My E30 M3, the story so far......
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Apologies for the lack of updates! Its been a hectic few months running BMR but progress has been made.
The metal brake and fuel pipes that were fitted to BMW's of this period were an olive green and when you buy new replacements from BMW they are now black.... which wont do.
Using a pipe that hadn't rusted badly, i got a tin of paint colour matched to the original to give the new pipes a coat. Fitted up with new metal clips gave a result im happy with,
The original 55ltr fuel tank despite being solid and not leaking was not in great shape so a new one was bought and painted in the correct satin black finish, New hoses and fittings were added before mounting with freshly plated bolts.
The original fuel filler neck was blasted and painted in the correct satin black and fitted up with new connecting hoses and clips plus the grommet connecting it to the additional 15ltr tank in the luggage compartment.
The trailing arms rear beam blasted and painted in satin black before.....
being fitted up with all new bushes, bearings and the rebuilt LSD.
Some of the nuts, bolts etc electro plated in the original finish used to refit the rear axle and other parts.
Brake pad sensor wiring for the nearside front and offside rear tends to perish and break up. On some of the Japanese import E30's ive seen this rubber outer insulation has completely broken up and fallen off.
Luckily this section of wiring loom is available new from BMW so both ends replaced.
The metal brake and fuel pipes that were fitted to BMW's of this period were an olive green and when you buy new replacements from BMW they are now black.... which wont do.
Using a pipe that hadn't rusted badly, i got a tin of paint colour matched to the original to give the new pipes a coat. Fitted up with new metal clips gave a result im happy with,
The original 55ltr fuel tank despite being solid and not leaking was not in great shape so a new one was bought and painted in the correct satin black finish, New hoses and fittings were added before mounting with freshly plated bolts.
The original fuel filler neck was blasted and painted in the correct satin black and fitted up with new connecting hoses and clips plus the grommet connecting it to the additional 15ltr tank in the luggage compartment.
The trailing arms rear beam blasted and painted in satin black before.....
being fitted up with all new bushes, bearings and the rebuilt LSD.
Some of the nuts, bolts etc electro plated in the original finish used to refit the rear axle and other parts.
Brake pad sensor wiring for the nearside front and offside rear tends to perish and break up. On some of the Japanese import E30's ive seen this rubber outer insulation has completely broken up and fallen off.
Luckily this section of wiring loom is available new from BMW so both ends replaced.
helix402 said:
Yes the Bilstein B8's come with a larger washer but they are not necessary The bush, sleeve and shock body are the same as an OE damper so there is no issue using the original washer.The B8's on my 325i Sport have been on there for 12 years and approx 40k miles with no issue.
I am actually in two minds as to weather or not to paint the shocks beige as per the originals.
BSSBMW said:
Yes the Bilstein B8's come with a larger washer but they are not necessary The bush, sleeve and shock body are the same as an OE damper so there is no issue using the original washer.
The B8's on my 325i Sport have been on there for 12 years and approx 40k miles with no issue.
I am actually in two minds as to weather or not to paint the shocks beige as per the originals.
I like the B8s yellow, it’s a sort of in-period modification. The B8's on my 325i Sport have been on there for 12 years and approx 40k miles with no issue.
I am actually in two minds as to weather or not to paint the shocks beige as per the originals.
helix402 said:
I like the B8s yellow, it’s a sort of in-period modification.
Indeed. This car actually had BMW motorsport group N suspension fitted to it when it was fairly new which were very hard Bilstein B8's and when i bought the car 4 years ago it still had those shocks.They were too stiff for the road.
All four brake callipers were sent to www.biggred.co.uk for complete refurbishment in the original finish.
Rears fitted up with new genuine discs and brembo pads and complete parking brake shoes , springs and cables.
A new brake fluid reservoir tops off the 25mm 750i brake master cylinder and repainted brake servo. Also note the various reproduction labels by www.pukardesigns.com
BSSBMW said:
stevesingo said:
Have you trimmed the bump stops from the front Bilsteins?
Yes they were trimmed down when they went in.I did have eibach front springs on it initially but it sat too low so switched to sport evo ones.
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