Imports

[homeforsummer]

'Cos they're too kool for skool

 

[Perfect Balance]

How the hell do you people know what kind of tire that is?!?

Same way we can tell what kind of wheels a car has. They all look different.

 

[eiriksmil]

How the hell do you people know what kind of tire that is?!?

Because GTP people are nerds..

 

[Jim Prower]

I think that sums it up well...

 

[Perfect Balance]

Pretty much.


I look at tires as any other kind of part you buy for a car, so I always consider brands, performance, ect ect.

 

[eiriksmil]

Homeforsummer. Go out. Buy. Mod. Win.

 

[Azuremen]

Too much stretch. Just doesn't look good.

 

[-Fred-]

So they only allow R-comps for time attack. How bout that. I also sent Tire Rack an email asking if they know when the A050 will be available here, lol.

R compounds offer way more grip than a regular DOT radial... it's not the fact they only allow it, it's the fact they're much grippier and that gives you better lap times. HKS didn't bust out 53 second laptimes at Tsukuba with AD07's...

 

[Leonidae]

to them, tires are like shoes are to women..

Opel Manta A, true oldschool winner.

 

[eiriksmil]

to them, tires are like shoes are to women..

I just wonder, who are they? Is it the idiotic stretch crowd who murder 6 school buses on their way to work?

 

[homeforsummer]

Homeforsummer. Go out. Buy. Mod. Win.

With an inch or two more on the ride hight and no stretch, that would look quite good I do like the ACS wheels.

Something more like this, in fact:

 

[Leonidae]

WHAT?! you found a reasonably modded E36 compact from the web?! you, sir, win teh interwebs.

 

[homeforsummer]

I typed in "bmw compact schnitzer" in google and a link came up to the flickr page of whoever owns that one 👍

Though I quite like these others that I found on google too:

(Yes, I know there's an E46 in there... and the others are probably reposts)

Subtle is definitely the way to go with Compacts (or rally-style like the green one!). Indeed, BMWs in general.

 

[boiltheocean]

IMO Compacts are hideous cars anyway.

 

[Dragonistic]

IMO Compacts are hideous cars anyway.

Seconded, the shape suits the rest of the 3 series family, but not the Compact.

 

[homeforsummer]

You'll find me in disagreement. For E36s, my personal ranking would be: Compact, saloon, coupe, tourer, cabrio. E90 would be saloon, tourer, coupe, cabrio. With the E46, saloon, coupe, compact, tourer, cabrio. And with the E30, coupe, tourer, saloon, cabrio.

Basically, I'm not keen on cabrios, indifferent on coupes, don't mind tourers, like saloons and like compacts!

Anyway, have some E90s...

 

[Keef]

R compounds offer way more grip than a regular DOT radial... it's not the fact they only allow it, it's the fact they're much grippier and that gives you better lap times. HKS didn't bust out 53 second laptimes at Tsukuba with AD07's...

Aight, I didn't know if they had any special categories for different classes of tire.

Also, 3-series Compacts are sweet.

 

[Azuremen]

IMO Compacts are hideous cars anyway.

Seconded, the shape suits the rest of the 3 series family, but not the Compact.

I'll third this. Very very awkward looking car.

 

[Keef]

I think they look quite a bit better than this horrid thing...

 

[Azuremen]

No, not really. I'd take a 135i coupe over a E36 compact any day.

 

[-Fred-]

No silly wing, no 18" chrome wheels, no outerspace bodykit, no fart can, no flashy paint... Simple, or simply put, perfect.

 

[homeforsummer]

That's easily one of the best Civics I've seen 👍 Great find. I like the choice of steering wheel, it's unusual but works perfectly and suits the car.

That grey Integra in the 12th pic looks pretty nice too.

I'll third this. Very very awkward looking car.

Meh. One's meat is another's poison. When the E36 Compact came out I was 9 years old and wasn't keen back then, but given a further 15 years to deliberate they've grown on me hugely to the point where a nice 318ti Sport is one of my favourite BMWs.

No, not really. I'd take a 135i coupe over a E36 compact any day.

I'd take one of these if they ever offered one:

 

[Revheadnz]

 

[eiriksmil]

KE70 days.. I was sideways in mine ten minutes ago.. Never seen bumpers like the ones on the white one.

 

[Prosthetic]

KE70 days.. I was sideways in mine ten minutes ago.. Never seen bumpers like the ones on the white one.

Yours has less rust

 

[C-ZETA]

Good old Toyota's...now all we need here is the old Celica ST185 and we have a great collection of imports.

 

[eiriksmil]

 

[Revheadnz]

What's that Charade got? A CB70? Or turbocharged 1300? Man they're sweet, I wish I had room/money for all these cars that catch my attention.

KE70 days.. I was sideways in mine ten minutes ago.. Never seen bumpers like the ones on the white one.

I don't know that much about *E70s to the extent of different bumpers, can't help there. Theres a KE70 that rolls around local to me that has a for sale sign in the window. It keeps tempting me. I'd probably get sick of 60hp though.....

Z31!

 

[CDailey]

That EK hatch is very nice, Fred. Where they not popular in the US? I've only ever seen like 3 on the road.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Haven't really been looking have we? They're everywhere.

And one less as of last Sunday...


Man I need a car.