Re-Birth of a once famous E38

[DER E30]

Nice!!! Always liked these cars

[Stolzy]

yea that fitment looks good and the hre's look amazing

[KarlSpackler]

So I got the 2 issues fixed. The machine company only took 5mm off of the backpad on 1 of my rear wheels which was causing the major rubbing on the driver side and the LOUD rotational noise I was hearing was the lug bolts were hitting the brake rotor shield so I took out the grinder and shortened the rear 10 lug bolts 8mm each and its now all good.

I think I hit the fitment perfect. I had 4 adults in the car last night and it doesn't rub 1 bit











Some day I get someone who knows what they are doing to take some shots, until then, enjoy my potato shots
James

[andybob]

Those wheels look phenomenal on there. Nice work man.

[KarlSpackler]

Thanks guys, I will check that stuff out.

[Icana4dit]

Wow how did I miss this! awesome work man

[Fazda]

You should check if the bolts are too long now, and interfere with the handbrake shoes / assembly.
Car looks great. Looking forward to see the swap.

Agreed. That makes perfect sense if the drivers side wasn't machined enough and the tick is from the passenger side only.

If the car has a stud kit this is all irrelevant.

In for LS swap fun!

[same46]

man ive always loved e38's wish I had one! dope car

[Zic]

You should check if the bolts are too long now, and interfere with the handbrake shoes / assembly.
Car looks great. Looking forward to see the swap.

[Zack Bennett]

this car is going so much farther than it ever would have. those wheels, those lips, that fitment, all the machining, this is an A+ in my book, cannot wait for more updates!

[Earl]

I didn't know how I would feel about the wheels before. Now I see that they work perfectly=)

[KarlSpackler]

So, got the wheels and tires put on after a lot of issues.
The machine shop didn't take enough off of the driver rear wheel so it rubs pretty good. I need to take it back in to have another 3mm take off.

I have one hell of a rotational tick coming from the passenger side that I cant figure out.

Other than that, the car runs and drives awesome. The front needs to be lowered another 1/2" or so

Here are some random shots














Up next will be to finish the assembly on the engine and get started with swapping and smoothing the engine bay

[cobrawannabe]

Interested

Interested

Interested

LS

Not Interested.



The rest of your plans look killer and I look forward to pretending that you didn't pull a BMW engine in favor of a Camaro hauler.

[montgomery]

Mmmmm best e30 m3 ever

x10

[mike-81-240d]

Please wash the E38... But I still love it, the HRE's are killer.