New '86 Cirrus Blue~

[Wildpig]

Got my e30 about a month and a half ago, it's been an Austin car it's whole life ... I consider myself damn lucky to have found it. Anyway, pics!

The day I got it:












And today:

[rhE-30]

Nice car man, diving boards looking sweet.

[AE86]

Nice, you gotta let us know the specs: springs, tire size, offset...

[Garageaholic]

B E A utiful. Very tastefully modded early model

[mbonanni]

Since he is offline, This is what he told me

-XXR 531 16x8 +20 in black painted and machined face.
-Tires are 195/50/16.
-Suspension is ground control sleeves (not full coilovers) all the way down in front, half down in back.
-Cirrus Blue

[Wildpig]

Since he is offline, This is what he told me

-XXR 531 16x8 +20 in black painted and machined face.
-Tires are 195/50/16.
-Suspension is ground control sleeves (not full coilovers) all the way down in front, half down in back.
-Cirrus Blue

True story, the GC are all the way down in the front, halfway down in the back.

I'll probably add a 15 or 20 mm spacer in the rear soon, but the front sits perfectly where I want it to. I really happy with how it all came out.

More plans:

- alignment tomorrow (crazy front toe out that I can literally see lol)
- rear spacer
- figure out why my turn signals suck
- refinish the chrome trim
- new rear shocks
- put on bmw centercaps that I'm waiting on
- more little stuff that I can't remember right now

Really loving the car so far, I've always been a VW guy ... I think I'm a changed man. hahaha

[Wildpig]

I guess this will be my personal build thread.

Just ordered KYB rear shocks, motor/trans mounts and some maintenance items.

This is my first BMW, so here's a few pics of my previous cars:











And my bike:

[LuckyHenriksen]

Tasteful collection of vehicles there sir. Alphards on the em kay 4 look great.
If you need the parts to 5 spd swap that 4 door I can ship you a kit ;)

[Cronopoulos]

Good looking e30, keep up the good work.

[crazy80's]

Ronal turbos + mk2 GTI= spectacular! From the way you did the two VW's that early model is in good hands!

[Andr3w]

I like what you've done so far with your e30. Loving your other cars and bike too.

[Zinno_e30]

What camera/lens are you shooting with? Your previous collection of cars tells me that you will do the E30 justice.

[cbouchez]

very nice GTI!

[Das_Frizz]

sweet looking ride man. i like what you've done so far. props

[Wildpig]

Thanks for the kind words guys! I just want the e30 to be a nice reliable cruiser for now ... pretty sure it's never gonna be fast. lol

What camera/lens are you shooting with? Your previous collection of cars tells me that you will do the E30 justice.

I have a canon rebel xti body and usually go with a 50mm fixed lens or 28-135mm zoom lens. Can't afford to get the pro lenses but it's all how you use them right? :-D