bmw e30 on bbs e30-->'90 318is

[anto125]

as for tucking i think it won't be a problem, in the front i'm ok, just the rears are alil bit xtreme
i'n not even planning to widen my fenders
let's see

@byron
are they so shitty?
only alternative are lowtecs or i don't know, coils on e30 are a pain in the everywhere, expecially for a vw ex owner haha
as you say, another pain will be my oil pan, gotta workout also for that
an engine lift is planned, 2 or 3 cm's

[Byron]

Nice so far! My suggestions would be to forget about the JOM's since they suck and you'll want something better right after you put them on and to buy stock in m42 oil pans. To pull off 15's with those tires you're going to need to be very low. I'm looking forward to you doing it though.

[MartinsElerts]

How do you plan to tuck those bbs e30's in the fenders?

[MartinsElerts]

I've always wanted a set of bbs e30's on my e30.
Can't wait to see the result.

[anto125]

hi guys, finally decided to open a build thread for my shitbox
i'm Giulio, 24 from Milan, Italy
after selling my old car ('92 vento)

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23550

i bought this one, under a friend's segnalation
it's a 1990 318is that i bought in march 2011
has got a swapped m42 from an e36 318is with approx 130000km on it, since her original m42 blew off a few months earlier i bought it.
It runs smooth, no apparent problems on it
chassis has almost 200000km in fair conditions with a little bit of rust in a few points that I almost fixed, nothing hard btw.


plans are (obviously) to slam it on the e30's i had on the vento and nothing else, maybe a few things on the engine such as a good chip, air filter and blablabla shit


let's start with pics









i know.
shitty.
just like the car right now.


with my lil sailing boat on it haha




1)works:

all discs and pads replaced, rears were impressivly cracked







brake fluid looked darker than coke



removed and changed sunroof panel, unfortunatly the previous owner cracked all the roof cables by trying to make it work not givin' a #### about all the rust inside the rails, so i have to change the whole sunroof system i've already bought almost new.



minor rust under the glass water tank





and in the sunroof chassis





got a few more points but I think it's enough rust has been shown haha

2)wheels:

the bbs e30 i had on the vento were 7.75 in the front and 8.25 in the rear

just bought a few days ago 6" inner barrels from bbs for the front
and 4.5" lips for the rear
final specs will be 9j in the front with 3" lips and 9.5" in the rear with 4.5" lips
unknown offsets
195/50 tyres

fitting test without laying the car on the ground (haven't got long bolts to make the wheel fit safely), so they will be a few mm's more inside



'nuff wide i guess



match with rear brakes





front with 16mm spacers because of no brakes clearance on with these wheels





goooood


new supersprint exhaust (horrible, but mine was destroyed)




final set for the rears + bonus pic





3)works to be done
-remove all the rust
-coilovers (probably jom for now)
-find a vento/jetta 3 front lip
-fix that hell of a sunroof
-mooooore ahead an LSD

now





let me know what you think!