E30 M3 Vert

[Staszek]

Following this!

[968Reckless]

Test fitting rear bumper before custom brackets were made. Same idea as the OEM design and they accept the OEM slides. At this point i had also shaved the third brake light and antenna.







Back welded nuts on after everything was 100%. I built these solely based off pics and trial/error, having a real m3 would have made this a lot easier lol. Overall i'm very happy with how they came out.

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Started to mock up the body pieces, you can see the rear quarters were obviously molded off a coupe. They required a ton of trimming and shaving. Going from this pic to the next pic of the rear quarter a few post down you can see how much was cut off (not to mention they had c pillars right out of the box). I don't even want to count how many hours i have in to cutting these down. So much sanding and tweaking. Once they were close i started to cut the body up before anything was finalized on the fiberglass, couldn't risk cutting too much and waiting another 4 months for new ones from Latvia....




trimmed the brand new coupe front fenders...no one like chopping up brand new OEM m3 parts. Had to weld the m3 bumper bracket on and remove the lower cowl in order to fit the bumper properly.

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Started stripping it down.






Top fit like crap, leaked on all sides

[968Reckless]

Found the car locally for a great price so i couldn't say no. Needed some minor stuff but for the most part it was complete and I was able to drive it home. This was 2-3 years ago so i've made a lot of progress and have a lot of built up pics.


1988 325i 5-speed


Originally purchased a full fiberglass kit from Latvia but soon realized it was the quality I was looking for. Slowly started collecting OEM parts but the only pieces I couldn't get were the rear quarters (NLA at the time). Surprisingly i sold off most of the fiberglass stuff and didn't lose any money.

OEM Euro front bumper
OEM coupe front fenders
OEM convertible side skirts
Fiberglass rear quarters
OEM U.S. rear bumper (found at a pick n pull)

more pics @martino_motrorsport



Boxes were huge, came USPS




This was a few days after i purchased the car. Missing misc trim pieces, lovely 2 tone interior and diving boards.