Alpine e30 progress/build thread
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Looks awesome, love the creative use of the 3D printer. I’m sure the sound improvement is awesome, and it really does look very OEM. Great work!
Thanks! Having a 3d printer that can print in durable materials has opened up a lot of possibilities for all kinds of fun stuff.
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So I was working on my basement over the weekend and went to move the original seats from this car. As I carried them across the basement at an awkward angle a coin fell out from somewhere deep in the seat and went pinging across the floor. I figured it was a quarter or something. Nope. It's a 1988 Austrian 1 schilling coin.
I did some googling and Austria switched to the euro at the start of 2002... so either someone went on a European vacation and lost a coin when they got home, it's been in the seat since the car was built, or the car spent some time in Europe. Either way it's pretty neat.
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Epoxy that into a shift knob lol
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Got the car out a few weeks ago! The steering rack seal leaks have reached a point of being a real problem, but if you ignore that and keep the reservoir full its still a blast to drive! Went to the Pegasus cars and coffee and had a great time last weekend, was great seeing some of you there.
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160.5k
Changed the oil and did some other random maintenance on the car a couple weeks ago.
While I had it on jack stands I also replaced the adjustable ground control sway bar links with some Meyle HD e30 M3 links as one of the heim joints on the GC ones was knocking. I also swapped the Condor transmission mounts with rubber e21 trans mounts and UUC aluminum reinforcement cups that I had kicking around from when the car had an M42. Holy cow did that make a difference for NVH! It is much more pleasant to drive and there is still no noticeable movement through the chassis-mount shifter.
I've been driving it at least once a week and really enjoying it this summer!
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Got lucky on ebay a few weeks ago and scored something I've wanted for this car since the day I bought it, an e30 Mtech 1 spoiler! The rubber is in extremely good shape and the insert is conveniently already white!
Nice score, by far my favorite of all the factory spoiler options! Want to sell me your old IS spoiler now?
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Nice score, by far my favorite of all the factory spoiler options! Want to sell me your old IS spoiler now?
Agreed! And I would but I'm going to save it for my 4-door that I'll start working on someday...
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New boot goofin'
Picked up a set of wheels I've been casually on the lookout for forever: OZ Fittipaldi Fittistars! Specs are 16x7 et22 and tires are Falken RT615k+'s in 215/45r16 that are pretty tired but workable for now. I'll need to roll the rear quarters a bit more as they rub on bigger compressions but loving the look and fitment. Short term goal is to refinish the RS's while these are on the car. Long term I'm thinking rebuild these to 15x8" (the factory lips/barrels are double step) and paint the faces because the original diamond cut finish makes them sort of look like boat trailer wheels (thanks for that @wasnt m3, now I can't unsee it haha).
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TJ is totally right; that finish does make them look like trailer wheels
Glad to see this car still kicking around!
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TJ is totally right; that finish does make them look like trailer wheels
Glad to see this car still kicking around!
I kind of want to make new centercaps that say "Karavan" until I can refinish them haha.
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