E30 Zone

picked this up on the cheap and am in the process of stripping it ready to paint. its the 5th e30 2 door ive had and its probably the least rusty one ive had. the two late e30 sports i had were riddled in rust under the tech2 kit! it hides sooooooo many nastys!

anyways this is sadly only a 320i, all the other e30's ive had have been 325i's.

plans for this one are repaint, fit some 16x9 borbets A's and change the engine for something more pokey.

that looks like a good base

Good project, i hear your engine is a little bit special? How do i get a pic?

engine special? i think not, a worthless old 2ltr in there at the mo.

Sorry i meant cliffybabe !!! my bag

looks like it will be a stunner when completed, what engine you thinking of putting in

little bit of progress. refurbed and repainted the borbets, flashed on a few coats of satin black and tinted taillights red

looks sweet!!

looking good dude, now wheres the chrome??

im yet to reattach any trim, crome will be going back on as i think it will look good with the satin black and the dish on the rims. if it looks tosh il have to go the home made shadow line route

wicked

Looks like you have found your self a good project there!
Looking forward to the end resulte of a nice clean E30

looking good

Looking smooth. What did you use to spray with?

Deleted side repeators or replacement wings without holes?

There was an E36 in Total BMW this month with LED indicators in the side trim instead and the absence of the side repeater gives cleaner lines.

I'm not 100% sure but do the side repeaters in the wings have to be there. There must be a way to avoid having them.

More pics please

That looks really well. The satin black is sweet.

toby wrote: I'm not 100% sure but do the side repeaters in the wings have to be there. There must be a way to avoid having them.

Legally, any car reg'd after August 1985 has to have side repeaters fitted.

toby wrote:Looking smooth. What did you use to spray with?

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Satin or matt black looks sweet with chrome details, if you don't believe me check out this girls car.

http://www.laralou.co.uk/

Simon wrote:

toby wrote: I'm not 100% sure but do the side repeaters in the wings have to be there. There must be a way to avoid having them.

Legally, any car reg'd after August 1985 has to have side repeaters fitted.

yep a side repeater will be fitted. i got the genuine replacement wing off a mate who for some reason had smoothed off the hole where the repeater sits. il just drill it back and out refit.

Well, if it were me, as I'm dying to try this mod, would be to integrate a side repeater into the trim on the front wing just to give it cleaner lines.

Car looks fine in that colour. Is the spraying method a secret? Looks bloody good for rattle cans if that's what you used!

lol no was done using a 2HP 25ltr compressor, gravity fed gun and satin black 2k paint. although looks no different to what ive seen people achieve with spray cans, just went on a bit thicker i expect

trim and bumpers back on and wheel centre caps fitted! its amazing how a set of wheels can transform a car. just got the bootlid left to paint and then i can set about stripping out the interior and hopefully getting a rear roll cage when funds allow!

my german style pressed metal number plates should be arriving tomorrow with any luck

i'd get some tinted indicators for the front mate the orange sticks out too much now

Looking good!!

loving the style dude. just wondering what the wheels are in the original pic ??

im not sure what the original wheels were. they are 15" and wearing 205/55/15 rubber thats about as much as i know. Im selling them now, 3 of the tyres are like brand new so im sure someone will buy them just for the tyres

I luv this mota.

I want an another E30 to play with

looks fat mate

woohoo! Satin black FTW