Low-Budget Cosmetic Mods.

[j30]

alrighty then, ill take your advice and make sure the maintence is up to date and stuff, but then when im done with all that where should i start? i have a friend that is a mechanic and my cousin graduated from MTTI so he knows about repairs and such. getting this thing to run smoothly shouldnt take too long.

and i cant wait cause as soon as its good to go im quitting my second job. and focusing more on school

[Nic01101011]

if you have to ask, why bother? dont change the car just for the sake of changing the car. do what you think looks good. for ideas you might like, browse one of the zillion picture threads on the forum.

[thornado327i]

Someone should tell him..

Allright - I'll do it then.

Thing about moding your E30... Once you start - there's no turning back... It's an addiction. Seriously. Ok. You've been warned.

Now.

After you do something with those bumpers your best mod would be:
Stop, Drop and Roll

[j30]

if you have to ask, why bother? dont change the car just for the sake of changing the car. do what you think looks good. for ideas you might like, browse one of the zillion picture threads on the forum.

i wasnt really trying to ask what to do, since i know what i want, i was wondering what to do first or if i should not do something in particular (black caps lol ). since most members have seen more e30s good and bad than i have i thought it'd smart to ask you guys.

[Nic01101011]

since none of what you listed in functional, it all comes down to your taste. I think all of what you listed looks good, but I'm sure a lot of people would disagree with me

[-Jelko-]

hmm low budget?I would make custom smoked Hella(there is DIY on forum),smoked indicators(i mean buy smoked,not tintting),bumper tuck...

[j30]

Someone should tell him..

Allright - I'll do it then.

Thing about moding your E30... Once you start - there's no turning back... It's an addiction. Seriously. Ok. You've been warned.

Now.

After you do something with those bumpers your best mod would be:
Stop, Drop and Roll

forgive me for sounding noobish, by stop drop and roll are you referring to brakes, suspension and springs etc.?

[thornado327i]

forgive me for sounding noobish, by stop drop and roll are you referring to brakes, suspension and springs etc.?

Stop - Fresh brakes are good for your health.
Drop - Lower car looks nicer and with right struts and springs it will handle better too
Roll - do that and get it rolling ;)

[j30]

^^just as i thought lol (almost)

but thats in the future plans as in distant future as far as im concerned.
i want a decent looking car that runs smooth to use as a DD so most of the mechanical work will be for maintenence not really performance.

[z31maniac]

Don't paint your wheels black, gray or any other shade of rice. It's screams "I mod my car with a rattle can"

WRONG!

[Stephen]

Cheap cosmetic mods

Volvo lip
Smoke your headlights if theyre ellipsoids and its the look you want
Debadge it
Smoked turn signals
all red tails
If you dont use a radio get a plug for that
expereiment making splitters
paint engine components flat black
if you are going to paint Bottlecaps, mask the spokes off individually like jamese30 did

But above everything:

clean EVERYTHING

and fix anything that looks crappy

[cferb]

Nothin wrong with a few $5 mods...There's time between getting parts and such when you really can't fix anything, and you can get it looking a lot nicer for cheap.

For the red tails, I'd recommend stained glass spray, not model paint, and not metalcast. If you paint your bumper trim all around it will look a lot better, looks just like new trim. And shadowline and kidney, that's up to you. Also get new emblems if yours are worn out.

Oh, and +1 on cleaning. Get some clay bar, polish, and wax. Vacuum the inside, take out your front seats and clean under them, clean the carpet. Maybe get something to put on your dash(but be careful about that, search first for good cleaners, you could ruin the dash)

[Dave]

remove the grills and replace them with black painted chicken wire - it is a hella good race car look

[dashboardmonkey]

if you have to ask, why bother? dont change the car just for the sake of changing the car. do what you think looks good. for ideas you might like, browse one of the zillion picture threads on the forum.

Beat me to it fucker

[PhillyG]

paint your valve cover!