V8 Swapped E30

[johnprusinski]

It wasn't too bad. Just figuring out where everything goes was not fun.

[johnprusinski]

It's been a while since I've updated this thread. I took a break on the car to focus on family issues, but now I'm back and ready to spend some money. 

The first thing I did was clean the garage and move my car over. I also put it on the ground so I would get a little more motivated. 

Then I bought some coilovers, sway bars, control arms and tie rods. I got the majority if everything done besides the front coils. 

[Jdesign]

Nice! 'Tis the season! Whats that car next to it?

[johnprusinski]

Jdesign said:

Nice! 'Tis the season! Whats that car next to it? 

It's a 1969 Studebaker project I've also go. Then next to that is an 89 k10.

[johnprusinski]

Welp I finally got my front coilovers done when I got the right strut housings. Now I have a rolling chassis. Just for kicks I put the wheels from my black e30 on. 

[B C]

I know that is just primer but it looked like light silver and I liked it. What color are you doing again?

[Earl]

The fender is silver=P

[Daggerty]

Earl said:

The fender is silver=P

What a noob

[johnprusinski]

Lol yeah the fender is silver. I painted it just to see if I could paint. I'm going to go with a gray for the color.

[Jdesign]

johnprusinski said:

Lol yeah the fender is silver. I painted it just to see if I could paint. I'm going to go with a gray for the color. 

Can I suggest aviator grey?  Its such an awesome color.

[Bassboy3313]

looks like a clearcoated primer to me 

[straight6pwr]

pastels belong on VWs/girl cars only.

[Earl]

Wouldn't it have to be an actual color to be pastel? I never thought of any shade of grey being able to be called pastel lol

[straight6pwr]

Earl said:

Wouldn't it have to be an actual color to be pastel? I never thought of any shade of grey being able to be called pastel lol 

from wiki:

someone said:

Pastels or pastel colors are the family of colors which, when described in the HSV color space, have high value and low to intermediate saturation.[1][2] The name comes from pastels, art media characteristic of this color family. The colors of this family are usually described as "soothing",[3] "soft", "near neutral", "milky", "washed out", "desaturated", and lacking strong chromatic content.

that aviator "gray" is definitely a shade of blue, which is "washed out" and "desaturated". i'm sure under some light or low light, it just looks gray,  but this photo of the color that makes it pretty obvious:

i only argue this because I have to deal with it all the time.  i work at an interior design firm, and the women around here are always complaining about whites not being white...grays being bluish or yellowish, etc.

[Earl]

Yeah that's definitely a pastel blue at that point haha

[johnprusinski]

I want to match the red Barron e30s color. I think it will look pretty neat. check the picture I attached :). 

As for an update, I haven't done much since my VW decided to break the water pump. I did however get my seat in and I moved the car over. 

[B C]

Thats a nice lookin seat yeh got there

[KaiserRolls]

Snap said:

Thats a nice lookin seat yeh got there

It'd be a shame if someone s[h]at in it

[johnprusinski]

I was sleeping in it. It's that comfy.