New car, and a BMW question.

240Z · Jul 23, 2005

Well, I haven't been posting much on GTP lately, but I've recently had a 1982 BMW Alpina C1 2.3 thrust upon me. It's in fairly good condition, just needs a new hood, trunk and front valence. Does anyone here know of a good parts supplier where I can get BMW E21 body panels? My searches with google have turned up very little.

By the way, the car looks like this.

1X83Z · Jul 24, 2005

Hopefully yours hasn't got the unfortunate stripe job of most of those...

xcsti · Jul 24, 2005

Sweet wheels!!

McLaren · Jul 24, 2005

Indeed. I'll try and find parts.
http://www.bmw-parts-wholesale.com/e21-parts.html Here's the only good one I could find.

300zxfairman · Jul 24, 2005

E-bay good place to buy cheap parts

neanderthal · Jul 25, 2005

what country are you in?

i can give you plenty of ideas, but if youre in britain it doesnt help you to hav parts shipped from california does it?

PS · Jul 25, 2005

240Z
Well, I haven't been posting much on GTP lately, but I've recently had a 1982 BMW Alpina C1 2.3 thrust upon me. It's in fairly good condition, just needs a new hood, trunk and front valence. Does anyone here know of a good parts supplier where I can get BMW E21 body panels? My searches with google have turned up very little.

By the way, the car looks like this.

I know there's a BMW auto/colllision and body restoration shop in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I know the guy there VERY well so I could probably get you a deal, if you're within a day's driving distance.

Emohawk · Jul 25, 2005

I thought you lived in Guelph?

Revheadnz · Jul 25, 2005

Dude, nice car 👍 . That's pretty darn fast for a older BMW too, how much was it?

240Z · Jul 25, 2005

M5Power:
Nope, just plain BMW Graphite Metallic.

I've been looking on E-Bay for parts, butb there's not many body panels avaliable. I've got a body shop guy coming out in a couple of days to see if the hood/trunk/valence are repairable. The car was free, and I'm located in the southwest U.S. I think that the performance stats on that page are wrong, because I have an official spec sheet from Alpina that quotes the horsepower as 170 and 0-60 in about 7.2 seconds.

Thanks for all your help.

puricele7e · Jul 26, 2005

Wow, congrats man !! That's a great car....just.....wish.....insurance wasn't so expensive in Germany 👎

240Z · Aug 9, 2005

Just found out I can buy Yokohama A048s on tirerack.com for my car. I gotta get it down to the body shop!

Anybody have any idea on how "streetable" these tires would be?

puricele7e · Aug 9, 2005

I was at the Nordschleife some 2 months ago in a E34 M5, but we only put A048s on there, before the race, in the night before.....Rode 50 km in them, they wear down REALLY quickly in my opinion (I rekon......no more tthan....5-10.000 km?) But grip is insane

EDIT: I think they were....245 and 275...or something like that.....

neanderthal · Aug 10, 2005

try 2002ad in so cal