Airbag Club's 1988 E30 M3..

[blunttech]

Beautiful car. Love the Volks ...... Do you know yet if they will clear the brembos?

[roznic]

So tell your experience going for Japs to German?!?
The reason I ask as it happened to me about 15yrs ago or so, really do remember the moment... ;-)
BTW, nice looking m3!

[Farbin Kaiber]

Am I the only one refreshing this thread and leaving the tab open hoping for updates?

[peter321]

I thought this was going to be a club about 1988 m3's airbags. Seemed too specific. Anyways only a few pictures load for me but what I saw it looks nice.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Te37's are probably my favorite wheels made right now. I love them on your car.

[IronFreak]

Sub'd

So good......so, so good.

[IRUNEDM]

Very clean setup. I approve.

[E30beemer]

Wow that's a great M3, love the TE's I owned a few sets they are great wheels. Congrats on the car, I would say a wonderful upgrade :)

[Airbag Club]

The M3 is looking fantastic!

Is there a build thread for your old civic? It looks pretty serious.

The car was an ongoing 11 year project. In 2009 I decided to strip the car down, get the cage welded in and get the whole car repainted in side out. I also decided to sell all the parts I had and replace them with everything I always wanted. Here is the blog I setup to document the rebuild process (I apologize as it in is in reverse order):

http://airbagsquad.blogspot.com

Here are some other features of the car from previous magazines:

Honda Tuning 2005:

http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/features/htup_0508_1999_honda_civic_hatchback/

Import Tuner 2008:

http://www.importtuner.com/features/impp_0811_1999_honda_civic_hatchback/

Super Street 2010:

http://www.superstreetonline.com/featuredvehicles/sstp_1007_1999_honda_2000_acura_integra/

[dirtrider372]

The M3 is looking fantastic!

Is there a build thread for your old civic? It looks pretty serious.

[bataangpinoy]

I got excited because I thought I was going to see a bagged m3...

i'm glad that he didnt bag the m3!

Looks nice, but i stand firm in the fact that TE37's don't work on everything... welcome.

[Airbag Club]

Thanks guys!!

Forgot I had these brakes. They are AP Racing brakes off a Circle track race car. Quite a bit crazier than off the shelf AP Racing kits. This project has really been on the back burner because I need to have brackets made. I first need to decide what rotors to use. I want to see if stock E46 M3 rotors will fit on the E30 M3 hub, since replacement rotors would be easy to obtain. Then I need to remove my knuckle/strut (or borrow one from someone if possible), and give that, a caliper and a rotor to my machine shop and have the brackets designed and CNC'd. I only plan to do the fronts though.



I ran a very similar setup on my old Civic using Brembo Monoblock calipers.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Thanks guys. I have a lot of plans for this car, but it seems like it will take some time for me to execute it all. I plan to build the car with a Japanese influence, which not everyone would agree to. That is my vision for this car and since it is my car, I will build it how I like. :)

100% how I would build an m3 if I were financially able. If it were me, there is a lot of Studie AG influence, along with a lot of Tsukuba parking lot/paddock vibe.

I love the understated but unique look with hardest to reach back corner of the top shelf parts. Unique and one-off items are common with this theme. I truly hope you aim for smaller, lesser known makers instead of using the go-to brands the basic JDMfanbois buy from Autobacs. I think ARQRAY exhaust is an idea to look at too. I could go on for a long time, but I'll shut up and let you take over.

[SteadyAim.]

Damn I thought you're from SF! Seen this car all over instagram. They look great with TE's. See you around :up:

[shameson]

The te37's are actually growing on me.. I think they'd look pretty sweet in white instead of the bronze

Overall clean car. Curious to see where it goes with the Japanese influence