Author Topic: What Are You Going to Buy for Your E30 to Start Off Spring? (Read 6339 times)

///M3 · « **on:** February 24, 2009, 01:26:20 PM »

I am already dreaming of when I can pull my 318is out of storage. I was looking on http://www.incarparts.net and I found some good stuff i want to buy for my car. I was mostly looking at the French Euro Fogs.

Anyway, what is the first mod you are going to do when your car gets out of storage/spring starts?

strad · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:32:14 PM »

My E30s get driven year-round.

However, I do plan to do a timing case rebuild sometime this year, as well as some new shocks. I just installed a 13-button obc and rebuilt the driver door lock cylinder a couple weeks ago, and redid the front brakes last weekend. Rear brakes are next. I'm doing brake hoses too.

papercutout · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:48:47 PM »

I plan to sell mine this spring/summer. Most likely summer, as I doubt I'll get the other car(s) on the road beforehand!

Otherwise - main mod of this year is my humungous sumpguard. Mines an all year round daily driver too. And rusty to go with it

tony92ic · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2009, 10:46:46 PM »

1. A clutch.
2. A windsheild
3. Actually install the mustang injectors I bought last fall.
4. I may try a 17" wheel and tire set up. I've got 15" E30 M3 wheels on it now. I may slap the e36 M3 DSIIs in my garage on it. My only worry is that it is a cabby and the ride will be too harsh. Cabby's don't have the stiffest chassis and an overly firm suspension/tire set up makes them miserable.

nomad · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2009, 11:38:24 PM »

I should not buy anything else until i install all the crap I have sitting around:
4.10 LSD
E36 Steering rack
E36 M3 shift lever with shifter rebuild parts
Rear brake lines
Amp and 12" Sub in box
Check panel delete headliner panel
Rear E30 badge
Tint the windows

Danny707 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:01:16 AM »

New clutch
New brakes
3.73 lsd
Some kind of short shifter

Voluted · « **Reply #6 on:** February 25, 2009, 01:22:13 AM »

Install all the rear end bushings+crap i have sitting in my garage.

Buy:
- M3 antenna
- Sunroof panel (mine has some rust

)
- new exhaust from headers back
- 19# mustang injectors
- shocks + springs
- shifter bushings and add weight to the selector rod

e30nub · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2009, 01:55:11 AM »

I already bought a whole new interior and am 90% installed, (dyed carpet too)
Going for body work and respray by mid spring/early summer.
Audio some time in there too.

gearheadE30 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2009, 10:35:33 AM »

Mine's essentially good, but I need to get rid of the rust, install the M3 rear bar, weld on M3 swaybar tabs, get some better autoX tires, and fix up the exhaust. I also have a Zender spoiler that needs paint.

papercutout · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2009, 11:07:02 AM »

Quote from: tony92ic;67175

4. I may try a 17" wheel and tire set up. I've got 15" E30 M3 wheels on it now. I may slap the e36 M3 DSIIs in my garage on it. My only worry is that it is a cabby and the ride will be too harsh. Cabby's don't have the stiffest chassis and an overly firm suspension/tire set up makes them miserable.

Don't - if you want bigger, get 16's. They'll ride a lot better, cheaper and easier to get tyres for, you can lower the car more and look better. Dishy 16's are a winner!

1991 E30 M42 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2009, 04:21:29 PM »

Get my car painted is at the top of my list right now as the car is a very reliable and well handling car, then, all new urethane bushings front and rear, subframe reinforcements, trailing arm reinforcements, sparco front strut bar, custom rear shock tower bar, momo steering wheel, swap out my 3.73 lsd for a 3.91 lsd,

ducatipaso · « **Reply #11 on:** March 01, 2009, 03:29:54 AM »

mine is only driven when the weather is nice. the cabrio is gonna get a light massaging under the hood in the name of preventative maintenance.

bmw327 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 01, 2009, 07:10:15 AM »

Fix rust on the rear valence, repaint front valence, reinstall pretty wheels (Ronal LS), replace sealed beams with H1/H4, replace left front fog lamp, perhaps replace the muffler with a Magnaflow unit, and change the brake fluid. The AC compressor may need to be changed.

Alot the mechanical stuff on the car was done in the last 12 months (clutch, rebuilt driveshaft, brakes, struts, shocks, bushings, head gasket, water pump, & all hoses - every single one) so I'm hopeful that this year will be a bit less expensive!

Cloud · « **Reply #13 on:** March 02, 2009, 02:50:13 AM »

You should all have Z3 steering racks on your lists.

bmw327 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 02, 2009, 06:17:35 AM »

Quote from: Cloud;67482

You should all have Z3 steering racks on your lists.

Nah - don't care enough about it. It's an airbag car and used as a DD on relatively straight roads.

Author Topic: What Are You Going to Buy for Your E30 to Start Off Spring? (Read 6339 times)

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