E30 Cabrio + M30 + Mtech2 + BBS RS

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Tue May 22, 2007 12:40 pm

I've read this forum for a long long time so i thought i'd post my project here too (Boring day at work and nothing to do :D)

Well, it all started in easter 2005 when i bought '87 325 cabrio from Germany:
http://www.minunauto.com/cars/116/r_1131111721.jpg

Immediately after driving it home to Finland i pulled engine out and started putting M30 back in with megasquirt'n'spark. Well, it didn't work out as hoped so in summer 2005 i drove only ~10km with it.

During the winter 2005-2006 i installed original motronic back and made few adjustments to the car.
http://www.minunauto.com/cars/116/r_1150388229.jpg

In summer 2006 i drove about 100km's and then oil pump broke :x
Actually that's when i started this project. I thought that if i have to put the engine to bits then i'll strip the whole car.

And so i did:
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/prokkis_k ... %20007.JPG

Engine done (original M30 from E28, almost everything new, sport-getrag from E12 528 (yes, it has the dogleg-thingie :) )):
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/prokkis_k ... %20002.jpg

Axles and few other "under the car" - parts got sandblasted and powdercoated:
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/prokkis_k ... palkki.JPG
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/prokkis_k ... palkki.JPG
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/prokkis_k ... %20005.JPG

Wheels painted 8); BBS RS 4x100 8,5 (ET34, have to get 20mm spacers for these) + 10x17 (ET14) with 215/35 and 245/35:
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/prokkis_k ... %20009.JPG

At the moment car looks like this:
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/prokkis_k ... 4-2007.JPG

More pictures can be found here:
http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/Projekti.html

Next i'll fit (original) mtech2 bodykit so every hole is made before painting which is the next big thing (no idea about the colour, though :roll: ). After that i'll put everything back together (seats get also new leather). The car should be ready by summer 2008.

If you have questions, feel free to ask. This was only brief check what's been made up to today.

Btw, check out the biggest BMW club in northern europe: http://www.btcf.fi ;) lot of interesting projects going on
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Tue May 22, 2007 12:43 pm

nice!
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Tue May 22, 2007 1:43 pm

Very nice!

Love the wheels!
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Tue May 22, 2007 3:34 pm

Hi ya love the project can you give me more info on the wheels ie what off set front and rear are you running and also are you running 20mm spacers front and rear? thanks very much all the best with the project :D
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Wed May 30, 2007 8:16 am

richyrichy wrote:Hi ya love the project can you give me more info on the wheels ie what off set front and rear are you running and also are you running 20mm spacers front and rear? thanks very much all the best with the project :D
Thanks :cool:

Frontwheels are 8,5" wide, ET34 so i have to run them with 20mm spacers. Rearwheels are 10" wide, ET14 so no spacers required and they roll nicely with just some arch-rolling. :)

I bought "new" front doors, old ones were so rusty that i couldn't use them. Next I might need new front wings (they cost ~40┚¬ for sedan and ~220┚¬ for cabrio) so I think I'll use old ones.

In few weeks is finally the first payday of my summer job so i'll get new brake-/fuel lines and all new clips for mtech2-kit. Finally i can start fitting it to the car :)
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Wed May 30, 2007 10:40 am

Should be a really nice car when its done.

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Wed May 30, 2007 10:48 am

wheels look damn awesome.
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:29 am

Thanks for the info on the wheels im thinking of getting mine on order :D
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richyrichy wrote:Thanks for the info on the wheels im thinking of getting mine on order :D
No prob but you have one problem; you can't buy those wheels anywhere and 5x120 17" BBS RS are very, very rare. Few on ebay.de sometimes, though
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Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:51 pm

lol no joke i have already looked! i was thinking IMAGE wheels as they look exacly the same but with a diffrent badge also they are light so less unspung weight :D Btw whats your opinion on 16" Dia wheels with 45 profile tyers cos im a little worried about the handleing on 17s and if they scrap when throughing the car around even though the arches will be rolled? thanks
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... and after 60 new holes it looks like this :woohoo:
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Suspension is all set, new rearbrakelines / fuel-lines fitted with stainless-steel hoses etc etc.

Next i'll have to find a welder to weld few things on the rear so i can fit facelift rearlamps and rear bumper. After that comes the painting in september.

Tons of little things to do before that though.

Added some pictures here: http://users.tkk.fi/~jhaukile/Projekti.html
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Haven't updated this for a long long time but now I've some spare time so I thought I'd write something.

Car is progressing quite well, first some metalwork was done to get facelift lights fitted as well as lot of dents fixed:

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Then it was scrapped to bare metal:

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And painted:

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Fitted the bodykit and test-fitted the wheels :cool:

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Engine is on it's place and running :), still lots of cleaning in the engine bay though.

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Interior is being renewed, here's one teaser of it (it's not ready yet, in couple of weeks it'll be).

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More pictures can be found here

This car should be "outside-ready" by easter (there's a car show i accepted to bring my car) but this'll be totally ready by summer, hopefully :)

Ordered three kits of xenons as well as new gaskets for windows and lots of other little stuff. You can spend amazing amount of money to all the little stuff you don't count for in the beginning of a project :D
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Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:41 pm

HOLY FUCK!!!

That looks sexxxxxxxxxxxxxxy!
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Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:42 pm

looking lovely and clean, but not sure bout the rear lights. Looking forward to seeing her finished
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George_Of_The_Jungle wrote:looking lovely and clean, but not sure bout the rear lights. Looking forward to seeing her finished
I know they look bit crappy, especially in that picture where the car is still black. Good thing is, that they look much better now when whole car is white :)

Been loking MHW lights on ebay, hopefully I find one pair before summer :)
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:12 pm

NICE RIMS ON THE WHITE E30 CAB M8.. WHERE DID U GET THEM FROM..?? ALSO IMPORTENT QUESTION HOW MUCH..?? CHEERS :D
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The white body and the gold rim's, STUNNING!
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The white body and the gold rim's, STUNNING!
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:55 am

Thats absolutely beautiful!!! Cant wait to see it finished. :cool:
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:53 pm

Very nice dude. 8)

If anyone's genuinely interested there are a set of 17" 5x120 RS on eBay at the moment - currently about £1200 with 4 or so days left - expect them to make £2.5k+ to be honest.
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ste wrote:Very nice dude. 8)

If anyone's genuinely interested there are a set of 17" 5x120 RS on eBay at the moment - currently about £1200 with 4 or so days left - expect them to make £2.5k+ to be honest.
Would need 5 stud suspension though wouldn't you, probably only worthwhile for M3 owners.
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:55 pm

Awsome car! Looks really good, seems like you put alot of attention to details, I like that :)
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Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:00 pm

Thanks for comments :)

Finally! I drove first meters last weekend :winner: All functioned fine, no major problems.
Exhaust is quite loud (only tubular manifolds at the moment) and no seats so had to sit on paint canister :D

Anyways, it's all coming nicely together.

Hood isn't mounted in these pictures, suspension is set quite hight to be able to drive to those ramps etc.. lots of little things to adjust.

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Interior is quite ready to be pickep up, I'll mount it in couple of weeks.

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Daaaaamn :cool:
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Thats what i'm talking about!!
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Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:49 pm

What a project...look forward to some more pics. The wheels are stunning!!!

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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:55 pm

Had to drive a little even though it was snowy :mad:

The car sits quite high in pictures because i can't drive it out of the garage if it's in low - settings :D
Engine bay is still messy, but i finally found new black MHW facelift rear lights :cool:, gotta pick them up next weekend.

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Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:57 pm

lose the tech 2 spoiler and that would be the best cab i have seen 8)
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Feck, that's sex.
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Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:36 am

Cabrio was in a car show on easter so it's almost ready. Gotta build the exhaust and fix central locking, then it's ready for summer.

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And some more pics here
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I like that white extras winkeye winkeye
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Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:53 am

what a sweet ride :cool:
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Love the colour coding :twisted: :hump:
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