E30 R&D... I can't stop myself...325ix.

[DCColegrove]

For some reason John and I have gone nuts the past couple of months with e30 R&D... I don't know if he's caught it from me or what.

Two months...

Two new e30 products.







And now... For an encore... A front strut brace for the 325ix...(no image yet)

Now I know we've lost our minds :loco: ...there are what... 9 or 10 BMW 325ix left on the road?

And a harness bar is in the works as well...

[vivalegreg]

good stuff keep the good ideas rollin i love seeing how people stay up with these cars and the platform

[gearheadE30]

Wow, keep up the good work! I may have some money soon, so I'll probably at least end up with one of your strut braces.

[jms16v]

And a harness bar is in the works as well...

Looking forward to this.

[Erik j]

I have 3 iX's... I know I would be down for:
1 ix bar
1 ic bar
1 x brace for the ic
1 rear bar for the ix

Now you just need to make a X brace for the ix and a skid plate for the engine/tcase/trans, gas tank, and for the rear diff.. then I would be all set.

[Ben Carufel]

With all due respect;

You and Mason are cranking out different braces.

I wouldn't say you've "gone crazy with E30 development".

Your LCAB brace is connecting two of the strongest points on the car.

[Stephen]

Keep it up! maybe more of these less expensive braces ;)

[CDBE30]

Curious. I'll probably be very interested in the iX strut brace once I get some money again... but that'll likely be a while out.

Chase

[moatilliatta]

why not make a steering rack to fit an ix? they already sell front braces...

[moatilliatta]

Or make lower ball joint extensions to help get the control arms back to where they should be on lowed cars...

[DCColegrove]

Or make lower ball joint extensions to help get the control arms back to where they should be on lowed cars...

Been there a long time ago...

To return the control arms to correct geometry on a lowered non M e30 is an engineer's and fabricator's nightmare.

There is no safe way to do this without completely re-making the front suspension.... To the tune of several thousand bucks.

[ethirtydavid]

what are your prices for IX front brace

Nice job on that rear brace system - I remember seeing primitive pictures of this a couple months ago or so. Looks good

[DCColegrove]

what are your prices for IX front brace

Nice job on that rear brace system - I remember seeing primitive pictures of this a couple months ago or so. Looks good

The ix front brace is $295 and is built to order.

However: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=124562

[blunttech]

With all due respect;

You and Mason are cranking out different braces.

I wouldn't say you've "gone crazy with E30 development".

Your LCAB brace is connecting two of the strongest points on the car.

im really confused now. isnt mason doing all the work for colegrove? its hard trying to follow all the R&D going on. someone clear this up for me please

[DCColegrove]

im really confused now. isnt mason doing all the work for colegrove? its hard trying to follow all the R&D going on. someone clear this up for me please

Pretty simple...

I do the e30 field work...

John does the fabrication work.