2nd E30 - Project MTechnik 1 S52 Convertible

[fporro]

you dawg you :)

[Pl3wA]

aww, cant wait to put my euro bumper on. its been raining every day!

[achtunge30]

Well I got her back on Saturday night and man is she amazing!! She made her public debut at Bimmerstock 2012 and got a lot of compliments.

Some vids from the weekend

[dude8383]

Wow, that sounds LOVELY!

[JRKOUPE]

nice job....well done to all.!

Dennis......Justin ........etc etc ......

[bradnic]

fantastic - just amazing. headed the same route with my calypso as soon as Levent's shipment arrives, butno side skirts :-(

[achtunge30]

I just installed the Lukebox for manual top vert and I must say...what an awesome product!! The install was very involved (much more than just the average "hey lets throw a sub and amp in the back" type of install but I was glad to find Luke's amp bypass thread and was able to map out all my stock speaker wiring from the trunk. That means, my wiring ended up all in the trunk with just running RCA/signal and power wire from front to back, and I had to reconnect my speakers with original factory wiring already there then clean up old aftermarket wiring from the headunit.

The sound is great, like everyone has said previously, no rattles, clean bass, not ghetto or overpowering and I took the time to add a 5-channel amp to all 4 speakers.

System consists of the following:

Alpine CDE-105 w/KCE-400i Bluetooth A2DP support and Alpine iPod cable
Alpine 5 1/4 Coaxial Speakers
2 Kicker CompVR 8" 4ohm subwoofers
Lukebox
Phoenix Gold R9.0:5 amplifier

[Luis325]

Loving this car!!!!
Great job bud!

[achtunge30]

Sorry, had to cross-post some pics from this weekend...


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[achtunge30]

Updates from today, Bimmerstock 2013..

removed Remus muffler
removed Azev A wheels
added Borbet Type-B 16x7.5/16x9 ET20/15 respectively, same 215/45/16 square set-up tires
added AA axle-back section




Untitled by AchtungE30, on Flickr


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[J.Rizo]

just read through your thread, great work man. idk if you recall me commenting in your fs ad for the azevs.
makes me so anxious to finish the mechanics of my vert and finally be able to start on aesthetics.
I think the ONLY thing you're missing is a wind deflector.
maaaaaaybe rear headrests, idk, that's just me.
but definitely a wind deflector, that'd be perfect.

[achtunge30]

just read through your thread, great work man. idk if you recall me commenting in your fs ad for the azevs.
makes me so anxious to finish the mechanics of my vert and finally be able to start on aesthetics.
I think the ONLY thing you're missing is a wind deflector.
maaaaaaybe rear headrests, idk, that's just me.
but definitely a wind deflector, that'd be perfect.

photo 5 by AchtungE30, on Flickr

Check!
I've got the rear headrest kit and hardware - same material as the rest of the interior but I need to find time to take her back to Justin to make the holes in the leather...I can't bring myself to do it myself!

What I need now is some Genuine Borbet center caps to go on my naked wheel centers.

[noodleinjar]

Teach the wife how to drive manual. No way you should considering Respray, wheels, new interior, new suspension, MT1 and leave that thing auto. Its disrespectful

I agree with you man

[achtunge30]

I agree with you man

Did you read the whole thread or just page 1? ;);)

[noodleinjar]

^ Sorry just read the rest. Good build man I love it!