NOR-CAL General Chat.

[dadsbmw]

Mine doesnt leak!

On a completely unrelated note. What is the cheapest option to convert to 5 lug? I only want to do it for the wheel choices. From research I've been doing it seems to cost in the thousands...

[Pantless Spency]

E36 318ti rear end and some weird modified version of the e36 front end with e46 control arms and shit. My buddy just finished his up in this fashion.

[Cabriolet]

yes, it cost thousands. there are plenty of cool 4x100 wheels. you just have to hunt for them.

you can get rear e30 m3 calipers, dust shields, and hubs for <$800. and then if you go e36 front you end up with too much poke to fit any cool wheels. if you get e30 m3 fronts that will cost you ~2k. so 3k to go 5lug. or you can send that 3k+wheel cost and get custom wheels made for your 4lug. and willwood bbk.

[dadsbmw]

ok this is what I was looking to hear. Wasnt sure if there was an option I was missing or something. 5 lug is offically out.

[kronus]

You can get adapters for e36 front hubs, they're less than $300 for the Lithuanian ones with caliper brackets for e36/e46 non-m brakes. They put the wheels 12mm further out.

For the rear you can press in e30m3 hubs, and modify e36 318ti caliper carriers to fit.

Its about $1200 while also being a wheel bearing and brake job.

[kronus]

(If you do the labor yourself)

[oliver.r]

Aren't you in the other side of the world? Get off r3v!

[kronus]

we spent too much time in the sun in vienna and are now sleeping off the sunburn

I've seen two e30s so far and they were both lovely. The first one was a super classy schwarz 325i cab with taurusrot interior, parked with the top down on a side street in Prague.

The second was a silver M3 BRAAAAAAAPing away from every stoplight on the ring road around the center of Vienna.

Surprisingly, not a single 2002, e28, e24, e21, or e34.

[oliver.r]

noice

[Pantless Spency]

Does anyone in the Bay Area or sac area have a good condition early model manual drive shaft? I have a May of 86 car and I am in need!!!!!

[Cabriolet]

spencer get a rebuilt one, online. they are very worth the money. installing meh one after meh one really blows. Cary Coulson in SF had one mailed to him for a good price.

[Wh33lhop]

http://www.driveshaftspecialist.com/Import%20html/BMW.html

E30s are type 1--$378 shipped.

[golde30]

That price is not bad. I just bought a used e36m3 driveshaft for $150, I could have ordered a basically new 325e drive shaft for my swap instead....hmm.

[Pantless Spency]

The chapter leader of bmwcca here in Vegas (Chris) has a shop called sin city bmw, great dude and amazing shop. he quoted me like $500 after shipping to send it out to this guy in SoCal who rebuilds them, he said its top quality with fast turn around I would have to wait more than 4-5 days to get it back. It's just the part of not having a car for a week in vegas that is sorta killing me. I'm driving back home today (Tuesday) so I figured I would look and see if there was anyone selling locally. Probs just gonna get the sexy rebuild for a good piece of mind driveline.

[Toodaloo]

The chapter leader of bmwcca here in Vegas (Chris) has a shop called sin city bmw, great dude and amazing shop. he quoted me like $500 after shipping to send it out to this guy in SoCal who rebuilds them, he said its top quality with fast turn around I would have to wait more than 4-5 days to get it back. It's just the part of not having a car for a week in vegas that is sorta killing me. I'm driving back home today (Tuesday) so I figured I would look and see if there was anyone selling locally. Probs just gonna get the sexy rebuild for a good piece of mind driveline.

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