Hartge early model project.

[Der Ruffian]

Finally finished painting and mounting.

[Der Ruffian]

AC Schnitzer front and rear strut brace all together.

Can't wait to install these.

[TimeMachinE30]

Looks sharp. Ebay has a sticker that works for the front bar....

[Der Ruffian]

Mine still has the sticker, this is just a model picture, since mine is still mounted in the white touring.
Haven't gotten around to remove it yet.
The grey painted ACS front one I found will go in the white touring, once it's painted in the same color as the wheels.

[Der Ruffian]

Sorry but I had to.


And some AC Schnitzer S5 porn.. (I need to find one of these some day)..

[TimeMachinE30]

Looks good! Please remove that incorrect, not period proper, cheap ebay key chain.

That is one of my favorite steering wheels. Feel so good. Fine example of a shift knob.

How many more S3 badges do you have? One of the hardest "common" parts I've yet to see.

[e30m3s54turbo]

How many more S3 badges do you have? One of the hardest "common" parts I've yet to see.

[Der Ruffian]

The keychain is actually a true acs part, though not from the correct time. The previous owner of one of my cars bought it, it is still in the original package.
Bought at my parts supplier, when they still had ACS parts.
That S3 badge is the only one I've got so far, it's for my special ol' lady.

And thank you for the gear knob, it's nice to finally find some of the things that's missing on that car.

[Der Ruffian]

I was playing around with a new phone app some weeks ago, this is the result.

[Der Ruffian]

A few pictures of my TYP II strut brace.




The mounting point is where the whole difference is from the E36 strut brace. The little notch is so that you can connect your battery to the strut tower, the E36 strut brace doesn't have that. And the lowered part of the top is also E30 specific, and doesn't appear on the E36 strut brace.

[Der Ruffian]

So..
I went down in to my basement to look at parts for the cars.
Snapped a pic of my front seats with the houndstooth rear seat.

I know there's a little difference in coloring, but I would never consider having them reupholstered, since they are 30 years old, and the cloth is impossible to find.

The MK gearknob, brand new and in box.

I need to find some more wood interior pieces.

And the rear sunshade aka Heckrollo finally showed up.


I love how the 2 door E30 looks with the heckrollo.
This is Jørgen Lie Photography's former E30 with the rear sunshade up..

[bradnic]

Where did you find the rear sunshade? Still looking for one myself...

[Der Ruffian]

On the german eBay.
But I waited a full month for the seller to finally send it.

[Der Ruffian]

Found one more thing I need today..
I want the wood interior, and 2 minutes on google found it.
So this is going down too!

[Reichart12]

Wood trim is so.... I need to see it in person before I truly judge the look lol.