1990 325i Sport Restoration

[goosiegander]

Dude! Sweet!

[BMracing]

First time i've seen this thread, great work! Love the attention to detail, it has a rare showroom look about it now.

[bmwe30mtech]

Cheers for the comments guys, it really does make the all the work pay off even more

Thanks Gun, good luck with the sale. I think i bought the car from you in june (may?) so it will be just over a year when its 'finished'.

[Simon13]

Paul they are never finished you know that!

Lots of hardwork going into it. Well done mate

[motorsport786]

[bmwe30mtech]

Cheers guys

I know they are never finished Si, i just like to pretend

Fitted some e46 m3 cab rear top mounts this evening, they are so much better. (i got fed up of a banging from the rear nearside corner, suspected top mounts, and found them both totally ruined, with the near side shock sticking up well into the boot! the rear sits a bit higher now by the look of it)

Got new inner arches waiting to be fitted now also.

Oh, and it goes into the body shop in 3 weeks now

[Motorsport_325i]

awesome work

[Chase007]

Very good work the car is looking sharp

[capri_rob]

Fantastic job mate. You should buy shares in waxoyl !

[bmwe30mtech]

Thanks guys.

Another load of work/stripping ready for driving to the body shop saturday and forgetting about it for a bit.

And yes, you can fit 2 rear quarters, a rear panel, a roof tray, 2 rear arches and a scuttle in an E30 - what a b*tch.

Check your sunroof drains lads...














And another little project - its just shy of 800cc on a go kart (390cc a side). I re-built the engines with new piston rings etc so should be quite fast. Im thinking of skimming the heads and if i can be bothered running it on bike carbs. Should be good for about 100mph! I picked up the chassis tuesday and mounted the engines today!

[cliffybabe]

Paul i bet u cant wait to get it back mate, th erust on the sun roof panel is well bad

I do like the go kart looks fat

[Jhonno]

Fuck the sport i want a go on the kart!!

Na loving your work with the sport! Nice to see one being loved properly (like Si's 'Pina)

[cliffybabe]

Paul stick some pics up of ur home made mini moto

[bmwe30mtech]

Thanks guys . John, comparing my effort to Si's pina is a nice complement for me .

The kart is just a bit of fun, not costing a lot as i built the engines and will be for sale in a month or so to fund the sport.

Neil, i will when i take some

[cliffybabe]

let me know when the go kart goes up for sale buddy and wha tur looking for it please

[siddiqi1]

a quick q for you please

the picture with the headlights on; this page. the two bumper shocks i think they are almost directly underneath the headlights!

how easy are they to replace; because my bumper isnt lining up correctly; it sticks far too much inwards; but i did have a very very minor prang so i thinik its gone in?

do you have any tips as into what it could be?

[bss325i]

F*ck me Paul that sun roof tray is the worst i've seen!

Make sure they use plenty of zinc alloy primer when fitting the new panel work.

What sort of time scale have the bodyshop said?

Are you having the whole car painted?

[tonybtonyb]

The motor looks great!Have you worked for BMW?if No you should have.You seem to know what your doing.Keep it up.

[beardymat]

F*ck me Paul that sun roof tray is the worst i've seen!

Make sure they use plenty of zinc alloy primer when fitting the new panel work.

dont worry baz, its in good hands

cant beleive that sunroof tray didnt drench the interior of your car through normal use

good work getting the panels in the car too paul, just enough left on the quarter panels by the looks of it, just dont have any sort of accident on the way up or it could get very messy in there, might even dent those lovely new panels, lol

[Simon13]

Matty's working some love on this then?! got plenty of work to be getting on with there then!

[bss325i]

F*ck me Paul that sun roof tray is the worst i've seen!

Make sure they use plenty of zinc alloy primer when fitting the new panel work.

dont worry baz, its in good hands

cant beleive that sunroof tray didnt drench the interior of your car through normal use

good work getting the panels in the car too paul, just enough left on the quarter panels by the looks of it, just dont have any sort of accident on the way up or it could get very messy in there, might even dent those lovely new panels, lol

Your doing it Matt? Nice one!

[bmwe30mtech]

Thanks for the support lads.

Yes the car will be in Matts more than capable hands from tomorrow. Barry I cant answer those questions, i just trust Matt with all that stuff!!

siddiqi1 - as far as i know you just undo the two bolts either side of the bars sticking forward, and pull them towards you. They are still available from BMW, but the rear ones are NLA im told.

[MadE30mike]

looking good, iv just finished rebuilding mine also, feels good driving a car you have put together yourself eh you get abit self satisfaction, pity mine will be sold soon

[wilkos]

Looking good there mate very thorough job
Nice go-kart too!!

[siddiqi1]

thanks for the advice buddy!!!! taken on bard and will sort it!!!

[bmwe30mtech]

Thanks again guys .

I drove it the 4 hour journey to Matts place in Sheffield yesterday, and stripped it more. Then did the 4+ hour train journey home with 5 changes!

Over to you Matt, cheers for being so helpfull with everything

[oakey]

Great stuff. Cant wait to see it finished.

[bmwe30mtech]

Little update. Matts been busy. Still the other quarter and inner arch to come off the rear but heres so far:

Note the previous bodge of new arches over the old and lots of filler. I bet you will find this sort of rust on most E30's now, check for it!

[cliffybabe]

thats some serious body work are u and si competing for who has the most rust??? and repair panels replaced??

looks top work though

[bss325i]

Yikes! Serious surgery!

Good stuff mate and keep the pics coming!

P.s notice the surface rust on the spare wheel well same that si had.

[Simon13]

thats some serious body work are u and si competing for who has the most rust??? and repair panels replaced??

looks top work though

u being funny?!

Paul if you need the battery tray which it looks like you do it's £50 from BMW and comes joined to the chassis leg. I've not got the part number but on the ETK it's on the drawing showing the rear boot floor and rear chassis legs plus some other bits. You can just see it

[cliffybabe]

thats some serious body work are u and si competing for who has the most rust??? and repair panels replaced??

looks top work though

u being funny?!

[stuartgallafant]

thats some serious body work are u and si competing for who has the most rust??? and repair panels replaced??

Its hard to tell at this stage who would be the winner!!!

[bmwe30mtech]

Cheers fellas.

Neil, dont be silly, Si's is way more rusty than mine!

Cheers for the info on the tray Si, but i think Matts repairing whats there.

[beardymat]

yup, im going to clean up the battery tray and see whats left as pauls on a budget. had a look at it today and i reckon ill be able to rescue it.

not much progress since the photos im afraid paul due to having no power at my unit for the best part of two days, will update you with more pics when i catch up the lost time.

btw do you need the aerial hole in the rear quarter? dont want to go drilling those shiney new panels unnecessarily.