What did you do to your E30 today?

[daimlerman]

5 Years after starting the project. .

I Drove it!!

(well not exactly today but close enough )

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(rubbish quality video for some reason)

Could you re-post in daylight,please?

[Cypriotgeeza]

5 Years after starting the project. .

I Drove it!!

(well not exactly today but close enough )

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(rubbish quality video for some reason)

Could you re-post in daylight,please?

By the time i get home from work its dark lol

All in good time my friend

[darkchild]

Picked it up from the bodyshop where it was having a few minor rust spots repaired before they got any worse.

Looks a tidy job but as it was p!$$ing down I didn't get the opportunity to fully inspect the craftsmanship.

[RetroAde]

Replaced these 27 year old speakers with some decent salvage OEM jobs.

[RetroAde]

Fitted a shiny new bonnet badge

[RetroAde]

And these arrived in the post.

[jimbom30cab]

Damn that looks good. Lachs yer?

[RetroAde]

Damn that looks good. Lachs yer?

Nope, Cirrus Blue.

[jimbom30cab]

Looks stunning, any more pics?

[RetroAde]

There you go, Sir. My 325i.

Goes to the bodyshop tomorrow, new rear quarters going on plus a few minor repairs on the sills / rear valence. Also going to refurb all the trim whilst it's off the car.

Also got a new set of pressed plates to go on.

[BHadley]

More welding..... Front end all done! Woo hoo .....

[jimbom30cab]

That looks fantastic Ade, love the colour and the chrome together.

[RetroAde]

Have another piccy.

Hopefully will be looking a whole lot better in a weeks time when all the works finished. Got my tamed welder booked for Saturday, a very good refinisher friend of mine on the paint gun and I'll be doing some prep and refurbishing all the trim.

Also trying to blag some Toyo Proxes off an oval racing pal of mine. Apparently they're banned on the ovals this season and he's got a nearly new set of 15s that would fit lovely on my BBS wheels. The bottletops are then getting a refurb and will be my winter / spare set.

[jimbom30cab]

Great stuff, you should start a thread on the members e30s and put up a load of pics so sad people like me can have something to read in the evenings.

[RetroAde]

Great stuff, you should start a thread on the members e30s and put up a load of pics so sad people like me can have something to read in the evenings.

Oh don't worry, I'll be taking loads of photos during the refurb. There's an old thread for this car on members E30s which I'll update as the real work gets underway.

Plan is to be ready for the first East Coast Retro meet on the 1st March.

[RetroAde]

Dropped the car off at the bodyshop. It's in good company.

[tfi_friday]

Slowly but surely getting this back to life...
How it looked when I got it:


Couple more jobs on going and done today...

Got tired of ever lock needing a different key, so started rekeying the boot lock to match the ignition key.



Currently stripping down my headlight wiper motors to bring them back to life again



One down one to go.

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The current state of it one year later:

[Gavla]

Dropped mine off with bss325i yesterday...

[Mitchen]

Dropped mine off with bss325i yesterday...

Nothing quite like getting all the little niggles sorted.. makes it a whole new car!

[Cloggy Saint]

Was bored at work today so spent some time pimping a spare airbox I had lying around



I think it's pretty cool though I say so myself.

[Gert_8]

You'll be lowering in next!

[Cloggy Saint]

Already lowered

[jimbom30cab]

Mega breakfast then..



Rob fitted an engine...



I fitted a steering rack...



Pony washed my 318iS...



Phil made some tea (but no pics to proove)

[mikelat]

Cosmetic stuff. Replaced my airbag steering wheel with a MTec 1 which meant replacing the 3 stalks that now were too close to the wheel and installed a lighted mirror I have had for ages.

[shedrool83]

Fitted bucket seats in the pick up

[breakermart]

why would you fit bucket seats in a pick up?

[BHadley]

Sprayed up a 2nd hand valance..... Came up ok considering I'm on budget rattle cans!

Prices are jumping up for these..... £100 for a bent one on eBay today!

Glad mine was less...

[shedrool83]

why would you fit bucket seats in a pick up?

Cause i wanted to simple.

[Cypriotgeeza]

Enjoyed the sunshine...











and the beast under the bonnet

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[Andy-M]

what a lovely day, sun, blue sky (well sort of), dry salt free roads. So rolled the E30 out the garage , pulled of the covers, connected up the battery. She fired up first time. A quick online tax for 6 months and off we go for a blast. Its been 6 months and 6 months to long.....

[jimbom30cab]

Great vid there M30 dude

[Cypriotgeeza]

Great vid there M30 dude

cheers Jim duuddee!

I think either my mate had enough of holding the camera or he $hit himself because i still don't know why he stopped recording when he did

[jimbom30cab]

I do miss that sheer M30 grunt !

[Cypriotgeeza]

I do miss that sheer M30 grunt !

Ill be honest im looking forward to mating it up to a nice wheel and tyre combo and going for it on the twisty parts again!

I love this thing !