My E30
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Nice find! Your car looks like it is in excellent shape. I buy parts from bmaparts.com, pelicanparts.com, autohausaz.com, and bavauto.com. There are plenty of e30 guys on here who can help you with literally any question you can think of.
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VVME.com is a great place for HIDs, I have had mine for 2 years now with no issues.
RealOEM.com has all the dealership part diagrams and part numbers. The E30 is listed under "Archive"
I got all my suspension from Turner Motorsports, I typically get OE parts from Pelican Parts or Blunttech (cool guy in MN).
Ireland engineering (bmw2002.com) is a good place to browse for some performance items as well, they have a few things that are hard to find or that nobody else really makes. That is where I got my crank scraper and oil pan baffle from.
The pictures are great, how does your S2000 friend like your car? My left knee sometimes gets wedged between the door panel and steering wheel on the S2000 when I release the clutch. I would buy one if I was shorter.
Do you have any plans for weight reduction? If so removing the AC (~50 lbs) and removing the trunk tar (50 lbs) are a great place to start.
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Snap Understeer said:
L O L @ " potato quality "
That moto is AWESOME!
If you ever wanna rip around on it lemme know. Although you may regret it (you'll buy one instantly)
need4speed1299 said:
Nice find! Your car looks like it is in excellent shape. I buy parts from bmaparts.com, pelicanparts.com, autohausaz.com, and bavauto.com. There are plenty of e30 guys on here who can help you with literally any question you can think of.
Thanks for the sites. I've been to pelican a handful of times, will definitely check out the others.
Snap Understeer said:
VVME.com is a great place for HIDs, I have had mine for 2 years now with no issues.
RealOEM.com has all the dealership part diagrams and part numbers. The E30 is listed under "Archive"
I got all my suspension from Turner Motorsports, I typically get OE parts from Pelican Parts or Blunttech (cool guy in MN).
Ireland engineering (bmw2002.com) is a good place to browse for some performance items as well, they have a few things that are hard to find or that nobody else really makes. That is where I got my crank scraper and oil pan baffle from.
The pictures are great, how does your S2000 friend like your car? My left knee sometimes gets wedged between the door panel and steering wheel on the S2000 when I release the clutch. I would buy one if I was shorter.
Do you have any plans for weight reduction? If so removing the AC (~50 lbs) and removing the trunk tar (50 lbs) are a great place to start.
Been to bluntechclassic a few times, will check out the others.
He likes the car, except he has automotive a.d.d. and can't keep anything permanently. He's short enough to where he doesnt get stuck, I rode shotgun a few times and it's definitely not roomy--but mother of god that car revs to the moon.
He has had to replace the rear calipers a few times though because they were locked up/dragging; like smoking brakes bad. He also has a jetta thats set up for auto-x, an audi allroad v6 with twins and a RHD mini thats sort of got an autox vibe to it.
As far as weight reduction, It's always in the back of my mind - but I want to keep the car looking somewhat stockish. The ac blows <--thats all, doesnt blow cold, it just blows. it wouldn't hurt to remove it - but then again, a black car/black interior gets super hot in the summer.
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Earl said:
Looks soooo clean. Do you have vintage motorsport style roundels?
aaaaaand spotted, good eye. They are awful stickers that someone put on the car. Not meant for a curved surface so there are creases and air bubbles in them too. I keep forgetting to order replacement roundels.
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Does the friends mini have a sticker on the back window that says "actual size" by chance?!?!?
I thought no AC was going to be the end of the world in these humid Wisconsin summers but 2 years ago I was stuck in traffic at the blasted Zoo interchange and the OBC read 103. It would really only be an issue if i was on my way to a job interview and didnt want to appear mildly schweaty.
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Snap Understeer said:
Does the friends mini have a sticker on the back window that says "actual size" by chance?!?!?
I thought no AC was going to be the end of the world in these humid Wisconsin summers but 2 years ago I was stuck in traffic at the blasted Zoo interchange and the OBC read 103. It would really only be an issue if i was on my way to a job interview and didnt want to appear mildly schweaty.
I'll shoot him a text about the mini.
Here it is the day he picked it up
The interior is stripped and has a recaro seat and dynamat everywhere.
And as far as the zoo interchange.....you're brave with no ac. We take the msoe athletic vans through there and it flat out sucks.
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another MSOE grad here. Welcome to the club and super clean looking car. Looks fantastic!! That moto looks real fun too. I have a 95 Buell S2 that I absolutely love riding around. Hope to see you around sometime.
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Bassboy3313 said:
another MSOE grad here. Welcome to the club and super clean looking car. Looks fantastic!! That moto looks real fun too. I have a 95 Buell S2 that I absolutely love riding around. Hope to see you around sometime.
So it does end? little over a year left here, just looking forward to xmas break to get some work done.
Thanks on the car and personally I think the moto is the most fun you can have on two wheels (usually one).
Hope to meet some of you guys one day
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KaiserRolls said:
So it does end? little over a year left here, just looking forward to xmas break to get some work done.
Thanks on the car and personally I think the moto is the most fun you can have on two wheels (usually one).
Hope to meet some of you guys one day
Bassboy was the coolest MSOE nursing student when he rolled up to class on his S2
"I JUST WANNA RIDE MY MOOOTORCY CLE."
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SSE30 said:
Beautiful E30! Very clean and tidy.
Thanks!
Snap Understeer said:
Bassboy was the coolest MSOE nursing student when he rolled up to class on his S2
"I JUST WANNA RIDE MY MOOOTORCY CLE."
Bassboy3313 said:
another MSOE grad here. Welcome to the club and super clean looking car. Looks fantastic!! That moto looks real fun too. I have a 95 Buell S2 that I absolutely love riding around. Hope to see you around sometime.
Side note, either of you notice the massive amounts of sti's and other subaru's on campus? there's like 5 sti's that have some stuff done to them that i've seen
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Snap Understeer said:
Bassboy was the coolest MSOE nursing student when he rolled up to class on his S2
"I JUST WANNA RIDE MY MOOOTORCY CLE."
HAHA!!! Nice one! I took that AE senior design by storm and raped it good!
KaiserRolls said:
Thanks!
Side note, either of you notice the massive amounts of sti's and other subaru's on campus? there's like 5 sti's that have some stuff done to them that i've seen
Oh for sure. Quite a few there when we were in school.
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Yeah, Im not sure if one of them is still there but its a black wrx 5dr. The owner is a knob, and he also fires it up and bangs it off the limiter to get from the science building to the CC building between classes.
I figure he just wants to grab some Bosco sticks before class and doesnt want to be late, but you just dont drive like a d-bag on any street where there are pedestrians, and on a cold engine at that.
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Snap Understeer said:
Yeah, Im not sure if one of them is still there but its a black wrx 5dr. The owner is a knob, and he also fires it up and bangs it off the limiter to get from the science building to the CC building between classes.
I figure he just wants to grab some Bosco sticks before class and doesnt want to be late, but you just dont drive like a d-bag on any street where there are pedestrians, and on a cold engine at that.
glad you brought that one up. Pretty sure he graduated last year, but for my first 2 years that's all I heard.
1. get in car
2. start car
3. depress pedal through floor
4. dump clutch
5. haul some noisy ass @7,000 rpm all the way down Milwaukee st.
edit: 6. bosco sticks are gross
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that's because it's not a build thread!
IDK WHAT THIS THREAD IS FOR
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sooooo, got super bored today and did this all for no reason whatsoever
popped the trunk tar outÂ
and the spare
relocated the antenna, need to get a plug for it yet
I was surprised how heavy that trunk tar BS was.
55lbs of junk
-1 bottle cap 40lbs
allout and vacuumed up
no more antenna
zip-tied up out of the way
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