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Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:59 pm

Amazing work, respect !
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jimbom30cab wrote:Amazing work, respect !
Thanks mate, nice to see that there are fellow members on here that recognise hard work.
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Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:15 pm

jasso wrote:e46 purple tag steering rack fitted and modded the steering knucle to suit

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That joint needs the rubber thing in between. With it, the joints will be in correct phase to one another, and the change in rotation speed will be cancelled out. Bit difficult to explain with my english skills.. :) google it.

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Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:17 pm

Interesting project despite my hatred for diesels.

Did the E30 BBS caps fit straight onto the 16" BBS?
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Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:20 pm

Awesome work there mate.
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Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:27 pm

Jarno wrote:That joint needs the rubber thing in between. With it, the joints will be in correct phase to one another, and the change in rotation speed will be cancelled out. Bit difficult to explain with my english skills.. :) google it.
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Don't see no issues at all as it the same as e34 solid link except the 2 parts are bolted together with self lockers plus the rubber is merly a guibo to take out vibration and to act as a impact point if you had a head on crash.
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Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:29 pm

bss325i wrote:Interesting project despite my hatred for diesels.

Did the E30 BBS caps fit straight onto the 16" BBS?
No I had a spare set of e34 plastic weave caps cut the centre hex out and used the e30 aluminium weave with abit of modding
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Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:48 pm

Brilliant work so far, hope to see it finished this year, at the rate you work it shouldn't be too long eh ;-)
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Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:38 am

satan16v wrote:Brilliant work so far, hope to see it finished this year, at the rate you work it shouldn't be too long eh ;-)
yeah hope so ive just bought everyone upto speed with the whole project wont be much updates for a bit was suppose to getting some welding done last month but due to the welder being on holiday should be getting done this month, new sills and back pannel aswell as few other bits the car does fire up and drive will try to post some videos soon.
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Forgot to add exhaust has been made, I made the downpipe from 2.5" stainless steel using mandral bends and then got the rest made up from a exhaust company using the 330d standard backbox running twin 2" pipework from the downpipe to the backbox

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Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:04 am

It would look good with a downswept tip on the exhuast eveb if it is usually the lesser power dervs that have the down swept tip.
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Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:26 am

Down sept tips are on derv's that did not carry DPF's, but i decidedto have straight 2.75" tail ends even though theres no cats at all.
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Pic of the tail ends, not the best pic but you get the idea

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Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:11 am

I see you have been to torqueflow for your exhaust immy is a great guy and does a good job
Remember this e30 from the top end of Stratford road was parked up for a long time
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Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:43 pm

Awesome
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:08 am

E30machine wrote:I see you have been to torqueflow for your exhaust immy is a great guy and does a good job
Remember this e30 from the top end of Stratford road was parked up for a long time
This one and the dolphin grey tech 2 which got rear ended while parked on owners driveway lol, think aze30 ended up buying that one.

Jas some serious work gone into this, make sure you bring it down once all complete :)
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:05 am

Top job a˜aa˜aa˜a
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Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:36 pm

what are the wheels mate? are you able to send me a link?
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Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:09 am

Jasso. How goes mate.

Brilliant work mate.

I'm glad that more people are doing this project.

Thanks for sharing.

Can't wait to see the final project.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:21 am

Sambe30 wrote:what are the wheels mate? are you able to send me a link?
the wheels are e38 style 5 mono blocks 16"x8" with modded e30 centre caps
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:43 pm

Jasso

How much you reckon this swap has cost you so far in parts?

I am looking to get this job done too. Big Bavarian Beauties say that they can.

I love what you are doing and I commend you girls the efforts you are putting into the project. Fantastic.

I'm just trying to budget for it if you don't mind assisting me..


Thank you so much.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:57 pm

interesting.....
looking forward to updates
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:56 pm

Abm1977 wrote:Jasso

How much you reckon this swap has cost you so far in parts?

I am looking to get this job done too. Big Bavarian Beauties say that they can.

I love what you are doing and I commend you girls the efforts you are putting into the project. Fantastic.

I'm just trying to budget for it if you don't mind assisting me..


Thank you so much.
That's intresting as big Bavarian contacted me to ask how much of a mission this swap was.
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glenn wrote:interesting.....
looking forward to updates
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I'll try to keep them comming but due to having to wait for the welding that's the thing slowing me down at the moment.
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Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:20 pm

jasso wrote:
glenn wrote:interesting.....
looking forward to updates
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I'll try to keep them comming but due to having to wait for the welding that's the thing slowing me down at the moment.
lol dude we both know its difficult finding a good welder...specially when we own alot of rust :P

looking good tho ....cnt wait to see how that torque feels in a e30 :cool:
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:36 pm

Got some new interior

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If anyone has matching front door cards please let me know
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:06 pm

amazing!
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Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:08 pm

senna wrote:amazing!
Thanks mate, took it out the other day man it's quick and yet so good on diesel.
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Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:45 am

Ok so the welding guy has come back to me with a price of 300 - 350 to weld the following 2 sills complete, back pannel, under the headlights, 5p hole on the driver footwell and rust in the corner of thepassenger footwell.

is this a good price?
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Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:51 am

And plate the bottom of the wings if required.
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Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:25 am

jasso wrote:And plate the bottom of the wings if required.

Show us the holes / rust :D and then we can comment. Remember, not all welders are created equal, some think that a nailed on patch and some stonechip is a proper fix :(
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Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:18 am

Ok the car is getting welded next weekend or the weekend after as I've ordered new jacking points from cotsworld and they are getting them from Germany with a 5-7 working days turn around.
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