325ic Calypso Euro Conversion - Houndstooth & dbilas now, MT1 & MM 3.2 stroker coming

[e30m3s54turbo]

Nice pic...

[Jacky e30]

Wow, beautiful build. I love the colour, looking forward to seeing the MT1 kit in calypso!

[bradnic]

Garagistic had their x-brace and strut bar on sale so I finally pulled the trigger.
OMG what a difference in handling and suspension.

Had to heat and bend the strut bar a bit to clear the dbilas plenum, but it turned out great.




Still need to get the front mtech1 apron finished.

[e30m3s54turbo]

The x brace would make the big difference on handling. I been lagging on ordering the x brace for my e30's....

[jeffnhiscars]

Strut brace alone made a huge difference but I've held off on the X brace due to clearance concerns. How much do you lose with this thing on ?

[bradnic]

Yeah clearance is a concern.. probably 1.5 to 2” clearance.. it sits under the exhaust and is at least an inch away from the bottom of the lollipops

you can see the lowest point of the x-brace in the 2nd pic three posts earlier.

[e30rapidic]

it just keeps on getting better and better...

[jeffnhiscars]

Yeah clearance is a concern.. probably 1.5 to 2” clearance.. it sits under the exhaust and is at least an inch away from the bottom of the lollipops

you can see the lowest point of the x-brace in the 2nd pic three posts earlier.

That's a lot to give up given how often I rip my apron off in parking lots. Im wondering how much change the x brace provides over just the strut bar (which Im quite happy with).

[CorvallisBMW]

The X-brace makes a larger difference than the strut bar, no doubt. X-braces should be mandatory on all convertibles IMO.

[bradnic]

well my dropbox pics expired. slowly migrating to Flickr
happy Labor Day!

[e30m3s54turbo]

Pics bud��

[Mr. Wolfe]

Hi Brad, awesome build! Hey, quick question - do you have any pictures of how you modified the euro turn signal? You show a picture on post 51 and supply a link to a member that did this, but Photobucket killed his picture. Just wondering if you have a picture of how you modified it? Thanks!

Mr. Wolfe

[bradnic]

Post 51 has all the info you need. I literally trimmed the car wiring connector down so it would fit in the 2 prong housing on the light. you need to be careful which end you cut off though! check the wire colors. Bumper's mounted so I can't take a pic right now unfortunately

US are 2 filament combination parking + turn signals. euro is a single filament bulb turn signal. the brown wire is ground. one of the two outside wires is the turn signal wire. That's the one you KEEP!

[bradnic]

RIP Max 2004-2017

You were deeply loved and will be sorely missed

[parkerbink]

I'm really sorry. I know how badly that sucks. RIP Max.