Parking lot shots of the auto...

[TDE30]

I was searching around for a decent parking deck, but the lighting was wreaking havoc on my camera's ability to take night shots. So I found an abandonded section of the local Wal-Mart parking lot, :D. My brother just got done detailing (claying/waxing/buffing) it last night and threw some Zaino Z8 on it today, it hasn't looked this good since I got it. A little background on the car:

9/86 Schwarz on Perlbeige 325e/4:
- M20B25 with Schrick 282/272 camshaft
- 3.73 LSD (standard 25% locking)
- Magnaflow 14815 muffler (can powdercoated black, tips left polished)
- Recaro Specialist S (Nardo black cloth)
- 15" x 7" TSW Ventura
- H&R Sport springs on Bilstein Sport shocks/struts
- Ireland Engineering strut brace
- Korman rear strut brace
- Racing Dynamics front/rear sway bars
- Z3 1.9 shift lever
- Momo Monte Carlo steering wheel
- Ate Powerslot front rotors
- Cibie HCR headlamps

And, the pictures...








I'll update this thread every now and then when things change, but tenatively my plans for the next month to month and a half are:

- Early model euro plate filler
- Euro bumpers (front and rear, the backs will be coated with rust encapsulator and a layer of primer.)
- C33 head unit with auxiliary input

All comments appreciated.

[M42Technik]

This car will be super hot when you get those euro bumpers on. Looks great now though too!

Closeup of the TSW's?

[TDE30]

Thanks man, the euro bumpers should shorten the car by about a foot or so. :D







A really cool tidbit about these wheels: they've actually been on the car since ~1992, I'm surprised the condition that they're in considering they're original finish.

[iwillhunt]

All this time i thought it was an ETA with a head swap, but it looks like you just swapped the whole B25 in there. Whatever it is, that is one super clean early model.

[Bimmerista]

Nice sedan! Those wheels look great!

[Hodge]

Damn those wheels are hot

[brandondan1]

Nice wheels

[Motorsports]

This is one of the Early model E30 that i like. I always wanted to see close up pictures of your car. Those wheels are sick. Never knew TSW made those.

[george graves]

Wheels look great

[kronus]

Nice sedan, should be awesome with the euro bumpers on it. Do you have them yet?

Also those are pimp-ass wheels.

[TDE30]

Thanks for the comments, the wheels are fun to look at but no fun to clean. The edges are a lot sharper than normal basketweaves.

kronus, I haven't got them yet, they should be here in a month or so. I'll probably rock them for a while with the current valence/lip setup and eventually get a euro valence and use the current lip.

[bimmer_E30]

i thought you were banned???lol .. anyways i want you e30...now.

[TDE30]

i thought you were banned???lol .. anyways i want you e30...now.

I'm sorry, I do not recall that.

[z31maniac]

Car is looking good.

But your wheels are so small. ;)

[shmutzigE30]

great wheels. and the paint looks good