[karlorado]

Jason (2lowcoupedoor) and I went out for a little drive in my E30 and managed to take a few pictures. As always the pictures came out great and we had a good time making the best of the weather. Now for the goods

Rest of the set
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2lowcoupedoor/sets/72157624143788683/

He also did an outstanding job with my Corrado too

Full album
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2lowcoupedoor/4597210817/in/set-72157624037520754/

 

[cramer]

Bringing it to the picnic in 2 weeks?

 

[karlorado]

Yeah you know it, I can finally drive there in one that's actually mine and not borrow one lol!

 

[wRek]

So dope! I already saw them yesterday, but looks good!

 

[cramer]

Yeah you know it, I can finally drive there in one that's actually mine and not borrow one lol!

If you haven't already, pre-reg at www.e30picnic.com to save a few bucks

 

[karlorado]

update

After a while now I have finally bolted on some new wheels, headlights and lip spoiler plus a few other minor touches.

 

[crabpot]

More low in the front, otherwise a beautiful car. :thumbup:

 

[karlorado]

More low in the front, otherwise a beautiful car. :thumbup:

Yeah I gotta cut another coil out or find a coilover set that's under $1,000

 

[rennis]

Yeah I gotta cut another coil out or find a coilover set that's under $1,000

Ahhh, the joys of lowering an E30.

 

[LieutenantShinySides]

I had an H&R cup kit on mine but swapped out the front springs with a set from Fk that were much shorter. The challenge is to get the car to look level but its tough whith the way the front and rear arches are different.

Nice car though.

 

[whalefetus]

nice. youll be sure to see my matching hellrot z3 at e30 picnic.

 

[karlorado]

I had an H&R cup kit on mine but swapped out the front springs with a set from Fk that were much shorter. The challenge is to get the car to look level but its tough whith the way the front and rear arches are different.

Nice car though.

Yeah the springs in it now are Eibach when I bought it, I am really trying to find something that's at least adjustable for the front as I like where the back is.

 

[LieutenantShinySides]

http://www.ground-control-store.com/products/index.php

 

[IronJoe]

New wheels look x100000 times better.

 

[karlorado]

http://www.ground-control-store.com/products/index.php

The 'conversion kit' springs are what the car has and I've already cut the fronts once. I'm probably going to cut more while I look for a used set that has shortened housings. Thanks for the link though I needed those camber plates!

 

[IronJoe]

Supposedly the camber plates lower the car around 11mm compared to the stock spring hats.

 

[CharlesAFerg]

For now I'm going to assume that this setup is more focused on stance than actual performance driving.

In my humble opinion from experience with this generation of BMW, don't stretch tires on an E30.
Grab yourself some quality coilovers and some BBS wheels. You know as well as I do, cheap is expensive.

Get maintenance out of the way first, though. Which engine is it? M20B25? M30 swap?

ps nice headlights, those Hella smoked projectors go for mad $$ on eBay, even eBay.de.

Just don't end up like...

 

[LieutenantShinySides]

Just note that coilovers on the rear requires some reinforcment. The stock mounts will not hold up.

Edit: The uppers

 

[brycefromspokane]

karlo parking hard in stalecum.

 

[karlorado]

For now I'm going to assume that this setup is more focused on stance than actual performance driving.

In my humble opinion from experience with this generation of BMW, don't stretch tires on an E30.
Grab yourself some quality coilovers and some BBS wheels. You know as well as I do, cheap is expensive.

Get maintenance out of the way first, though. Which engine is it? M20B25? M30 swap?

ps nice headlights, those Hella smoked projectors go for mad $$ on eBay, even eBay.de.

You must think I'm new to this lol

first do a little background research and figure out who you're talking to, second look at the original date of this thread. thanks for playing!