The "I finally bought an E30" Build Thread!
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Another hot day today. Thankfully, there is some really good shade cover from some big trees on the road in front of Jake's house. Was able to keep the E46 and E30 cool all afternoon. It was probably an easy 20 degree difference being in the shade and being in the sun, would not have worked today had I not been in the shade. Just ran a long extension cord across the road to get power for the rotary wheel. Also just used buckets of water to wash the car on the side of the road as the hose did not reach. I only cut the car today, so the car still has swirl, but the depth was really brought back out. I will be hopefully polishing and waxing it tomorrow to finish up the paint restore. It has cleaned up pretty well. Some areas will need to be revisited, but overall I am happy with the outcome. Buddy from Bergstrom stopped over with some metal polish and helped me with the bumpers and window trim while I finished buffing the car.
Hoping after the polish and the wax the car will really shine.
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Finished the paint restore today. Was much cooler out so that made being outside a lot more enjoyable. The paint came back really well and I am happy with the result. The products I used for the restore were Meguiars Ultimate Compound, Polish, and Liquid Wax. I didn't test it, but the paint should have a really good bead. I'll ask Jake to take some pictures with the DSLR so you guys can get a better idea of how it came out. The iPhone pictures will suffice for the time being.
This is after polishing, before waxing
Compounded vs. Polished
These are all polished and waxed pictures
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I wish I had the patience for this. Looks amazing
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The iPhone pictures don't do the paint justice, but it looks great. Exponentially better. Now we're going to clean up the trim pieces and tidy up some loose ends.
Plan is to pull the motor this weekend, freshen it up, and drop it back in with a new trans. Then we're gonna get the hookup on some cheap used JOM coilovers and eventually get some cheap wheels. The car should end up looking pretty decent.
Also, we tried pounding the dent out a little bit. The "after" picture makes it look better than it really is, but it's improved for sure.
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Something happened last night. Only took two hours.
Now to clean the bay, delete unneccessary crap, and freshen up the motor. Hoping to drop it back in this weekend with a new trans.
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There was a dude in classic BMWs giving away a g260. Idk if it's been spoken for yet or not
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There was a dude in classic BMWs giving away a g260. Idk if it's been spoken for yet or not
Is this a Facebook page? Was it in good working condition? I'll have to look into it!
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KaiserRolls said:
There was a dude in classic BMWs giving away a g260. Idk if it's been spoken for yet or not
Is this a Facebook page? Was it in good working condition? I'll have to look into it!
Tagged you
(If that doesn't work here's a screenshot)
Maybe it works, maybe not. For free tho why not give it a try (if yours is totally borked)
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Tagged you
(If that doesn't work here's a screenshot)
Maybe it works, maybe not. For free tho why not give it a try (if yours is totally borked)
I saw that and joined the group. I think it's spoken for, but we want one that's pretty much guaranteed to work.
Snap said John Prusinski had one so I reached out to him. He said he has one that should work and is selling it for a good deal, so we'll probably pick that up on Friday.
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If you value your sanity. Promptly leave the group as well
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If you value your sanity. Promptly leave the group as well
Noted!
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If you value your sanity. Promptly leave the group as well
But how will I know who wants to trade shitty wheels?!?
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Took the clutch/flywheel off so I could mount the engine on a stand. Clutch has plenty of material left. Gonna get the flywheel resurfaced (if cheap).
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If it is single mass you should get it lightened=)
I'm going to check with some local shops to get pricing on the resurface. What else would be done to consider it "lightened"?
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Looks just like my HF engine stand, good taste!
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It's currently being borrowed from Ben (GunMetalGrey) so I can't take credit for it...
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Jake's boss from his previous job was nice enough to lend us a brand new extractor to use on the carpets of the E30. The only stipulation was that we had to take pictures of the process. Brutal, I know. It took me around an hour or so to extract the carpets and even though the results are not inredibly drastic, I still think they look way better than they previously did.
Before:
After:
We will have the remainder of the parts for the engine refresh for this weekend where the plan is to at minimum have the motor back in the car.
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