E30 Zone

Looked like this when I bought it,





it now looks like this, I'll let the photos do the talking...

Love this car long time. You won't catch me saying that about many moordoors! (I still think you should of kept the bmw badge though!)

I think it looks sooooo much nicer and smoother without it! Just needs a decent interior, which I'm part way through sorting and then a nice engine ;).

Have you decided what engine you are going for?

Love it!

That Z3 looks PHat as well..

not a moredoor fan at all but your e30 is stunning Looks the part!

some cool pics there too!

Have you decided what engine you are going for?

No idea tbh mate, I would love an s14 but it's alot of dolla for a not that powerful engine. A 2.8 m20 would be cool and I don't think it would be massively expensive tbh. In short no I haven't decided on an engine lol

Love it!

That Z3 looks PHat as well..

Cheers mate . Yeah the Z3 is very nice.

not a moredoor fan at all but your e30 is stunning Looks the part!

some cool pics there too!

Thanks mate . You should get yours painted, would look awesome then

Thats proper cool. If I get a moredoor then I shall be copying this look.

Kitch

Thanks mate . You should get yours painted, would look awesome then

Thanks mate, eventualy will get her stripped down and resprayed but funds wont allow it at the minute, its on the cards though

Thats proper cool. If I get a moredoor then I shall be copying this look.

Cheers mate Make all of your E30s like it haha

Kitch

Thanks mate, eventualy will get her stripped down and resprayed but funds wont allow it at the minute, its on the cards though

I actualy thought you were someone else haha, didn't realise your cab needs a respray? Looks nice in the photos

Love it Kitch

That is a very nice looking car,
The work that's gone into it shows !

Awesome, just bloody awesome.

Looks like a 2 door stunning well done!

My favorite moor door on the zone

Time for a bit of an update. I took my car off the road for winter to hunt for rust. I found more than I wanted to find(obviously being an E30). I've aquired some panels and other parts over the past few weeks. Got the car moved to a unit today and hopefuly the welding will start this week. I'll be up dating as and when I get any photos.

Where it is at the moment.

Looked like this,



Now looks like this















































It's currently at a workshop having all the welding done,

Replace O/S sill.
Replace O/S inner wheel houseing.
Replace N/S inner wheel housing.
Replace O/S outer wheel arch
Replace N/S outer wheel arch.
Weld up aerial hole in rear quarter.
Reweld on boot hinge.
Let in replacement part of rear panel above O/S light.
Cut out and repair scuttle bodge.
Repair N/S jacking point/foot well and possibly inner sill if needed.
Repair O/S jacking point/foot well and possibly inner sill if needed.
Replace battery tray.
Repair hole/bracket area in N/S front inner wing/arch.
Repair hole/bracet in O/S rear inner arch at top, above breather tank.
Clean up or reweld patch on O/S inner rear arch.

Once all this is done I'll get it recovered and prepped for paint work. I've ordered a few things from BMW aswell as some of the panels, I'll grab photos of these during the week.

I like the way you do things properly, nice car.

oomz1975 wrote:I like the way you do things properly, nice car.

I 2nd that

Haha cheers. I've been called mad alot recently. I wouldn't say I'm doing it properly compared to some on this site but I like to try. It's a real shame that I can't weld

It looks so sorry for itself with no kit on

Looks sorry for itself at the moment but once you get it back to its former glory it will look ace once more.

Good on ya Kitch, keep going mate.

wow! that looks very...er....E30

progress pics are required of course kitch

It looks so sorry for itself with no kit on

Haha, yah it doesn't look the best! It'll be back better than before by May-ish hopefully.

Looks sorry for itself at the moment but once you get it back to its former glory it will look ace once more.

Yeah it should do, I'm planning on buying a fair bit of new things so should look nice.

wow! that looks very...er....E30

progress pics are required of course kitch

Yeah, very E30 indeed lol. I hope to pop to the bodyshop this week to get some photos of the welding/chopping, if they've started that is. Bodyshops and all

Good on ya Kitch, keep going mate.

Cheers bud

Little bit of an update. The car has been at the welder's workshop for over a month now! Has taken a while to get started though . Popped over today to see the work and took some photos. Alot of the welds still have to be ground down and cleaned up and then it'll all be protected and smothered in waxoyl.

Popped into the work shop this week. A little bit more has been done. The sill has been taken off to reveal alot of inner sill rust, which isn't that surprising tbh. A few pics I've found on my laptop.

Looking good dude

Its worrying to see rust on the inner sill, fook knows what mine might be like

When you looking at getting it back from the welders?

Cheers. I knew there would be rust there as the outer sill that side was rusty. I was told it'd be ready by this weekend, but I doubted that anyway and the extra rust was found. I'd like to have it in my garage all prepped for paint by the end of the month. Time will tell though...

looks like a real proper job done there, nice work matey

A few more photos from today. I've been promised it will be finished by the weekend!

Good work that man

Wow !

spook wrote:Good work that man

Haha, thank you. I can't wait until it's all done.

pacerpete wrote:Wow !

Why the face? :S

Nice work. Will look really cool when finished