E30 Zone

As requested ha.
A dirty little copy/paste. I'll attempt to add further updates as they happen.

Whoring myself about the interwebs.

I'm not overly wordy so this will be more of a pic dump me thinks.

Donor


Recipient


Not much left of that


Who needs an engine hoist, tow that boat anchor out.


Sweet FA rust


Yay


E46 vs E30 subframes


Modified subframe


Front suspension tacked in place.


Rear end setout








Some guard work to do




Checking for true




Lower sill mod to clear trailing arm bushes


Brake booster and ABS pump/speed signal comp etc in back ground.


Pedals


Casualties


Some rough ideas re flares


Rear seat area cleaned up


I hate fucken sunroofs


Spit NZ styles


Underside fitted






Moving inside HVAC unit HUGE.


Dash is gonna need some work


And this crazy mess












Bootlid controls






Its alive


Cluster


HVAC panel that needs a redesign as the radio no longer has enough depth


E46 column


And one idea for the final look


Thats for looking!!

Oh and original thread

http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/forums/ind ... opic=23929

AWESOME! Watching with great interest Great project

Keep the updates coming

Oh, and welcome to the forum

Andy

Ive been watching the original thread for a few months waiting for updates, MORE WORK PLEASE!

wow what can i say? that is going to be one hell of a conversion when it's done

never seen anyone use a e46 dash/cluster before.
i'll keeping an eye out for any updates to this thread.

also loving the drawing aswell

Epic dude

jeez ! some serious headaches there!! looking great !

That looks brilliant One hell of a project!!

that's fantastic!

so essentially, it's all E46 apart from the shell?

What a fantastic project! An E46 in an E30 shell...brilliant!

Wow a lot of hardwork going in, the HVAC panel with ac unit looks like its meant to be in there

wow simply amazing

Great thread well done mate, get more pics on ASAP

You can definatly cut n shut well.
Excellent fabing work.
Look forward to seeing more progress

I raise you one injured finger..



Epic. love the work! Keep it updated.. Ive probably missed it, but what lump?

Holy sh*t I have updates!!

I think I'm ready to rip all this out and prep the bay for paint. A shitload of cleaning to do meh.





And headlight adjusters


Also rewired tail lights, sorted heater and other minor stuff.
Brake lines are horrid so they need a redo etc etc etc.

Jhonno wrote: Epic. love the work! Keep it updated.. Ive probably missed it, but what lump?

Sorry mate, I missed this question.
Like Will says, it's a m52tu b28. The car in the first picture is a 2000 South African spec 328 manual (rear around these parts).

Slightly different to most Euro type cars. Shame it wasn't a 330.

Proper updates....

Engine bay prep

First prime

Sand

Second prime

Second sand

Base coat

Clear





And a reasonably clean engine.

My clearcoat skills need practice.
What you cant see are a couple of small runs and some dry areas!
The stuff always seems too thick to flow nicely and then suddenly runs on ya. Its a bloody fine line and engine bays are a prick of a thing to paint.

Awesome dude. I really wish I had the know how, space and time to do this. That is awesome. If I knew what I was doing I would spend every spare minute I had doing it.

wow!!

My g/f is going to have a sh*t fit but i've gotta build me a spit for my cab, that would make life soooo easy, this project is awesome, can't wait for the next instalment

Man your doing a really good neat job there credit to you fella

Flares are getting better but still not there yet.

Top work mate. You obviously don't mind big projects. Wonder how it will drive when done..Wide enough track.

Regards
Greg

Just looking at your design in the banner i noticed your going for quarter bumpers on the front, i tried to make some of these out of a couple of old chrome bumpers but didn't have much luck, your fabricating skills are a lot better than mine so you'll proberly get them looking better than this..

Picked up a bonnet stay!
Whilst I initially enjoyed having the bonnet smack me in the head, it eventually got annoying.
Also means i have pics of the bay with engine.
Behold the pos camera...




New brake lines and hvac cover

Started on this too.

So, for anyone who gives a sh*t, this is how the flares are created.

The std flare is cut off and the inner and outer skins are welded to each other.





This is the flare transferred to steel from the mdf template.


A length of 4mm wire is then welded to the inside edge. It has to be one piece and you need to be carefull as you bend it to shape.
It forms an even curve and reinforces the edge of the flare.


It must be fully welded before it's put back on the car.
This is the back.


You can see the holes transferred from the template too.


So you can fix it to the car and begin welding.


Massage it a little to make it nice


After welding and starting to clean it up


Right, way ya go.
I expect to see flares on all your cars by this time tomorrow.

Lots of work later...


This rear quarter was a bit rough so needed a bit of work


Final shaping to be done on front.


Not mushroom