The mystery E30 that no one knows about.

[IRON-E]

The body panels, look like much better quality than the Eurostop trash, that is sold here in california. :giggle:

[Roysneon]

Its a plain old Bronzit vert that has been modified to an unknown degree and neglected to a pretty obvious one. Nothing special, if you like it, cool, just be prepared that noone else will.

[Kershaw]

i dont care what anyone says, FRESH bronzit looks absolutely awesome. faded bronzit, yes, it looks terrible.

[e30shmobberr]

HAHAHA looks like an left e36 fog light on the right side of the "e30 m3" bumper

[Kershaw]

swap the trunk and i think this could be a really nice looking car. definitely need some hellaflush wheel fitment to pull it off.

You know what? This will decimate all, after, you put about fifteen grand in it or more. If we have to, overnight parts from Deutschland.

[Cletonius]

I would swap headlights, fix the fogs, maybe some wheels with covered centers to hide the 4 lug. Looks decent otherwise.

[Cletonius]

You know what? This will decimate all, after, you put about fifteen grand in it or more. If we have to, overnight parts from Deutschland.

Worth the edit

[MAXELHOFF]

ima paint it black

I'll give you an even trade for my e30ic! If, there is no frame damage, and if "JA" is close to ATL. And we swap interiors. PM me.

[Raxe]

Is it just me or does the fog light look like it's from an e36? Right side put on the left and vice versa

HAHAHA looks like an left e36 fog light on the right side of the "e30 m3" bumper

How can this be? The E36 wasn't made until at least 1991, why did BMW put these fog lights onto this car in 1987?



They must have been originally designed for this orientation, but late one night the designer got really drunk and mixed them up, along with everything else on the E36.

[frankenbeemer]

The plot thickens.

[Rigmaster]

This thread is so full of "duh" it's not even funny.


That car is ballin'. If you take the square lights and the trunklid off, then it loses all of its character. Why not just tell the OP to get rid of the fenders, drop it and tuck the bumpers??


It's clearly not an M3 in any way, shape or form. It's obviously been majorly modded, and while it might not be what's cool nowadays, it is what it is. I'd keep as much of it as possible the same as it is now, just clean it up a bit and follow up on some neglected maintenance and it should be a reliable, unique car.

Those trunklids were sold for many BMW's back in the late 80's-early 90's. Not really "cool", but it goes with the square headlight conversion perfectly IMHO.



EDIT: Here are some pics of an E34 with the same type of decklid.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=515600

[TurboJake]

Theres the engine work. Its a 2.8. I'm not sure if theres anything else. Since the lid was mentioned by another member. I dont know who makes it. I have seen that style on 5 series and on some mercedes. The body work meaning flares was told to me by local experts to be original parts.

Are you sure it's a 2.8?

Because the only 2.8's that hartge put in an E30, was NOT an M20.
The only Hartge built M20's were based off of the 323i, and have the 323i intake manifold, which yours does not.

Here's the hartge 2.8l engine, on the left.







Here's the hartge 2.6l M20. Notice the 323i intake manifold.






You sir, have a 325ic with a hartge strut bar, Hartge valve cover, and a bunch of added stuff. Nothing more.

Much like I bought a 325e with a bunch of hartge stuff. It was just a 325e, and nothing more.

So yeah, Your engine is as much of a hartge engine as mine was, and it looked like this.


If your dead set on finding out, pull of the intake manifold. The head will have a hartge casting mark if it is indeed a hartge engine. I dare you to actually dig into the car itself, instead of relying on internet speculation, and prove me wrong.

[mikeb23ft]

If you want to sell that strut bar, though...I'm interested.

[frankenbeemer]

Your research and help would be greatly appreciated.

Lots of good information for the OP in this thread, but no appreciation from the OP.

[Peterkaczynski]

OP is mad his car isn't what he thinks, I say clean it up, get sine nice wheels, detail the shit out of the motor and you will have a nice unique ride... oh a get rid of the head lights and trunk lid