What did you do to your E30 today?

Post Sun May 12, 2013 9:42 pm

Started to to strip the front end of my old Brillantrot IS... As much as I was adamant I was going to save it.. I think it may get fragged

Post Sun May 12, 2013 10:01 pm

Did this.

Post Sun May 12, 2013 10:08 pm

Nice Steering Wheel

Post Sun May 12, 2013 10:09 pm

Lee's (Beemerlad) old one.

Post Sun May 12, 2013 10:14 pm

Any more grim pics Rav ?

Post Sun May 12, 2013 10:15 pm

Tomorrow Pete,

Knotty wire brush and linishing disc time

Post Sun May 12, 2013 10:16 pm

Rav335uk wrote:Tomorrow Pete,

Knotty wire brush and linishing disc time

I can't wait !

Post Sun May 12, 2013 10:20 pm

Post Mon May 13, 2013 8:44 am

Rav335uk wrote:Did this.

There's quite a mass of projects in that pic.

Post Mon May 13, 2013 8:59 am

Yep.

Full resto on the beetle, one of 3 ongoing atm.
A nice VW van, one of 2.
I'll take pics later when i'm down at the unit.

Post Mon May 13, 2013 1:28 pm

I sent mine away

Post Mon May 13, 2013 8:09 pm

Got it past the MOT, taxed it until october and took it down to the coast.

Furthest it's gone since November.

Lovely.

Post Tue May 14, 2013 10:33 pm

Went diffin in the rain.

Post Tue May 14, 2013 10:44 pm

Dropped in an M30

hope it works !!

Post Tue May 14, 2013 11:52 pm

Had e30 up on the ramp, checked for battle damage & did some under-sealing.

De-greased engine & gearbox.

Replaced rear brake discs & pads with new.

Changed heater hose that was causing coolant loss with new.
Replaced lost coolant with fresh pink juice.

Went for a drive....

Post Wed May 15, 2013 10:23 pm

Drove it for the first time this year with the roof down!!

I forgot how much fun it is compared my E36 touring.

Post Thu May 16, 2013 9:12 am

Drove it to work and wondered when I last filled up the power steering fluid.

FTW!

Post Thu May 16, 2013 2:30 pm

Dropped off all the chrome trim clips, under bonnet insulation, hirshmann electric aerial, badges etc with the guy doing the paint job.

Took some pics of the progress, will post them up tonight.

Post Thu May 16, 2013 9:32 pm

started to fit new disks and pads to the sport after its ten year sit but found the carriers to be too crappy so they are going for shotblasting at work tomorrow ,then started the cambelt swap using the e30 wiki as my guide ---so far so good ,well appart from i couldnt get the fan off i need a 32mm spanner from work tomorrow i have some adjustables that fit but it was after 9 when i got to that point and didnt want to wake the neighbours kids so just continued leaving the fan on (struggled on)
Thanks to all contributors to that wiki its an unbelievably good source of information and a bloody good idea well done chaps .

Post Sun May 19, 2013 5:20 pm

I went for the first propped thrash for months and wasted a load of nos

Post Sun May 19, 2013 8:08 pm

This is more of my first 4 weeks of owning my sport.
Fitted new steering rack arms & track rod ends
New discs & pads
New engine mount rubbers
New wiper blades
Sorted poor idle/ lean mixture
Replaced a few vac pipes
Fixed fuel tank breather
Fitted rear seat correctly
Made a to do list lol!
Charged battery
Left interior light on

Charged battery again!
Went to fit a radio, found I have no speakers in the car lol
Drove it lots

Oh and gave it a bath and a quick polish.

Post Sun May 19, 2013 11:29 pm

Polished this up.

Post Sun May 19, 2013 11:31 pm

Almost smashed it to shit.

See here - http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 87#2610587

Post Sun May 19, 2013 11:35 pm

drove 345 glorious miles in it like a f00kin executive

Post Sun May 19, 2013 11:37 pm

Post Mon May 20, 2013 7:42 am

leeparkes wrote:Polished this up.

I did the same not long ago.. very satisfying..

Post Mon May 20, 2013 11:14 pm

Had the best motorway drive ever from Nottingham back down to Hertfordshire. It felt like what it might had been to drive down it in the 70's. I could only see about 10 cars at one time. Nice clear skys, I took all the M20 loving that my touring had to offer as it ate up the motorway...

Post Mon May 20, 2013 11:23 pm

this!!!!

Post Tue May 21, 2013 8:12 am

Sanchez wrote:this!!!!

you've made a start

Post Tue May 21, 2013 10:16 am

Let my wife drive into work. Her (unprompted) verdict:
"You really can feel the road better in this car - mind you without traction control you need it"

Bless

Post Tue May 21, 2013 10:24 am

magpie wrote:
Sanchez wrote:this!!!!

you've made a start

And its not sitting on my dinning room table with refitted fresh beige swedette. Go back in wednesday I hope, wife n kid back on thurs morning.

Post Tue May 21, 2013 10:36 am

Nice one Snachez! You've got three of the 4 clips round the sunroof still attached (I broke two of them on mine

)

That's quite a lot of speaker in the back there!

Post Sat May 25, 2013 10:42 pm

Went for a drive:

Post Sat May 25, 2013 10:47 pm

FinalD wrote:Went for a drive:

I like the consideration for the livestock