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    E30 Update

    Tumbled and painted half the bolts and popped em in to see how they’d look. Came out decent I think.

    Tires also showed up, Sumitomo HTR+ 205/40 for the 8.5s and 215/40 for the 9.5s. Got a great deal from www.onlinetires.com, and the Sumis are one of the few brands that still offer both 205/40s and 215/40 in the same model, so I figured I’d give em a try.

    Adapters are last, hopefully I’ll have the wheels mounted in a couple weeks. ’Til then, a couple more pics after a wash.

    -Ethan

    Another Way to Get Your Fix...

    Many of you are probably familiar with NGP Racing, which is one of the most reputable VW/Audi shops on the East Coast. They’ve built a lot of pretty serious project cars, including the infamous Rallye Golf VRT.

    In addition to the bevy of quality products they currently sell, they are also now an authorized 8380 dealer. Unfortunately they can’t plug our stuff into a computer and make it work better, you’ll have to settle for how well it works from the factory.

    This has been in the works for a couple weeks, and we just went live this afternoon. We’re really excited about working with the guys at NGP, there will be more to come and we’ll update you here with the latest news.

    In other 8380 news, the MK5 Hammered PreOrder went to print this week, as well as the new Mk1 design, a re-up of the Mk4 Mania for Waterfest and another run of the E30 Technik for those who have been waiting (new colors too).

    Until next time, check out 8380 on NGP!

    -Ethan

    Altitude Adjustment

    After a solid 13 hours of work, which included dropping the subframe and basically replacing/upgrading everything there is to replace on the suspension of an e30, the coilovers are installed. It was an emotional journey fraught with twists and turns around every corner, and plenty of good bro-ing down at the shop.

    I’m stoked to get the car a little closer to the ground, and the coils (FK Konigsports for those who haven’t been following the blog) handle nicely. There’s plenty of room to go down once it’s time to mount the RSs as well. I threw some 10mm spacers up front for perch clearance and put a pair of 20s in the back to even things out. Pretty stoked on the car for now.

    The tires for the RSs showed up the other day and a steady stream of small maintenance/trim parts has been arriving at the door lately as well. Yesterday I purchased a tumbler to clean up the stock bolts so i can repaint them, it’s pretty sweet. After the bolts are in and tires are on, adapters will be on order and the wheels will be ready to roll.

    before.

    after.

    -Ethan

    Dubs at the Beach

    Last weekend we made the trip down to Ocean City, MD for DATB. This is the second year for the show, which replaced Dubs on the Lake out in Western, MD as one of the more fun, relaxed shows of the early season. It’s held at the same place H20 is held in September. The show itself is smaller, and Ocean City has a much different feel than the later show. We left on Friday and got down there midday. The weather was great and we bombed around town and found a place to eat, hung out and generally dubbed super hard.

    Saturday was the BBQ day, no real show field, but vendors can set up and it’s pretty quiet. That evening we ate at a pretty good crab place, I think it was called the Crab Bag or something. Dave got the all you can eat crabs and got his money’s worth. Dude was eating crabs like an assembly line, it was impressive. Just a blur of arms, mallets, guts and Old Bay.

    After dinner we went back to the room to digest for a bit and caught some of the NBA playoffs. Mission: Dessert began shortly after, and included several stops at various ice cream and candy joints. Then we dubbed again, possibly harder than before.

    Sunday was the big show day, and the weather early in the day was ominous. Cloudy, windy and rainy. Attendance was low early on, but as the weather began to break people flocked to the show in droves. All in all it was a fun, laid back weekend. Good to see pals and hang out at the beach with great weather.

    Our resident photog for the weekend was Allen, check out his site, AREPAT Photography. I’ll let his pics do the rest of the talking, thanks Al.

    -Ethan