April 2021 Car of the Month: Codym42

[2mAn]

Factory options: Sport seats, IS front lip and rear spoiler, power windows

Color: Brillantrot

Interior color: Natural Tan

Engine modifications: Aluminum block M52b28 from Z3, M50 intake manifold, KA Motors CAI, AKG poly engine mounts, Achilles oil pan baffle, Red46 skid plate

Exhaust: Syncro Design Works downpipes, Vibrant Ultra Quiet resonator, Magnaflow catalytic converter, Magnaflow muffler

Transmission: ZF320, Sachs single mass flywheel and clutch, Z3 2.8 short shifter

Differential: 3.15 Torsen LSD

Suspension:
E36 Steering Rack
H&R Race springs w/ E90 drophats
Bilstein Sport Struts and Shocks
Garagistic front strut brace
Front subframe reinforced
Condor stackable rear spring pads
Suspension Techniques sway bars front and rear
Polyurethane diff mount and trailing arm bushings
M3 Offset control arm bushings


Wheels: Ronal LS 15” wheels – powdercoated silver

Exterior modifications:
Repainted in 2017 and converted back to slicktop (someone cut the slicktop for an aftermarket sunroof)
New exterior window sweeps, new front and rear BMW emblems
Euro replica grilles
Depo smiley headlights w/ 35w HID kit
Ford Taurus side skirts
Smoked marker lights
Red tinted tail lights (very subtle) and LED tag lights
Euro rear plate filler
IS lip w/ RyanG splitter

Interior modifications:
Reupholstered front seats by Kevin Chinn
New headliner w/ dynamat on roof
Momo steering wheel
ZHP shift knob w/ microsuede shift and brake boots
BMW Performance Pedal set
35% tint
Recovered rear deck shelf
B pillars wrapped in OEM looking vinyl
Gauge Cluster rebuilt by Bavarian Restoration
Volt gauge (in HVAC panel)
JVC Bluetooth stereo
Pioneer front component speakers w/ crossovers mounted behind dash
E36 Window Switches


Story behind the car: My dad originally bought this car in the Fall of 2005. Fast forward to 2010 and it became my first car. I drove it to high school and college and did a few modifications here and there. I was on r3vlimited constantly reading project threads and gathering information. In 2017, I finally had everything lined up to do the engine swap and paint job and finished up in the Spring of 2018. I love this car but sadly I am considering selling for another e30 project.

[e30austin]

nice little car - thx for sharing. neat that you've kept it as long as you have.

[monty23psk]

Nice looking car. I have the same shift/ebrake boots and was wondering if they were Kevin's, and saw they were. Mine are over 10 years old so the stitching colors have faded. Need to get a new set.

[Victell]

Can we talk about that cupholder center console. Looks really well designed and ergonomic.

[mike.bmw]

Very cool car. I love what you've done with it.

Considering selling? I feel like this is a new trend with COTM cars.

[Albie325]

Considering selling? I feel like this is a new trend with COTM cars.

First thing I thought Mike!

Sharp looking car, paint came out great and the engine swap looks nice and clean. Sometimes they look like the're just thrown in there but this actually flows nicely with the M3 style harness covers. Congrats on COTM! Hope you end up keeping it. The "affordable" E30's that have been up for sale lately leave a lot to be desired, would be hard to top this car

[2mAn]

The new path is COTM -> BAT lol

Part of the problem is that I have cars I want to feature but the owners never want to feature them until x-y-z is done and in some cases once that happens they are ready to sell, so I would like to at least feature them before they go away.

[varg]

Very nice car. One of the better looking red cars I've seen. I like that it appears to have working AC, so many swapped street cars lack it for no good reason.

[efficient]

real clean

[Tzantushka]

Very nice choice for COTM and looks like a 'sleeper'...

[Codym42]

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback!!

As far as selling the car... I have several reasons for this but I haven't been able to convince myself to actually list it yet. I really want to take it for a drive through the mountains soon and just enjoy it before making a final decision. We'll see.

[getouth]

I dig it 👌🏾 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[moatilliatta]

What a great package with the aluminum M52. I would enjoy putting miles on this as a nice weather daily.

Project cars are fine, but sometimes its nice to walk out to a turn key car.

The Black handles actually break the natur interior up for a sporty look.

I haven't seen the Taurus side skirts in a while!

I feel like a sound clip is needed. :)

[Levy3Poop]

Very nice, glad to see it's still in such good shape Cody! You definitely deserve COTM with how well you take care of your E30

[DEV0 E30]

Freaking gorgeous.