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

[parkerbink]

Harley my black Lab loved the red '90. He died of intestinal cancer in 2002. I miss him like it was yesterday.


Borden saw Max on my MacBook Air and wanted to play with him.

[Javier h]

Sorry for your loss man. The one extra weird reason I would get a vert would be for my dog as well. They tend to love the open space. Build is going fantastic as usual.

[bradnic]

thanks Parker

a few more pics

[parkerbink]

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

[bradnic]

RIP Max 2004-2017

You were deeply loved and will be sorely missed

[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!

[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

[e30m3s54turbo]

Pics bud��

[bradnic]

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

[CorvallisBMW]

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

[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).

[e30rapidic]

it just keeps on getting better and better...

[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.

[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 ?

[e30m3s54turbo]

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