My 1984 318i

[Tree18is]

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if those bumpers work for you, im afraid to see the rest of the car.

nice paint.

[Raxe]

I quickly rebuilt the car for you in photoshop, it might look alright if you found a set of huge wheels.



Good luck, nice to see you're putting more work into the car than most E30's ever see in their entire life.

[euroshark]

That's not bad, but the rear apron thing still looks silly.

[Ral]

See, here's the problem. The kit's disproportional. The front and rear valences do not work well with the rest of the car. So, while you are doing something different (And I applaud you for sticking up for bad taste), your car looks like an otherwise hot chick with thunderthighs and cottage cheese. You can like one body style over another, be it car or chick, but it's gotta be consistent. Either go all classy and sleek or, um, voluptuous and full-figured, but you can't mix the two.

[Ral]

one way or another, props on the resurrection though.

[new2bmw]

Update

Well, been chipping away at the project. Interior mostly installed. Recovered parcel shelf and installed new speakers and head unit. Bought some new door handles, installed new antenna and started installing the grill. I am going to be using the original chrome/aluminum window trims, they are polishing up very well. I have bought the grill mesh to install in the space under the kidneys, just have a question for you guys. Should I leave the mesh chrome or paint it black? Also do I leave the space beside where the fog lights go empty or does it get mesh also? I have the new lock strips for front and rear windshield, I went with the black, thought it would look good. I put the wheels from my 89 325i on the car for now, will buy something different in the spring I hope. Thanks for all your input. Excuse the dusty paint, no windows, makes it hard to clean.
Cheers!

[JasonC]

Black for the mesh, and should of eliminated the 3rd brake light when you recovered the back shelf.

[JoeyJoeJ0]

Im stoked you saved an e30 and are actually giving it attention. I dont like what your doing, because I believe any body kit on an e30 messes up the lines and its just not a car to put body kits on. But i will give you credit for doing something you love and making your car something YOU enjoy. Good luck with the rest of the project.

[sumyungguy]

Props to you for hard work and determination.

At least your car doesnt look like this..

[bades2001]

Props to you for hard work and determination.

At least your car doesnt look like this..

ownage

[thereisnoyun]

great job

I like the creativity on the body. The front actually is pretty decent. The body work is good at least in teh picture. I know I been to too many meet that peoples are literally shit, inside and out and the only thing that kept thier car looking okay was the pictures online :P So lets just say it looks good at least in the pictures.


But seroiusly... the rear bumper doesnt look right from any angle. I guess if you are hispanic it be alright.

[Erick]

If he puts that back bumper to the floor, literally scraping it as he drives, with a real exhaust tip, then I think he might be able to pull it off.

[Erick]

not with proper wheels ;) but what are the chances of that happening.

[new2bmw]

wheels

what wheels would you suggest?

[Teaguer]

Forget the back bumper already , I'm sorry to hear that after all that work you still end up with a 1.8 and an automatic . :(


As for the mesh , first paint the original valance black so you don't see it through your mad tyte new bumper .
Then paint the mesh black and yes install it next to the fogs as well .