1969 BMW 1800 Neue Klasse

[dino_rox]

Good Day Members .
a little showoff thread of my new Queen .
1969 BMW 1800 Neue Klasse
very little info available about this car locally , and very very few people with actual knowledge of it .
if anyone has come across one or worked o one of these please message me to chat , i just want to know some more about it . and also advise on future upgrades .

Car is a Runner and drives well .
Pics to follow ,
updates and work done so far ,

Redone front grills in Black to compliment the roof , replaced rear Boot badge
remove front bumper bumpers (if that makes sense ) it was looking to rally like for me .

When i got it .

 

[dino_rox]

recently
Redone front grills in Black to compliment the roof , replaced rear Boot badge
remove front bumper bumpers (if that makes sense ) it was looking to rally like for me .




And done .

 

[dino_rox]

Planning a suspension Upgrade , possibly coilovers to bring it slightly lower with a wheel change , something classic .

no idea where to get suspension done , and the wheel specs for this is very hard to come by .
so please hit me with recommendations .

 

[r0ckf1re]

Wow, that's epic.

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[maleven-GP]

Beautiful classic car, congratulations

 

[KPM3_30]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing Dino!

Maybe hit up @Peter@AEW for some advice or one of his many contacts could assist.

 

[zabbo]

Congratulations!! That is something you don't see everyday.

 

[evnmopwr]

Very nice!!!!!

 

[Gordvisr]

Saw it a while back, sweet ride, looking forward to the "upgrades"

 

[modocrat]

Nice ride! I see an E36 lurking there 👀

 

[dino_rox]

Nice ride! I see an E36 lurking there

Yeah man.
That’s my other baby.

 

[dino_rox]

This is awesome, thanks for sharing Dino!

Maybe hit up @Peter@AEW for some advice or one of his many contacts could assist.

Thank you I will drop him a message.
Appreciate it.

 

[Nish_H]

Very nice, congrats on a lekker classic.

 

[shauwn]

brings back memories of my 2002's

 

[dino_rox]

brings back memories of my 2002's

so hard to come by these days

 

[dino_rox]

Update , test fitting with 15" 8.0j ET25 wheels ,
cannot figure out the correct offset i should be using ,
fronts touch the strut so will have to relook at the fitment .
also planning a suspension upgrade (coilovers maybe), which is also a mission to source unless i attempt an e30 suspension swap
but progress will be made 🤞

thinking a 16" wheel would do the car justice , 17" is just too big . thoughts?

 

[cos_mo]

Looks EPIC!
It's going to look even better dropped

 

[dino_rox]

Not much to report.
Not happy with the wheels so still on the hunt for the right wheel
With a touch of “old skool / classic / clean “

Picked up this 16” modified BBS MAHLE wheels. Which doesn’t fit as it is. Meaning I will need to remodify them.

Like the look. Not sure if it’s worth modifying though.
Still searching for a suitable suggestion on lowering the car. Just slightly.

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[individj]

love it

 

[Benji]

Nice car bud, something different. Not sure how these cars suspension works, but maybe not an option to get someone to compress your standard springs? Its probably a bit ghetto and not sure what it would do to your ride, but that should be a cheap n quick way of doing it.

Wheels wise, I would probably go for the early open-lug Alpina style wheels? Think these came on the E12s etc? Or how about a set of E30 steelies? Period correct would be something like a BBS-Mahle