Tip's for a new comer...

[FrustratedMunky]

E30's love being dropped, they handle awesome. I know how you feel with money being tight as I just turned 18 a little over a week ago myself. I'd reccomend 2 things for youe Eta, a Jim C chip, and suspension. For suspension, go with Bilstein sport shocks for sure, as far as springs, go with H&R or Ireland Engineering. I don't reccomend Eibach because they're too soft and drop the rear of E30's too much.

Anyway, good luck with the car man.

I haven't gotten around to buying the H&R Sport/Bilstein suspension I'm looking to get because of financial reasons but I think that's your best bet if you're as tight for cash as I am. I feel your pain, just turned 18, sweet ass car to mod, part time job income, school full time... (I'm just guessing)... Anyways, it's more likely to find used H&R Sports and Bilsteins than to find a used H&R cup kit, that's why I'm more likely going to go that way. I like the drop in both of them and I've only heard good things about the ride quality for both of them. If you can find a good deal on either one of those, I'd say go for it. But make sure that you consider all of the maintenance costs that will come along with having the car, something will always come up to bite you in the ass.

you already scored yourself the springs, remember 8)

Hahahahaha you know it!! :P But might still be a while until I can afford the Bilsteins as well unfortunately :( It's gonna kill me to have the springs just sitting in the garage hahaha...

[James Crivellone]

hehehe a base White Automatic ETA



sweet car, you can do alot of shit to em :p

[DSchultz325e]

chip it, lower it, put some nice wheels on it, and you have yourself a nice-looking daily driver with a little more pep than the average 325e. later, when/if you want to purchase a newer model, just swap the wheels over (maybe suspension) and you're good. etas are easy. anything you swap out in favor of cosmetic upgrades try to sell on ebay, you should make a little change back. just don't make yourself a money pit if you don't want to drive it the rest of your life. you won't get the money back you put into it.

[Rob]

nice bike

[Digitalwave]

Re: Tip's for a new comer...

Hey fella's I've been reading up on these forums for a while now, havent been posting till i actually got my hands on a BMW..now that I do..I want to fix it up a bit. Kinda like the ones here. I have a 325i, it's a 1987..here's some pics, better quality ones coming up soon. So I was wondering what tips you guys could offer me. Keep in mind im 17.

www.jdees.org/ducati/bmw

My tip... sell it and buy a 5 speed 325i.

[brodee]

I'd say put some money in a savings account so if anything goes wrong in the next couple of months you can fix it and not be walking. Spend that couple of months getting to know the car, reading up on here and planning what you want to do. Then start replacing things like bushings, hoses, timeing belt, etc.

[Ducati]

you suck

ehh I can't ride a Duc & a BMW :oops:

where in california are you? well since being 17 and under a tight budget, the best bang for your buck is a jim conforti chip. it gives 20+ hp to the wheels for the eta motor.

Im in Los Angeles...well more specificly Glendale. I just turned 17 this month. So I thought it's about time to spiff up the Beamers.

Anyway, good luck with the car man.

Thanks for the luck, I'll be needing it, but as dropping it, i agree it looks much nicer. Frankly that was the first thing that came to my mind when I thougth about this.

Just to clarify, thats a 325 (ETA), not a 325i.

and thats a BIG difference.

Oops, for a second i thought this was the other BMW..I also have a white BMW 325i. My family are BMW enthusiasts. Im working on gettin an M3 but thats further down the line. ( old m3, not the new ones )

Just curious what do you guys think about this? My mom bought this. Can't say I like it, that much. This being her 7th BMW, I assumed she's have better judgement when buying it, so I didn't go to the dealer with her.













-New Comer
Greg

[James Crivellone]

Re: Tip's for a new comer...

Hey fella's I've been reading up on these forums for a while now, havent been posting till i actually got my hands on a BMW..now that I do..I want to fix it up a bit. Kinda like the ones here. I have a 325i, it's a 1987..here's some pics, better quality ones coming up soon. So I was wondering what tips you guys could offer me. Keep in mind im 17.

www.jdees.org/ducati/bmw

My tip... sell it and buy a 5 speed 325i.

Whats the fun in that? ;)

[Gr00v3]

20 at the crank not at the wheels

He claims 24 at the crank.

no fellas, 20 at the wheels.

ask fred kim for his dyno scans, he'll prove you both wrong

-karlo
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Blowjob redhead

[chrisd]

20 at the crank not at the wheels

He claims 24 at the crank.

no fellas, 20 at the wheels.
ask fred kim for his dyno scans, he'll prove you both wrong-karlo

24 -15% = 20.4, so that's about what I was thinking.

[Kruzen]

Re: Tip's for a new comer...

Hey fella's I've been reading up on these forums for a while now, havent been posting till i actually got my hands on a BMW..now that I do..I want to fix it up a bit. Kinda like the ones here. I have a 325i, it's a 1987..here's some pics, better quality ones coming up soon. So I was wondering what tips you guys could offer me. Keep in mind im 17.

www.jdees.org/ducati/bmw

My tip... sell it and buy a 5 speed 325i.

Whats the fun in that? ;)

not everyone's as crazy as you james :twisted: nor has money pouring out of their ass from their IT job that goes straight to the car instead of to something like, oh, food?

[UNHCLL]

-New Comer
Greg

your mom has bad-ass taste. I love the new 5ers.

748's are the best Duc's ever. If i could afford a bike in college, thats what it would be. There are 4-5 of them here on campus...

nice car, save some $ incase anything breaks on it.

[Ducati]

I have another question. This will surely embaress the hell outa me, but it's gotta be done somewhere. Where can I find (online) a body kit for my 1987, 325. I'm not looking for anything fancy, just a simple one, to add a taste of class to the car. What do you guys suggest for some rims on the same car? I currently roll on them stock bad boys.. I figured I'd pump some blood in this thread instead of makin a new one.

[Kruzen]

Where can I find (online) a body kit for my 1987, 325. I'm not looking for anything fancy, just a simple one, to add a taste of class to the car.

oh shit... here it comes..

*takes cover*

[DSchultz325e]

you'll be hard pressed to find a good body kit for an early model. pretty much all of them look like shit with the exception of the bmp one, but that one will come with more waves than the north shore pipeline. if you've got the money, (it will undoubtedly cost more than your car) spring for it and get it professionally cut, fitted and installed. if not, live with it, save some money and sell it for enough money that you can buy a newer model with plastic bumpers. as far as wheels go, it's pretty much the same ordeal. the ones that are easy to find look gay as all hell. the good looking wheels (AZEV, BBS, MM, Borbet, SSR, MasItaly ;) , Kahn, etc etc) are going to be EXTREMELY difficult to find. the offset required for the e30 pretty much limits you to a 60 dollar 15" generic chrome plated swirly shit tornado wheel or a 200 buck a pop clean-styled wheel. The good thing is, if you buy a newer model, you can just swap your wheels right over :)