New to the BMW scene, just got a e30 318is

[iamsam]

Not sure about that last sentance though haha A properly setup FWD with a decent amount of power can be very satisfying even better when you are overtaking AWD + RWD turbo cars at the track ;) but yeah, can't argue the RWD is a lot of fun to drive as well, although at the moment the car is very twitchy in the wet. back end always wants to come out.

Ok let us know in a month or so how you feel about RWD! ;)

[NuthinFancy]

Welcome to the addiction budd. Trust me once ur in its hard to get out ....

OO==[][]==OO u been branded lol

[Roysneon]

Wow very proper Hondas, and good start on the e30. Welcome aboard!

[JBird]

Your Civic is extremely impressive! I never thought Civics could look that good. Judging from your Civic, I can't wait to see what you do with this e30.

Do you have any videos of you driving your Civic?
How fast is it?
How much did it all cost?

I agree, your Civic is what Honda's are supposed to be. I hate all the kids that do one or two shitty mods to their Civics, like the "Fart Mufflers" and call it a racer/ricer. Every time I here one of those Fart Mufflers go by, it makes me want to fill their Fart Machine with BB's.

[mr.vang]

Both cars look great

love your sig. jacky chan movie:D

[zerokid5555]

bavauto.com sells a K&N intake kit buy that and just mod your self a heat shield, if not Lucas motors fabricates heatshields http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E...Q5fAccessories

[bmwandhonda]

Welcome to the addiction budd. Trust me once ur in its hard to get out ....

OO==[][]==OO u been branded lol

Haha The addiction is getting stronger by the day :D

Wow very proper Hondas, and good start on the e30. Welcome aboard!

Thanks mate

Your Civic is extremely impressive! I never thought Civics could look that good. Judging from your Civic, I can't wait to see what you do with this e30.

Do you have any videos of you driving your Civic?
How fast is it?
How much did it all cost?

I agree, your Civic is what Honda's are supposed to be. I hate all the kids that do one or two shitty mods to their Civics, like the "Fart Mufflers" and call it a racer/ricer. Every time I here one of those Fart Mufflers go by, it makes me want to fill their Fart Machine with BB's.

Thanks for the comments mate, I went pretty far with the cvic, have owned it for almost 6 years and spent silly amounts of time and money on it, been through 3 different engine's, 3 sets of wheels, 3 different exhausts etc etc but yeah, I am happy with how it sits now. too bad it is no longer rego'd... :( I am gonna try not to go too far with the e30 to be honest, just keep it simple and smooth.

- I haven't got any videos or any decent rolling shots in its current form un-fortunately. only really old ones on the old wheels.

- I never took it too the 1/4 mile but i reckon it would do somewhere around the mid to low 13's at a guess. It was mainly setup for track/time attack, my best time so far at WINTON in Vicco is a 1:40.54 which is pretty quick for a FWD NA 4cl (I was still daily driving it at the time too ;) )

- Cost wise, well at a guess, i would have spent $50k - $60k on it :loco: over the six years i've owned it. Thats on top of the $21k purchase price. I have literally kept every receipt for everything i have ever bought for it, but I am yet to actually add it all up.

bavauto.com sells a K&N intake kit buy that and just mod your self a heat shield, if not Lucas motors fabricates heatshields http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-E...Q5fAccessories

That looks like a decent kit actually, thanks for the link. Not sure if he ships to Australia though :(

[bmwandhonda]

Ok, bit of an update, Just ordered an IS front lip and the 10 clips needed to mount it. Also got my AKG shifter bushings in the mail today :) The new obsession has begun haha

[Reap3r]

Ok, bit of an update, Just ordered an IS front lip and the 10 clips needed to mount it. Also got my AKG shifter bushings in the mail today :) The new obsession has begun haha

Sounds like a good start, make sure you get a front splitter to go with the lip. They look great! Allthough I've found with mine even though its only about 4mm lower the protrusion out the front prevents me from going into certain driveways forwards. Reverse is fine though.

[evil_twin]

So do people overseas like doing USDM crap, like all the Honda kids in my area with the JDM crap?

[bmwandhonda]

Sounds like a good start, make sure you get a front splitter to go with the lip. They look great! Allthough I've found with mine even though its only about 4mm lower the protrusion out the front prevents me from going into certain driveways forwards. Reverse is fine though.

Thanks man, yeah, I have seen the front splitters. they look great on the e30. Once I have mounted the lip, i'll look into it :)

So do people overseas like doing USDM crap, like all the Honda kids in my area with the JDM crap?

People always dismiss Honda's as a shitty rice box so quickly. There are plenty of good examples out there. Don't get me wrong though, there are still plenty of rubbish ones as well....

The 'JDM' style over here is obviously big with the imports, People in AUS have mostly moved away from the show/chrome look, to a more cleaner race style look these days. Although the domestic/Holden scene is still full of fools who just slam their cars on 22" generic chrome wheels and put a southern cross sticker on their car and think their awesome.......

The low offset/slammed look is also starting to get bigger over here we might be a bit behind the times, but we get there in the end ;)

[Oukranos]

Although the domestic/Holden scene is still full of fools who just slam their cars on 22" generic chrome wheels and put a southern cross sticker on their car and think their awesome.......

Haha, so very true.

[bmw2002tiiagave]

Idk why people hate on the M42. It reminds me of the M10 I got in my Tii. It's a great motor.

Nice cars btw, good job on the EK coupe, seen too many crappy ricers in my town.

[PaulSamways]

haha, so very true.

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