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FAQ / REFERENCE => Member Profiles => Topic started by: M42Technik on March 10, 2006, 12:52:36 AM
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Car: 5/1990 Diamantschwarz 318iS
Location: Kensington, MD, USA
Age: 21
Job: Freelance Digital Artist, Clerk, Driver, Website designer.
Nickname: Cuban, Cubano, Daniel el Travieso, The Cuban Missle Crisis, the list goes on as well...
Bought the car back in the summer of 2003. The car was simply untouched for three years previous asthetically, and needed some care. The car had a new clutch, engine head, valves were also redone when I bought it. It has since had a lot of modifications and love put into it.
Mods
Engine:
Stocker
Suspension:
Ground Control coilovers 325F/475R rates, 6" springs.
Ground Control camber plates, currently at -1 degree.
Koni Adjustable shocks (S/A's).
RTRS urethane offset lower Control arm bushings.
RTRS urethane subframe bushings.
Ireland Engineering Rear Shock Mounts.
Ireland Engineering Urethane Rear Trailing arms.
OEM Tie rods, inner, outer, and ends.
Wheels/Tyres:
14x6" Stock Basketweaves - 205/60-14 BFGoodrich Traction T/A-H's
16x7" BBS RX - 215/45-16 Falken Azeni's
Interior:
Stock Houndstooth sport interior
Suede Headliner
M Coupe SSK
Sony Headunit
German Check Panel
Exterior:
Hella DE Smoked Headlights
Smoked MHW Taillights
Smoked MHW Indicators
Euro Trim
Euro Grilles
M-Technik II Front Valence
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Some show the old tan interior. Good riddance.
More to come later.
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Very nice! Welcome to the club!
Would you happen to have any pics of the rear GC setup? I have always wanted a good look at how it all sits back there.
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mmmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm. always love her Cuban Dan!
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I love your car and the wheels look good but I think kopis would be real hawt on your car. But hey I think alpina's look great on all e30's
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I love your car and the wheels look good but I think kopis would be real hawt on your car. But hey I think alpina's look great on all e30's
I hate Kopi's. Played out. But good suggestion.
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I hate Kopi's. Played out. But good suggestion.
very understandable, but yeah I do like the ones on it right now. Weaves are a good look for e30's ;)
Weaves (BBS, Stock, just any weave design) and Alpina's IMHO> everything else
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truly one of my favoritist cars ever...
if your hard drive ever crashes, rest assured: i've saved every photo of your car you've ever posted online... creepy, i know.
anyway, you car makes me cry tears of joy; you did a fantastic job. How/where on earth did you find 16" BBS Rx's?
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Quit posing my extremly much hotter ride. ;)
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Quit posing my extremly much hotter ride. ;)
That ain't too cool Morgan.
Post up your ride, let them decide which is better. And thanks Febi Guibo (whats your real name?), that means alot. I found the BBS RX's off a guy nearby, he had them for ages, didn't want them, sold them to me with the tires and spacers for $280.
Yep.
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Had to update:
Here are some pictures I took from back in January.
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..hopefully you still don't hate me :p
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That is one of the nicest cleanest cars I've seen lately ,
more pics please :)
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..hopefully you still don't hate me :p
Yeap. Still do! Right there in your sig! See it? Its the WHITE ONE.
Maybe another car like that will just come down thats only 15 minutes away from me again, you know...
Might have more pictures up later.
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friggin HOTNESS....
I love how the civic is saying, "oh god, I've been exposed as a fraud... I knew this day would come"
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Clean car. I like how the headlights have the low glow to them, as though they're day-time running lights. Was that a mod or stock?
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Clean car. I like how the headlights have the low glow to them, as though they're day-time running lights. Was that a mod or stock?
I think their the euro smiley headlights which have a light up in the top if the headlight.
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I think their the euro smiley headlights which have a light up in the top if the headlight.
Correct. All real smoked headlights (Hellas) are in fact euro, so they have the city light.
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Thats one pretty little E30. I love seeing well pampered E30's. Well done. Your doing E30's justice.
Kings
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Beautiful car, and a some decent photography to boot. :)
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When you'd get new rims? Nice!
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Bump of justice.
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15x7" CSi Style 32's
225/50/15 Falken Ziex 912's
At the time I had no rear seats and no passenger seat.
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Paying homage to all those who've done it:
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The End...wheels now have center caps and I put the seats back in.
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Very, very impressive. My car wishes it looked as sick as yours.
How's the wheel fitment?
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Looks great! I think a set of euroweaves would look amazing on the car though...
BTW what happened to the front valence?
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Wheel fitment is not perfect, need to fix it really.
As for a set of euroweaves, no thanks, thats too OEM minimal, I am going for OEM plus look, and cleaned.
The M-Tech II valence has been beaten up from this being my first lowered car and not knowing how to drive it when low. Scuffed it up a lot, and the electical tape I put over it would make the paint crack more. When I peeled it off to put more electrical tape, it would pull the paint off too.
Long story short, its getting a full M-Tech II kit, and it will be repainted.
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The M-Tech II valence has been beaten up from this being my first lowered car and not knowing how to drive it when low. Scuffed it up a lot, and the electical tape I put over it would make the paint crack more. When I peeled it off to put more electrical tape, it would pull the paint off too.
Long story short, its getting a full M-Tech II kit, and it will be repainted.
That look like peeling more than scuffing to me. Did they add flex agent to the paint? I'm wondering if that's the problem. Or maybe the prime job was bad?
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That look like peeling more than scuffing to me. Did they add flex agent to the paint? I'm wondering if that's the problem. Or maybe the prime job was bad?
Not sure, I will tell them to add flex agent next time they do it, I don't want to have it repainted every time I scuff it.
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OOH MY GOD! I love your car, haha were almost twins!
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OOO BBS RX, what's the largest tire size that you can fit on those without rubbing?
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OOO BBS RX, what's the largest tire size that you can fit on those without rubbing?
Depends on the tire you run really, that and how low you are. Can't say for you really, just make sure you have the right sized tire. Google Miata Tire Calc and that will give you the right size depending on what you go with, 16 or 17"
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Bump of justice.
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15x7" CSi Style 32's
225/50/15 Falken Ziex 912's
At the time I had no rear seats and no passenger seat.
Where did you get those rims? I tried doing a search but can't find em. I love the look!
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we need an update... word on the street is that you are prepping an M-tech II kit... enquiring minds!
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Haha whatup kid.
To answer your question on the wheels, you won't find a set. They're really stupid rare. I've only seen 3 sets ever, including mine, and one set only had 3 wheels to it.
Back in the day, TRD called on CSI to make them 3 piece wheels and others for Toyotas. Luckily older late 80's Toyotas had lower offsets than they do now. Here's a brochure:
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Sadly I thought these were 16x7" but the guy was measuring from the outer lips, not the inner like he should have. They came in 17x8 too! I wish I had those...anyways onto some pictures...
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Newer pictures from two days ago. I took off the tape on my front bumper since I thought my painter was going to do it, but he flaked out AGAIN...so I wait until another day, or another painter comes along.
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JDM shot y0!
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And as for future plans, I just don't have the car as a priority right now. I need to be in a job that can actually support my modding habits. I'd really like to go all out and restore this E30...but after alot of talking with everyone, it makes more sense to have an E30 M3 because of appreciation rates.
I'd rather restore something that I could get my money back from, right? We'll see.
I do have an M-Tech II kit (sans rear wing), but I am waiting on one last piece, one of the sidepanels is missing. Its a crazy story too, a guy found it on a junker in Florida, US panels (with sidemarkers), and the really crazy part is that it was on a 318iS. Not a cabrio.
The rear valence has a cutout for only ONE exhaust too, so I knew it was 318iS specific. Pretty crazy.
My plan was to paint the whole car and do all the subtle bodywork changes I wanted, including no doorlocks, etc...and then add the kit as well. But my OCD tells me to replace my bent up hood, fenders, etc...so it adds up. I have a list, but can't justify spending that much.
Also, M-Tech II E30's look oddly shaped with 15" wheels, so I'd have to go 16 or 17", so I have ideas for that too. If I do end up getting a better job, I'll either fix this one up right and have a daily too, or get an E30 M3 and restore it.
So thats all for now folks.
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selling me that M-tech II kit will put you some ways towards your E30 M3 purchase...
your car looks great, those rims are like doc maartens for E30s...
(can I get a cheer for balls out 80s DC punk rock?!)
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selling me that M-tech II kit will put you some ways towards your E30 M3 purchase...
your car looks great, those rims are like doc maartens for E30s...
(can I get a cheer for balls out 80s DC punk rock?!)
Hells yeah, too bad HFS isn't around anymore, DC101 sucks so much now...glad my radio doesn't work, still got CD power.
I was considering selling the M-Tech II kit though, so I'll let you know man.
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Is that a cap on the antenna or rather a cap that removes the antenna?
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Is that a cap on the antenna or rather a cap that removes the antenna?
Neither, just bought a new antenna mast and seal. The 318iS had black mast tops and seals rather than chrome.
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Neither, just bought a new antenna mast and seal. The 318iS had black mast tops and seals rather than chrome.
Interesting...mine is chrome :) Guess mine was replaced!
I want to get rid of the bloody thing, or get a Z3 one.
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Your car looks great, but it needs a wax badly.
My antenna is chrome as well. I though about going with a z3 one because I had to replace it last month, but I don't want to drill a hole in my roof and I really don't want to have to deal with all of the rewiring. Now I have it on a switch so that it only goes up if I am actually listening to the radio. With the ipod plug, that isn't very often...
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Your car looks great, but it needs a wax badly.
My antenna is chrome as well. I though about going with a z3 one because I had to replace it last month, but I don't want to drill a hole in my roof and I really don't want to have to deal with all of the rewiring. Now I have it on a switch so that it only goes up if I am actually listening to the radio. With the ipod plug, that isn't very often...
Yeah my radio doesn't work, so I just pulled the fuse out of the fusebox for the radio. Never comes up anymore and I like it that way.
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Well I posted these on R3V but I forgot where my roots lie. So here are some pictures:
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nice car!
i really like that m-tech front apron and definitely going to buy one for myself instead of the IS lip!
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Sweeeeet pics man! ;)
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Well if you are interested in selling those wheels sometime PM me. They are the best looking wheel I've seen on an E30!
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Well if you are interested in selling those wheels sometime PM me. They are the best looking wheel I've seen on an E30!
You might as well start looking elsewhere. Never going to happen bud. But then again, there is always a "right price".
Thanks for the comments everyone.
I have some more surprises in store...and my MarkD 93 octane chip just came in today!
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I forgot to post this one. Just a LITTLE late.
Update is that it now has a MarkD 93 octane chip installed and it is awesome.
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iT LoOkS SweLL.
lol at someone trying to pry the CSis from you.
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iT LoOkS SweLL.
lol at someone trying to pry the CSis from you.
Fred, nice to have you here!
I am a Super Moderator, so you hate on my wheels....:D
Kidding aside, thanks for the kind words. The MarkD 93 chip is sexcellent. The new covering of salt on the roads here is not...:(
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looking good dan
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mike chin and i were in VA last weekend visiting Bill and passed this building on the way down.
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mike chin and i were in VA last weekend visiting Bill and passed this building on the way down.
Mike Chin AKA e304lyfe? Haven't heard from him in a long time, he sold me my smoked headlights.
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looking good dan
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mike chin and i were in VA last weekend visiting Bill and passed this building on the way down.
I believe that building is the DC Temple for the Latter Day Saints (Mormons). cool:cool:
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Mike Chin AKA e304lyfe? Haven't heard from him in a long time, he sold me my smoked headlights.
that'd be him.
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yea that is the morman temple I pass it everyday going to school! nice car dude!
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Yep, its pretty amazing up close, it really is gigantic, and it doesn't look that way from 495.
Anyways to update you all this happened:
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So it finally happened. I have NEVER had a problem scraping around town nowadays, and last night while headed to a party around 9PM, I had to make a U-turn at a light.
I take the turn, and there is a huge dip in the road, and I hear a light scraping sound, nothing absurdly loud or scary, just a scrape I heard all the time from my catalytic converter scraping bumps.
I pull over and keep the car running, nothing seems out of the ordinary. I check underneath and I see nothing, but it is dark and I don't have much light out.
I go to the party, and as I'm leaving around 2:30AM I start the car and my oil light comes on. I head to the nearest gas station (2 minutes literally), and thats when it hits me.
I check under the car in light, and there is a crack. So around 3:00 I call Geico and they have a tow service for free (which is excellent I might add), and I get my car towed around 4:00.
5:00 I get home after dropping the car off at a shop in Rockville.
Thats what I wrote on R3V...anyways it is all taken care of and I had some other stuff repaired and replaced at the same time. Good stuff. It took a while to get my car, and I was E30-less for 10 days, and it drove me crazy.
But now there is lots of new rubber and I am happy. I have to do an alignment and also fab up some special hub-rings for my wheels. They seem to sit funny on the hub, I'm not sure what it is...
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The rest are here, I crossposted on 4 boards! :p :
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=110523
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Here are a few more pictures that I only posted here and on R3V:
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did you drop it off at excluservice by any chance?
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Nice car and nice to have another cuban...lol
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did you drop it off at excluservice by any chance?
I have a very good friend who works there who has an S50 powered E30...but I have never brought my car there, far too expensive for my blood. They do good work and there are a bunch of mechanics who understand E30's very well, but just so expensive.
I did steal a europlate from them once.
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i like it (00=[]=00)
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Fucking looks bad. I wish I kept mine.
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The car was nice. Dan had an accident in it earlier in the year. He is alright. I havent talked to him in a while. I think he was still deciding if he was keeping it or getting another.
heres the story on r3v:
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=133617