My E30 M3, the story so far......
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This is brilliant.
I worked for a local dealership when these were current and I’ve always had a desire to own one. I nearly bought one 20 years ago when they were £5k and occasionally still kick myself for not doing so. Now of course they are out of reach.
In the absence of my own, I shall continue to enjoy reading about your’s (it’s even in my favourite colour).
I worked for a local dealership when these were current and I’ve always had a desire to own one. I nearly bought one 20 years ago when they were £5k and occasionally still kick myself for not doing so. Now of course they are out of reach.
In the absence of my own, I shall continue to enjoy reading about your’s (it’s even in my favourite colour).
One of the things that triggered the restoration... for those of you who have read the whole tale will remember the front screen being hit by what felt like a rock during a hot lap of the ring. Replaced with a new genuine BMW top tint screen joined by a new genuine rear screen all fitted with new rubber seals at the front and new clips and trims at the rear. Some new scuttle vent trims and all new wiper linkage mounting hardware on the scuttle finish off that area.
New Hirchmann antenna as my original was badly faded. Also my radio reception was never great so hopefully this will improve it.
Picked up some freshly vapour blasted parts removed from the engine .
For those of you with a good memory, back when i listed the new replacement panels one of them was a sport evo rear spoiler.
For those of you not familiar with the Sport evo it was the last homologated version of the E30 M5 which had a 2.5 engine as well as adjustable front and rear spoilers plus many other changes unique to the Sport evo. The spoilers have always been something that owners of non Evo M3's have retro fitted and ive always been a fan of that look (and function!)
The correct spacers unique to the Sport evo spoiler were fitted, something often missed out be people retro fitting or fitting a replica.
The bolts! These countersunk hex head bolts that hold the adjustable position rear blade to the main spoiler at NLA from BMW.
I had a selection of original ones, 6 corroded and 2 new (8 in total needed) and i was going the get the corroded ones blasted and re- chemical blacked to original finish but a trial fit found that the latest batch of Sport evo spoilers made by BMW had the threaded inserts recessed further in so the original bolts were not long enough,
Some searching online found the correct countersunk M8x1.25mm hex head bolts in a choice of lengths but in stainless so 5mm longer ones did the trick. A coat of satin black had them looking good and the result.....
Very happy with the rear end now! I've now the dilemma as to weather i replace the evo 2 front spoiler with a Sport evo adjustable front to match the rear...
What has become quite noticeable now is the left reverse light being duller than the right hand one so a new left lamp unit is now added to the ever growing list of new parts required.
Inside the rear right wheel arch is the fuel tank breather system which is an area often full of mud, rust and holes. The filler neck blasted and painted, vent tank cleaned, all hoses replaced with new and new electro plated fittings.
New Splash guard and a new metal pipe cover fitted (they have now doubled in price!) after being painted and cavity waxed on the inside.
Ignore the suspension components as these will be tackled later on but i gave the shock a wipe down for the aid of the pic.
Freshly refurbished 16x7.5 Style 5s by Lepsons shod in my favoured Yokohama AD08R rubber
Starting to look more like a car now. Bumper foils (black stripes) have been applied and new rear badges with the all important M3 badge fitted millimetre perfect as per BMW fitting instructions.
Paracetamol said:
Can you share the dimensions for the placement of the badge? Or is it a trade secret..I think mine is not quite correct. Thanks
Google might know:http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TI...
helix402 said:
Paracetamol said:
Can you share the dimensions for the placement of the badge? Or is it a trade secret..I think mine is not quite correct. Thanks
Google might know:http://www.bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TI...
rich350z said:
Wow what a restoration of my favourite ever Car.
I whish I could rewind time and not give away my E30 325i Sport for £2k.......
Thanks for sharing!
I whish I could rewind time and not give away my E30 325i Sport for £2k.......
Thanks for sharing!
rich350z said:
Is there a thread on your Sport?
There is a thread on my sport on e30zone.net but it lost many pictures due to photobucket and ive not updated it in ages.Here is the most recent pics of it.
Details.... all new petrol flap and filler hardware. Decal is the first of many 1st class reproductions by pukardesigns.com.
The best part of six hours work to get the original headlining back in with a result i was happy with.
All of the shadow line trim has been painted in the correct satin black, Both doors have been fitted with their trims, complete new rubber seals and original glass.
BSSBMW said:
The best part of six hours work to get the original headlining back in with a result i was happy with.
I'm going to de-track-prep my E30 325 later this year back to road spec, and this is by far the part I am least looking forward to! It was enough of a pain getting it out in the frist place. 
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