The R3VLimited rare parts thread

[TimeMachinE30]

Not very rare, but I'm hoping the tuner parts experts can tell me a brief history or which pedal was introduced to the market first, and when?
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There is a precursor to these footrests even. I think they are the best looking, too! Maybe Raul has one? If not, I have a picture archived.

Black is seen in the earliest catalogs. ACS did not do part number castings into these earlier ones.

The silver one is into the 90s. I can look at the catalogs and pin down a time frame. These are most commonly reproduced and seen on ebay. I do not know how to tell the fakes from the real. They also match the style of the pedal covers you usually see. They are also commonly reproduced as are the same stylesld e brake handles.

[DELPHINtimecapsule]

There is a precursor to these footrests even. I think they are the best looking, too! Maybe Raul has one? If not, I have a picture archived.

Black is seen in the earliest catalogs. ACS did not do part number castings into these earlier ones.

The silver one is into the 90s. I can look at the catalogs and pin down a time frame. These are most commonly reproduced and seen on ebay. I do not know how to tell the fakes from the real. They also match the style of the pedal covers you usually see. They are also commonly reproduced as are the same stylesld e brake handles.

Thanks for the info! Would love to see that early early pedal and also find out when exactly the silver one was first produced. Not that is a guarantee of authenticity but I sourced the silver one from a German ebayer who vouched for it. I actually got it to better match the pedal covers I bought long ago from Abraham Motorsport. I run the black one in my other e30 with the stock pedal covers.

[flyboyx]

Alpina 17x8 4x100 wheelset - Super Rare Z1 RLE set

My attic stash got a once over and noticed these rare as all get out 17x8 ET28 original Ronal Alpina 17x8 4x100 wheelset. Information is limited but Alpina appears to have only put 17x8 4x100 on the Z1 RLE edition and only 66 sets of these rims were produced.

Can anyone help provide more information on these?

hmmm.....judging by this photo, i would say these are not 17" wheels. that measurement isn't from edge to edge of the rim, it is from the inner diameter of the tire bead.

is there anywhere on the inside of the rim that says 8jx17 or similar?

tomorrow, i will shoot some pics of one of my 17" alpina e36 hardlines. you will see what i am talking about.

[robrez]

Let's just put this whole Alpina Z1 17" x 8" thing to rest. These are my 16" x 7" Alpinas. I think we got trolled.





But we all make mistakes. Here's that awkward moment when I realized I didn't buy enough M-technic cloth to re-do my entire interior. I should have known better because I've bought and sold cloth before, but in my rush to snag the uber rare real cloth, I multiplied 3 meters length x 1.5 meters width, and calculated that I was getting 4.5 meters of cloth. WRONG. When it comes to measuring cloth don't use L x W. It's only the length that really matters, as width is pretty standard at 1 - 1.5 meters. What I really needed was 4.5 running meters (or in other words 4.5 meters in length of cloth). So I was almost two meters short. Luckily I was able to get the additional cloth I needed.

[GDA]

I will help resolve any questions on these as I was the one who asked for info on them in the first place.

I was planning on bead blasting the centers to get to the bare metal and get the original specs.

I did some digging after my OP and I could not find anything where a 17x8 was built with a ET28 offset so things on that end never did match up. Further, the lip contour did not match the flat lip of the Z1 from pics on the net either.

I suspect they are 16s... will post once I clean off the paint layers from the centers.

Anyway, they are just old Alpinas for an E30.

hmmm.....judging by this photo, i would say these are not 17" wheels. that measurement isn't from edge to edge of the rim, it is from the inner diameter of the tire bead.

is there anywhere on the inside of the rim that says 8jx17 or similar?

tomorrow, i will shoot some pics of one of my 17" alpina e36 hardlines. you will see what i am talking about.

[robrez]

No shame in having a square set of e30 Alpina wheels in the parts bin. I'm sure they're clean up good.

I will help resolve any questions on these as I was the one who asked for info on them in the first place.

I was planning on bead blasting the centers to get to the bare metal and get the original specs.

I did some digging after my OP and I could not find anything where a 17x8 was built with a ET28 offset so things on that end never did match up. Further, the lip contour did not match the flat lip of the Z1 from pics on the net either.

I suspect they are 16s... will post once I clean off the paint layers from the centers.

Anyway, they are just old Alpinas for an E30.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

I want alpina's but i cant bring my self to sell my oz turbos.

[flyboyx]

I want alpina's but i cant bring my self to sell my oz turbos.

oz's are nice, but in my opinion, nothing beats a set of oem alpina wheels.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

oz's are nice, but in my opinion, nothing beats a set of oem alpina wheels.

Might just have to have both haha

[flyboyx]

I will help resolve any questions on these as I was the one who asked for info on them in the first place.

I was planning on bead blasting the centers to get to the bare metal and get the original specs.

I did some digging after my OP and I could not find anything where a 17x8 was built with a ET28 offset so things on that end never did match up. Further, the lip contour did not match the flat lip of the Z1 from pics on the net either.

I suspect they are 16s... will post once I clean off the paint layers from the centers.

Anyway, they are just old Alpinas for an E30.

i just checked the link posted above. the wheels on that car look exactly like my e36 wheels but appear to have a little more offset.

[D.Martijn]

German craigslist

Brand new diff cover with cooling fins;

[noid]

German craigslist

Brand new diff cover with cooling fins;

Thats not rare, thats just a Z3 diff cover.

[D.Martijn]

Thats not rare, thats just a Z3 diff cover.

Oh oke, I've never seen one before..
good to know

[Paugen]

Some of my unused Ac schnitzer collection

[e30m3s54turbo]

^^^ I like it all.^^

Really the ACS3!!!!