What would your perfect spec E30 be...

[Gavla]

I would be interested to know what people would have if they were to build an e30 from scratch, money no object;

Body type / engine / shocks / bushes / alloys / tyres / seats / arb / strut brace / tech 1 / tech 11 / brakes / brake pads / front lights / rear lights etc etc etc

We are talking standard E30 not M3....let me know your wish lists.

oh and rust free is a given.

[Blitz]

Do you mean from the options from new or aftermarket?

[DanThe]

If I ever get the chance/time to build another it will be -
Tech 1 exterior in henna red, colour coded bumpers and shadowline trim, bronze glass with either alpinas or BBS wheels, interiors dont really bother me so as long as its dark and cloth with bolsters I dont mind.
Engine wise, id probably go for a V8 next time round

[capnmchl]

I would be interested to know what people would have if they were to build an e30 from scratch, money no object;

Body type / engine / shocks / bushes / alloys / tyres / seats / arb / strut brace / tech 1 / tech 11 / brakes / brake pads / front lights / rear lights etc etc etc

We are talking standard E30 not M3....let me know your wish lists.

oh and rust free is a given.

4 Door, in BMW Monte Carlo blue, with shadowline
M52B28
M3 suspension, with rubber bushes
Wheels would be silver Image F40's in 16x7 and 16x8, covered with something decent.
Tech 1 kit, with all the interior goodies
Strut Braces

Nice and comfy, looks good, but take it to a B road and it'll put a big old smile on your face every time.

[pacerpete]

I would be interested to know what people would have if they were to build an e30 from scratch, money no object;

Body type / engine / shocks / bushes / alloys / tyres / seats / arb / strut brace / tech 1 / tech 11 / brakes / brake pads / front lights / rear lights etc etc etc

We are talking standard E30 not M3....let me know your wish lists.

oh and rust free is a given.

4 Door, in BMW Monte Carlo blue, with shadowline
M52B28
M3 suspension, with rubber bushes
Wheels would be silver Image F40's in 16x7 and 16x8, covered with something decent.
Tech 1 kit, with all the interior goodies
Strut Braces

Nice and comfy, looks good, but take it to a B road and it'll put a big old smile on your face every time.

4 DOOR


That is just wrong, unless you are Chinese ?

[andyp]

I would be interested to know what people would have if they were to build an e30 from scratch, money no object;

Body type / engine / shocks / bushes / alloys / tyres / seats / arb / strut brace / tech 1 / tech 11 / brakes / brake pads / front lights / rear lights etc etc etc

We are talking standard E30 not M3....let me know your wish lists.

oh and rust free is a given.

4 Door, in BMW Monte Carlo blue, with shadowline
M52B28
M3 suspension, with rubber bushes
Wheels would be silver Image F40's in 16x7 and 16x8, covered with something decent.
Tech 1 kit, with all the interior goodies
Strut Braces

Nice and comfy, looks good, but take it to a B road and it'll put a big old smile on your face every time.

4 DOOR


That is just wrong, unless you are Chinese ?

yes more bits to sell when you break it

[capnmchl]

4 DOOR


That is just wrong, unless you are Chinese ?

2 doors look too short. The added door gives an illusion of extra length.

[Blitz]

Exterior

Pre facelift 2 door. Henna red, green tint glass, rear pops outs.
Alpina front and facelift rear spoiler, chrome bumpers
Electric sunroof

Engine

M88/3 with Hartge tuning, Dogleg gearbox, LSD 40%, OEM looking exhaust with slash cut tips.

Suspension

M3 axles with bigger brakes, Bilstein B8 with H&R springs, H&R ARB's, Eccentric wishbone bushes, E46 steering rack. All BMW rubber bushings. Adjustable rear axle.

Wheels

BBS RS 16x7 205/50/16 16x8 225/45/16 contisports

Interior

Tobacco colour buffalo extended leather interior. Matching colour carpet and headlining, Heated Recaro classic C seats, Premium BMW hifi audio, A/C with climate, Cruise control, Electric rear blind, OBC, heated mirrors etc, Becker mexico headunit, Cassette centre console, Period car phone.

I would not want to know what that would cost to build.

[jamie-o-connell]

Tech 2 lagoon green touring, smoked hella's, staggered style 5's, willwood big brake kit, lowered on bc/gaz coilovers, full powerflex kit, h@r antiroll bars, 40% lock diff with finned diff cover, smoked fogs, s54 (possibly turbo), 2 cossie recaro's no back seats nice 3 spoke alpina wheel, black kidney grills. If only I had 15k

[jamie-o-connell]

Tech 2 lagoon green touring, smoked hella's, staggered style 5's, willwood big brake kit, lowered on bc/gaz coilovers, full powerflex kit, h@r antiroll bars, 40% lock diff with finned diff cover, smoked fogs, s54 (possibly turbo), 2 cossie recaro's no back seats nice 3 spoke alpina wheel, black kidney grills. If only I had 15k

[e30topless]

Exterior

Pre facelift 2 door. Henna red, green tint glass, rear pops outs.
Alpina front and facelift rear spoiler, chrome bumpers
Electric sunroof

Engine

M88/3 with Hartge tuning, Dogleg gearbox, LSD 40%, OEM looking exhaust with slash cut tips.

Suspension

M3 axles with bigger brakes, Bilstein B8 with H&R springs, H&R ARB's, Eccentric wishbone bushes, E46 steering rack. All BMW rubber bushings. Adjustable rear axle.

Wheels

BBS RS 16x7 205/50/16 16x8 225/45/16 contisports

Interior

Tobacco colour buffalo extended leather interior. Matching colour carpet and headlining, Heated Recaro classic C seats, Premium BMW hifi audio, A/C with climate, Cruise control, Electric rear blind, OBC, heated mirrors etc, Becker mexico headunit, Cassette centre console, Period car phone.

I would not want to know what that would cost to build.

You Really are one sick Freak,










I am with you 110% but it would have to be an early Alpina boot spoiler

[Topblag]

White chromie. 2 door with heated sport leather and running a 2.7 or an M30b35. Chrome gutter and window trims, alpina front and rear spoilers, heated washer jets and mirrors, cruise control, Alpina staggered rims.

More doors also considered.

[Quaser]

Tech 2 lagoon green touring, smoked hella's....

watch this space - might be coming soon

[zaust]

M3 body, 6.3 v8 charged of course. Interior stripped and caged and a. Full on track set up for the chassis.
Side exit exhausts would have to be done too. White with carbon bonnet roof and lid.

[jamie-o-connell]

Tech 2 lagoon green touring, smoked hella's....

watch this space - might be coming soon

I have pretty much all of that apart from the s54 (shes s50'd) and the 5lug conversion oh and the willwood brakes

[jamie-o-connell]

Tech 2 lagoon green touring, smoked hella's....

watch this space - might be coming soon

I have pretty much all of that apart from the s54 (shes s50'd) and the 5lug conversion oh and the willwood brakes

[miniblob]

Full carbon fibre touring shell - prob a V10, with a proper gearbox though!!!

Got a couple of colour schemes in mind - though I do love raw carbon!!!

I'd have to have a comfy V8 auto cabby too though, for the lazy days!!! Again, a few colours I could pick from, to go with the Lotus White leather!!!!

[capri_rob]

Facelift 2 door Dolphin grey SE spec ( SE Skirts/ HLWW /OBC )
S50B32 engine & 6 speed box
Grey cloth recaro LS's
Staggered 16" Alpina wheels
Bilstein/Eibach suspension & all new bushes

[bab-91]

Tech 1 sport
Dolphin grey
houndstooth recaro LS, heated
Heated washer jets
Heated door locks
Heated Wing mirrors
E46 power steering
m20 2.8 build
b12 bilstein's
15 inch bbs RZ's
13 button obc
Cruise control
Air Con
blaupunkt Memphis SQR88

I have 95% of this..... just to put it together.

[jimbom30cab]

Anything with a s38 in would do it for me

By far my no.1 engine

[B7]

Factory standard Mauritius Motorsport with mint Lotus Leather and a few options. Cruise, OBC, heated seats and factory air would do.

Or an original Sterling Silver (fully striped up) Alpina C2 2.7 manual with Indigo leather and optioned as above.

[magpie]

a black 2dr with an s14 donk ,bucket seats and a cage .it would still have an interior but no rear seat so that area would be carpeted .

[Jesus325iTouring]

I'd like to build my 325i Touring with the following spec....

An MOT.

The end.

[darkchild]

316
Gazelle Beige
Steels
3 speed slush box

[Nobby_N]

325i In Calypso or Lagoon Green M-tech 2 or an M-tech 2 kitted Touring, air con, Lotus leather and manual! Either will do!

[pacerpete]

My dream E30 is a really HEAVY four door

[suchy]

Granitsilber Sport with Cardinal interior, matching red carpet and shelf with red premium covers, rolling on staggered Azevs...

Just need the carpet and shelf/covers/blind.....

Or if I were to have another it would be a chromie in one of those unusual colours with an M30 transplant rolling on BBS splits with a suspension and brake upgrade

[capnmchl]

My dream E30 is a really HEAVY four door

Soak the seats and carpets with water, fill the tyres with concrete, fill the spare tyre well with concrete, put gravel and sand everywhere.

[Morat]

I'd like a 325i manual Touring in Malachite with tan sports leather, 4 electric windows and aircon. I could go either way on the sunroof.
If not Malachite then Doom Blue.

[Andyboy]

Lachs silver early facelift 2 door 325i with all the right boxes ticked - LSD, Billies, AC, 15 inch BBS, ESR, lecky windows, PAS, OBC, dechromed, central locking and cruise control. Just that, as it comes from the factory.

[kangman]

Black 2dr chromie

OR

a calypso motorsport vert with the lotus white interior plus all the bells and whistles excluding HLWW

[Motorhole]

If I had to choose between a track car and a road car for this, I would choose a road car. And for that:

2-door chromie shell in black. Seam welded tub, stitch welded elsewhere. Welded in rear strut brace tied to diff mounts. Arches cut and flared, but subtly so. All chrome trim remaining, of course. I think a sunroof would be nice and a good-spec model with power windows and power mirrors.

Standard black leather sports interior. Tech 1 wheel to keep things period. Black carpet and headlining, complete with overhead check panel

16" x 8J wheels. Something 'muscle car' - deep dish, something like:




AP Racing or similar 4-pots up front, Z1 rears, underslung pedal box (brake and clutch) conversion for servo delete.

Quaife ATB differential. Chevy LS2 (all aluminium) 6-litre V8 engine (high lift cams, increased compression via head skim/thinner hg, lightened flywheel, standalone engine management) with Tremec T56 'box, custom exhausts and prop to suit. Retrofit air conditioning and cruise control.

Carbon fibre bonnet, sunroof panel and bootlid. Painted to match car so nobody knows. Upgraded audio head unit with auxiliary input for phone/mp3/ipod, aftermarket front and rear speakers to fit in standard mounts. Not bothered about all this subwoofer nonsense.

Twin tube adjustable dampers front and rear with spring rates to suit. Uprated front/rear anti-roll bars and drop links. Eccentric front wishbone bushes. E46 clubsport steering rack.

Finish up with 215/45/16 tyres all round.

[verde]

Diamantschwarz 325IS
Shadowline trim
Leather seats/electric
Smoked hellas
Black carpet
BBS, or hatge splits.

[pony]

From New
E30 325i Sport
Tech 2
Diamond Black
BMW Manual Gearbox
Black Leather
Air con
OBC
Sunroof
Top of the range stereo
Heated seats
All the options
Completely standard

Custom
As above
But with new BMW S54B32
New M-Differential or Quaife LSD
Michelin PSS
M3 CSL induction
AP Racing or Brembo brakes if u can get them to fit
And the loudest exhaust in the world
BOSE Sound stereo
Delete silencer
Badged as "316i"

[hillbilly30]

From new: 325i 2 door facelift with everything on it except air-con

Custom: m3 body, RHD, all standard with e46 m3 lump up front

My needs are simple but expensive, my funds are low!