E30 M3 Convertible Replica M30 Turbo

[Duke137]

Hell yeah Imran that's awesome on those wheels!

[jimbom30cab]

Stunning work, really enjoy this thread, nice one dude

[ImysE30]

Fitted some BMW locking nuts and put the centre caps on. Rear end has dropped a little bit too

[mercdriver]

Nearly there mate, love the wheels. Always wanted a set! Keep going, want to see it on the road next spring!! I'll be on the lookout! Where in derby Imran?

[ImysE30]

Cheers mate. I've had a lot of compliments on the wheels. They suit really well

I'm in Littleover/Sunnyhill ends

[mercdriver]

Typically the opposite end from me... Spondon side

[maynee007]

Cars looking awesome imy great choice of wheels....im glad I got the same....what colour interior? Ive gone white and blue exterior with grey interior. What colour bumper strips are you going for?

[maynee007]

Cars looking awesome imy great choice of wheels....im glad I got the same....what colour interior? Ive gone white and blue exterior with grey interior. What colour bumper strips are you going for?

[timmzey]

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[ImysE30]

Cars looking awesome imy great choice of wheels....im glad I got the same....what colour interior? Ive gone white and blue exterior with grey interior. What colour bumper strips are you going for?

Thanks mate, it's getting there

I've gone white and blue exterior (blue hood) and then the interior's going to be red (walk nappa red). Dashboard flocked black and the centre consoles dyed black. Don't know about the carpet yet, red or black?

Bumper strips will be black but might go red to match the interior. I might try both and see which looks better

How's yours coming along?

[ImysE30]

Saw this in the flesh on Sunday. What a dream machine!Thanks again for the wing!

Thanks mate !

No problem, anytime

[Cypriotgeeza]

[Royalratch]

Cars looking awesome imy great choice of wheels....im glad I got the same....what colour interior? Ive gone white and blue exterior with grey interior. What colour bumper strips are you going for?

Thanks mate, it's getting there

I've gone white and blue exterior (blue hood) and then the interior's going to be red (walk nappa red). Dashboard flocked black and the centre consoles dyed black. Don't know about the carpet yet, red or black?

Bumper strips will be black but might go red to match the interior. I might try both and see which looks better

How's yours coming along?

Props for hanging in there.

But this sounds like a disaster dude. Whats with the f1ocking?

And red interior in a white car is seriously dated. Against the blue hood will be a horrible clash.

Leave the dash as is and get an indigo or tan leather interior - will go very nicely with the white and the blue hood - is very correct for the period too. Red is mistake.

Then just stick with black leather for the consoles and leave the dash ALONE.

I have spoken.

[ImysE30]

Might be dated but it looks good. I'm getting a hardtop so you'll never see the blue hood anyway

I've got a motorsport interior that's ready for the red treatment, already bought the dye kit

Black carpet and black consoles will give it a good contrast.

[bhups]

Good work so far man.

[Royalratch]

Might be dated but it looks good. I'm getting a hardtop so you'll never see the blue hood anyway

I've got a motorsport interior that's ready for the red treatment, already bought the dye kit

Black carpet and black consoles will give it a good contrast.

Send the dye back and wait for the right interior to show up. Or go re-trim - have some taste instead of the default chav choice!

I hope its at least Cardinal Red (darker / 'oxblood') and not that nasty brighter red...

[ImysE30]

Might be dated but it looks good. I'm getting a hardtop so you'll never see the blue hood anyway

I've got a motorsport interior that's ready for the red treatment, already bought the dye kit

Black carpet and black consoles will give it a good contrast.

Send the dye back and wait for the right interior to show up. Or go re-trim - have some taste instead of the default chav choice!

I hope its at least Cardinal Red (darker / 'oxblood') and not that nasty brighter red...

It's near enough impossible to find an original red interior. We'll just have to agree to disagree

It's walknappa red, similar to the red in the E92/3 M3

[F17RAK]

Do what you want, it will look good

[Royalratch]

No don't do what you want.

It will not look good. White car with red interior will look nasty.

E92 Red is kind of loud. Why didn't you spec an E30 original red???

[Simon13]

You want crimson like i have, it comes up loud and bright in photos but its much darker in real life. Looks much nicer than the Red leather fitted to new bmws and audis imo. they're too bright.

Its black with red but i am biased

[bss325i]

It's walknappa red, similar to the red in the E92/3 M3

Walknappa is not the name of the colour, its the type of leather.

The red leather in E9x M3's is Fox red and similar is Cardinal red leather as in it has a brown tint to it.



Where as the red leather on all other non M E9x BMW's is Coral red leather which is a lot redder.



Both of them are a bit darker in real life as the photos seem to make them look brighter.

The difference is like the Cardinal vs Crimson on E30's.

[ImysE30]

It's Imola Red.

I want it to be loud and in your face

[bss325i]

Imola red is an E46 M3 colour.

[ImysE30]

Thought it was on the E92/3

It'll look good anyway I reckon

[FMH]

Imy, best to go cardinal. No matter how minty mint the rest of the interior is (dash,carpet,consoles, etc), anything other than cardinal or fox red; what bss325i has shown, will look too fresh. You need a more dated looking red/brown

[ImysE30]

I'm going to do the rear seat and see how it looks and take it from there.

I like brighter colours

[Royalratch]

Dude - brighter red is not cool.

Get a retrim in Cardinal red. It will still look crap but at least be original and fresh. Bright red against the white is a no no. When it fades it will fade to PINK.

You need to go Cardinal or Indigo blue or Tan. Black is too boring. Greys don't go with white.

The car will look like a dodgy home bodge mismatch if you don't get this right.

[ImysE30]

It's not that bright, I'm going to do a panel and see what it's like.

Don't want a re-trim, seats are in pretty good nick.

I'll get some pics up once I've done a panel

[maynee007]

RR does have a point imy....maybe a clash of colours but bottom line is do what you like and what you want. I've gone with dark grey interior with alpine white 3 & blue hood, fits with the 80s theme for me. The new 3 series come in this combo and i quite like it. Anyways, I've just dropped mine onto the lump....

[ImysE30]

Nice

No time to sort the interior out, been mad busy with work and other projects.

However I managed to get the car MOT'd and it passed first time

Just got to TAX it and it's road legal

[pacerpete]

Postal MOT FTW !

[Cypriotgeeza]

Nice!! Insurance? That was my "akilles heel" with this m30 project lol

[ImysE30]

Not got that done yet, its on Traders at the moment

[Cypriotgeeza]

[Cypriotgeeza]