My car E30 320i 4door

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i'm new here on this forum,
my name is Geoffrey
i'm allmost 18years old
i now have 2 cars, one BMW e36 318Tds




and my "newest" one i was searching an old car for my hobby, and for my final project in school.
a BMW e30 320i 4doors
i've bought the car a few weeks ago, with the intension to restore the car,
she has been standing still the last three years...
these pics are taken from where the car stand for 3 years...





i hope to learn a lot about my e30 and others,

greetzzz Geoff

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now the car looks like this








now i'm tryin to solve the problem with the dashboard...

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here some new pics



the left front body panel is already straigt again







the inside




this is good for the trash



goodnight honey

[Conan]

Slowly but surly - it'll all be worth it when shes done mate

[fuzzy]

hi mate,does it still run ok after 3 years?

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yes she does!!!
she was pulled over after a big service,
she had 76km driven with the new oil

tried to start and after 10 seconds she started, smoked a little bit heavy in the begin, but after a couple of minutes you wouldn't say she has been standing still for three years!!!
just the brakes were a little rusty... specially the handbrake

[Jay07]

Nice Project Mate! Its taking its time but thats all good coz it'll be worth it in the end!! Keep at it!!! All the best!

Jason

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i just went to some friends who are also bmwfreaks... (they do rally with an e21 323i & a 30 318is) i've brought soms stuff for my e30 with me






so i know what to do this weekend...

the spoiler has of course to be repainted, but the whole car also needs to be repainted...

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i've bought another beemer
this one is for breaking and spare parts
ive boughted it for 50 euros
is a almost complete grey/blue e30 320i coupé
pics wil follow soon

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a little update for my e36

before


yeah, i've brought 2 nice boxes from my work



the result

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(some pics of how my 320's condition at the moment)




she"l get over it...
soon preparing for a full respray

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about the hartge rims, that didn't ended good, the seller was an asshole who tried to rip me off. scr*w him

[nwmlarge]

good to see some good progress being made!

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here some pics about what i've been doing the last couple of days...






the spoiler is a little bit hangin through in the middle, but that wil be fixed...





on pic 5 you can see the radiator is losing some cooling water...

[nwmlarge]

was gonna say you went a bit over board with the t cut lol

[Giggz]

What colour have you chosen and hows the arches coming along?

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What colour have you chosen and hows the arches coming along?

i've not really decided, but i think it wil be black metallic
what do you mean with the arches?
the car was in shadowline, i want to make it again in shadowline too.

[Giggz]

Metallic Black will be very nice indeed. Good safe choice.

I thought you were extending your arches as you wrote in my "respray in Progress" thread you were doing the same thing but i have just understood what you meant sorry.

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I thought you were extending your arches as you wrote in my "respray in Progress" thread you were doing the same thing but i have just understood what you meant sorry.

ah now i'm with you, i ment i was also removing the paint making all bodyparts fit 100% , i would love to wide the wheelbows, or arches if that is wat you mean? but i have no experience with such bodywork, and my budget is not very high for polyester parts...

[nwmlarge]

why not get an arch rolling tool and see if you can spread them out a bit?

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here some new toy for my 320

[jimmybmw]

hey, nog een westvlaming.

welkom hier.

als je interesse hebt, heb ik hier nog een setje ac schnitzers liggen in 16" met wat werk aan.

twee hebben serieuze stoeprandschade en van eentje is de lak ook niet meer goed.

succes met je wagen.

keep up the good work.

[Lennerd320i]

jimmy: you're the only one that going to speak dutch on the whole topic... :s

@ acschnitzer: good work over there!

[jimmybmw]

jimmy: you're the only one that going to speak dutch on the whole topic... :s

@ acschnitzer: good work over there!

hahaha, ja lennerd. so?

but ok, i'll try to translate the whole post.

i was happy to meet another flemish guy overhere.

i told him i have some acs rims for sale, so he could contact me if he was interested.

[Lennerd320i]

I wast just kiddin' Jimmybmw and i propose to go back ontopic ;)

[Gouki]

much respect for you restoring it, good luck with the project.

[eun]

yeah good luck its coming along

and for doing all this at your age well done

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thanks for the positive reactions
my dad also begins to love oldskool bmw's ...
he used to drive a pontiac firebird trans am that was also a very performancefull car... american V8
but i wouldn't sell my bimmer for it

[Lennerd320i]

there is no way like the bimmer way ;)

and when i'm going to visit your region again, i'll send you a private message... I actually already did it today (Brugge).

see ya ;)

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another small update, new brake pumps at the back
at both sides, the pump's pistons were stuck, or were too loose...
en they were dripping oil...


first loosing the brake cable,

loose the 2 bolts, and remove the old pump

odl pump, with one blocked piston

mounting the new pump,



a little difference...


then, getting all the air out of the brake cable's, and ready

i will need another middle-part of the exhaust... one with double fittings at both sides.


so another few hours passed at my e30

(sorry for the bad english )

[Lennerd320i]

you're also one of the persons with the bad luck to have that type of exhaust... i will pm you an address where i bought my new midpipe... not to expensive and correct handling ;)

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here some pics of my last buy
for that price i really could not let her go




the m20 engine has overheaten (stupid prick pre-owner ), lights started to licht, but he never stopped driving ), and so the M20 engine is stuck... very stuck, i cant turn the crankshaft in any way but that is not the reason why i bought it, it has new headlights (wich i need for my 4door) a perfect looking chromé bumper, al the plastic parts of it, complete grill, a new middle pipe (again no double pipe ), rusty bodywork parts to practice with widing arches...
and 4 new tyres with the classic bmw disks.

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i've finally found a fitting exhaust part wich i needed for my damper i bought...
first removing the catalysator... one going mad driving job
but it worked out




here some pics of the whole line
i think i'll give the first part some paint...

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here some stuff for healing the engine



i'll install these parts in school, for my endwork

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here some optic updates i made today for my 320i , still had those parts from a broken engine