As the title states, I'm a noob and this is my intro.
I'm John from Oregon, been in performance for the last 10 years or so. The last 3-4 years I've been doing strictly BMW. I just recently acquired a bronzit/tan cab, 87. This is my first BMW, I figured I would start with the famous E30. One of my friends has a mint 86 white/black es, driven that a few times and thought "damn this is genuine good car. My cousin however has been collecting M's - M roadster, e36 M (I AA S/C''d it for him), E30 M and last but not least E30 IX... I drove the E30 M and was sold. I can't get an M due to the price but damn an I or IS would have potential I thought.
So I picked up the car running but non moving. Good clean body though.
What I've done so far:
Lowered - cut springs front and some KW v3's left over from an e46 M without perches for the rear- going coils is why im doing a hack for now.
Clutch slave
Throttle body elbow
Fan Clutch
Belts
TB WP
Ellipsoids
Tucked front bumper- rear will be done soon
M Tech wheel
Z4M shifter
Coolant tank
Cab top latches
Cab top locating bolts
Cab top latch plates
Cab top cables
Hood strut
Plug wires
Plugs
Exhaust bushings
Exide 108 batt
O2
Fan switch
Xxr 501 15x8 +15 all the way around
Probably more but I can't think of anymore right now.
Future plans:
16's
Z4M seats heated and powered - probably going to do a writeup as my first contribution to the forum, I have the seats but please be patient.
All black interior
Rear headrest
M tech 2 wheel
New top
New dash
Stereo
Coilovers
Plastic bumps
Euro grills
One of the below:
S54
S62
Non BMW:
2jz
Sr20
Rb25
Rb26
Vq35
Vq37
F22
Hard to decide
I have a problem though that I thought you guys may be able to help with:
With the sealed beams and the elips, my lowbeam warning light comes on; any ideas?
I've also had the pleasure of meeting ejkight, he approched me at the gas station, nice guy.
And I've spoken to bmwm42; thank you for you help with finding back cab guts.
I'll post pics if you guys are interested.
Happy holidays
I'm John from Oregon, been in performance for the last 10 years or so. The last 3-4 years I've been doing strictly BMW. I just recently acquired a bronzit/tan cab, 87. This is my first BMW, I figured I would start with the famous E30. One of my friends has a mint 86 white/black es, driven that a few times and thought "damn this is genuine good car. My cousin however has been collecting M's - M roadster, e36 M (I AA S/C''d it for him), E30 M and last but not least E30 IX... I drove the E30 M and was sold. I can't get an M due to the price but damn an I or IS would have potential I thought.
So I picked up the car running but non moving. Good clean body though.
What I've done so far:
Lowered - cut springs front and some KW v3's left over from an e46 M without perches for the rear- going coils is why im doing a hack for now.
Clutch slave
Throttle body elbow
Fan Clutch
Belts
TB WP
Ellipsoids
Tucked front bumper- rear will be done soon
M Tech wheel
Z4M shifter
Coolant tank
Cab top latches
Cab top locating bolts
Cab top latch plates
Cab top cables
Hood strut
Plug wires
Plugs
Exhaust bushings
Exide 108 batt
O2
Fan switch
Xxr 501 15x8 +15 all the way around
Probably more but I can't think of anymore right now.
Future plans:
16's
Z4M seats heated and powered - probably going to do a writeup as my first contribution to the forum, I have the seats but please be patient.
All black interior
Rear headrest
M tech 2 wheel
New top
New dash
Stereo
Coilovers
Plastic bumps
Euro grills
One of the below:
S54
S62
Non BMW:
2jz
Sr20
Rb25
Rb26
Vq35
Vq37
F22
Hard to decide
I have a problem though that I thought you guys may be able to help with:
With the sealed beams and the elips, my lowbeam warning light comes on; any ideas?
I've also had the pleasure of meeting ejkight, he approched me at the gas station, nice guy.
And I've spoken to bmwm42; thank you for you help with finding back cab guts.
I'll post pics if you guys are interested.
Happy holidays
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