my bmw e30 318is project : UPDATE 26/04/2014

[G-Bear]

I was thinking about you and you project today as it goes.. Pleased to see you're still chipping away..

[craggsyE30]

right so i took the e30 into the mechanics next to our body shop as he is a good friend so he checked it over for free and he has basicly sed mechanically wise its sound which its a good thing to hear iv got a list of little bits to do iv got a few leaks but nothing majour litterly isnt affecting the car at all really tiny leaks, also back left wheel is a little wobbly wich i noticed dont know wtf is wrong but the mechanic sed its easy to repair somithing with baerings or sumit. out of the small list the werst thing was the wheel problem.

[rix313]

Good effort mate! That M badge needs to find its way off the car though.

[craggsyE30]

right this is the list i was given he is going to price it up for me this is excluding the exhaust as i allready new about it

[craggsyE30]

haha i just left it on as with the mtech wheel, gear knob and pedals

[craggsyE30]

[adit]

Good effort mate! That M badge needs to find its way off the car though.

but it's an M car Rich!


keep at it mate, you'll get there

[craggsyE30]

cheers adit yh iv got good friends and the facilities to get things done so im a happy guy and no mater what ill not be selling it if i run into a major problem. its going to be my pride and joy

[craggsyE30]

the mechanic next door is going to price the list of thing needing doing and get back to me tomorrow noithng serious so can do it over a time but anyway it will still be going to northeast motorfest

[aimlessrock]

nice work mate, ...did you ever get round to pulling up the carpets..?.

[craggsyE30]

haha i havnt had the balls to mate i had the car up on the ramps and from enderneoth the mechanic hasnt seen anything but that might not be the case i think when iv done a few of the main things ill pull the carpets out and see what state its in

[craggsyE30]

right long time since iv updated this so basicly iv gotten round to doing a few things:

changed the front left lower arm and bush
new bearing in the back left
new exhaust on its way will be here to morrow and got some nice bucket seats cheap as chip still not sure if im going to put them in or not but if i dont they can allways go on a drift car.

will get a video up when i get the exhaust done either tomorow or friday

[craggsyE30]

[Duke137]

Nice

[craggsyE30]

cheers mate will see if i can get it fitted tomorrow

[magpie]

that should sound nice

[craggsyE30]

aye anything is better than what iv got atm

[craggsyE30]

allright everyone, so i got bored about half an hour ago and decided to repaire my spare wheel will eventually do all them but this is done at home, if i was in work i could do them better.

still need to paint them but iv got them primed at least

[craggsyE30]

think ill just keep thm silve if i get them all into primer tomorrow

[craggsyE30]

oh also when i removed the passenger seat i lifted the carpet a bit and its been up previously and sound proofed all of the floor. so this is either a good thing and there isnt any holes or hers done it to cover shit . but in any case all the owner in the log and history have repaired everthing that was needing work so hoping its clean

[craggsyE30]

[craggsyE30]

[mani]

looking good mate

[craggsyE30]

thanks i was planning on getting the others done today but then realised that the socket for the wheel nuts are the wrong size and i dont have the correct oone so need to go raid me mates garages as he has every tool i need

[craggsyE30]

right so got an other wheel done and all four centre caps only got three more wheels to do, reason for doing one wheel a day is because when one has fully dried i can replace it with the one im doing next.

[craggsyE30]

the exhaust has bee dis mantled and put in the e30 for tomorrow will get a video of it with it on and happy im getting to havea drive in the car since buying it think ill take the scenic route to work ;)

[craggsyE30]

anyway iv got three wheels done and this is how one looks on the car

[craggsyE30]

right so i know some people arnt going to like this but i did plan on taking it on tracks to have some fun so i got these bucket seats tht have been welded onto some ajustable standard e30 sliders .

[craggsyE30]

http://s1132.photobucket.com/albums/m56 ... 010018.mp4

[Duke137]

Good progress, keep at it

[craggsyE30]

thanks next is a full service and body work

[craggsyE30]

so basically i had spare time at work so i thought id start the main bits o wanted done aka rust so this was shitty as it had rusted lower part but not gone up to where the lights are so ( for anyone who is going to criticise this work dont as im in a very high standard garage ) this is a quick fixk and i dont recomend it if people like there cars spot on. for me it works fine i sont see that part and its repaired im happy no rust all the metal around that area was removed and acid treated. to give the shape bake iv fibre glased a quick 5 minunte flat and stone chiped it. if i was going to get this better id have body fillered it and stopperd it.




if you look at previous pics you will see what iv done

and some nice pics of it now

[magpie]

good to see your actually getting into doing the car now you've stopped faffing about with those wheels

[craggsyE30]

haha yh a gave up on thoughs wheels bloody too much rust going to get them blasted or just get some nw ones also done the other side today going into work tomorrow for full day hopefully get the arches/ boot seem/ coner of the window done. heres some pics of the other side was bloody fucked i hit it agian with a hammer just rust fell everywhere

as again nothing special just a tidy up all rust cut out re shaped with fibre glass and acid etch then stone chiped.

[craggsyE30]

so got the chunk missing out of the arch repaired today and the inner boot lid (the arch were it bends out of shape is where some cowboy has bodged it so when it comes to paint ill remove it but the general shape is back and stone chiped.

all sides have been re stone chiped to tidy it up a little more.