E30 Mtech-2 - Alpin-weiss 2 - M50B25 - E30 M3 5LUG

[Mazi!]

Bought an extra set of wheels for the car, Rondell 0063
17x8.5" et 13

shabby, with ugly center caps and useless old tires




Looks a little better after cleaning




Then I took the tires off and took them all to Wheel repair shop who inspected and repaired them.




I put new tires on them, new steel valves and center caps.




Looks pretty nice, good to have an extra set of wheels for the car.




I got a rock in the windshield last summer, so I took the car to BMW Dealer for a windshield replacement.



I got an original BMW windshield of course and blue tinted on top (the one that was in before was not tinted on top)






Took few pictures of the car on the new wheels before I put it in the garage
























Winter is coming, so I put the car in the garage.

[JasonWilson48]

I wish I could see the photos you post. Looks like a great thread, with tons of good work. Something wrong on my end since everyone else can see them. dang... oh well. keep up the good work!

[Mazi!]

I think it’s time for a little update. The car got some paint correction and waxing.







It was waxed with DoDo Juice after the polishing.




We also gave the engine bay a quick wipe-down.




The weather was so nice that I had to drive it out and snap some photos after the polish.





I bought new transmission mounts and removed the polyurethane gearbox mounts. the vibration at idle decreased dramatically.




Since I already have a Racing Dynamics steering wheel, pedals, etc., I had to get a matching gear knob. This is a new knob that’s actually a replica. Unfortunately, I can’t find an original RD gear knob anywhere, but this is a pretty good replica, so it’ll have to do until I find a genuine one someday.






Then it’s the small details. The rear ashtray has always been broken in my car.
I got an unbroken ashtray for free, but its lid spring was bad. So I swapped the lid and spring from my broken one onto the one I got.

It’s the small things!





Then there’s the rear seat — incredibly ugly… light gray, no headrests, and it doesn’t match anything else in the interior.



I haven’t gotten a different rear seat yet, but I did get very dry and moldy leather headrests along with the brackets for them. I decided to clean them up and install them in the seat, even though they might not perfectly match the gray fabric. The plan is to have the rear seat upholstered in black leather later on.




Headrest brackets.



Installed. I’ll probably have the rear seat reupholstered in black leather next autumn — we’ll see.





And now for the icing on the cake!
I imported a set of wheels I’ve wanted for a long time: Racing Dynamics RGP 17" staggered, 17x8.5 and 17x9.5.

They’re in great condition, but the previous owner painted them black — which is awful — but we’ll fix that before they go on the car.






A few weeks later:
















I’m very happy with how they turned out. The next step is to buy tires and mount them.

Some people may have noticed that I’m a big Racing Dynamics fan. I found this old catalog in Indonesia — a 144-page catalog covering E30/E36/E34/E31 and more. Of course I had to own it, so I paid a stupid amount of money for it













The dream is to find an E30 Racing Dynamics body kit — then the M-Tech 2 kit currently on the car will have to go.

[Lovespeed]

Car looks great! I like those Rondell wheels.

[litu]

Cool project, this was interesting, thanks for sharing with us your project....M-tech II body kit in e30 is one the best looking ever..Looks so cool

[Dagamus(NM)]

What a great thread. Just read it from beginning to end and your car has gone through quite the evolution. I am looking forward to the wheels going on and seeing what other Racing Dynamics bits you end up with on there.

[hotbascosauce]

Wow. I am in awe. Thanks for sharing photos of the catalogs. Cant wait to see the new wheels mounted.

[s14brent]

Bought an extra set of wheels for the car, Rondell 0063 17x8.5" et 13

wow....i rarely see these pop up, i have a set of those on mine as well

also noticed a ktm with like a timbersled type conversion on it in the back of one of your pics.....is that yours? is it a complete riot?! I need to plan another iceland trip soon!