My first e30! Daily driver turned into show car

[e30abe89]

Hows it going guys I'm new to this forum and new to e30s. I used to own hondas before this i finally got tired of the scene so I parted out my hatch and then purchased this e30 which was supposed to be a daily driver lol i was only supposed to buy wheels for it but im very anal so now its going to be a weekend car/show car lol

My old honda





so here she is 89 325i clean title with 143k miles on the body and motor rebuild. stock m20



while i was waiting for the car to be done i purchased a set of bbs rs from vr wheels and got them completely redone. new bolts new lips and fully polished faces 16x8.5 +6 2.5inch lips front 16x9+9 3inch lips rear dunlop direzza dz101 205/45/16




slapped on the new rubber

[e30abe89]

After the first couple days of owning her i decided she needed to get painted so i took her to status motor sports to get a full color change to jet black the bosy was full of dings and a couple little dents paint was faded as well







Then after about 3 weeks this is how she turned out got all red tails for it new oem roundels an oem is wing euro bumper moldings and rear euro plate filler

[e30abe89]

so decided to test fit a wheel fit perfect so i thought lol



Bought a brand new set of kw v1 coilovers for it new oem wheel bearings and all new components lcas tie rods sway links etc and started to work on the install





Heres the old components every bushing was shot and nasty heated springs



drilled and slotted rotors



all done with the install. got the car on the ground hadnt messed with the height yet

[e30abe89]

Bought new shadowline kidneys,euro grills, clear lenses, and an oem is lip
as well as a nardi woodgrain droopy spoke wheel and nardi evolution knob to match with a boss hub



I decided to finally lower the front where i wanted it to see how it would look and i need to space the rears a tad. got all the euro goodies on and love them makes it look more agressive.




installed my new skidplate as well im pretty low lol



bought this as well to match my wheel still waiting for it

[e30abe89]

rear ride height maxed out



wasnt happy so i pulled these out



much better



raised her back up and dropped her off at the body shop to get some things fixed. shes still there now

[e30abe89]

heres the interior stuff i bought

old seats broke on me and were rough so i found these 4 door ones that are super mint



my interior as of now



Dash is full of cracks so i got a super clean dash with no cracks



car came with no mats and no boot so i bought new ones! A leather boot oem mats and a clean havc oh and a new si board because my cluster is acting up








i had bought a brand new 350mm momo monte carlo and hub for it before i decided to go nardi so here are both my wheels lol now im stuck with 2 wheels nardi wood grain droopy spoke 360mm



nardi evolution knob to match also have a new zhp m knob

[e30abe89]

Car is currently at the body shop. need to get it back to start the interior. let me know what you guys think! more to come soon

[e30-tOO-gOne]

This thing is so clean!

[noe30]

Looks great! Where did you get that Nardi shift knob if you dont mind?

[Stupid Kid]

It's super clean and pretty and I would kill to have it and all and I don't mean to be inflammatory when I say this, I truly don't.. but its so generic.

[RubbderDucky]

It's super clean and pretty and I would kill to have it and all and I don't mean to be inflammatory when I say this, I truly don't.. but its so generic.

That may be true, which most of them are but if he likes it that way, it doesn't matter.

Looks good man, I'm kinda thinking about selling my Camaro and buying a E30 or something small for a daily, or try and stance a 89 Camaro. Lol.

[Stupid Kid]

That may be true, which most of them are but if he likes it that way, it doesn't matter.

Looks good man, I'm kinda thinking about selling my Camaro and buying a E30 or something small for a daily, or try and stance a 89 Camaro. Lol.

Hell I like it this way too, just there's so many e30's with nardis on rs'es

Also stance the camaro. got that solid rear axle like a truck bruh.

[e30abe89]

Thanks guys for all the positive comments. I got the nardi knob from this shop called crowders customizing. And ive always liked the way bbs looked on e30s so thats why i bought them. its hard to be unique when literally everything has been done you know? i havent really seen fully polished rs on e30s thats why i did mine that way my nardi wheel is also rare ive only seen mine and one other. paint is different never seen a jet black e30. i can go on lol im going to make it my own though so thats all that matters.

[99sil-teg]

Don't worry about trying to be different, just build it for yourself. There are tons of e30's so doing something different is a rarity. There is a Black E30 in KY right now (originally was in FL) that sits on fully polished RS's, different shade of black and is swapped with a 24v but yours is clean as shit. All that matters is that you enjoy it. Id rather see 50 clean e30's that look the same than 1 e30 trying to be different as most of the time they are over the top.

Also, might want to do some checking on the seats... if my memory serves correct 4dr seats mount different than 2dr seats... but its been a couple years since I had mine. Moved on to e21's haha

[e30abe89]

Oh but of course. I dont mind looking similar to other e30s and I always build the cars for my self. I don't care if people don't like it. I enjoy the feedback though. And the seats fit just fine. I already have one bolted in lol. Thanks for the feedback. Keep it coming.