how am i doing so far?
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Sanchez
- Married to the E30 Zone
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- Location: Sunny Scotland
for practicality 40mm drops the best.bmwowner wrote:thankyou all for your comments, with 60mm drop would it scrub the arches? considering i sometimes have to take my missus, the boy, shopping and pushchair? i could always make them walk, but just in case.
bmwowner wrote:thankyou all for your comments, with 60mm drop would it scrub the arches? considering i sometimes have to take my missus, the boy, shopping and pushchair? i could always make them walk, but just in case.
with the missus and kid maybe a 40mm will be more practical.
Dan i have just fitted suspension to mine which consisted of 40mm eibach springs(lowered mine 25mm cause i allready had mtec 15mm lower springs), Bilstien sprint shock absorbers and H&R antiroll bars. Its not the cheapest but i have to say it handles briliantly compared to the mtec set up and the best of all the ride has IMPROVED which was a surprise as i dont like a bone shaking too stiff ride. Its not the cheapest but is the best set up for road use and from the best manufacturers. Deff comes recomened. As i said in a previous post, if and when you do replace your shocks and springs it would be worth changing the front strut bodys to the larger 51mm ones fitted to 318is's 325's and cars with Mtec suspension or ABS from the factory because when ordering suspension for your car there will be several types and at the mo your car will prob have the smaller 45mm bodys so if you order shocks and springs for the 45mm body you wont be able to use them on the 51mm body. . You can pick the bodys up cheap secondhand and its no extra work to fit them because they all have to come appart when fitting new shocks. Another worthwile upgrade if you didn't wont to spash out on new ant roll bars is to source some s/hand 325i anti roll bars which will bolt straight on even if you dont have a rear one the mounting points are still there. Any questions pm me.
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Rosc0PColtrane
- Married to the E30 Zone
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- Location: With Ceiling cat, watching you masturbate.
For £600, that car owes you nothing!!! Looks lovely, you'd still sell that at a profit. Grand work. Keep hold of it, keep it straight then put some muscle under the bonnet in a couple of years.
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motorsport786
- E30 Zone Regular
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- Joined: Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:00 pm
- Location: east london
nice one mate...looking really good....keep us posted with any further pics and additions...
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E30zone325I
- E30 Zone Newbie
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- Joined: Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm
- Location: Kingston, PA
that sure is a Nice looking car!
will do, just time and the right weather is needed, will definatly go sometime though. car isnt really show off condition at the mo, both bodywork or engine wise, suppose barry could tow me back as he passes mine, sure he would love that 
yer should do, last week when i went there was only a thew up, its been over taken bu saxos and 106's lol
its not that bad, you ploshing it up for pod on sunday, i got some auto glym stuff in the boot and aload others, if u wanna use some
its not that bad, you ploshing it up for pod on sunday, i got some auto glym stuff in the boot and aload others, if u wanna use some
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beardymat
- E30 Zone Squatter
- Posts: 1979
- Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 11:00 pm
- Location: sheffield, city of steel, and rust apparently
the great thing about e30`s is that there`s one for every budget and you can make them look great with hard work and suprisingly little cash. youve got yours looking good and seem to have your head screwed on with regards to the direction youre going.
keep up the good work
keep up the good work
No longer self employed but still available for welding duties.
dont think ANYWHERE lets you do this anymore do they? used to love climbing all over the wrecks at reclamet near manstonclambering around the assorted wrecks - none of my local ones allow this any more
glad i wasnt the only one who noticed thatGet some new badges on those rims and your away...
let it never be said that my analy retentive attention to detail never weilded positive results!!!