mo diesils e30nomy build

[mo diesil]

so im startting the tear down of the e36 soon, and got tired of driving the over sized trd tundra most everywhere. so i picked up a low budget e30. to get some fuel economy in these times of rising gas prices i planed to buy a 540i/6 but have always wanted a e30.
its a 91 4 door 318i.
165.000miles 5 speed of course. dont get me wrong its by no means mint condition, but fairly well kept, recent snow tyres, wich will help when it goes on the road in a couple weeks.
here some pics of when it was delivered to my house.
existing mods include
no radio head unit
broken low beam lenses.
tinted tails (idk if i like them)
bilsteins all round bav lowering springs
customs rear strut brace
tube headers with over sized magnaflow exhaust, sagging hangers.






the interior is actually in really good shape do want some black sport seats though





thats pretty much the starting point for this car, dont have any real plans for the car out side of maintenance and some coilovers down the rode

any one know of a good e30 coilover set? or is a G/C conversion about it?

[aj_mckay]

Looks like it has some fairly substantial rot...!



Do you not want to get that sorted before spending any money on other things such as coilovers...?

[P78]

Looks like it has some fairly substantial rot...!



Do you not want to get that sorted before spending any money on other things such as coilovers...?

first more low then the rest

[White325is]

Hey, I made that rear shock tower brace.

[mo diesil]

Looks like it has some fairly substantial rot...!



Do you not want to get that sorted before spending any money on other things such as coilovers...?

yes that and the chipped windshield are on the top of my list with lights
it has pretty new springs and shocks
thats the only rot on the car
alot of e30's ive seen looked at, worked on ect.. have similar to mine,
its really not even on the road yet

[mo diesil]

Hey, I made that rear shock tower brace.

haha awesome, it seams really sturdy, this is my first e30, which is funny because the e30 is what got me into bmw's some 4 or more years ago, just always ended up in e36's.
the rockers on this car are mint along with the door jams and frame rails

[mo diesil]

update i crashed it going 40mph the other day it still fine belt snapped though replaced it today fixed up the front end going to try to bend it back to shape to keep the budget down,
pics soon euro headlights and im fabricating a intake its just a k&n cone on a maf adapter
waiting on my skid plate and custom G/C coils to arrive
im on the fence of adapter to 5x120 or just some low budget 4x100 rims any opinions? i have a few sets of 5x120 rims

[mo diesil]

so i got some shoes for this beast since ill be driving it all summer and figured that it would look goofy being dropped on 14's
so with these are the rims i bought some OG type A's

cant wait to install the coils and get some rubber for these borbets

[trism]

wow dude, i know youre excited about the rims, but why post the pics like 40 times?

[mo diesil]

wow dude, i know youre excited about the rims, but why post the pics like 40 times?

fixed Lol I don't know why it did that I only put them in once the pics of the skid plate didn't even go through. Real sorry about that

[fast325i]

Good wheel choice ...

[mo diesil]

Good wheel choice ...

haha thanks man
didnt know you where a member on here, that's my work in progress when i got it im gunna try and grab some updated pics

[99sil-teg]

Lookin good so far, how bad was the accident? Also love the wheels.

[mo diesil]

new suspension came in today





cant wait to install the new coils im going to look into shortening the strut tubes possibly a inch or so, but well seem how this setup rides

[mo diesil]

coil overs are now installed front and rear i have them set half way and they ride amazing will update with pics tomorrow (as i dont have a camera and my phone for some reason doesn't connect with my comp)


on a side note anyone have any idea on what you can use for a lip on e30s? i dont want to get a 100+$ lip just to scrap it away, i have a home depot lip from a e36i might fit on but would like something a bit different