E30 Zone

What is in your "To Do" list with regards to your E30? Can be as minor or major as possible. You don't have to list every single one, just ones that matter to you. We can get an idea of how far the car is from being "finished"/"sorted", and maybe we can help each other out by sharing tips or ideas.


Mine, on my 325i Cabby, are as follows:

• Re-adjust the rear window
  Replace throttle body gasket
  Replace Fuel lines
  Clean cloudy rear screen
  Sort out split leather stitching on rear seat
  Get rid of that damp smell
  Full Respray

I am sure I got some more that I didn't list...

So whats yours?

my things to do are:-

sort the electrics out
get a new battery
give the leather a clean
get the car valeted
need to find some 16" genuine alpinas for a reasonable price and then spray them black. Would look nice on my white sport and then I will be sorted.

Where do I start, car is a 1988 325i switachable auto tourer broght around 2 weeks ago and just been sat here waiting for me to pull my finger out and get it sorted.

Full service
Sort out the rear electric window
Get the central locking working again
Replace the sunroof panel
Replace bolsters on the drivers seat
Sort out the sagging rear headlining
Give the BBS wheels a fresh coat of paint
Lower the car from standard height
Fit 3.91 LSD
Get the aircon re-gassed
Give the car a full mop (currently a nice shade of satin red lol)

I'll be happy with the car when all the above has inally been done

Holy cack this thread will be never ending !!!!

Mine :
Full Service using genuine parts - all filters and fluids, Spark Plugs, Set valve clearances
Change cambelt & Water pump
New Radiator
Change Clutch Master & Slave Cylinders
Overhaul Brakes with new disks, pads and fluid
Replace both front wings
Replace both rear arches
Replace all suspension bushes
Replace struts and springs with Bilstein/Eibach combo
Repair/Repaint all rust - cosmetic or otherwise

Not that much then

Sand and repaint rear arches
Replace two doors
New sound system
New wheels
IS lip
Red rear lights
Sports seats
Service
HId's

Oh lord...


318iS road car:

Fit 6 speed, get lightweight flywheel and new clutch and possibly change diff ratio an rebuild LSD to 40%
Finish big brake conversion and fit switchable ABS
Strip down to shell, Fit new wings, lip, splitter an skirts with full Respray
Black carpet
Find smoked MHWs
Find M3 rear bench
Electric pop-out rear windows

2.1 conversion...

That's it I think...... for now anyway!



318iS Trackcar:

Make an buy rest of parts needed for brakes an suspension,
Sand blast bare shell underside,
Seam weld and fit FIA rollcage,
Fit it all together with ligthly modded M42,

Build S42.


In the meantime find a use for my spare iS running gear and M50

Waxoil everything underneith,
Finish painting remaining sill,
Fit fog lights,
Fit stereo, speakers and electric aerial,
Maybe some day a nice interior, not sure what yet!
Service and MOT in Spetember,
Majorly clean the whole car top to bottom!

Then If I can be bothered rust treat and repaint the bottom of my doors!


I think thats everything but may have forgotten something!

Fit mud flaps
source blue leather two door sport seats
have the body work "smartened up " (front left wing has still the small damage since I bought it 5 years ago!!!)
Refurb some of my ten bottle tops
Air freshener


Mart.

to keep it simple,

Race Car:
Final assemble and fit new engine
New polybushes
New ball joints, drop links etc
Suspension rebuild

Tech 1:
Full restoration (target 1 year)

OK I have two lists,

325
Pick up newly aquired door spray and fit
Sort out electrics (A whole host of niggles)
Change the wheels

Possibly fit newly aquired 3.5 which requires several parts I don't yet have

318
Buy, spray & fit a pair of front wings
Replace the whole front end
Change the suspension
Change the brakes
New back axel
Refit the interior
Fill the engine sized hole in the engine bay with something..

yada yada yada......

There's so much more I need to do that isn't in the above lists either!

the forum isn't big enough for mine!
i keep it on a word document as it's too big for me to bother writing out! over a full A4 page!
that said, it's all basically working and i'm just a fussy git, and write down any small jobs as they occur to me

OH dear..

Fit replacement fuel tank
Sort out the OBC temp sender so that it doesn't say -22 degrees all the time
Stop the tailgate squeaking (again)
Get the radio working again (it stopped worked soon after the garage change the clutch master/slave)
Get new brake pads (again)
Sort out the windscreen wipers according to the wiki guide (intermittent is too intermittent)
Maybe work out why the rear wash wipe is wipe only
Kurust some annoying little patches that are starting to show up
Maybe do something about the fraying driver's seat

It still drives really well though

Here goes
re tap cross member bolt hole (snapped bolt)
re fit crossmember rack and stearing coupling
fit manifolds
start the m50 for first time ( fingers crossed)
paint front bumper, wings, bonnet, tech2 vallance
fit front suspention
fit prop and LSD and drive shafts
fit handbrake cable and rear callipers
fit gear selector and support
blead brakes and pipe slave
compound polish old paint
fit alpinas
probs more along the way

then need to fit my shrick cams and viper ecu
then build an m50/m52 combo motor and zf box and new LSD
think that's about it

my 325i cabby,

put it back together once iv bought new parts inc a full respray lol

Haha (*chuckles extensively*)

2dr 1988 325i coupe ---

- Pull the car apart to a rolling shell. (all engine and interior, doors apart etc)
- Take rolling shell to bodyshop with new front wings, a bonnet, fix all (if any) rust and srapes. All with new spoiler, and either tech1 skirts and iS lip or tech2 kit if i can get my mits on a cheap one.
- Respray diamond black in and out and get some rust prevention on the go
- Get interior all retrimmed and die carpets/headlining/parcel shelf etc. Also the dash and center console
- Rebuild the engine from bottom up with new parts thoughout and some performance parts whilst there. New cooling system, replace some electric and whatever I can do..... and try for a really clean rebuild. BTB3 manifold.
- New fuel tank, lines etc.
- Redo all suspension (Bilstein B12), bushes, brakes (maybe willwood or brembo or something), ARB, strut braces, bearings etc. Z3 rack (finally bloody got one ).
- Some nice alloys and sprayed up.
- Scorpion exhaust.
- Refit interior
- Refit and rebuild doors
- Replace sound system with a newer one. (not quite a buzzing toonz beast, just better quality)
- Add loads of goodies
- Refit sunroof and motor

- Make sure everything is all as new as it can be and put back together.

- Drive on weekends/evenings occasionally. Find another daily....
- Take it to at least one UK meet... if I trust putting onto a ferry


I'm clearly missing a lot from my build, but I'll do it over the next few years whilst I'm still young and cant even dream of affording a house...

Providing I can get a garage to do this in Hopefully If my dad removes his kit car for a week or so (which he's planning) I'll quickly push my E30 in there and refuse to move it

martauto wrote:Fit mud flaps
source blue leather two door sport seats
have the body work "smartened up " (front left wing has still the small damage since I bought it 5 years ago!!!)
Refurb some of my ten bottle tops
Air freshener


Mart.

I thought I had a few problems !!!

Mart.

Save up for a decent four pot shell and put all my suspension mods,good interior and alloy wheels on it!

Failing that, I'll sort out the rust on my 318i..rear arch and back door hinges(yes,it's a more door!)

My to do list is simple: Actually buy an E30

Get the f*cker started

316i:
Finish off the calipers and brakes,
Strip down and rebuild the drivers seat,
Fit the m50,
Fix the headlights and fit some hids,
Get it dynoed!
Buy a h+r cup kit,
Refurb the bbs's
Tint the headlights,
Buy a full fritzs exhaust system,
Mop the car,
Change all the car speakers,
Buy a rear blind parcel shelf,
Tax, insure and mot the car (on my 21st birthday )

Probably loads more though!

318iS:

Decide if im going to sell it within the next for weeks...

Great thread!!!!

Ive been putting off and putting off lots of little jobs on my M3 and it was easier to park up for the last 10 months because when you tot up all these little jobs they become an expensive job.

New centre section (followed by back box)
New clutch fitted (not desperate but got one years ago)
Electric window switch twitchy
Sort faulty stereo
Fan not coming in when warm
Trim under steering wheel not fitted correctly
New steering wheel
Gutter trim missing
Alloys to refurb.

Sell it and buy something else.

the only things left on my e30 to do list is to remove the last of the parts wanted and chop the rest up for scrap. i should manage it on saturday.

You decided what to get next Fuzzy ?

fix the low speed setting on the fan
change the clutch (no slip, but release bearing occasionally makes odd noises and may as well change the whole lot while i'm down there)
get some mats
get a spanner to fill the missing slot in the toolbox
refurb the standard 16in m3 wheels i bought over a year ago and havent touched since
repaint the rear wing

probably about a million other things i would like to do but will never get around to, and don't notice most of the time

B7 wrote:Get the f*cker started

Hurry up then, i'm losing the will to live waiting

dont know yet, probably newer jap and fast but not for a while yet.my old van will do me just now. ive not got the time to be fannying about with old cars anymore plus im not as young as i used to be .

I can't even be arsed to list them

The_Diddler wrote:

B7 wrote:Get the f*cker started

Hurry up then, i'm losing the will to live waiting

Same with me and th epictures of your chromie!

Fit 2.5 engine.
Overhaul suspension and brakes.
Do a bit of paint work.
Buy some BBS wheels.

Maxfield when did you get another E30? Think ive missed something!

After 9 months of graft my 318iS passed it's MOT with flying colours!

I still have a long list of jobs still to do to get the car finshed:

Fit fuel breather hose when it finally arrives
Fit carpet
Finish touching up the paint and give it a polish

...

Then a respray.

Track car needs these:

Oil/Filter
Fit baffled sump
Brake Fluid change
Fit Braided lines
Clutch fluid change
Repaint interior floors
Repaint lower front valence
Remove sunroof cage and fit CF roof panel
Oil pressure and temp gauges
Big oil pressure light
Adjust main beam lights properly

Ollie_bwoii wrote:Maxfield when did you get another E30? Think ive missed something!

I'm keeping things quiet.

sell it and build something nice