College kid M60 E30 (ongoing build)

[MJCRO]

Update: October 21st

Brakes are bled. Car runs and drives perfect. Got it registered this past Thursday. Now I'm in the process of finishing the exterior with a late model bumper swap and possible respray in the next couple of months.

Props to F34R on the bumpers, saved me a shitload of time having to source bumpers in pieces.







My bro giving her some gas.

[F34R]

That looks fantastic man, matches the paint well. Are you getting a body shop to cut the rear to match the body?

[Swanny]

Frickin saweeeeet! Been seeing the thread bunping around for a while but just read through the whole thing. Good work!


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[MJCRO]

That looks fantastic man, matches the paint well. Are you getting a body shop to cut the rear to match the body?

That's the plan, I'll leave that for the professionals lol. But I ordered a crapload of stuff for my car tonight. New seats, adapters, tires, radio, misc. bumper trim, and tons more stuff. I need to modify Frank's exhaust this weekend to be more flush with the body, the rear section past the resonators scrapes the road at some points. Need moar hellaflush.

Frickin saweeeeet! Been seeing the thread bunping around for a while but just read through the whole thing. Good work!


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Thanks brotha!

[golde30]

Sounds dope. Loved that exhaust note on my old 540, even better when it's in an e30.

[Garageaholic]

Sounds amazing B-) your craftsmanship is impressive. Attention to detail.
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[MJCRO]

Update: October 25th

Snapped some shots of the car after a meal at the local diner.





Currently waiting on my adapters to arrive. Tires are Yokohama S.drive 195/40/16 for the front 16x8.5's and 215/40/16 for the rear 9.5's.



Got my hands on aircraft stripper to remove all that worn away clear coat and paint.







The wheels are almost ready for polishing.



They aren't BBS's, but I think they'll look good once I get them all polished up like this.

[totheredline]

Love it man. Bettt shes pretty damn quick! ;)

[capn]

How much does each salad shooter weigh? Thing looks solid tho...

[MJCRO]

How much does each salad shooter weigh? Thing looks solid tho...

16x8.5 = 22.6 lbs

16x9.5 = 24.9 lbs

[F34R]

215/40 is going to be a good amount of stretch on a 9.5"...I am running 215/45 on my 8s up front and I have just enough to not stretch.

[MJCRO]

215/40 is going to be a good amount of stretch on a 9.5"...I am running 215/45 on my 8s up front and I have just enough to not stretch.

Yeah it will, but definitely do able. I wanted to go really stretched since I hate salad shooters with thick walls.

Here's some pictures of other people running 195 in the front and 215 for the rear.

8.5:







9.5:

[Northern]

I must've clicked the wrong thread, I didn't realize I was on vwvortex

[capn]

I must've clicked the wrong thread, I didn't realize I was on vwvortex

prolly half of the E30s here came from vortex best recognize fool

[The Dark Side of Will]

LOL at stretch...

Was thinking "9.5 in the rear? Shit's getting real..." then read "215" and had a good giggle.

Nice swap otherwise.