Has anybody made an IX convertible?

[offwhiteghost]

I know, about 12 diffent types of stupid but i keep thinking about it.

Has anybody done this?

I would love to have one for the hell of it:)

[Kershaw]

you'd have to cut up an ix to do this. because you cant make a convertible into an ix.

its a crap ton of work to make a custom convertible. so no.

[rThor432]

I've heard of one that BMW made but I have forgotten the details. IIRC they debuted the E30 M3 cabby as an ///M flare bodied car with an iX drivetrain. Forgive me if others say I'm terribly mistaken, but that's how I remember it.. The details are sketchy, it has been a long time since I thought about that..

For what it's worth, I have a full set of diamond-schwarz iX flares/skirts that would be a great starting point for an iX flared cabby build.

[isayyo2]

Stock convertibles are high enough already!

[VinniE30]

Yeah! Then you could have the heaviest e30 ever!

[CorvallisBMW]

Yeah! Then you could have the heaviest e30 ever!

That title already belongs to me :hitler:

[Cabriolet]

it should be do-able. its more a matter of cost. u would need nearly 2 complete cars. and a lot of welding skillz

[F34R]

That title already belongs to me :hitler:

Hm, why? link please

[Simon S]

I always thought an ix touring would be super-cool..

But yeah - doing and ix cab or touring would basically involve grafting a whole front ix clip to recipient car. Lotta work.

The ultimate franken-30 I can imagine would be a 2 door, ix touring with /M fenders - now THAT would be something else !!

[offwhiteghost]

Stock convertibles are high enough already!

Low can be added:D

Yeah! Then you could have the heaviest e30 ever!

Power can be added:D

But yeah - doing and ix cab or touring would basically involve grafting a whole front ix clip to recipient car. Lotta work.

The ultimate franken-30 I can imagine would be a 2 door, ix touring with /M fenders - now THAT would be something else !!

I keep seeing cheap clean verts and rotted out IXs, I was hoping it was just a matter of swapping everything over but i knew that was unlikely.

Not really practical but its something but still thinking about it, i dont even really like verts much.

This is what got me thinking:

bmw snow by offwhiteghost, on Flickr

[offwhiteghost]

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[Erik j]

Yes it can be done, no you dont need a whole iX front clip, Yes you do need to cut and weld a little bit, yes it will be heavy... here are some pictures of a 4wd converted rhd e30

[Simon S]

Oh wow - I didn't even think of the trans tunnel - thought is was more about the forward-shifted strut towers.. which look sort of peculiar there..

Interesting.

[kway]

Go all in and make it a diesel while you're at it.

[Erik j]

Go all in and make it a diesel while you're at it.

Like this one?

I am building one (not the one pictured here) now. its going to be a 324tdx

Search youtube for 324tdx and you will find some insane videos of one.