320i touring project

[marmont]

damn , i love the collection of wheels haha ! you should put another set of 16s on the touring for sure

Thanks!
But unfortunately touring will be daily driver soon. And I really doubt I would put wheels on the car that cost as much as wheels themselves. =D
But anyway, it will be on refreshed style 5 and new tires.

Loud neighbors alarm is already welded for touring. =)


And fresh gold rs-es are coming soon for sale as well. Basically all sourced and ready for assembly, if will not be sold as is disassembled.
2+3 inches for serious boys =)

[DEV0 E30]

Gorgeous wheels and collection!

[QuiqueUy]

damn , i love the collection of wheels haha ! you should put another set of 16s on the touring for sure

[marmont]

And the final result with 205/50 tyres on

[marmont]

Finally assembled bbs rs's
Front faces are from rs001/ rear from rs071
7j all-round
et25 front and et18 rear
Oem lips and barrels, except rear new ones
Titanium hardware
7.2 kg or 15.4 lbs each
=)

[marmont]

Bought a new car =D
325i coupe from CA

[roguetoaster]

Nice to see someone with actual E30 Recaros, and not regular sport seats that people call Recaros. Cool stuff, keep collecting.

[marmont]

Ok, now what was bought for past time.

1. Decided to go with electric power steering instead of hydraulic.
Had a chance to buy new EZ Power steering column with very big discount.. Pretty happy with purchase.
Will try it on stock mechanical steering rack. But plan to switch to Z4 rack in future.


2. Finally!!!! Have found original e30 recaros in pretty decent shape for it's age. And for very reasonable money.
It was a pain to deliver them across borders, but now I am a happy owner of unicorns. Have got all side plastic and cover btw. =)


3. I already have spare wheel canister. But couldn't resist to buy nearly untouched one with oem filler hose.




4.Wheels... Minute of silence please! =D
Have bought one more style 5 wheel set in Edition One color.
Very rare and especially in such shape and all chromed hexes.


But well, that escalated very fast and badly. Now I have at least three style 5 r15 sets on the shelf.
One of them is staggered offset one with rz378 for rear axle.



Always wanted to convert RC090 into 4x100. And here they are. Not finished completely yet though.
Clean and professional redrill with built in thread for RS center hexes and 57.1mm center bore.



Decided that like 5 sets of wheels is not enough for one car.
Managed to buy 4 sets of BBS RS, lol. - rs070/071, rs001, rs189, rs033/rs045
Building two sets of r16 now and restoring rs070/071. Probably need to sell one, not enough space already. =D





Stay tuned.

[marmont]

Haven't updated this topic for a while - think it's a time to do it.
Touring was nice to drive in summer. Despite non working A/C in +33C.
Really like m20 sound.
Now placed it into garage for winter storage and some maintenance/mods.
The only technical thing I've done during this time - changed front springs to stock height, but new ones.
Ride quality significantly improved, but noticed that shocks are dead. =D
Not sure whether I am getting too old for stanced cars or I do like baloony tires and stock ride height.
Probably need to rise rear end a bit higher now.
Anyway, going to install BC racing next spring.

Enough texting, it's time for a lot of useless pictures. =)

[roguetoaster]

Nice the two tone nearly nogaro silver will look better.

[marmont]

Those do look pretty decent for reproduction caps, not sure about the dark wheels with the darker exterior color. In any case, keep it going!

They are fully functional as well - all parts are made separately as in oem ones.
Wheels look a bit lighter in real life. But yes, I am looking to paint lips in bright silver to make a slight accent on them.

[roguetoaster]

Those do look pretty decent for reproduction caps, not sure about the dark wheels with the darker exterior color. In any case, keep it going!

[marmont]

Ordered to produce style 5 r15 plastic replica caps. Turned out very nice and close to oem ones.

[marmont]

And stock height springs on rear at the moment. + r15 style 5 with fresh 195/60 summer tires




Tow hitch delete, unpainted moldings/plate filler, stock spring are incoming next.

[marmont]

Okay, it's a spring already. So, time for updates.

Out with old cracked junk.





In with fresh tail light. What an impressive difference can lightning condition make.