to be a bone of contension around these pages.

Yeah will be there on the 20th mate.

you also have pm

James.

jimerilo wrote:Yeah will be there on the 20th mate.

you also have pm

James.

No pm James?..............now arrived

With regard to the 'M' badge. I like them too. Ok it's not an M3, but it does carry the legacy of the motorsport pedigree to deserve a badge.
I had an 'M' badge next to the 325 which looked good, but after the boot was re-sprayed I never put it back on again.

I think they look good on the grille too. Saying that though I was thinking about this the other day on the way to work. Ten years ago there weren't many cars which had a badge on the grille apart from the M5 and the Audi S range.

You knew that if any of those two came up behind you they meant business. Now every car even Audi diesels have them! They look like an RS then when you see them from behind they are nothing more than a 2.5tdi - frightening!

Again personally I think they look good. I didn't know they were a taboo subject around the forum....

I know what you mean with audis s-line, every other car carrys it now, but on a 17 year old 80's ledgend? Did sports leave the factory badged up or are they aftermarket fixtures?

To my knowledge sports did not come with them from factory.

I dont mind them, i wouldnt put them on my car but if they were already on a car that i bought i wouldn't remove them if that makes any sense.

James.

No they left the factory as standard. No badges. Officially you can't buy an 'M' badge from BMW. You would have had to own an 'M' car to buy one. Now places like eBay are selling them like hot cakes and most of them are of course fakes. Just like the alpina badges you see on there all fakes.

You can get carried away though too. I saw an 318 ti compact driving up the A1 yesterday with one of those 'M' Powered badges he bought from motorworld. What a arse i thought.

But I think just one badge like you've got is enough. Understatement

Sorry mate. You've got two. Didn't see the one on the grille! Looks good. Don't remove it.

nice looking sport fella looks clean keep the m badges its the law!!!!!!

the car looks mint, go for the azev a's theres a guy round the corner from me with a silver sport and azevs and it looks the b*llocks

snoops wrote:the car looks mint, go for the azev a's theres a guy round the corner from me with a silver sport and azevs and it looks the b*llocks

Can't decide, had this debate with my old one. BBS has the retro cool factor that go with the car!

Personally i think you cant beat 15" bbs's for handling so why not just paint them a different colour while you decide.



James.

Don't change the wheels. You can't beat old school BBS. They are just classics and make the car look as it should be.

Don't be drawn to the dark side luke....

James the BBS wheel you posted is stunning. Those versions came off the motorsport am I right?? Slightly darker in the center than the outer rim?

Yeah thats right mate, with a Nogaro silver center.

But the one in the pic is just my standard sport rim painted.

James.