Offroad E30

[Ether-D]

Hate to make you click, but I can't figure out how to post pics from my phone.

https://m.flickr.com/photos/63508617@N00/25994780525/

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[AZRRC]

Awesome read. I used info from this thread to whip myself up a lifted e30. I used Yokohama geolandars in 205 70 15 paired with the e30 vert springs up front and e36 vert springs out back but with a 3/4" spacer on top for an added 1 1/2" of fender gap. The yokos didn't need any clearancing of the rear fender. I can get under the car without a jack now. It's a late model, and the rear fender sits at 28" off the ground. The front is 27". Thanks for your research!

Post up some pics!

[Ether-D]

Awesome read. I used info from this thread to whip myself up a lifted e30. I used Yokohama geolandars in 205 70 15 paired with the e30 vert springs up front and e36 vert springs out back but with a 3/4" spacer on top for an added 1 1/2" of fender gap. The yokos didn't need any clearancing of the rear fender. I can get under the car without a jack now. It's a late model, and the rear fender sits at 28" off the ground. The front is 27". Thanks for your research!

[AZRRC]

Hopefully i will post some photos in the desert this weekend. Added hood pins and did a tune up.

I need to build a new exhaust as it leaks in a few places and i have welded the flex pipe a few times and it breaks constantly.

[maddman139]

Chris i wish we would have met before i left phoenix we could have been offroad homies just long distance now

here's my zombE30 still wearing AZ plates

[Yellow13]

Gah....so freaking awesome!

I'm almost done with my E30/S62 swap and this makes me want to get a 4th e30 for the driveway and do this to it! I'll cover every fun area.

Red E30 325i S62 track car
White E30 Seta/built motor daily/hotrod
Red E30 318is GF's daily
and an offload beast machine!

I still want to do a baja e30! That would be sick!

And the fact that these are some pretty basic parts to stuff in there makes it even more tempting!

[AZRRC]

Been awhile since i posted, car is still going strong! built a roof rack and added a light bar with 5 KC HID lights. Ill post a better picture of the rack. Im going to mount a full size spare on the roof

[ColoradoBMW]

I love this build, any pics or info on the front strut spacers? I'm trying to build my own offroad E30

[AZRRC]

Here are the pics of the subframe repair, we also welded a plate where the bolt goes through the floor.

I don't have any pictures of the lift spacer, but it is two round plates spaced about 3/4"-1" and bolts to the stock upper strut mount then bolts to the strut tower using the factory holes. I have easily 20k thousands of miles on them with no problems

[maddman139]

yeah i second that can we see pics of the rear sub-frame repair as well as the front spacers. thinking of heading that one off at the pass when i have the cage welded dont want to pull out the subframe mounts while out in the desert

[iansane]

I'm mimicking your tire setup with my truck. Do you mind if I ask you what your spacer looked like? Do you have pictures?

[a vvhiteman]

Thanks for quick reply thinking of doing something similar in the future. Very cool build!

[AZRRC]

I put the arms on and on of the ball joints was bent so i switched back to stock arms for now. I have no rubbing in the front, only rubbing i had was on the valance which i removed.

[a vvhiteman]

At what point did you switch out the control arms? Did they eliminate the rubbing in the front?

[AZRRC]

sold the rover and bought a 76 f150, and ya unintentionally the fleet has turned very red. The e30's are both 89 4 door 325i