The 3.2 Alpina Powered Chromie

[Rav335uk]

Ah, you know your's is one of the better E30's round here, you didn't earn that Sig title for no reason pal

[e30topless]

They did much better on yours mate, I heard your feature was one of the biggest spends TBMW had ever shelled out for due to the night shift and overtime for the computerists

your wrong Dan, photoshop doesn't have renault blue installed,
Andyboy did Rav's with a felt tip pen,

[Rav335uk]

They did much better on yours mate, I heard your feature was one of the biggest spends TBMW had ever shelled out for due to the night shift and overtime for the computerists

your wrong Dan, photoshop doesn't have renault blue installed,
Andyboy did Rav's with a felt tip pen,

Steve

[Dezzy]

Rav's car on the cover defos had some action. It must have been hard to find the exact French shade to match.

[Dave_M3]

They did much better on yours mate, I heard your feature was one of the biggest spends TBMW had ever shelled out for due to the night shift and overtime for the computerists

:lol


I'd imagine somebody had good ammunition to ask for a raise when writing the article too by threatening the feature with words like "relic", "anchor", "skip" or "scuttle-shake"

[Rav335uk]

Rav's car on the cover defos had some action. It must have been hard to find the exact French shade to match.

Knew yo'd be sniffing around somewhere.

Dave,

[Dave_M3]

Haha. Jokes aside, Its a lovely cab to be fair but its hilarious how every piss-take always seems to go full circle and land slap bang in the middle of the skip everytime


Wonder if it has anything to do with the M30 being old as the hills and such an anchor that it may have developed its own gravitational field...

[Rav335uk]

Wonder if it has anything to do with the M30 being old as the hills and such an anchor that it may have developed its own gravitational field...

This is all it's about

[gazm3]

Wow, what a car Dan.
Love it. Not visited here much lately and you put another even bigger donk in.
Lovely engineering very impressed.
A true chrome sleeper.
Has this been up the pod yet?.



Nice

[DanThe]

Bit of bufty action today, car hasnt been washed since first week of May as I just get sick of looking at water marks on it from the wax not lasting very long, couldnt be arsed with clay and I dont have any anyway so washed it with some hardcore wash&wax and went round it with some Zaino all in one



It got most of the water marks out but whats left is so small you wouldnt notice it TBH.
Followed by two coats of Poorboys paste wax.
This car is a git to polish/wax, I have never been able to get a finish without leaving some smear marks behind, these are the worst I had from ages ago with some £40 wax -





But I think ive finally got the hang of it, before and after each coat of polish or wax ive been going round with quick detailer, makes the job twice as long but the results are worth the effort



All finished and ready for Pod



Earlier this week id stripped down a rear bumper I had from Capri-Rob when he broke his bronzit chariot, it had been replaced with a genuine one at some point due to a rear ender and the repairers were so kind to give it a squirt of waxoil
I took it all apart and cleaned each section with TFR and then petrol to get the tar spots and grime off. The RH finishing cap had gone dull so a phone call to the dealers and £18 later I had a brand new one to fit.
Here it is built up with lashings of fresh waxoil









Rust free FTW

While it was off I took the opportunity for some water trap cleaning, rear vents popped out -



Wiped round with some WD40



Excuse the GM battery..



Brushed them round with waxoil before the cleaned vents went back in.

The boot carpets have to be pulled out so I also had a quick brush round any other bits and took the long plastic trim off that the bootlid closes onto and gave that a clean and waxoil session, this is above the rear lights under the boot seal
Upside down pic I think



Bumper back on and a couple of pics after cleaning the waxoil off it today!









Just in the left of the pic is the new cap that covers the join



Im well happy with how its cleaned up, I considered buying some rubber end caps and possibly a new rubber trim strip but those 3 parts would have totalled £200 odd and you have to draw the line somewhere....

Only a couple of grazes to the rubber strip which I can live with, there was also a bit of a dent which I knocked out with a rubber mallet and some bits of wood





Last but not least, 370mm Tech 1



Bring on the Pod
I wonder if it will better the 13.7 from York

[MurphyE30]

nice work Dan looks oustanding

[Cook318IS]

That paintwork

[bss325i]

Peado tastick!

Loving the shine! Been on mine all day but couldn't be arsed to take any pics.

[DanThe]

I really am fooked today after that lot, there is some serious graft in black paint that shines
If the time ever comes for paintwork it will be getting clear coat!

[cro320]

Z-aio is awesome stuff...proper all in one

stunning car mate!!

[oguz327]

Looks stunning Dan, look forward to seeing this in the flesh

[spook]

Looks stunning Dan, look forward to seeing this in the flesh

Me too

[Dave_M3]

You must have thought "fooking hell, I'd have the engine changed again by the time I'm finished rubbing around this shit!"


Car looks amazing though!

[Felix79]

Some really nice work there Dan!

[B7]

Blacks a f*cking nightmare.

Thats looking the tits though. So original in finish!

[Dezzy]

This car is fooking ridiculous!!!!

[DanThe]

[The_Diddler]

This car is fooking ridiculous!!!!

What he said /\

[Kos]

good work dan

having done my black e39 for the pod, i know that black is a bitch to get right. you're on the right track with zaino and using a quick detailer to help between coats and get rid of any smears/trails left.

but as i said its looking good !

[Duke137]

This isn't just a pretty face on the B roads ay Dan, this thing shifts!

Well pleased with the Nardi dude, nice wheel

[SHAKEELE30]

dan the cars paintwork is looking very mint... and also so does the rest of it... saw it at pod but didnt get to see the heart of it

[Vier]

Ooohhh....
This is how a real old school e30 Chrome Black should look.
Mint as it is... I don´t now what to reply.
Keep it original? Do the work you´ve done to it?
Either way feels nice to lay eyes on a topic like this one from page one.

[Jhonno]

Fitted -

Random bump/question..

Did you have to modify the e34 carriers at all?

[DanThe]

Slightly, just to allow them to sit flat against the bracket

[Jhonno]

Any pics? Or detail pics of them fitted?

[turk]

Who made the brackets?
no doubt it was u! can i have some please

[DanThe]

Yes of course you can, I have a few sets in a box phosphate black coated

[gazm3]

Dan, whats your best up the pod out of interest?.

[DanThe]

13.7 so far mate, same as I got at York earlier this year so I think thats about as quick as it will go in its current state.
Will be having some live mapping once ive sorted a new exhaust which will do it some good.

Just lately ive been thinking about drilling the alloy inlet manifold,,,,,








































,,,,,,, for NOS

[turk]

I also had that thought