Hello, I'm rather new to the E30 scene but you may have seen some of my posts asking for information haha.
Anyway, I recently decided I wanted to finally listen to my dad and learn how to work on cars. I decided I wanted a E30, when after buying a poster with a E30 M3 for my apartment in college.
It took me about 4 months before I found one I wanted. We had probably looked at around 7-8 cars from New Jersey down to South Carolina and test drove all of them. I had originally wanted a manual, but when I saw it I knew it would put a smile on my face.
Anyway on to the build, me and my dad are going to figure this out together one step at time! Thankfully my uncle has a lift in his new house and my cousin is a BMW tech that loves E30s so I don't have to much to fear. We're going to 5 speed swap for now, repaint the bad touch up job from the PO, go through and restore/ replace any of the suspension, brakes engine etc.
I decided to name her Ellie.
Update: Going to try and keep the first post updated with current goals:
Current build
APEX ARC 8s
KONI front struts with poly 80A bushings everywhere
Megasquirted and tuned
tried to fix the POAs paint but plenty to go
Swapped in fresh sport seats
Kilmat added to floor, inside doors, trunk etc
Wooden trunk
Sub
Manual swap
Partially new brake lines
Stoptech brakes
Spal fan- AC delete
M30 is complete and ready to be swapped in. I just need time off between work and school to go home.
New goal is to swap out rear struts for KONIs and do subframe bushings.
Anyway, I recently decided I wanted to finally listen to my dad and learn how to work on cars. I decided I wanted a E30, when after buying a poster with a E30 M3 for my apartment in college.
It took me about 4 months before I found one I wanted. We had probably looked at around 7-8 cars from New Jersey down to South Carolina and test drove all of them. I had originally wanted a manual, but when I saw it I knew it would put a smile on my face.
Anyway on to the build, me and my dad are going to figure this out together one step at time! Thankfully my uncle has a lift in his new house and my cousin is a BMW tech that loves E30s so I don't have to much to fear. We're going to 5 speed swap for now, repaint the bad touch up job from the PO, go through and restore/ replace any of the suspension, brakes engine etc.
I decided to name her Ellie.
Update: Going to try and keep the first post updated with current goals:
Current build
APEX ARC 8s
KONI front struts with poly 80A bushings everywhere
Megasquirted and tuned
tried to fix the POAs paint but plenty to go
Swapped in fresh sport seats
Kilmat added to floor, inside doors, trunk etc
Wooden trunk
Sub
Manual swap
Partially new brake lines
Stoptech brakes
Spal fan- AC delete
M30 is complete and ready to be swapped in. I just need time off between work and school to go home.
New goal is to swap out rear struts for KONIs and do subframe bushings.
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