Sterling Silber M-technic Cabriolet

[Farbin Kaiber]

I know the owner before the PO, I assume. I used to see it around in my high school days. Sorry in advance for having to go to such a butt crack place like Thousand Palms, CA.

[robrez]

Lots of potential. Damn Farbin's all over it.

Yeah, And now he's offline and I'm left wondering if this car was the scene of grisly double homicide or on the set of a gay porn move or totaled and rebuilt with the tools and products from a manicure set :(

Put on the mtechII wheel and send me the other one :D

See above :eeek: My entire life is hold right now, have some compassion :mrgreen:

I know the owner before the PO, I assume. I used to see it around in my high school days. Sorry in advance for having to go to such a butt crack place like Thousand Palms, CA.

EDIT, that Farbin is a sneaky one. He beat me to the last post. Phew, thanks for the info.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Yeah, I'd have to say that car has been down there for at least 15 years. Do you know what dealer sold it? I used to work for BMW of Palm Springs.


No homicides, but it did come from Palm Springs, and there is quite a lot of gay porn shot out there so.....

[robrez]

Yeah, I'd have to say that car has been down there for at least 15 years. Do you know what dealer sold it? I used to work for BMW of Palm Springs.

There is a card from a service advisor at Crevier BMW in Santa Ana in the Owner's Manual, but I think that might be where the PO bought it from. On the back of the card says "motor complete parts and labor $6,640" :eeek:

No homicides, but it did come from Palm Springs, and there is quite a lot of gay porn shot out there so.....

Yeah, one more reason to get new leather for the seats :giggle:

[robrez]

Put on the mtechII wheel and send me the other one :D

I'd trade it for an oem windscreen like this one in your neck of the woods http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/1908496065.html

[kronus]

I'd trade it for an oem windscreen like this one in your neck of the woods http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/1908496065.html

I actually bought about 300 bucks of steering wheel from Levent a month ago, so I'm not really in the market, just being opportunistic ;)

[Night Wolf]

So that car was getting parted out but you managed to save the whole thing?

Very cool! Good to see a nice car saved.

[Cabriolet]

another one is for sale

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/1911570775.html

[reelizmpro]

wonder what happened to that car's interior

[iwantspeed]

Robert congrats agian on the purchse.
nice job getting the build thread put together.
she is unvieled finally.

i say mtech 2 wheel.
keep this one stockish.

[fporro]

Saw your sweetie at Robs, looking good :)
congratulations !

[robrez]

The car is pretty well sorted mechanically and up to date on maintenance, mostly thanks to e30 motor werks.

The suspension has been re-worked. I added Dinan vert springs and Koni SA shocks/struts. I also added a 16mm Dinan rear swaybar. I kept the 21mm front swaybar, but switched to an M3 strut-mounted set-up. Ground Control RSMs were also installed. The car already came with IE subrame bushings and strut brace, as well as aluminum control arms with m3 offset bushing.

I haven't driven it much, but it feels great; exactly what you'd expect from Dinan, performance with an emphasis on comfort. Luckily all the parts were used, so I didn't pay the Dinan premium. I'm also really happy with the ride height (it's got plenty of low for me ).

[robrez]

A local guy sold me the canvas top and frame combo. He had the work done, but never installed it. I also put the BBS RGs from my sedan on the vert. They are 15 x 7, like euroweaves, but forged with more lip. They are painted nogaro silver with polished lips. I like the contrast with the sterling silver.



I also installed a 95 m3 rack and a 4.27 torsen LSD from a Z3.

Still waiting to be installed are euro smileys and plate filler, newish fogs, 12mm spacers for the rear, and a conforti chip. After that, I'll concentrate on the interior. I'm still hoping to find a coupe/sedan sterling silver trunklid. Stay tuned.

[AlpinaE30]

Lookin' good Rob!

[whodwho]

Sure glad this one didn't get parted out, looks great! And sounds like you have a nice mod list going.