E30 Zone

How many of you guys have a to do list for your E30's? im sure most of you do...... i definitely do!

Mine:
Get through MOT on friday
Keep on top of maintenance
Sort small rust patches before they go shitty
Sort droning from rear
maybe get some new springs and dampers

Share yours!

Put some rear speakers in and polish.

I've done all the dirty work now, Just waiting for spring!!!!

Although when I'm back behind the wheel I reckon my OCD will kick in and I'll end up with a looooooooooong list!

I have a list as long as my arm for my chromie...


But basically

Full rebuild with geniune replacement parts where needed

Full respray

New interior

New wheels

And a nice place to store it so I can stare at it when its finished.

E36 rack conversion
2.5 engine thrown in
crash damage fix
little spots of rust grinded
filler/fibre glass on some of the body
full respray
new hood
BBS wheels refurb
(quite alot to do lol)

to do list? never heard of one.. i have an endless list.

Yep - got a text file on my desktop call 'e30 & e34.txt' with a to do list on, costs & part numbers

fingerman wrote:Yep - got a text file on my desktop call 'e30 & e34.txt' with a to do list on, costs & part numbers

*Cough*GEEK*Cough*





Although I think I may do this at some point for my own reference.

got 3 cars with to do lists

however my 318is is nearing a "just maintenence" standard where i want it and happy

need..

se skirts and new mud flaps i have fitted
spare wheels refurbed
map light mirror and rear bllind shelf bought/fitted
sort a wobble in the seat out
new spark plug cover and polish up engine
cple of tiny dings sorted out

and a long term want is a pair of mint front wings

thats about it

Jim320i wrote:I have a list as long as my arm for my chromie...


But basically

Full rebuild with geniune replacement parts where needed

Full respray

New interior

New wheels

And a nice place to store it so I can stare at it when its finished.

That's nearly a new car!
How's your headgasket job? I read your thread about the start of it a while ago. Did it turn out ok?

It pretty much will be a new car James. I have budgetted 5k over a period of time to do it all, but will most likely end up spending more, but I dont mind as its gonna be over a long while so its not like i'll be forking it all out in one go.

As for the headgasket job... Did it... But It didnt seem to fix it so out with the old and in with a new engine once I pick it up from Kedge on here. Hoping to get it Thurs or fri and fit it this weekend... So should be driving again on monday.

Been looking for rust on her today, kind of hoping there was something terminal so I could just frag it, but its not bad at all, so she will remain a touring for now.

F**k me I've got mine written down on a toilet roll hanging up in the garage. It's that f**king long.....

Yeah but you wrote it with Crayon suchy. And the letters are really big.


It reads, 'BWM CAR STUF'

LMAO

Jim320i wrote:Yeah but you wrote it with Crayon suchy. And the letters are really big.


It reads, 'BWM CAR STUF'

Haha touche Jim

'Pina needs the following

New right rear quarter pannel
Gearbox Seals
2 New 7j Rims
Cold air valve
Faster steering rack

My priority list

1. Strip interior to find out where waters entering

2. New sunroof gasket

3. New roof guttering

4. Heater matrix fixing

5. Headlight loose need new adjusting screws

once done gurentee another list
joys of e30's

airborne_7 wrote:My priority list

1. Strip interior to find out where waters entering

2. New sunroof gasket

3. New roof guttering

4. Heater matrix fixing

5. Headlight loose need new adjusting screws

once done gurentee another list
joys of e30's

Sounds like water's entering everywhere, maybe some rear light gaskets as well

Just ticked off:
-Service (Air, Oil, Fuel Fliters, sparks, fresh oil)
-Water pump, Fresh antifreeze
-Viscous coupling
-Radiator
-Clutch slave cylinder
-Wheel bearing's
-Diff fluid changed (the fluid was the same colour as my car!! )
on my i.S Stayed back after work on saturday and done them..runs so smooth now! Surprising what a service does to these machines!

Still got a bit to do yet

My todo list is written on a whiteboard in my kitchen!

Fit new lowering kit (with help from Jhonno!)
Get 15" center cap and refurb BBS
Fit Se skirts
Paint inlet & rocker cover black
Paint grill satin black
New tyres
Fix horn
Unblock n/s washer jet
Get dent in wheel arch repaired

All before pod in july

Replace quarter!

replace front bushes, replace a CV boot and a bulb, get it registered, a good service, convert my driving licence, register it and then drive it.

Uprate suspension
Fix sunroof
Sports interior
LSD
HIDS
Mtech 2 kit

Rust chasing

And some BBS RS or RMs of course

- Have any rust repaired (to pass MOT)
- Sort out other minor MOT bits
- Put in a new carpet (once someone replies to my request and sorts me out with one!)
- Put various pieces of interior trim back on properly
- 2 new BBS centre caps
- Do a service and get that cambelt fitted
- Get some fresh paint put on a couple of panels

...Sell in a few months once I've worked out an asking price and decide on a replacement in the mean time!

*Solder speedometer cable connection at diff
*Replace mudflap I lost in the snow
*Drill and refit exhaust heat shield to stop it rattling
*Uprate suspension
*Disable brake pad warning light
*Fix oil leak
*Source a set of Mim 1900's for a good price
*Change LSD oil
*Replace rear wheel bearing

Jim320i wrote:It pretty much will be a new car James. I have budgetted 5k over a period of time to do it all, but will most likely end up spending more, but I dont mind as its gonna be over a long while so its not like i'll be forking it all out in one go.

As for the headgasket job... Did it... But It didnt seem to fix it so out with the old and in with a new engine once I pick it up from Kedge on here. Hoping to get it Thurs or fri and fit it this weekend... So should be driving again on monday.

Been looking for rust on her today, kind of hoping there was something terminal so I could just frag it, but its not bad at all, so she will remain a touring for now.

Sounds like your going to end up with a very nice chromie. Sorry to hear the gasket job didn't go to plan. But sounds like you have it in hand!

Stuff to do Now

Replace NSF Suspension Strut
Replace handbrake shoes
Pass MOT Next week with no advisories.

Then

Replace dampers all round
Fit M3 "lollipop" bushes
Get tracking done
Find and fix the reason why the car is hard to start when warm
Get injectors cleaned
Replace front fogs with working ones

Then long term :

Re-shell all the good bits into a rust free shell - preferably a Dolphin Grey 2 Door

That should keep me busy for a while

I've got to:

Replace all fuel and breather hoses.

Replace all flexible brake lines and fit some better front calipers that I found recently.

Redo all my exhaust / manifold gasket joints

I would like to:

Finish rebuilding my spare head

Find some good replacement seat upholstery

Replace my front and rear screen chrome strips

I'm dreaming about:

Finding and fitting a Tech 1 kit and respraying the whole car

To be honest if it wasn't for the petrol and brake lines my car is more or less where I wanted it to be, a useable clean and tidy classic which I'm not paranoid about.