Well, I have had an e30 for a few years now and done things here and there but never have made a build thread. I was planning on selling her recently in favor of driving my brother mk2 golf, but do to unforeseen circumstances he isn't out of the country as long as we both thought, so I figured I'd keep the eta another few years and make her how I want.
I started really transforming the car last year. Here are some photos of last years progress.
I front plastic bumper swapped, and added some US ellipsoids
Black leather sport seats got added along the way
And that's how she drove for 6 months, I was way poor and couldn't really afford to do anything.
Somewhere along the way I painted the front bumper red to match (almost) the car. H&R Sports were added as well.
After a strong chastisement by Farbin I got a lip. I also added a MK3 lip since I was too cheap to buy a real is lip and I couldn't find a volvo. I got a fog blank and a brake duct to fill the giant hole in the valence.
I added some new speakers since the ones in there were way blown.
Painted the front bumper trim. Such a change from when I first got her.
I scored some hounds tooth door cards, and a sport steering wheel.
I finally got some wheels to replace the bottle caps, a set of Enkei wheels.
Then I neglected to put the hand brake on when grabbing lunch. Messed up my grille, front bumper, and hood.
I got a white hood since that's the only good hood in the yard at the time, and about a week later found a red one. Sold the white hood to Artfoodbmw.
Added some trunk LED lights.
About a week later my clutch started to slip. Time for a clutch job! I figured while I was up in there I may as well do a few other improvements, including a z4 short shift, and new bushings.
It's short....
My headlights were on their last leg, broken brackets, adjusters and lenses. I decided it was time to replace them.
After the clutch is fixed, the plan is rear plastic bumper swap (bumper already acquired), Vaders, GC/GE coilovers, spacers, and new front fenders.
I started really transforming the car last year. Here are some photos of last years progress.
I front plastic bumper swapped, and added some US ellipsoids
Black leather sport seats got added along the way
And that's how she drove for 6 months, I was way poor and couldn't really afford to do anything.
Somewhere along the way I painted the front bumper red to match (almost) the car. H&R Sports were added as well.
After a strong chastisement by Farbin I got a lip. I also added a MK3 lip since I was too cheap to buy a real is lip and I couldn't find a volvo. I got a fog blank and a brake duct to fill the giant hole in the valence.
I added some new speakers since the ones in there were way blown.
Painted the front bumper trim. Such a change from when I first got her.
I scored some hounds tooth door cards, and a sport steering wheel.
I finally got some wheels to replace the bottle caps, a set of Enkei wheels.
Then I neglected to put the hand brake on when grabbing lunch. Messed up my grille, front bumper, and hood.
I got a white hood since that's the only good hood in the yard at the time, and about a week later found a red one. Sold the white hood to Artfoodbmw.
Added some trunk LED lights.
About a week later my clutch started to slip. Time for a clutch job! I figured while I was up in there I may as well do a few other improvements, including a z4 short shift, and new bushings.
It's short....
My headlights were on their last leg, broken brackets, adjusters and lenses. I decided it was time to replace them.
After the clutch is fixed, the plan is rear plastic bumper swap (bumper already acquired), Vaders, GC/GE coilovers, spacers, and new front fenders.
