Oops, I killed an m20

[Fruttolo]

Amazing! And what about the rears?

BTW I love the car and awesome wheels

Edit: sorry for many questions but, which year A6 are the coilovers for and who is the producer?

[MrHines]

Few latest pics of the old girl before it gets taken off the road.




May well end up with this

And bought another car for the mrs, 130i. I'm quite impressed as modern isn't really my thing

[Nobby_N]

Block paving needs a pruning mate

[MrHines]

Block paving needs a pruning mate

It's horrid, need a weekend with a jet wash and weed killer. Every spare weekend I have I seem to be chasing my tin worm and repairing something else

[MrHines]

Well, it's been a while since I posted up on here, been gathering bits and bobs here and there for the old girl,
Firstly it had rear drums which had nothing wrong but I'd rather disks so picked these up complete for £50

Gave them a good clean up, lick of paint and new brake lines and cables.
Then my poor little open diff finally gave up from the abuse and went pop in traffic on a Monday morning. Seemed pointless putting another open diff back in so I found a 3.91 LSD on the bay and snapped that up, again new gasket, oil and a lick of paint after an internal inspection

After fitting all that and it driving ten times nicer I thought about upgrading the power side of things, although the trusty b20 still pulled well, just wasn't enough. Went shopping for a b25 as I want to keep the bay looking similar to original. I bought what I believed to be a b25 and turned out to be 2.5 head on a b20 block. Never mind sold that on and dropped it off at pacers for him to then find I'd been stitched unknowingly and turned out 3 of 6 Pistons have holes in them and bent a majority of the valves


After that I bought an 87 b25 that I thought boom chuck a belt on it and throw it in, the belt but didn't really happen, I after taking the belt cover off I got carried away. Well here's before and after
Before
After
A couple of in between pics

So at this point and only taking half a day to swap everything over, it went wrong. Early loom and I had bits missing and all sorts being wrong, here's where I got too

I've been back to pacers again and bought everything facelift, spliced the looms together last night so all being good it'll be back on the road tomorrow.
I also spotted this on eBay for a nifty and couldn't resist really as I think the original looked boring

More progress to follow

[oomz1975]

Really like what you are doing with this chromie.
Love the wheels & I wouldn't say no to the e34 wagon.

[Andyboy]

Nice work, but the silver on black plates are absolutely rank. It's not a seventies Marina, it's an eighties BMW and needs the correct plates (the ones it had before....).

[Cypriotgeeza]

Thats the money shot!

Also I cant stop staring at them headlight covers haha Are they from a beetle?

Nice car

[madmax1410]

very cool chromie the new wheels really suit her! i also love the period correct 320i rear window decal! keep up the good work she's looking A1!

[Yeti]

loving the car dude what are the wheels ?never seen them before?

[P_VIDDY]

Coming along nicely

[emagnus]

I don't mind the steel wheels. At least you know you can count on them when you really need them!

[MrHines]

Been a while, it was all coming together really well...


And then this happened. It looks like I drive into him. However after a very heated road rage incident, his retaliation was to reverse into my car very hard. Luckily I have 2 witnesses on my side and he's lied in his statement which hopefully will go my way too. Doesn't look as bad as it was, bent beyond visable items.

[MrHines]

Well I've started the repairing, insurance said its a write off.

Got some nice chrome bits to replace the bent bits and the rear section

I decided to 'modify' an old valance, I've made it an inch deeper, welded up the fog light holes and the random square dent bit in the middle

This is as it stands, I have new wings and waiting on paint

[Mitchen]

Hope you gave him a dig

[MrHines]

Without letting too much go, the police weren't there for the crash and I'm on bail

[Nobby_N]

Still surprise me how many hard coooont e30 owners there are!

[Speedtouch]

Sorry to hear about your road rage incident. Good to see that the fix-up process is well in hand.

[Yeti]

glad you wernt faded by the crash dude and kept it on the road what wheels are they ? i like them

[MrHines]

glad you wernt faded by the crash dude and kept it on the road what wheels are they ? i like them

No chance I love the old shi**r, they're just chrome steels mate

[Yeti]

nice er i can see that lol what brand or who by? lol

[MrHines]

nice er i can see that lol what brand or who by? lol

Sorry lol, 16x8 et0 made by extremeoffsetwheels

[Gert_8]

nothing beats (pardon the pun) a spot of violence every now and then!

[MrHines]

Well. The time has come for the bare metal respray. Took the screen out... Guess what I found.




Two hours work later



Off for paint and a few more mod's and I'll get some more pics up

[Rav335uk]

Should have left the screen in...
Na, good job, she looks good in the other pics.

[Brianmoooore]

Good post, this! An inspiration to others of what can be done to turn a mess that might make some owners lose heart, into pristine metal again, in just a couple of hours, using the tool we can see in the background of the third pic.

[Cloggy Saint]

using the tool we can see in the background of the third pic.

A swivel stool?

[steve_k]

using the tool we can see in the background of the third pic.

A swivel stool?

i was thinking that

think he means the gas welder just off to the right.

[MrHines]

That swivel stool is a m20 crank I welded to a flywheel and a clutch plate at the top, cheers guys

[MrHines]

Well it's been to the bodyshop, had a big spruce up. Done a few other bits and the front corners of the floor remade and welded in. Slowly coming together. Just bought a 540i doner so that's next on the list



More to come soon

[jimbom30cab]

Now that is one of the smartest e30s i've ever seen

Dream car there

Nice one.

[MrHines]

Now that is one of the smartest e30s i've ever seen

Dream car there

Nice one.

Thank you, it's a long way off

[tha881]

What a chromie. Very unique, and the attention to detail looks top notch

[MrHines]

One more

[SeanOB]

lookin great.
like the swivel stool idea too