E30 sedan M body conversion

[kencopperwheat]

yeah it would cost about $1 to $2k for body work and paint.

$11 to $12k is what you meant to type.

[Hon2BMW]

lol... it kills me to read replies like this from people who have no idea about what they are talking about... hahaha...

yeah... exactly, good luck with $2k project

that's exactly the reason why so many projects end up looking like shit, because people think that for $3k they can build e30 M3 look alike :tsk:

Well if they do all the body work themselves and are very good at it maybe?

I agree, if you have no clue what you are doing and have to pay someone to do it, 1K won't even get you a nice respray. Add any sort of dent removal, let alone fabrication or mounting of non original body panels and forget it, you've alread spent 2-3 times the price of the car.

[Borat]

somehow that red 4dr M3 doesn't look as good as I thought a 4dr E30 M3-rep would. Nothing to do with the execution, just something not right about it.

[vlad]

yeah it would cost about $1 to $2k for body work and paint.

lol... it kills me to read replies like this from people who have no idea about what they are talking about... hahaha...

yeah... exactly, good luck with $2k project

that's exactly the reason why so many projects end up looking like shit, because people think that for $3k they can build e30 M3 look alike :tsk:

[RedStar240]

yeah it would cost about $1 to $2k for body work and paint.

[chuck90m3]

Does ya mean this beaut?

i want those wheels on my e30. anyone know what size they are? i know they are a 5 lug Hartge wheel

[E30SPDFRK]

S54's weigh like 450, right? Almost defeats the point.

[hootie]

Oh my, how hard is that swap?? That's sick i had no idea that could work in an E30 chassis. I was having thoughts of selling my car due to financial problems but F that im keeping this car until i can drop either an S52 into it or an S54!

No, no, no, no, no....sell your car....mainly to me :-D


I am serious.

[Jeremiel5]

WOW. i like this project. it looks :pimp:

[CorvallisBMW]

$7k for the motor



the SMG will not work on e30

It's not SMG, and yes you can work an SMG into an e30. There is a build going on somewhere on teh internetz, the guy stripped the whole car and installed the entire e46 wiring harness with all of the t/c and s/c sensors, flappy paddles, etc...It's pretty fucking insane, took him over a year.

[KillaCams]

What about total swap cost? does anyone know of any well documented build threads? I did some google searching but everything is sketchy it doesnt give alot of specifics. Ill jsut settlte for an S52 im sure i would be content with that but the S54 sounds like it would be bad ass

[Erick]

there were plenty of s54 swas done already

besides Rui's turbo s54, this one was very nice as well

Funny, if it wasnt for the mirrors and eyelids, I could've sworn that was your cabrio. :p

[vlad]

I know the S52 is some good coin, what kinda coin we talking about to get an S54?? 14k? More? Less?

$7k for the motor

Joe Funk just happens to have an S54 w/ 6-speed in his posession ;)

the SMG will not work on e30

[mattdk318i]

6-7k

[KillaCams]

I know the S52 is some good coin, what kinda coin we talking about to get an S54?? 14k? More? Less?