A UUC Motorwerks E30 - S52/BBK/Wheels/Mtech/More

[Jean]

Oh wow!!! Car looks awesome and I think it would look even better with wider front tires!!!

[Jean]

looks like the 15x8 et20 slips are NLA, but they do have a 15x7.5 et20 at 18racing.com

LTW5 in 15x8 would be sweet.

Do 15x7.5 et20 clear Lee's BBK?

[b*saint]

the picture shows the front tires 195 width

[TexasTerp]

that is a beautiful car!

[Rob@UUC]

but, shit... i wish i knew you were in the market. i'm actually in the middle of prepping my car now, for a potential sale offering.
so yeah... letting go of lots of stuff.
need a spare? ;)

I wish... too many projects. Want to trade for a Lotus 7 replica with R1 engine? ;-)

For anyone considering Sef's car... when I saw it, it was PRISTINE. One of those "little old lady, only drove it on Sundays" kind of cars. If I hadn't built my own, I would definitely buy his.

- Rob

[formula driver]

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the compliments, much appreciated!

My E30 is an example of "project creep". What was supposed to have been a simple "drop the S52 I pulled out of my E36/S54 project into my '88 Schwarz automatic winter car and have a fun daily beater" turned into a bit more.

I bet a lot of you know how it goes... oh, let's clean things up a bit. Look, a great deal on some iX flares in charcoal, close enough, I can stick in some big tires... oops, found a little rust when we cut the fender, let's refinish that fender... dammit, paint the whole car. Well, since we're painting it all anyway, let's do E39 M5 Carbon Black... which would be silly to do with aluminum bumpers, so let's pick up those M Tech 2 parts. Ebay.de has that M Tech 1 spoiler I like so much, order that up... dammit, there's an E30 M3 interior in black to replace this gray leather... adjustable Konis? Sure...

And on it goes. And my "nice" '89 iX becomes the "beater". :mrgreen: But I really do drive this E30 90% of the time, it's a fun little beastie. In many way, it's more entertaining than my E36.

As for the mirrors, I like 'em. But every now and then, I wonder about putting the original barn doors back on. Good thing they were painted Carbon Black also.

The exhaust is getting a bit more tweaking, that was a last-minute rush job during our move. But who knows... this car may provide a template for a complete pre-fabricated M50-swap exhaust product to make available to others.

Tires are Toyo R888s, 195/55-15 front and 235/50-15 rear, a good matched set of near-same diameters. The idea for the 195 fronts is that it retains excellent public road steering response, feels a bit crisper than having the 235s in front. Now if it were a track car, sure, 235s all around would make sense. But it's not a track car... for that kind of fun, I have racecars around.

Love these E30s, which is why we're working on so many new parts for them.

Thanks again for the kind words!

- Rob

That made me laugh...

Thats just a bunch of "while your in there stuff" no biggie. Its justified! haha...

Nice car, that color is crisp!

[formula driver]

Nobody likes the mirrors? Huh... I thought they were a tasteful and subtle update. As a detail point on BMW styling, they are "period correct" as E34 M5s had those as a factory option in Europe.

I may change them back, but primarily for the reason that the other mirrors give better visibility.

Correct me if Im wrong but its my understanding that those style mirrors were put on DTM e30 m3's before anything else. So yea, there period correct.

[Be30mer]

Nobody likes the mirrors? Huh... I thought they were a tasteful and subtle update. As a detail point on BMW styling, they are "period correct" as E34 M5s had those as a factory option in Europe.

I may change them back, but primarily for the reason that the other mirrors give better visibility.

the mirrors dont match the car's geometric styling. some rectangles would look nice...

[sefb222]

I wish... too many projects. Want to trade for a Lotus 7 replica with R1 engine? ;-)

For anyone considering Sef's car... when I saw it, it was PRISTINE. One of those "little old lady, only drove it on Sundays" kind of cars. If I hadn't built my own, I would definitely buy his.

- Rob

thanks Rob... it's only gotten better since you've seen it. pics SOON. i'm in the middle of a ridiculous detail job on it right now.. all trim removed, glass taken out, shadowline treatment, new lip, all new trim clips, etc.

glad to see you around the E30 board! still have that E34 M5 touring?

[Anguz]

fucking beautifullllllll