my E30 M3 replica build

[Stancesdrift]

yea roughly how much has this cost you?

[breakermart]

probably stands me at 3k so far. just spent £250 on the m3 front suspention bits as you see. but lucky me got £500-£600 worth of paint and laquer for free. keeps the budget down.

i havent a clue what you guys are on about with bushes and all that. but i asked the breaker and they tell me this lot came off a 1995 3.0 m3. is there anything i need to know at this point?

and whats dp?

cheers guys

[Hoobs]

dp - double post (I think)

[breakermart]

once again, is there a page on here to show me (with pictures) of sombody doing the 5 lug conversion?

i just like to see whats needed and how they get on. i do look but always seem to be useless at finding owt on this site. tried to use the search function but never comes back with anything.

[adit]

if you click on the E30 Wiki "button" at the top of the page, then "All Wiki Pages" you will see "5 lug conversion" :

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... Conversion

[breakermart]

cheers mate, just had a read, what do i use with the drop links, e30 or e36? and do i use e30 sub frame and anti-roll bar? anyone know?

[harry_p]

rav asked if the suspension parts were from an m3 evo, i said it was hard to say, but i could see that the bushes and disks weren't correct for an m3 evo

dp was an edit as my post had appeared twice and it wouldnt let me delete one of them

from the wikki...

This is a very specific set of parts. You MUST use 96+ E36 M3 control arms

i don't think the bits youve bought will work properly. the e36 m3 evo (3.2) had different lower arms which pushed the outer balljoint forwards and out, giving more castor than earlier m3s, whilst using a standard concentric bush.

you then use these arms with an eccentric bush on an e30 to push the wheel forwards even further so it sits in the arch properly.

by all means try it, but i think you'll have to find some evo arms and spindles.

[breakermart]

hmmm, got me worried now. has anyone here done the conversion useing non evo parts? or have i just wasted £250

[penton08]

I had a go at using non evo bits, it did not work!!

As Harry says you need e36 m3 evo hubs and bottom arms, and e36 m3 3.0l tca bushes. you will also need adjustable top mounts if you want the camber back to an acceptable spec. The legs and brakes you have will work but you will need to swap the springs for ones from a evo or a e30.

Great looking project by the way

[breakermart]

cheers mate, im well gutted i got the wrong bits, had a look on ebay and the other bits i need such as wishbones and hubs cost a bit more than id like to spend right after paying out £250. does anyone know of any going for a lower price?

[Greeny]

Any updates on this build? Thought I'd get it back on the right page.

[breakermart]

nice one, yeah sorta got an update but its all very dull as iv been flatting the primer. spent from 11am until 8pm and all i managed to do was the boot lid, bonnet, 1 wing and door. and my arm are killing me. such a pain in the assss. but the key to a good paintjob is in the prep. so im told anyways, iv got 2-3 pics or my patchy looking primer wich il upload shortly this evening. plan to have the flatting finished tomorow so i can actualy spray the car next weekend (fingers crossed). so some interesting updates next weekend peeps.... just bare with for now. it will either look pretty good or complete sh** lol. im aiming forpretty good though. obviously

[breakermart]

ok heres the pictures of how its going, basicly put a guide coat on and been working my way round the panels, pictures arent that great but in some you can see a reflection, basicly there as smooth as glass. realy looking forward to fu**ing all my hard work up with the spray job.... im brave and stupid dont you know. lol







then im spending all of this sunday in the hope il finish this lot off, so far iv done passenger side rear quater, door wing, boot lid, roof and bonnet, got all of the drivers side to do and front and rear bumpers along with some of the engine bay and rear of the car and door shuts n similar places, blimey sound loads more now iv said it lol. maybe be doing bits in the week aswell im guessing

[Sanchez]

Good progess. First pic looks good.

[breakermart]

UPDATE: im still flatting dont think the paint is going on this weekend some how

[breakermart]

ok iv got maybe 2 hours of flatting left to do wich will be complete this sunday, so if the weather is good next weekend then il paint my car then, and il be sure to get lots of pics to show you all.

[Greeny]

this must be in paint by now, any update?

[breakermart]

Hi, unfortunately not. iv had so much going on with myself that i just havent found a good time to get around to it, its quite frustrating for myself too as i realy want to see it painted so i can enjoy the build.

[breakermart]

NEWS FLASH............. iv made a start on the paint. still need to do the bonnet doors and boot but the bulk has been base coated and clear coated and is drying as we speak. had a small accident with the air line as it touched the lacquor on o/s/r quater, and there are a few imperfections here n there but seeing as it was sprayed in my garage and done by my amatuer self then im happy with the result, just needs a touch up on the scuff and a good mop!. let me know your thoughts....


























as for the other bits that need painting, il do them tomorow and get some pictures...

[adit]

more bravery

[breakermart]

took me long enough though lol. nearly bottled it and payed for a professional to do it lol.

[Alpina99]

Considering that's a gun finish done in an ordinary garage I think that's a nice job,
Looking forward to seeing it finished,

[BazPatto]

Looking good! Your a braver man than me! I'm just gonna pay ha

[Sanchez]

looks good from the pics. Bet ur chuffed?

[breakermart]

thanks all, yeah im more than chuffed, impressed myself and feeling a bit smug to be hounest because never thought id pull this off. i was fearing the worst, all be it i did have a cluster with the oil drops under the paint as shown in pics and the air line scuff on the side, im going to fix them today. cant wait to open the garage today and see how its dried. knowing my luck its reacted and looks like a snake sheedding its skin lol probably be a car shaped skin on the floor. just want to get the last bits painted today then i can move on. i got my replacement m3 evo wishbones and hubs turn up yesterday so now have a complete 5 stud conversion to do soon but dont have any wheels big enough to clear the brakes at the mo so that will have to wait for now, plus i want to clean and paint the bits first.

[goosiegander]

Well done that man!

[Hoobs]

have a complete 5 stud conversion to do

Are you converting to LHD too?

[breakermart]

no chance lol, i dont believe in doing all this work only to not enjoy driving on the wrong side of the car lol. my arguement is there were lhd's made. not many at all but still exist
iv just painted the remainder panels today, there hanging to dry in garage. il get pictures up tomoz. by the way, word of warning, NEVER let your missus near a newly painted car and think she can remove a hair in the paint with her nails so now my bumper need re-painting.

[penton08]

Credit where credit is due!! Looks to be a great job for DIY. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of it go together.

[Rav335uk]

Very impressive work

[breakermart]

thanks again, yeah im realy looking forward to putting it together, but starting to get that feeling of "what goes where"? lol not got everything i need either

[breakermart]

my shitty compressor

[e30topless]

Awesome thread this

lots of hard work going on to achieve the end goal, I love how your tackling everything here with minimal tools and learning along the way..

the zone needs more build threads like this, great work

[Greeny]

As above Epic. With that compressor it must have taken ages, great effort.

[breakermart]

thank you, yeah i dont think the compressor had chance to stop once started. only just had the bol**cs to keep the air up. to be fair, if you had sent your car off to get painted and it came back like this then youd demand your money back lol but cuz iv done my own car in a garage and paint job and paint cost me nothing. but with a good mop and polish and a touch up spray on the air line fook up then should be as good as im going to get here lol. once the door boot n bonnet have hardend il risk fitting them to the car as the paint is still too soft at the moment, not the warmest weather to help dry it.