E30 Zone

managed to get a bit more work done on the car this weekend.

swapped all the windows for the tinted ones that it left bmw with (luckily i got the original windows with the shell)

well been a busy year and not really had the time to get round to doing much to the E30. bit of an update though. its now on its wheels and has the engine and box fitted. running gear going on http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/e30/F6ACCB00-D4E6-4960-8541-4FDB1E1004E8_zps2vdbp4un.jpg h...

bit more progress made this afternoon

mcbonio wrote:Get that thing basted in waxoil for gods sake, you have a real gem there.! How much did you pay for it?

Also, if it's an '87 shouldn't it have chrome bumpers?

its late 87 so first of the facelifts

haha it was the right price not to miss ;)

i'd say M Coupe but then i am a tad biased, we have 2 :D very good fun cars but at the same time very impractical, but one of them cars where its faults go out the window when your driving it haha http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/8C8C1163-4BC6-41EE-9931-186B7378632F-1364-000000E442B3...

You have some bare metal to treat then? No need to take the wings off if you can help it, you can get to the drains easily with the arch liners out, plus it saves breaking the factory seam seal on the joins 8) nah no bare metal just wanted to give it a good coat of under seal whilst its clean to he...

Brianmoooore wrote:
Peet wrote: and going to underseal it
Not with shultz, I hope!

no, after the advice given in the thread i started on the subject i am going to go for the polyurethane underseal, just waiting on BM to get back to me with details of the stuff they use.

i'd be drenching this in wax-oil ,in the chassis rails ,s/roof tray,inner scuttle panel ...in fact everywhere i could get a nozzle .....this will be worth a good few quid in not many years time . fookin epic find ! thanks have done all the inside with loads of clear wax oil, got the space heater bl...

well started to put the car back together this afternoon (looking through all the boxes of bits for the nuts n bolts is taking time haha)

Brianmoooore wrote:Black underside on an E30 usually means one to avoid. It's likely to be shultz based shite sitting on rust.

haha yeah i'd agree wi that going off the other 2 i had

the one i have now has lived in a class room since it left the showroom

will have a look into some stuff, think the dynax stuff gets good reviews.

makes sense to do it right with it being so clean

reeto, thanks for the info, was just wondering cause the other e30's i've had where all black with what i thought was overspray (both had been resprayed) but this one is red all over (apart from the odd patch of black on the hidden areas - under the fuel tank and round the rear valance / wheel well)...

before i start building my shell up i am going to underseal all under the car to help protect it a bit.

does anyone know if they left BMW body coloured on the underside or if they left in black under seal.

GooneriC wrote:Not really a fan of stripes but those do look quite nice. Are they still available anywhere ?

they always got a mixed reaction from people but they made it that bit different.

i tried to get some from BM but they was no longer available so had them made up.

bss325i wrote:The stripes are not 333i specific, they were just a dealer fit accessory.

There was a black tech 1 325i sport on here with some.

My old sport (miss the car

)

Thanks for the comments Still not done much with it yet apart from cleaning all the dust out of everywhere. amazing shell 8) this is a crime though :eek: http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/e30/8A86DB5C-2A32-4CBC-AAA1-EDEFA13F5A0B-353-0000003E251087E2_zpsf5d57686.jpg The bonnet lining o...

Its got a vin plate riveted above the drivers headlight and the number is stamped into the scuttle

Didn't know its was a diesel lining

Haha i fitted a S50 to my last E30 but didn't really like it as a everyday car so i'll leave the big power for my M coupe. Thinking of keeping this as a 318.

Well the logbook has arrived so can now start to decide what to do with it (didn't want to put anymore money into it before i'd got the paper work)

Haha thanks for the comments Well managed to do a bit of digging with the car and it turns out it was donated to the college by BMW. The car has been registered but BMW kept hold of all the documentation so everyone was under the impression it hadn't been. I've managed to get the reg number from the...

Managed to get a bit more of the car emptied today (just need to get a bit of polish on the engine bay and inside) Some more pics http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/e30/0472ECCF-2A4E-4C6A-8E1E-6791879C0E83-353-0000003E1403B627_zpsf6fae29b.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900H...

FMH wrote:whats the plans for it?

At the mo i am thinking the best bet is to put it back to how was when it left BM

Managed to get the boot empty of all the parts http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/e30/834D71A5-2C8B-4BFE-AF4E-89423929F153-203-0000000CC9A1059B_zps3e39bad8.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/e30/BE5FC224-9393-4DD2-AB8C-7A3D41A26B56-203-0000000CF00E6656_zps3bc80620.jpg...

I've managed to get hold of a 1987 318i shell (and a load of parts) thats never been on the road ( has been used by students in a college) Just a few pics of it at the moment http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/e30/2B9C828A-8469-4642-AE9B-400A84104859-191-00000006B8B8355F_zps1e8d21e8.jp...

Managed to give it a wash this morning

Will start a build thread in a bit

Haha will get some pics at weekend (goin to work in th dark and comin home when its dark isn't good for pics :( ) Not sure if it was preston college it was at but taking a guess it could be if they had some, the doors are full inside (but do have bmw stickers on the inside with paint code and part n...

Well after a couple of years messing with my z3m coupe i've eventually found time for another E30 (I've always regreted selling my sport :( ). I've just collected a 1987 318 thats never been registered (its been used for automotive course's at a college so is in a 101 bits at the mo) Will get some p...

I bought some parts for my z3m coupe off the bloke who is building / going to race this, top bloke and if its built anything like his coupe race car it'll be spot on

They are cool looking things. I have always liked them to, although the press always said they were **** to drive, which goes without saying due to the crappy chassis. Haha its one of those things that takes a bit to get used to i think. Its had a few bits done to the suspension but the handling is...

toby wrote:Congrats on the MOT - project was fast eh?
I quite like the stone guards.

thanks

yeah it didn't take as long as i was expecting which is always a bonus, means i can get on with helping my bro with the new project and get some work done on my boat ready for summer

Yeah was me haha just droppin mi bro off and goin the cash point.

Thanks, just standard back boxes, but running the fritz bits manifold i had on my e30 (makes it sound different to my bro's with its standard manifold)

well the coupe is MOT'd and on the road now, its great to have the S50 sound again :) Just a few pics i took the other day, will try and get it out this week and get some decent pics of it just finished (apart from the plates being fitted) http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/IMG_2870.jp...

Will do hopefully it'll be ready to go in the next couple of weeks, user name is the same as on here (peet)

They haven't been MOT’d yet so not sure how they will go on, but the garage that fitted it put mine on the emissions machine and it was under the limits it needed to be so will have to see what happens when it goes for its MOT.

Haha yeah bit of a pricy mod

The boot floor only gets drastic if left, haha i ended up cutting the whole floor and diff hanger out. http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h102/900Hornet/f2219715.jpg The carbon intake will be a good mod Haha yeah they are a tad quiet in standard form, i've fitted a de-cat pipe to mine and its still q...

boot floor was first thing I checked, all welds and seams look pristine. Yeah i drove past a blue one going through blackpool yesterday, had those silly Audi style LED running lights stuck on though :mad: Thats a good do then :) Oh no some people have some random ideas don't they :( white's quite ...

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