bigred's newly aquired shell

Post Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:44 pm

I asked about those inner arches at my local dealership as well today. Definitely need to do my passenger side but ideally want to do it without tampering with the outer arch.

Keep up the good work!

Post Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:27 pm

will put pics up tomorrow been busy the past few days .

going to buy new sills and arches tomorrow and a bottle of oxygen

Post Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:11 pm

good job mate, its nicer to have gen bmw metal and a proper job, look nicer in the history with the reciepts too, i bought parts 6 and 7 myself for mine

Craggy73 wrote:I asked about those inner arches at my local dealership as well today. Definitely need to do my passenger side but ideally want to do it without tampering with the outer arch.

Keep up the good work!

im not sure its possible to do that, or youd even want to, the way that inner part joins with the outer forming the "lip" rust starts in between the 2 laters and rusts from inside out, chances are if the inners need doing there will be some issues there even if its not showing yet, and to go to the trouble of doing the inners, you just aswell so the full job properly, or just plate the inners and wait for the outers to start going and do it then

Post Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:29 pm

polsta wrote:im not sure its possible to do that, or youd even want to, the way that inner part joins with the outer forming the "lip" rust starts in between the 2 laters and rusts from inside out, chances are if the inners need doing there will be some issues there even if its not showing yet, and to go to the trouble of doing the inners, you just aswell so the full job properly, or just plate the inners and wait for the outers to start going and do it then

I've ordered a pair of outer arches yesterday. Having seen some rust on the drivers side, I thought it best to do both. Get as much new metal on the car as I can.

Post Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:47 pm

best way mate , i had to bite the bullet and do mine when 1 didnt really need doing and the other was on its way , the inners had had repairs, couldnt do a full job on the car and leave them like that so had to do it, least it will be like new

Post Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:19 pm

one of the new wheelhousings

just ordered new sills and one of the arches .costing 110 pound at minute

Post Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:32 pm

brand new sills

one of the arches

Post Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:45 pm

Your a braver man than most

Post Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:28 pm

just looking forward to it being back out

Post Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:02 am

i never noticed how many E30's kick about local to me i've noticed about 4 or 5 of you guys alone in this thread, i've only seen one 316i kicking about!

good luck with everything mate, you ever want a hand i'm only in jarrow!

Post Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:00 pm

is that micheal ....

Post Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:05 pm

aye thats him, he's a good mate of mine, said he's going to keep me right when it comes to buying a e30

Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:12 pm

BFC wrote:i never noticed how many E30's kick about local to me i've noticed about 4 or 5 of you guys alone in this thread, i've only seen one 316i kicking about!

good luck with everything mate, you ever want a hand i'm only in jarrow!

Another Jarra laaad, well fook me!!

Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:39 pm

lol yeh coming out of the woodwork micky lol

Post Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:58 am

baur320 wrote:
BFC wrote:i never noticed how many E30's kick about local to me i've noticed about 4 or 5 of you guys alone in this thread, i've only seen one 316i kicking about!

good luck with everything mate, you ever want a hand i'm only in jarrow!
Another Jarra laaad, well fook me!!

i walk/drive past your car every day and i've eyed it up for quite some time

i'm a street away from you haha if you ever think about selling it sell it to a fellow jarra lad eyy?

Post Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:33 pm

BFC wrote:i'm a street away from you haha if you ever think about selling it sell it to a fellow jarra lad eyy?

There was a white Baur on a drive up by the park last year - was that yours?

Sorry, not looking at selling it as it's getting the bodywork tidied up soon - if I can find the guy I'm after to do it.

Post Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:57 pm

BFC wrote:i never noticed how many E30's kick about local to me i've noticed about 4 or 5 of you guys alone in this thread, i've only seen one 316i kicking about!!

aye ive got 3 e30's in south shields. dont go to jarra much for fear of getting car jacked at a set of traffic lights!!

quite a few northeast e30 owners creeping out the woodwork nowerdays.

Post Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:23 am

petchy wrote:
BFC wrote:i never noticed how many E30's kick about local to me i've noticed about 4 or 5 of you guys alone in this thread, i've only seen one 316i kicking about!!
aye ive got 3 e30's in south shields. dont go to jarra much for fear of getting car jacked at a set of traffic lights!!

quite a few northeast e30 owners creeping out the woodwork nowerdays.

Sadly I don't own one yet, I came on to look for common problems and try and find one that was owned in the past

I'm hoping to have one by April/May,

I will steal one of yours if you ever drive through jarrow haha

Post Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:59 am

BFC wrote: I'm hoping to have one by April/May,

I will steal one of yours if you ever drive through jarrow haha

Im offshore at the moment, but will have one for sale next time im home(mid feb - mid march). cheapy cheap- but does need some work. I only bought it a week before I came away so do not know the extent of work required- bought it on a whim when I really shouldnt have! so will be selling it on.

Post Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:16 am

petchy wrote:dont go to jarra much for fear of getting car jacked at a set of traffic lights!!

quite a few northeast e30 owners creeping out the woodwork nowerdays.

You're getting yourself mixed up here Liam, that sort of thing happens in Hebburn.

Maybe we should look at a Tyneside meet later in the year? These's never many at Teesside Park, but more turned up at the Sage a couple of years ago

Post Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:01 pm

iiii ave got pictures of that meet

Post Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:25 pm

It was a laugh when that roundabout in Gateshead got blocked with E30s

Post Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:50 pm

iiiiiiii lol

Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 1:08 pm

i really need to get on with this now ........ it is just about ready for welding .....

Post Sun May 12, 2013 11:55 am

been down to work on my car today and took wings off ready to take sills off during the week

i am replacing the sills with full sill instead of cutting it short i want to do it properly .....
all behind wings is solid so gonna clean them all up n protect with some waxoyl or hammerite again

Post Mon May 20, 2013 2:45 pm

chopped passenger side sill out just need to work out how to get rest of it off

Post Wed May 29, 2013 2:59 pm

Post Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:45 pm

sills are off just waiting on some funds to get welding gear then time to start doing the rebuild .......

Post Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:53 pm

Used to look tidy did this, you going v8 aswell then?

Post Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:22 am

na not going v8 just putting 1.8 in but putting 2.5 running gear on it .......

Post Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:45 pm

really need to get my backside into this again .......... get new yr over with then boom back on it

Post Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:16 pm

bit of an update was down couple weeks ago test fitting the new bushes not 100% sure yet if I want to use them tho

Post Tue Jun 17, 2014 5:57 pm

No longer doing this e30 gonna cost to much and take to long so buying another shell next week

Post Sat Jun 28, 2014 6:49 pm

old shell been scrapped ....... bought another shell pics up soon

Post Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:13 am

I will get some more pics of new shell soon .... this is what happened to old one