Another white E30 in progress

[joonsup]

I picked up the car last summer after my 4 door bronzit developed rod knock. Been modding it slowly over the past year. I currently have an s50 motor sitting in the garage that I picked up a month ago but I still need to gather the other parts needed to complete the swap...along with saving up money for parts/labor. Hopefully I'll get it completed some time this summer. I'm still looking for the right driveshaft and diff. I've tracked it a couple times and the extra hp from s50 should make it more fun.

I also need to paint the bottom of the IS skirts black since that section wasn't screwed on b/c of the damaged rocker (according to the bodyshop). Those notches bug the hell out of me. Anyways, here's a list of mods/specs and some pictures a friend of mine took for me the other week. Comments, criticizm, and suggestions appreciated.

1989 325i

Suspension and Wheels:
-H&R Sport Springs with Bilstein HDs and 15mm drop hats from Richard
-Hartge Type A wheels 16x7.5 et10 (15mm spacers all around) riding on Hankook RS2s (215/45/16s)
-Brembo blanks for the front discs with Hawk HPS brake pads
-Sparco strut bar
-Eibach front/rear lower sways
-Ground control RSMs

Transmission:
-5 speed with z3 1.9 shifter
-Sachs clutch kit from Bavarian

Exhaust:
-Top Speed catback exhaust (fleabay)

Exterior:
-Front IS lip with custom CF splitter
-Projectors with 6000K HIDs (lows) and 3000K HIDs (fogs)
-Yellow lamin-x on the lows
-OEM euro grills with painted kidney grills
-Mtech 1 rear spoiler
-IS side skirts
-Painted taillights
-Clear front turn signal lenses

Under the hood:
-stock m20 motor (245K)
-K&N drop in filter

[joonsup]

A few more pics

[ian e30 318is]

looks really good!! love the carbon fiber splitter and the hartges. not feelin the yellow highs though

[joonsup]

Last set of pics (HDR)

[joonsup]

looks really good!! love the carbon fiber splitter and the hartges. not feelin the yellow highs though

you know i was thinking the same thing. i had on the tint lamin-x before and then put the yellow ones on but i think it may look cleaner w/out the yellow. thanks!

[sharksforthecup]

Thanks a lot now I need to get an m tech 1 spoiler. that car looks gorgeous! Did you paint your rear spoiler?

[joonsup]

Thanks a lot now I need to get an m tech 1 spoiler. that car looks gorgeous! Did you paint your rear spoiler?

Thanks. The rear spoiler I got from a r3v member a while ago and it was initially red, so I had a friend that worked at the body shop paint it white. I left the rubber part untouched as it was in fairly good condition. I just applied some rubber conditioner to make it a little more black

[Matt-B]

what is done editing wise to make those last pics look tities?

[joonsup]

what is done editing wise to make those last pics look tities?

i do not know. My friend is the one that took those shots and edited them. I know that he uses Adobe Photoshop to edit the pictures. All I know is that they are HDR shots but don't know what he does to make em look like that. Im sure others here will know

[prm20r]

looks good,white is a very nice color.

[iwantspeed]

love this!

[freeride53]

your car looks great! i love the hartges. they really finish off the car.

[joonsup]

Thanks guys. It seems like a neverending work in progress. There's always something to do or something to replace haha

[selturk]

looks beautiful.. those wheels makes it even hotter.

[sandlock]

clean car, but lay off the HDR attempts.