Alpine e30 progress/build thread

[m42b32]

I still have them! Haven't touched them in like a year though so they're still like 1/3 done... 

I have a full E30 M3 5-lug swap that I am planning to polish up and install so I won't be using those on this car anymore. I recently picked up a pretty awesome set of 5x120 wheels that I am going to use, but I have to get two of the barrels straightened first as they have very slight bends.

[Earl]

So the Weds may be for sale? =P

[m42b32]

Earl said:

So the Weds may be for sale? =P

Nope! I am hoping to do something fun down the road with the 4-door roller I have and would like to put them on that. Don't worry they aren't going anywhere! The only way I'd sell them is if someone on here really wanted them and could put them to good use before I got the chance.

[straight6pwr]

pictures of said weds?

[m42b32]

straight6pwr said:

pictures of said weds?

This is a pic from like page 2 on my thread (15x6.5 et38 Weds Bavaria), they are disassembled now and I have started sanding the lips and stripping the centers but they are still very much a work in progress... The plan is to polish the lips and paint the faces silver with a black lug area like early Alpinas.

[Bassboy3313]

If I could run those with reverse mounted faces for a serious negative offset to fill my group 2 flares I would grab them.

[straight6pwr]

those are pretty awesome

[Earl]

Yeah they're one of my favorite classic wheels=) 

[m42b32]

So something awesome happened over the last day or two. I came across my dream set of wheels for the car (and they're 5-lug!) for a great price and they were local! I couldn't be more excited:

They are 5x120 Weds Bavaria's in a staggered 16x7 et11 and 16x8 et25 in immaculate original condition. There isn't a single mark on them and the lips just need a light polish to be perfect again. I picked them up from the original owner who bought them back in the 80's for his 1982 633csi (That he still has, and its in equally perfect condition). That's not even the end of it though, I even got the original Weds lug nuts and wheel locks as well as a bunch of catalogs from the time when he was shopping for the wheels!

There are two TireRack catalogs, a Weds catalog (the one that sold him on the Weds), the Weds fitment guide with all the part numbers and stuff, and an 80's BBS catalog with all the things BBS sold at the time! I was so excited about this all day I got absolutely nothing done at work, this is like the best thing ever.

[wasnt m3]

Phenomenal score, congratulations!

[straight6pwr]

oooo pretty.

i don't know whats more awesome, the new wheels, or the strange 80s women in her nighties sitting on a box.

[Earl]

Yes, yes, and yes=)

[m42b32]

straight6pwr said:

i don't know whats more awesome, the new wheels, or the strange 80s women in her nighties sitting on a box.

It's definitely a toss-up. The inside of the catalog has a number of similar photos, I'll have to scan it in and post it up somewhere, it's pretty funny

[Jdesign]

That's an Epic find!!! Congrats dude. I love finding stuff like that.

[Earl]

Do you mind hinting towards the price you paid so we can all be even more jealous? =P

[YoungCR]

This is rad!

[Jdesign]

Earl said:

Do you mind hinting towards the price you paid so we can all be even more jealous? =P

I prefer not to know this, Im sure it was a good deal if they have all that nice reading material.

[m42b32]

Earl said:

Do you mind hinting towards the price you paid so we can all be even more jealous? =P

It was a 3 digit number, but both myself and the seller were happy with the deal!

[Earl]

For 3 digits, you sir got a great deal=P

[m42b32]

Everything is pulled from the front end except the AC condenser and a few odds and ends. Anyone who has cut the core support out, do you think it would be wise to put in some additional bracing to keep things square before I start cutting it out? or is it still pretty sturdy with it removed? I am keeping the engine/subframe in so it ties the bottom frame rails together, and I'm thinking about buying a strut brace to secure the strut towers.