E30 Zone

hi to everyone on the forum
ive been wanting to do my own little project for a while now, having bought and sold a few e30s in the past i knew what to look for and what i wanted
i wanted to get my hands a little dirty maybe lol but i dont know what it was, i just didnt want a ready built perfect car this time.
i wanted something to do i guess???
so the hunt was on and i found a sport in lach silver yes it was rotten as an old apple but it had a great history, was a good colour had a few goodies and had no rust in the roof which was my main concern
once i took delivery the car sat on the driveway through the winter as i couldt be bothered in the cold weather, so in early april i got to work on it stripping it down, carefully removing the kit, interior, wings and front panel
heres a few pics of where i have got to now its over to the bodyshop to fit new inner and outer arches and new sills S/H wings and front panel and then paint the car.
the bodyshop im using are a restoration company so im hoping the work will be of a good quality and they are also taking step by step pics for me so i can add this to the history of the car
























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guys any comment and suggestions are welcome

At least the wheels look in good condition. Good luck wish I had a big open space like that to work on my car.

Rtaylor2208 wrote:At least the wheels look in good condition. Good luck wish I had a big open space like that to work on my car.

tbh its quite solid underneath, the sill could have been patched up quite well but i didnt wana do half a job so having verything changed
oh yeah the wheels are minty mint lol

nice looking project, looking forward to seeing the end result

cheers ian new arches are on and all rust has been cut out and replaced, just waiting for the new scuttle to be fitted then paint
then back to me to fit it all up again lol

Didn't look too bad to begin with. Good luck with the project.

nah it wasnt that bad to be honest the inner arches were the worst part they were replaced with new and so were the outer arches
the sills althogh i bought a new pair were not that bad at all so the panel beater cut the sections off the new sill and replced where he needed to
the scuttle isnt too bad and can be easily repaired and plated in my opinion but ive ordered a new one with the chassis no stamped in anyway so not sure if i shud be replacing the whole lot or just get him to cut them sections out and replace???

good work. looking forward to seeing pics of the new arches and new scuttle being fitted

nice to see someone else taking the plunge and saving another 1.... they do look nice in silver i have to be honest

whats the bulkhead like around the servo area?

good luck with it btw

Ant

e30-dk wrote:nice to see someone else taking the plunge and saving another 1.... they do look nice in silver i have to be honest

whats the bulkhead like around the servo area?

good luck with it btw

Ant

ive checked this area and also removed the fusebox for thorough inspection and all is solid under there

order of pics is a bit mixed up but heres a few more pics towards my restoration thread....enjoy























































........aaaand plenty waxoyl!!

Lovely looking motor.! How much did the resto company charge you to restore it if you don't mind my asking..?

I've got a lachsilver cab, definitely the best colour IMO.!

Nice Resto!

Did you get a new rear valance or was that hole sorted?

I also notice you have a Tech I steering wheel?

mcbonio wrote:Lovely looking motor.! How much did the resto company charge you to restore it if you don't mind my asking..?

I've got a lachsilver cab, definitely the best colour IMO.!

if only one company did the work lol
at first i had sent it to a company that was gonna charge me a very reasonable £1300 to paint both sides of the car and do the welding work that excluded the panels which i had to purchase.....cutting a long story short they faffed me around and didnt start any work for 3 months, when they did start work they took 3 more months just to fit the rear inner arches...!!!

picked it up from them and dropped it to another company to complete the welding work...then dropped it to a mate who at mates rates painted my whole car instead of just the sides

all the labour work, stripping it bare and fitting it all back, changing the dash, some stonechipping and fully waxoyling the shell was mine.

paint and welding cost me around £2k...im guessing it would have cost alot more if i didnt put any of my time into it lol

Idol wrote:Nice Resto!

Did you get a new rear valance or was that hole sorted?

the rear panel was otherwise perfect/mint bar that hole so this was cut out plates shaped, welded, linished and then stonechipped.

yeah mate the earlier tech2 sports had tech1 steering wheels i think

Did the painter have a bad back and not do where the tech 2 kit was going to be fitted!

Nobby_N wrote:Did the painter have a bad back and not do where the tech 2 kit was going to be fitted!

lol i see why you say that and it does look patchy in the pics!
the reason it looks patchy is because i had the lower part of the car stonechipped with the 3M stuff too then painted, a bit like some of the old fords.
i did this to protect the sills and lower parts of the doors its the stonechip making it look patchy res assured

aze30 wrote:

Nobby_N wrote:Did the painter have a bad back and not do where the tech 2 kit was going to be fitted!

lol i see why you say that and it does look patchy in the pics!
the reason it looks patchy is because i had the lower part of the car stonechipped with the 3M stuff too then painted, a bit like some of the old fords.
i did this to protect the sills and lower parts of the doors its the stonechip making it look patchy res assured

Think they did it on old fords to cover up the rust lol, How i loved my old orion! Still one of my favourite cars! Rose tinted specs im sure as i was 18 and in my prime pmfsl!

Nobby_N wrote:

aze30 wrote:

Nobby_N wrote:Did the painter have a bad back and not do where the tech 2 kit was going to be fitted!

lol i see why you say that and it does look patchy in the pics!
the reason it looks patchy is because i had the lower part of the car stonechipped with the 3M stuff too then painted, a bit like some of the old fords.
i did this to protect the sills and lower parts of the doors its the stonechip making it look patchy res assured

Think they did it on old fords to cover up the rust lol, How i loved my old orion! Still one of my favourite cars! Rose tinted specs im sure as i was 18 and in my prime pmfsl!

lmao you saying they were factory standard with rust? haha
my dad had a sierra glsi which had this...those fords were like two tone grey lower parts ...i think they looked cool

Looking good mate,now don't sell this one to Krish

blackE30indy wrote:Looking good mate,now don't sell this one to Krish

Lol I won't mate .....how's your turbo motor doing?
I wanna have a blast in it sometime!!!

cars all done now,pushing around 1.2 bar,very fast
Might be coming down your end this month,so will give you
Call

Cool give me a bell when you pop down

Will do dude,gona put some vids up soon aswell

Cool post me the links dude

hi your sport is looking good did you end up replacing the whole scuttle panel or just the bad bits,how much was it for new scuttle panel by the way

Moved.

baboon5151 wrote:hi your sport is looking good did you end up replacing the whole scuttle panel or just the bad bits,how much was it for new scuttle panel by the way

when they grinded the scuttle back the rust wasnt that bad so they just cut the affected area and welded new metal in

the new scuttle was something like fifty odd quid i think cant be sure...i didnt use it in the end lol its sat in the garage loft, maybe use it one day on another project

billgatese30 wrote:Moved.

thanks bud

Top stuff there looking fresh ;) , where they brand new rear inner arches? If so could be handy for info on where to get them and part number cheers

BATTS91 wrote:Top stuff there looking fresh ;) , where they brand new rear inner arches? If so could be handy for info on where to get them and part number cheers

Thanks batts inner arches came from bmw nobody else does them, they were around £98-100 per side plus the vat i think
i can dig the part number out for you if you need them from the invoices bud drop me a pm when your ready.

Real stunner mate .

mani wrote:Real stunner mate .

thankyou matey
i really need to dig out the rest of the resti pics and put them up...im just bein lazy lately from finishing work quite late lol