Back in black BMW e30

[dillon7]

Came home tonight for the weekend so hopefully I can get stuff done.

My main goal is to get the exhaust installed. Then I'll get to other stuff such as the aux fan and m3 wiring cover.


I got some parts in the mail so I had to at least install one of them.

K&N air filter because c'mon, what other air filter would you buy?

[dillon7]

Yo this build is awesome man, i just bought a bmw 2 weeks ago and its prolly the best car i have owned, no mods yet but soon it will be nice and low and faster lol hopefully...cant wait to see ur final product bro

Thanks man, goodluck with your build.

The Rubicon trail is about an hour drive from my house. My dad's been doing the trail for about 20 years. He also has an LJ. A few photos from a trip last year.

Brother's 85 pickup




06 LJ Rubicon

ah that's awesome! I've been out to the rubicon trail for the past two years and it's been a blast. I want to take my jeep out there but I keep dropping all my money on this stupid
bmw

Here are some of mine from the Rubicon

[DUNXXX]

Absolutely love them. After running these I will never put another tire on the Jeep.

And 40x13.5 is fucking huge! I wanna see pics of this monster.

The Rubicon trail is about an hour drive from my house. My dad's been doing the trail for about 20 years. He also has an LJ. A few photos from a trip last year.

Brother's 85 pickup




06 LJ Rubicon

[spyderman526]

Yo this build is awesome man, i just bought a bmw 2 weeks ago and its prolly the best car i have owned, no mods yet but soon it will be nice and low and faster lol hopefully...cant wait to see ur final product bro

[dillon7]

How do you like those MTR's? My brother just bought a set of 40x13.5's for his Toyota.

Absolutely love them. After running these I will never put another tire on the Jeep.

And 40x13.5 is fucking huge! I wanna see pics of this monster.

[DUNXXX]

How do you like those MTR's? My brother just bought a set of 40x13.5's for his Toyota.

[dillon7]

This is so awesome, makes me want to dive into my e30 and start building it
Great pictures btw!

SHENANIGANS!

nice e30

Thanks guys


Updates? of course not. Ordered a k&n cone air filter and some radiator rubber mounts but that's about it. I need to order some paint chip repair so anybody have any input on that?



but..................Since the e30 has been getting so much love lately I decided it was time to treat the Jeep to some fun. Hope you guys don't mind my Jeep picture dump







Had to have some fun in the snow

[E30cruiser]

SHENANIGANS!

nice e30

[neivart]

This is so awesome, makes me want to dive into my e30 and start building it
Great pictures btw!

[dillon7]

Not much to update. Been doing lots of burnouts and other shenanigans.

Finally got around to installing my new glovebox.






I'm back at college and it's ski season so there won't be much to update except for new parts that I have ordered and stuff.

When I get home I will be modifying the exhaust to make it fit and then some little stuff like fixing the paint chips on my hood and figuring out the hell I'm going to install my m3 wiring harness cover.

Stay tuned!

[dillon7]

Nice! Sounds like it was worth all that hard work.

Happy to hear! You've definitely hit some hurdles but it must feel so good to finally have it running.

Awesome build man, turned out looking great!

Thank guys. Went and did some burnouts, was quite a good time.

[EJ1Tyler]

Awesome build man, turned out looking great!

[CubbyChowder]

Happy to hear! You've definitely hit some hurdles but it must feel so good to finally have it running.

[DinanDave]

Nice! Sounds like it was worth all that hard work.

[dillon7]

UPDATE

So last night I got the car fired up but I need an ICV. Went out and got one today so I could finally drive the damn thing.

Came home, hooked up the ICV, fired her up and she idled great.

Next, it was time to install the headlights. I painted the headlight housing while they were out.



Next was install the shifter.



Installed all the seats.



Then I installed the driveshaft but I didn't get any pics of that.

Finally, it was time to see if the thing would even move. Fired her up, let idle for a bout 5 minutes and all was good. Put her into first and away she moved.

My Dad, best friend, and I all hopped into the car to go on the first test drive. It was 12:30 at night with open headers so I tried to keep it decently quiet driving. After a while my Dad said hop out let me drive. He got in, put it in first and spun straight through and into second. Came time to turn around and he spun the whole way through the turn and fishtailed out. Needless to say it was an appropriate way to celebrate.

Now it's time to get an exhaust on it so I can actually drive it legally. But it feels good to finally get some reward.