E30 Zone

Just thought id share my touring iv been fixing up with the last 2 years
Long way to go yet.


Bought is as a first car 2 years ago in a very sorry state.




stripped it




Changed the fuel tank, brake lines/cables/hoses, Rear bushes and sorted a few bits of rust. also changed the engine to a low milage 1.6 engine








Re sprayed a few bits





































Audi 80 shorter shocks




Wheels might not be to everyones taste















Opinions welcome

Good work make and nice to see another touring saved.

I think the wheels look

Nice.. well, everything. Exept for tyre strech that i dont like, but know lots of you do..

the shine on that respray is the shizzle!!!

Guilty pleasure- I kind of like the headlining, in a perverse sort of way

nice touring fella

that looks awesome. very impressive work there. wheels look cool too. but people on here will cry about them because they have stretch tyres.

Thought you changed the wheels

Epic work mate, looks great, love the bail of hay holding the car up! How did you avoid panel damage on that side?

Rude touring, love the wheels & like the way you went about fixing it up.

Impressive stuff

bigwinn wrote:the shine on that respray is the shizzle!!!

Guilty pleasure- I kind of like the headlining, in a perverse sort of way

nice touring fella

+1 that interior looks rather nice

some very hard graft went into that car and it shows well done

Jos wrote:Epic work mate, looks great, love the bail of hay holding the car up! How did you avoid panel damage on that side?

Thanks for the comments guys
Wasnt expecting positive comments on the headlining, bit of a personal choice, looks sort of like the old porche/vw/ford seat fabric.

There was a couple of wheels stacked up under axle to keep the rear quater off the ground and the wings/doors removed, did have a small scratch when lifting it back down althought it was resprayed.

@Rav had them for sale alright and was getting a set of compomotive cx600's but missed out on them so running these till I spot something like them again.

What it would have looked like (excuse the sticker bombing, long gone)

Seats look awesome mate, hope you were happy with them

Car looks great, top work!

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Have to say love this car & all the work done to it but, from a personal preference, I prefer it with these wheels,

Saying that, your car, your choice,

wow!
some serious time and effort gone into that. fantastic work
the colour-coded SE skirts look good. oh, the headlining and recovered Recaros

Great work there.. Love the resourceful use of improvised tools.. using a ladder to steady a hanging tailgate whilst spraying is my favourite.. Looks great.

Very happy with the seats Jones, cheers

@alpina99 thats only a photoshop. wish i had snapped them wheels up

G-Bear wrote:Great work there.. Love the resourceful use of improvised tools.. using a ladder to steady a hanging tailgate whilst spraying is my favourite.. Looks great.

Check out my car jack

Nice work.. Some gutsy lifting/supporting methods there!

What are the banded steels based on?

Not normally a fan of the silly stretch brigade, but I really like that!! Especially the wheels

Ghetto engineering at it's finest as well

BEMER_LAND wrote:Very happy with the seats Jones, cheers

@alpina99 thats only a photoshop. wish i had snapped them wheels up

G-Bear wrote:Great work there.. Love the resourceful use of improvised tools.. using a ladder to steady a hanging tailgate whilst spraying is my favourite.. Looks great.

Check out my car jack

Industrial..

Jhonno wrote:Nice work.. Some gutsy lifting/supporting methods there!

What are the banded steels based on?

16" Renault scenic wheels.
There used to be a guy on here running these wheels on a 2 door if someone recognises them.

THIS LOOKS NICE! really loving the banded steels!

looks pretty nice, interior is more MKII look I guess?

The wide wheels and low setting is just great!

i love this touring. i have seen your headliner and seats on another forum before but i cant remember which one,

car looks top, the banded steels look sweet

Very impressive mate keep it up .

Good effort! Good to see someone doing the work themselves. I really like everything you've done with that

Think that looks awesome mate, especially the steelies!

Don't think anything looks out of place on the car, proper job

Cheers guys

Aint been on here in a while but the only big update is i saved up for these



Dyed the carpet and interior black




Made up a rear pillar brace too

Nice.. Liking the black interior.. Have you notice much difference from the brace?

Ooooh where was that harness bar from? Im in need of one

G-Bear wrote:Nice.. Liking the black interior.. Have you notice much difference from the brace?

My tailgate used to rattle a lot but it did quieten it down a lot, main priority was to stop the cracking of the pillars.

I made the brace myself so not an off the shelf one.

Looking good

Liking the car and the wheels even more, I want a set.

I think you've done a cracking job on this and love the personalizing of your seats/headliner.

Is the ride harsh on that suspension set-up?

top work looks good