After a year of searching, an Alpineweiß story

[BrewCity11]

Dude, i know you're getting the tech2 on soon, but take 5 min and paint your rockers and rear valance black :)

[iwantspeed]

Dude, i know you're getting the tech2 on soon, but take 5 min and paint your rockers and rear valance black :)

im not getting tech 2 anytime soon but its funny i was already thinking about this
i tried out this product on one of my fenders and i liked it, was going to wait till i finished everything up but you need an update,



ill post a finish picture later

[iwantspeed]

buddy took this picture and posted up in the ca subfolder
I parked natalie in a row of about 20 e30m3's at bimmerfest

[iwantspeed]

old rear view mirror


kartek hooked me up with a free maplight rear view mirror


remove the lower dash panel
remove a part of the door seal
remove the hood hinge
remove the speaker cover
remove the speaker

look for a black connector taped up in a harness
excuse the wire taps they where there from a previous alarm i took it out but didn't take the time to remove each tap.


i plugged the harness in the speaker area, and fed the wire up top with a coat hanger,

plug it in to the mirror and tested the bulbs

all done

radar check
maplight check
check panel check

[Blackout]

Added you as a friend.
Going to spend the night reading this thread...
Whahaha..

[iwantspeed]

Added you as a friend.
Going to spend the night reading this thread...
Whahaha..

Nice meeting you at the show bob.
i will let you know when the rear shelf is ready.

[iwantspeed]

I went today to the 4th annual e30 motorwerks show in Huntington Beach, and met some friends there
archie-shant
fred larimer
garagistic-matt
andrew
blackout-bob
Ray Chau and his brother
and Robert Calhoun

the link to the show

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=209582

the show also made speedhunters

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/06/12/gallery-gt-gt-e30-motor-werks-meet.aspx

my car parked next to the wall

[iwantspeed]

I went to cars and coffee and buddy took this picture of my car.
credit goes to jeff poster for the shot

[iwantspeed]

I rented out a east wood fender roller and rolled my lips flat.
I wanted to make a little extra room.
I wanted it to look like nothing had been done.

[iwantspeed]

My buddy hooked me up with a sparco strut bar.


stock

passenger side

driver side


ran into a small problem
i snapped the plastic piece for the cruise control line and the rubber piece on the throttle linkage.
I replace the rubber piece, but need to figure how to fit the bar with the linkage in a good spot

[zxert]

Nice progress. Looking good.

[Heyitzsushiboi]

Very inspirational build thread. Keeping it clean and operational. Love it.

[Blackout]

I hope that you are having a blast in Phillipines bro.
And thanks for inviting me to the e30MW meet, It was a blast.
+ I won the raffle draw twice, whahaha.
I just rolled the quarter panels on mine. buggered up the paint a bit, even though i used the heat gun.
The fenders were too thin to roll so i hammered them down with a mallet.
I will let you check them out when you get back from the trip, and tell me what you think.

[iwantspeed]

Nice progress. Looking good.

thanks

Very inspirational build thread. Keeping it clean and operational. Love it.

thanks

I hope that you are having a blast in Phillipines bro.
And thanks for inviting me to the e30MW meet, It was a blast.
+ I won the raffle draw twice, whahaha.
I just rolled the quarter panels on mine. buggered up the paint a bit, even though i used the heat gun.
The fenders were too thin to roll so i hammered them down with a mallet.
I will let you check them out when you get back from the trip, and tell me what you think.

ya the Philippines was cool i saw 1 e30 there,
yep, nice job on the goodies
sucks on the fenders
ill check them out next time your at richards.

[iwantspeed]

My next installment...

I purchased my car with a rotted out exhaust,
I was okay with that, since its a common e30 problem for its age.
now to choose an exhaust,
I like things that are OEM plus that little bit extra.
all the straight pipped and cat deletes and magnaflow stuff doesn't do it for me.
I narrowed it down to remus exhaust after doing some research.

I had my eyes set on a remus catback exhaust for the longest time, but wanted to have the opportunity to listen to it in person before spending the cash on it.

In June Performance BMW one of the staff rides section
Tony a photographer had a small article on getting a remus exhaust for his 4 door Lachssilber e30.
But, in the article he discussed that the exhaust required some massaging to gain extra clearance.
this kinda put me standoff ish.
At the B.I.G euro show in Los Angeles the car in the article was at the show and had the opportunity to meet Tony.
Nice guy,
I asked him if it was the same car as in the article and he said yes.
I asked him in regards to his exhaust and what was necessary to get it fitted and he explained. he r3ved it for me and also allowed me to sit inside the car with the windows rolled up to see how loud it was in the cabin. I was pretty happy with it, and glad I had the opportunity to see.
perfect loudness for what i was looking for.

• the closest remus retailer for me was a shop called like max speed something like that and they where located in northern california, i spoke with the owner and the exhaust that they offer for the e30 where only 2, a 76mm tip and 90mm tip
• the 90mm tips catback where in stock and the 76mm where a special order item.
• the 90mm tips being more that 3.5inches in diameter look tottaly out of place on a small car, they look out of proprtion to the rest of the car.
• the 76 mm tips (a hair under 3 inches) still are pretty large but more acceptable.

he said to get a 76mm tip catback you had to pay in full and wait until remus got a batch of minimum of 7 exhaust to begin production of your exhaust.

at 789 retail plus 60 to ship and the possibility of having to wait 1-3 or more months for your exhuast. i had to look for other options.

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I was at a near by e30 shop in Huntington Beach when I noticed an exhaust shop right next door. Stromung exhaust, hymm. I remember there being a group buy for Stromung exhaust a few months back so i asked if i could look around. Scott there was very nice and showed me around. and found out that they still had exhaust for e30's

I put a order in and received a unit.

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slanted tips


rusted out muffler


soaked the nuts in penetrating oil


old exhaust off


new hardware


old vs new


flanges bolt up perfect


it fits the cutout in the stock valance perfectly even, flat, and centered, which i was very pleased with



nice fitment and proportion.
i like this picture because i have changed the bumper trim to euro trim, have added a euro plate filler, the tails went
from all red's to sanded down the ambers to stock to mint condition stock tails off another car and now the addition
of the exhaust and the teaser of the next addition to the car(in this general area)