my E30 M3 replica build

Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:09 pm

Was that rear panel of a cabby??

Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:05 pm

Rav335uk wrote:Was that rear panel of a cabby??

im not too sure, all i know is that it came from a young asian lad in leicester who breaks e30's for a living. why you ask?

Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:10 pm

The hole underneath the numberplate area.
This was on Cabs only, and is used to house the LED light for the alarm.

Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:24 pm

yeah good point, must be off a cabby then, anyways, heres todays efforts, iv spend endless hours today measuring and welding and all that shiz niz

this is my bodge wich will be f/g over and sanded smooth. yet to be seen if it works lol

just started to offer the quater up properly and trim it now ready to bond it on tomorow hopefully

so thats it for today, get a good early start on it tomorow and see where the takes me

Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:28 pm

that rear fg bumper is huge.

What wheels are you going to use? 5 lug?

Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:51 pm

Sanchez wrote:that rear fg bumper is huge.

What wheels are you going to use? 5 lug?

the rear bumper is standard m3 shape n size, think its just how its positioned is makeing it look abnormal lol. look at it in previous pics and youl see. as for the wheels, im doing the 5 lug conversion later and going for the BBS RS split rims with gold centers and the car is going alpine white with black leather interior

quite a popular combination but i just love it. and its not like you see it going down the road every day either to be fair

Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:01 pm

ok i know it doesnt look much differant to the other pictures but got the drives side rear quater bonded into place today. leaving that to dry and stick then il be doing the other side in next few days. does anyone know how long i need to leave "Tiger Seal" until its fully gone off???

Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:13 pm

According to the U-POL website curing time:-

30-60 mins to skin.
Through cure of approx 3mm per 24 hours.
All results at 23°C and 50% relative humidity.

Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:23 pm

thats ok then, im leaving it a day or two anyways, but it is pretty cold out in the garage. but thanks for telling me

Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:05 pm

What have you done abou mating the inner arches to the fibreglass and how are you going to weld up that hole between the wing and the windscreen extension

Sorry, I wouldn't usually comment on things like this but it gives the impression people are a little out of their depth when I see massive gaps every which are being glued up with fibreglass.

Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:45 pm

Hi, yes i am a bit out my depth but im giving it all i can to get this job done, never took on a project before so learning as i go, the inner arches will be cut and f/g onto the backs of the quaters then the whole lot will be f/g again, a f/g arch liner if you may. then the gaps being seen at the bace of the c pillars will be plated then smoothes over to give the correct lines of the m3. i doubble seemed as much as i possibly could on the back end to add as much strength as i could. then tied it in with the f/g quaters to add further strength so hopefully it should be sturdy as owt realy,
might add a boot strut to add maximum strength aswell. i dont mind people questioning my efforts or even offering advice, its all usefull. but i aim to have a high quality finish in the end. but yeah i got a little carried with a cutting disk at times lol.

this weekend coming will e a big turn around for the car if all goes well. stay tuned for more progress

Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:16 pm

Hi mate the car looks great , where did you get the bodykit and how much did it cost?

Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:27 pm

thank-you, means alot. im sure iv stated this earlyer in my thread as a few people have asked the same question (gonna have to start taking comission) the kit cost £500 and £50 postage. from this chap...... good quality fiberglass and the panels line up realy well

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-moto ... t/96277255

anyone else who asks me where i got the kit can do one now cuz the info is all here

Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:27 pm

Epic keep the pics coming, cant believe the effort on this one, keep it up mate!

Tue Mar 06, 2012 7:31 pm

once again, thank-you. cant get tierd of praise. just imagine what i could achieve if i actualy knew what i was doing lol ... i dont actualy know what effort is going into this more than any other project. does anyone know any threads on here similar to mine where they have done/doing an m3 rep? TIA

Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:20 am

God you make it look so easy!great work so far fella

Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:48 pm

tonybtonyb wrote:God you make it look so easy!great work so far fella

to be strait with you, it is fairly easy, iv got basic knowledge and experiance with cars. no paticular skills, i drive lorrys for a living. and what im doing is done slowly. not got much money to throw at it and spend the occasional weekend on it. the only thing driving the project is the fact i want to drive it asap lol

Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:10 am

Hats off to you Fella

Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:52 pm

Rav335uk wrote:The hole underneath the numberplate area.
This was on Cabs only, and is used to house the LED light for the alarm.

Not true, lots of other E30s had this if fitted with the magnetic key alarm.

Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:07 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:
Rav335uk wrote:The hole underneath the numberplate area.
This was on Cabs only, and is used to house the LED light for the alarm.
Not true, lots of other E30s had this if fitted with the magnetic key alarm.

Never seen any other Andrew apart from the cabs.

Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:10 pm

well this is what iv managed to get done today, the rear arches/quaters have been fully bonded and fiberglassed on and blended, next up will be the filler work.

starting to build this area up to match that of the m3 but proving a bit tricky as not got anything to work too appart from picture off google and poor ones of that

think iv got some tweeking to do here

these pictures havent been put up in any particular order so excuse the fact there a bit mixed up. but you get the idea of what iv been doing today.
so what do you think guys?

Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:55 am

That might help

Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:02 am

I was going to go out and take some similar pics, looks like you've saved me a job

The top of the rear quarter pannel is obviously a different profile to a normal e30, not sure whether it's part of the wings or an additional extension.

If its part of the wing it obviously means there are different parts for cabby and coupe m3s as the cab wing tips suit a standard bootlid profile.

Although, tbh as long as it seals well enough to stop water getting in an looks ok with the boot closed than it doesn't really matter of its not 100% accurate.

Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:44 pm

thanks guys for the great help. harry_p if youve got a m3 to take pics of, could you still take me some detailed pictures of the boot shut at the top edge of the quaters. and il be extremely gratefull if you could take a coupple of measurements of it. if not then pics will do fine. hopefully my new boot turns up next weekend so will use that to compare fitment when closed. thanks once again the pair of you as it makes my job so much easyer with your help

by the way does anyone know of any m3 rear glass for sale? lol proving a bich to find

Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:20 pm

Glass from the dealers or from autoglass, should be reasonable enough...

Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:58 pm

What a job!!!!! haha

Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:05 pm

i think you should scrap this and keep bodging the minis up

Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:06 pm

what a piece sh**

Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:41 pm

oh God ^ ^ ^

keep at it breakermart, this is interesting

Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:27 pm

b284ypu wrote:what a piece sh**

top bloke, when i grow up i want to be just like you. a complete and utter disrespectful c**t. your my hero

Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:30 pm

b284ypu wrote:i think you should scrap this and keep bodging the minis up

lol cheers, but i cant take any credit for the minis, there both the work of my house mate. i just keep upsetting him with filler dust and the fact he needs to cover them up every time i find the spray gun lol. not a massive mini fan but gotta say the blue one looks bloody good.

Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:36 pm

It does look good, should post up some pics of it!!

Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:54 pm

I got all excited then thinking there was an update

Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:30 pm

THEHOOD wrote:It does look good, should post up some pics of it!!

not on my thread lol. you want to look at minis then go on a mini forum lol

Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:46 pm

heres just a few pictures from other day, i had to alter the fiberglass panel where it met the rear lights as it stood too far out so i made a few cuts and brought it in a bit.... not a pretty picture but nothing a bit of sanding and filler cant fix, then nicely hidden with primer lol. as for the rest of the fiberglass i used round the edge. i didnt mix it strong enough and was still sticky and gooey the next day, so i mixed a strong one to put over the top and hopefully get it to react to the old stuff. seems to have done the trick as its just about set now. but blimey this stuff goes off slowly. doesnt help with how cold it is in the garage.

if you compare it to how stupid it looked in earlyer pictures then i think youl agree it was a must lol