320i e30 coupe

[w3rren]

After a long time in the VW scene, I have now bought my latest ongoing project.
Its a low mileage '88 e30 320i coupe, let me know what you think;

[ah]

Very tidy mate,and welcome to the Zone!

[Alpina99]

Very tidy mate,and welcome to the Zone!

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Welcome

[w3rren]

Thanks all,

Looking at just keeping the body and trim stock, maybe fit some better suspension and nicer bbs style wheels.
Subtle upgrades and keep the body as clean as possible.

Any ideas greatly appreciatted on suspension setup / wheel sizes??

[Simon13]

15's and 35mm drop. might not be low enough for a dubber though!

[xavier]

16s and 40mm drop all round and leave the rest as BMW intended. It is VERY neat and tidy for it's age

[capri_rob]

Looking at just keeping the body and trim stock, maybe fit some better suspension and nicer bbs style wheels.
Subtle upgrades and keep the body as clean as possible.

THIS

As already mentioned 15" BBS wheels

Eibach or H&R Springs ( 35-40mm drop )

Bilstein B4 Shocks ( you might want to upgrade to 51mm front struts at the same time )

Replace ALL rubber suspension components/mountings with BMW/lemforder equivalents

Inside the car a pair of sport seats in the correct cloth and a Tech 1 steering wheel is all it needs.

Very nice clean looking motor

[matt_320i]

she looks a good one mate hope u dont mind im being cheeky but how much did u pay for it as ive just bought exactly the same car but an 320ise thanks matt

[Dezzy]

That does look clean.

[greg124]

Mmmm. Lovely

Project? It looks too good to bugger about with

[w3rren]

Thanks for all the comments.
Capri rob and Dezzi, I may need some of your knowledge regarding the upgrades in suspension, as I see you mentioned 51 mm struts, why do you use these and are they a straight swap, off which models?

Thanks

[Dezzy]

51mm struts are an upgrade mate. I have swapped to them, Then fitted WMS 4 pot brakes, B8 shocks, H&R springs, -15mm top hats and M3 eccentric bushes. There is a slight improvement in handling.

It all depends who far you want to go, and how deap your pockets are.

I needed to though

[w3rren]

Dezzy, I will have to get some part numbers from you as I would like to do a similar thing with mine.
Think the front could drop 5mm more than the rear when I drop it as the front rides too high.
Maybe 35mm rear and 40mm front.
We must talk this over.

[Dezzy]

Just because i am a whore, this is how mine looks

[w3rren]

looking sweet as, what drop is that from original?

[Dezzy]

Mine is a chromie and they are a biatch to lower properly.

Its about -50mm

-35mm H&R spring with -15mm drop hats. Rears are custom -50 springs made to the H&R spring rate.

[w3rren]

Well its looking proper nice.
Im putting money into a major service and cambelt / waterpump this month as a safeguard.
So will have to wait till next month to do springs/shocks.
Would be nice to have coilovers so I can set the ride height just right.
We will see.
I did enquire to spax about coilovers and they wanted my front struts to modify.

[MurphyE30]

I did enquire to spax about coilovers and they wanted my front struts to modify

this is a requirement for e30 coilovers mate

welcome to the zone looks like youve got a nice solid base to work with

[w3rren]

Thanks for that.
What is a good set of not over priced coil overs?
Spax are £8 - 900 and I am looking to spend about half that but something that is half okay?

[Dezzy]

Thanks for that.
What is a good set of not over priced coil overs?
Spax are £8 - 900 and I am looking to spend about half that but something that is half okay?

Have a look in here mate

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... forum&f=77