1984 318i, start to finish (2 years and some change)

[e30shmobberr]

omfg that green. Thumbs up!

[MattAvino]

I've officially decided what color im painting my e30. What's it called?

[F34R]

Damn, you were taken hard on that M50 :(

Glad you pulled through all your let downs with the "Big name" companies.

[JTDay]

wtf is going on

[mr ilia]

This is official: My new favorite e30 has just appeared. I love it....and the stance, the stance ... just ahhhh....

[canakami]

Car looks absolutely killer, lovin' the green color. Actually, lovin' all of it, good job man.

[MadSci]

Very nice car man!

[Bimmerguy91]

Awesome car man! My car will be taking the direction yours took in ditching the M10 and swapping an M50 in

[gnzRR]

Your car is exactly where I want mine to go... Props dude, you have an amazing E30

[kevvve]

Excellent build buddy!! Has everything I would love to do.

[smerfs]

this is probably the best looking early model e30 I've seen yet. Great work! I'd love to see what it looks like with the wood roof rack on as well!

[yert315]

bravo sir, bravo. Love the color

[n3rdy30]

oh my lord i love this thread!!!!
what was the factory color and then the repainted color?
this car is amazing.

I've officially decided what color im painting my e30. What's it called?

The color is called Achatgrun Metallic, it was the orig. color of the car, and I went with the same color on the re-spray, however I added a bit more metal flake and put a few more coats of clear on to really if the paint that depth.

this is probably the best looking early model e30 I've seen yet. Great work! I'd love to see what it looks like with the wood roof rack on as well!

You know I've been toying around with the idea of throwing it back on, but I just love the clean look without it. It's just sitting in my garage right now. I'd like to somehow get it to sit lower on the roof, for a lower profile. In searching for something to replace the roof rack I mocked up a trunk based luggage rack from an early model corvette stingray that I found at a junk yard...I kind of liked it, however an over all negative reception from everyone else I knew put me off to the idea. Again we shall see...

And thanks for all the awesome feedback guys. I'm stoked that the car is getting great results from the community. It's a good feeling after the blood sweat and tears you're all familiar with.


also, quick fun fact (I had a couple folks ask me via PM so I figured I'd just post) the frenched highbeams that are yellow but do not have a yellow film over them, are from a late 70s early 80s mercedes 300D. Other models will work. There's plenty of them in the junk yards, and it's actually cheaper than running the film...and they look better IMO. Direct swap, same bulb, about $5 for the pair.

[Pantless Spency]

lol my previous car was a w123 merc, and when i got my e30 it had been hit on the side and stopped running and was just chillin in my driveway and i almost took the yellow fogs because i have seen a few people running that mod.

[n3rdy30]

lol my previous car was a w123 merc, and when i got my e30 it had been hit on the side and stopped running and was just chillin in my driveway and i almost took the yellow fogs because i have seen a few people running that mod.

Haha, I was just doing my normal saturday stroll around the yard, saw an old baby blue merc with them...said eh f**k, I'll give it a try, and it worked haha. Those sexy germans and their functional designs.