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    Beautiful wheels, I agree that they don't fit the car but they are beautiful now.
    1985 M10b18. 70maybewhpoffury. Over engineered S50b30 murica BBQ swap in progress.

    Originally posted by DEV0 E30
    You'd chugg this butt. I know you would. Ain't gotta' lie to kick it brostantinople.

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      Originally posted by 325ix View Post
      Looks clean. What exhaust is that?
      It is a Fox exhaust with the tip cut and rewelded on at an angle to match the bumper opening.

      Originally posted by Wh33lhop View Post
      What tires are you running (and what size)? Those look beefy... in a good way.
      They are an older generation Dunlop summer tire in 225/45/16 size. I like the beefier look vs. stretched

      Originally posted by Holland View Post
      Beautiful wheels, I agree that they don't fit the car but they are beautiful now.
      Thanks!


      My 1989 e30 s52 Touring... this is Betty

      My 1989 325i vert (sold)...this is Nina

      My 1991 M5 (sold)... this is Veronica

      Photo comparison: OEM vs aftermarket windscreen for a convertible

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        Looking hawt, just lose the wheels. ;)

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          Originally posted by MC Hammered View Post
          They are an older generation Dunlop summer tire in 225/45/16 size. I like the beefier look vs. stretched
          Hells yeah! This pic did it for me:



          I am also iffy on the wheels on this particular car, but if you like 'em, who gives a fuck.
          paint sucks

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            Hi MC,

            Car looks sweet,

            I too have a set rims that looks like yours, BBS RF's aka Design 5000, they're 4x114mm :(



            Can you please take a few pics of rear corner trims?
            I need to trim my non-mtech pieces, sort of same as you need to do here, just below bumper ...






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              Saw you heading west on Powel this afternoon. Looking fine!

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                Thanks!

                I took the corner a bit too quick to reach out and give you an acknowledgment :pimp:


                My 1989 e30 s52 Touring... this is Betty

                My 1989 325i vert (sold)...this is Nina

                My 1991 M5 (sold)... this is Veronica

                Photo comparison: OEM vs aftermarket windscreen for a convertible

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                  Looks good but I'm on the fence about the wheels on there. They did turn out nice though. Maybe if they were an inch bigger with some wider lips.

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                    Latest rare goodie from Levent





                    Pictures of the collection



                    Closeup of the real moneypit



                    Aftermarket 'Love the Ride' windscreen





                    OEM BMW windscreen

                    As you can see it does fit a tiny bit better.



                    Last edited by MC Hammered; 02-28-2016, 11:13 PM.


                    My 1989 e30 s52 Touring... this is Betty

                    My 1989 325i vert (sold)...this is Nina

                    My 1991 M5 (sold)... this is Veronica

                    Photo comparison: OEM vs aftermarket windscreen for a convertible

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                      I got sick and tired for the intermittent e30 window switches so I hit up the scrapyard and picked up some e36 window switches.

                      How it looks now



                      So I removed the center console to start the process of fitting in the e36 bezels.

                      This is when I try to figure out which is worse... the O or the C of OCD.

                      To give you an idea the following took 3 hours to do.

                      Made some templates



                      Driver side done





                      Found out the passenger side is harder to do since the bridges have small metal tabs underneath them to provide support. So if you press too hard or apply too kmuch pressure something is going to break.





                      Passenger side done



                      *sigh*

                      Now I wish I did the passenger side first so I could have matched the gaps.

                      Last edited by MC Hammered; 02-28-2016, 11:10 PM.


                      My 1989 e30 s52 Touring... this is Betty

                      My 1989 325i vert (sold)...this is Nina

                      My 1991 M5 (sold)... this is Veronica

                      Photo comparison: OEM vs aftermarket windscreen for a convertible

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                        So I proceeded to cut the old e30 switch harnesses off and prepared to solder on the e36 ones.



                        The solder attempt failed as my soldering iron couldn't get hot enough to get good penetration. So I ended up using butt connectors to connect the e36 bases to the old wiring.





                        Tested all the switches and one of them doesn't light up :(

                        I'll solder in a new bulb or swap out a light switch another time. So I put everything back together I'm pretty happy with the result







                        Before



                        After

                        Last edited by MC Hammered; 02-28-2016, 11:09 PM.


                        My 1989 e30 s52 Touring... this is Betty

                        My 1989 325i vert (sold)...this is Nina

                        My 1991 M5 (sold)... this is Veronica

                        Photo comparison: OEM vs aftermarket windscreen for a convertible

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                          Oh My! I Like.

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                            Sexy, I love hard tops. My Brother has a black one, it completes the car 100%
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                            Current cars:
                            ~ '87 325 M30B35 swap
                            ~ '87 535
                            ~ 01 540 Msport 6spd
                            ~ '06 X5 4.8is

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                              I love this car but I just can't get pass those rims, they just don't fit this beautiful machine

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                                Originally posted by vlad View Post
                                I love this car but I just can't get pass those rims, they just don't fit this beautiful machine
                                Well do I have a surprise in store for you!:up:


                                My 1989 e30 s52 Touring... this is Betty

                                My 1989 325i vert (sold)...this is Nina

                                My 1991 M5 (sold)... this is Veronica

                                Photo comparison: OEM vs aftermarket windscreen for a convertible

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