E30 M3's...black or white!?

[Simon]

Popped up a local mountain road with Playo to take some pics of his car on his new rims, looks stunning if I may say so!!





















And who parked that white shed there!?

[playo]

ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU NEVER GO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done with the mirror pic

[maxfield]

And who parked that white shed there!?

You !

I think i prefer white but both look great.

Si would look great if the wheels were gold

[paddyvw]

sweet pics of both cars. what is the second aerial on playos car and did he remove the side repeaters? oalso what is the second throttle cable used for as it is not on mine? i saw it before on a american import model? great pics they both look fantastic.

[maxfield]

The car most likely came without side repeaters.
Yeah what is the 2nd thrttle cable for?

[m3ben05]

Most M3's did not have side repeaters. Only the UK spec cars did.

[paddyvw]

so they didnt have to have them so? but is it not the law to have them. it is here?

[maxfield]

They should have them after 1986 but i see alot of cars after without them. M3bens for example doesn't have them and his was built after.

[gazm3]

Lovin the cars and the rims.
Germany's finest refined in Wales!

[dobbie82]

you have to have them here


p.s gorgeous cars!!!


I dont think i could pull white off so black all the way for me!

[Rich_W]

2nd cable is Cruise Control.

As for colour. Not really bothered nowadays. As long as it looks good, which both these do

[m3ben05]

Yes it is the law here but most people dont seem that bothered about it.....

[mattG]

think i would go for the white, are the bbs splits std?

[maxfield]

No. I'm sure it was an MOT fail if it was after 86.

[bmwe30mtech]

Sorry Si, you just cant beat a BLACK E30, diamond schwartz metallic is an awsome colour be it a 316 or M3!

Both cars look stunning

[dobbie82]

No. I'm sure it was an MOT fail if it was after 86.

many MOT testers wouldnt spot it though!! looks nicer without.

[m3ben05]

No. I'm sure it was an MOT fail if it was after 86.

Not sure when it became an MOT faliure mate but i know all the freshly imported M3's iv seen have not had them fitted. Im guessing a lot of them have had them retrofitted because of arsey MOT inspectors.

Mine's been in the uk for well over 10 years and passes its MOT every year.

[paddyvw]

i agree they look well with out. it is a nct( irish mot) failure here. white is hard enough to get in them but both are stunning good examples.

[Rich_W]

AS above, technically a fail on a post 86 car. But many testers dont seem concerned as the cars LHD (which confuses them ) and most seem to work on the "if it aint there it cant be tested" rule.

As above, if my car ever required them fitting I would put them in the mirrors, as the wings look much nicer with out them

[hammoj28]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. They are both bloody stunning and i would jump at the chance of owning either. Would possibly choose black to go with my black IS.lol. But i like white. However the white ones an evo?? Hmm, i really dont know. Possibly the white one....nah, black. Nah white.lol. On a serious note the evo part might win it for me.

[paddyvw]

i dont think simon one is a evo but could be wrong? how do ye fair in the uk for left hand drive lights for the mot do ye all change them or chance it wit them in?

[Simon]

Nope, car is not an evo, just some ncie extras fitted to the car.

All facelift headlights are convertible from LHD to RHD in a couple of minutes, 3 screws on the back of the headlight, job done.

Just to answer some more Q's, think most have been answered, side repeaters are a legal requirement, for cars made after 1986, and it depends on where the car is taken for MOT I suppose, have read a few posts where people have suddenly had the car fail for not having them.
My car has got away with it since 1997.

Extra throttle cable is for cruise control.

Extra aerial is something all the german cars seem to have fitted, mine had one but in place of the normal aerial, it's connected to a silver box that is located above the glovebox.

[paddyvw]

i have a 89 m3 and the lights are orange/yellow doubt they will pass the mot but they are the face lift ones so might try to change them from lhd to rhd if i can?other than that i will have to locate a spare set of clear ones are they the same as the 325?

[glenn]

stonking!!!!!!!!

[Dan318-is]

ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU NEVER GO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

that could be taken so wrong!

jaw dropping stuff there people

[playo]

ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU NEVER GO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

that could be taken so wrong!

Its not the mouth it comes out of, but the mind it goes into

Thanks for all the comments guys!

[ricey46]

Nice Wheels Playo!! deffo the best wheels for an M3!! Nice photo's both cars look stunning!!

[Demlotcrew]

Non M3 kidney grills!

[gurps_singh1]

Both m3's look amazing but i'm gna have 2 say i prefer the white m3

No. I'm sure it was an MOT fail if it was after 86.

I dont have the side repeaters on my car either from what i hear if you have side reepeaters on your car and they don't work then its a MOT failure but if your car doesn't have them at all then it will pass the MOT same applies with the tread on the spare wheels.

[Simon]

Both m3's look amazing but i'm gna have 2 say i prefer the white m3

No. I'm sure it was an MOT fail if it was after 86.

I dont have the side repeaters on my car either from what i hear if you have side reepeaters on your car and they don't work then its a MOT failure but if your car doesn't have them at all then it will pass the MOT same applies with the tread on the spare wheels.

Nope, afraid not, cars built after 1st April 1986 legally require side repeaters.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_1 ... _en_12.htm

See point number 1.

[Sunnym3]

Both cars look fantastic!!!
I wonder what both would look like with Gold centers??

[fuzzy]

i cant decide which so id have to have both my car failed its mot last month because i hadnt got around to fitting the side repeater to the new wing i had fitted,it has to be there.although i did find out that reverse lights arent included in the mot as mine havent been wired up to my cossie box yet but was told they didnt matter

[dmaxfield]

both cars look sweet black is the nuts when clean but keeping it clean is another matter ,after having 3 black cars recently will have to go for white ,

P.S dont listen to maxfield about gold wheels i wreckon he has been looking at to many scoobies lol.

[c76jon]

oh please.......................

MACAU for gods sake

nice cars

white for me.something about white e30 m3s and rs500s and rs200s and audi quattro turbs and..........

are they both going to gaydon??

john

[bigkev]

that black one is fucking sex on wheels ( although i could live with a white one)