Chris's Journey to find.. "The One"

[Amanuuh]

Never mind just saw the post stating you sold them

[Amanuuh]

By any chance do you still have the BBS RS and if you do are they for sale?

[sasquatchola]

no real update here.. just some more pics. ive just been enjoying the car every chance i get.

not sure if or when this will happen, but the new gr86 has grown on me as a simple, effective car that will have huge potential. its been seriously tempting me to sell the e30 to jump into one...

[sasquatchola]

Damn... as I would have guessed, that looks amazing. Congrats dude. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

thank you! they turned out A LOT better than i could have ever expected

[Joeyz31]

Damn... as I would have guessed, that looks amazing. Congrats dude. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[sasquatchola]

surprise!
the te37's arrived! a lot earlier than expected!

threw the car up on jack stands, removed the wheels, bolt checked the car, got tires swapped over and boom! mounted!

needless to say... im in love

they are TE37 Sonic SL in 16x8 +24
still running 10mm spacer up front and 15mm in the back






also went ahead and did a photoshoot with a bunch of buddies yesterday

[sasquatchola]

Sorry, a little bit of back story.

i live in England but i shipped my US 325e back home to England with me. in order for it to pass our MOT i need RHD lights fitted and the "city lights" to work. so i have a full set of bosch smileys as they are easily available here but just need to wire them all in and i don't want to hack a load of stuff up.

thanks for the information, going to give it a go when i am next in the garage!

good luck! its a lot easier than it seems. there's tons of write ups on wiring and getting the city lights to function properly. I just dont care for them enough to get them working yet, though i do have the plugs and wires ready to go for the day i decide to do it.

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went up angeles crest highway today and snagged a pic with the smiley headlights and the euro grills!

[benwalsh91]

You’ll need connectors that match the euro smiley housings. If you do plan to purchase a set of euro smiley’s ensure that the connectors are included.

it’s some simple wiring afterwards for lowbeams and highbeam.
if you’d like for the parking light to work, there’s another connector that is required and is also pretty much just spliced into the wiring harness

i didn’t want to splice into my harness, so I purchased An h4 male connector and wired it up to the euro smiley connector to make an adapter that’s removable

Other than wiring, you also have to rotate the projectors so the beam pattern matches a LHD car instead of a RHD car. This was simple as well. Just loosen the 3 Phillips head screws holding the projector on and rotate(it should only spin one way).
You can also do this while the headlights are installed in the car if you use a stubby screwdriver

Sorry, a little bit of back story.

i live in England but i shipped my US 325e back home to England with me. in order for it to pass our MOT i need RHD lights fitted and the "city lights" to work. so i have a full set of bosch smileys as they are easily available here but just need to wire them all in and i don't want to hack a load of stuff up.

thanks for the information, going to give it a go when i am next in the garage!

[sasquatchola]

what is required to make the euro smileys work in a US model car?

You’ll need connectors that match the euro smiley housings. If you do plan to purchase a set of euro smiley’s ensure that the connectors are included.

it’s some simple wiring afterwards for lowbeams and highbeam.
if you’d like for the parking light to work, there’s another connector that is required and is also pretty much just spliced into the wiring harness

i didn’t want to splice into my harness, so I purchased An h4 male connector and wired it up to the euro smiley connector to make an adapter that’s removable

Other than wiring, you also have to rotate the projectors so the beam pattern matches a LHD car instead of a RHD car. This was simple as well. Just loosen the 3 Phillips head screws holding the projector on and rotate(it should only spin one way).
You can also do this while the headlights are installed in the car if you use a stubby screwdriver

[benwalsh91]

what is required to make the euro smileys work in a US model car?

[sasquatchola]

better late than never right?


finally got around to installing the bosch euro headlights and euro grills!

i was waiting on some new headlight adjuster bushings and whatnot to ensure everything is solid and safe.
also got some LED bulbs since i didnt want to deal with mounting HID ballasts and all

still need to aim them, but ill get some pictures of the light output probably this weekend.

[sasquatchola]

Thing looks dialed man! Love the way it sits. I'm sure it's a blast to drive too. Will look even better with the new smileys and euro grilles!

thank you! it's definitely a blast! im itching ti continue driving it more and more.

plan to install the smileys and grills tomorrow.. hopefully it goes smoothly haha

[CubbyChowder]

Thing looks dialed man! Love the way it sits. I'm sure it's a blast to drive too. Will look even better with the new smileys and euro grilles!

[sasquatchola]

Excellent thread, awesome journey of cars too.

There's always one that gets away, for me it was my '99 M Coupe, shoulda never sold it, but that's life.

Great progress on the E30, I really like the documentation. Oh, and the door seal, I had multiple E30s that had that exact issue, I like your fix and will try to remind myself about it in the future.

Can't wait to see it on TE37's!

Thank you! Im excited for the TE37's as well!

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mini update:

OEM Bosch Smiley's arrived with OEM Euro grills




also finally got a chance to go for a shakedown. went up Angeles Crest Highway this past sunday. I gotta say.. the car drives A LOT better than i expected it to.

[DEV0 E30]

Excellent thread, awesome journey of cars too.

There's always one that gets away, for me it was my '99 M Coupe, shoulda never sold it, but that's life.

Great progress on the E30, I really like the documentation. Oh, and the door seal, I had multiple E30s that had that exact issue, I like your fix and will try to remind myself about it in the future.

Can't wait to see it on TE37's!