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    The History of the "Euro ETA" 56K good luck

    Well since I decided to give her a well deserved rest for this horrible winter by putting her away till march, I will use a couple of minutes to describe the history of the “Euro Mobile” It all started in September of 2000, when my boos (at the time) owed me $800, so instead of giving me the $$$ he decided to sell me his 85 ETA for $1600, and when I checked out this car, I was soooooooooooooo happy, he had a 98 camaro which he drove every day and the bimmer was mostly just sitting around. So he took me for a spin (cause I didn’t know how to drive stick) and I felt in love with it, I knew I had to have it. So my friend picked up the car and drove it for me all the way from Jersey. It was after 3 days that I decided to sit behind the wheel and learn how to drive her, at first I hated it sooooooooo much, and I was unhappy wishing it it was stick, but just after 3 days I was racing on the highway, and my problems with stick were all gone. Now in the beginning she needed a lot of repair so that’s where most of the money went, and it took a full year and a half before I started moding it. First it was the tints then the clear headlights and markers, and so on ( the pics I have unfortunately were not taken by digi camera and my scanner broke) so I will start with these pics, the first appearance of my car. Now when I look it at it, I kinda think about how is it possible for it to be my car, but it just was






    Then I started making more Money and saving more money, so I got a hold of a full M-Tech 2 body kit from Germany and in June of 2002 it was put on the car or should I say molded on the car :( At first it was like a totally different car, but still very far from what was to become the Great (Euro Pimpster)





    At that time I spent well over $3000 for body kit and paint so the lousy 17” Tenzo’s were on my car for over 3 months, these rims were quite bad, but now when I look back, I say to myself ( WHY, WHY did I even bother buying these, I should have had the regular steelies instead of these)

    And then came the Borbet Type E’s which def suited the car, I loved these, but I got them in late Nov and the snow season was coming so I had to replace these






    with the Ultra rare BBS RV’s which were not in such good conditions but did the job nicely. These wheels held up with me all the way though March, when it was time for me to go to the Motherland.






    After spending 10 days in Germany and seeing some crazy E30’s I returned to the states, with a completely different look towards my car. And in late May of 2003, the car was sent to the body shop. The M-tech side panels were removed, the bumpers were de-tached from the fenders, and the Rieger skirts were put on. Now the only thing I needed was wheels.





    And since I was already in Germany I mad e private purchase of the o so popular Borbet Type A’s, which were suppose to arrive in Late April, but were nowhere to be seen. So I ordered a pair of Brock B1’s, At first I was so amazed at how hot they looked on the car, and I quickly forgot about even ordering the Type A’s, so I rocked these bad boys for a month and a half,







    but then out of nowhere in July the (by now lost) Type A’s appeared at my address, At that moment I knew that these were the ones, I refinished the lips, and mounted the tires from the brock’s. I was so happy to have had these, and I made my first appearance at Bimmerfest East,







    After that it was just picture time. By this time I knew I have achieved what I was looking for a EURO PIMP MOBILE, these are the most recent pics, which will be very very popular soon :) Who ever read this i hope you enjoyed it Bye



    #2
    Wow, your car has really come a long way.
    I definitely agree that Borbet Type E's look AWESOME on E30s, that's why I have them on my 325is right now.

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      #3
      Holy I remember your car now. From back in the day. Wow, seems so long ago.

      How come you chose to unmold the mtech?

      Sold it.

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        #4
        Cool story Andre. Love the car and I admire how much attention you put into it. Great job. :up:

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          #5
          haha I remember almost buying your car way back in the day on e30 sport. Sure has come a long way since then. Looks pimp. Any ideas on a possible truely euro pimp mobile motor swap?

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            #6
            Great story, I like seeing how far along the car has come. I like your ride a lot.
            Brandon

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              #7
              Wow Andre. It was really awesome to see the entire progression of your car. Your E30 continues to be one of my favorites in the E30 community.

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                #8
                Cool thread man. Your car with the brock b1s looked so sick. It is one of my favorite looking e30s around. Not a huge fan of the type a but they look sweet from an angle with the lip sticking way out, I just find the spoke pattern a little boring. Good choice to unmold the kit, it looks wayyyy better.

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                  #9
                  wow man...
                  I would have NEVER taken the M-Tech sides off in favor of shaved mouldings and reiger side skirts, but your car is unique none-the-less.

                  cool story seeing how your car progressed.... I might make one of those today too...
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                    #10
                    ..congrats on bring the car this far. Its a real transformation from the first pic to the last...What's next for it?

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                      #11
                      Great to see how far your car has come; in a way, it inspires me.

                      What's next for it?
                      Yeah. What is next for the euro pimp mobile? You gonna back up its sick looks with some power? I think an S50 would suit your car nicely...
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                        #12
                        looks sooo choice Andre....i dont think id ever seen pics of it in original form!!!

                        good work bro! love that last pic :up:
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                          #13
                          nice history. i loved the look before the brocks (spelling)

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                            #14
                            thanks guys next is def the motor, i will leave that for the spring, because i have not decide yet which way to go

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by AndreNY
                              thanks guys next is def the motor, i will leave that for the spring, because i have not decide yet which way to go
                              [cough] S50 [/cough]

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