1JZ E30 Vert Build Thread with Pastry filled wheels

[P_Roloff]

I believe you have to go and clear your browser cache and refresh the page before it'll work for images that you've already tried to view.

[Earl]

I did that

[Jdesign]

I started making myself "Eclair" decals for my wheels... Besides that nothing has happened besides a car wash.

[Jdesign]

Some pictures of my car at Eurowerks have been popping up in my inbox. I figured I should share.

[B C]

Probably the best e30 vert ever , great photos! What is the shiny object next to it? Looks like some sort of beetle kit car

[Earl]

Snap said:

Probably the best e30 vert ever , great photos! What is the shiny object next to it? Looks like some sort of beetle kit car

It was a scratch built car that looks mostly like a porsche but it has other influences of the era. It is pretty neat but oddly shaped aswell.

[Jdesign]

Its a hand built car that uses a VW aircooler motor. "The Runge FF007" built by Runge Cars. I am not really a fan of the shape, but the amount of work and time that has went into it is amazing. Chris Runge has made a few others prior to this one which look better in my opinion. Crazy fact is that he has sold them for roughly $150k each. 

https://rungecars.com/

[Jdesign]

Started finally really working on this. I have a massive list, and the more I look at it, the more I realize is missing. So far I have new window seals that I ordered and now realized I need the other half of them too. I pulled the the seats out of the interior for a nice deep cleaning, I plan on taking dimensions of the interior panels so I can start to figure out what I want to do for designs and material. I also pulled the center console as I will be making a cup holder and I want to run a headless stereo (bluetooth amp) 

Here is the other bad seal

and the naked interior

The carpet is not clean here, but It came very clean surprisingly

I plan on adding cup holders to the door panels, and to the center console but integrating them. Similar to this BUT NOT this:

[B C]

Interested in the bluetooth amp. Something id like to do as well

[Jdesign]

Bought another set of wheels. They should be getting delivered via friend in the next day or two. I will need to refinish them and I didn't really need another set, but I couldnt pass up a good deal on a rare set of wheels.

They are Crenshaw Classics and I have no idea what the specs are yet, but my guess is 16x9.5 or 16x10 et of something insanely high.

Actual pics of the wheels:

And a pic for reference:

[YoungCR]

What are you going to refinish them as?

[B C]

I'd rock a set of those in gunmetal

[straight6pwr]

i dream of the day your car has wider rubber.

please do e30 m3 flares + 255s on those vette wheels.

k,thx,bye

[B C]

straight6pwr said:

i dream of the day your car has wider rubber.

please do e30 m3 flares + 255s on those vette wheels.

k,thx,bye

I just got skinny-shamed

[Bassboy3313]

Pretty sweet wheels!

[Jdesign]

YoungCR said:

What are you going to refinish them as?

Not sure yet. I am undecided. I was thinking of one of the following:

1. having them diamond cut with polished lips
2. brushed faces with polished lips and plating the hardware gold
3. Polishing the faces and painting the lips Laguna green

Snap said:

I'd rock a set of those in gunmetal

I would if I had a more muted color palate ie black, silver, or white

straight6pwr said:

i dream of the day your car has wider rubber.

please do e30 m3 flares + 255s on those vette wheels.

k,thx,bye

hmmmm.... Maybe. But I think this car is more of a show car rather than a track car. Being a vert, I just want to keep the top down, blast terrible 90's music,, and drive home with the wind and exhaust notes baffling my eardrums.

Bassboy3313 said:

Pretty sweet wheels!

Thanks!! I am pretty excited about them!

[P_Roloff]

I like the idea of brushed faces/polished lips, that’d look sweet.

[Jdesign]

P_Roloff said:

I like the idea of brushed faces/polished lips, that’d look sweet. 

It seems so expected though..

Im really leaning towards diamond cut faces, it will add depth and dynamic to the large flat surface-

[Jdesign]

I got the wheels. Totally need to be refinished and will need new hardware. Still no clue what I will use them for.

I got some free time this morning and finally got around to making CAD models of all of the bushings Earl purchased for the E30/E36ti rear subframe, plus pedal bushings, diff spacers and diff inserts. This is great now because I have a reference if I need to make custom units. I need to drop my sub-frame and weld in camber tabs, which provides me time to upgrades the bushings that I haven't already.

[Jdesign]

Disassembly has begun again. 

I am late to working on this thing this year already as I was pretty much over dealing with it last year and haven't had an urge to really touch it. I got an itch to start working on it again after cleaning my shop, fixing the other garbage I own,  and seeing the lists of those other projects slowly shrinking compared to the length of the list for this car.

First I will list the things I want to accomplish this year for this car. I might not have it on the road, but I hope to get most of this stuff checked off.

• Higher spring rates in the rear
• ECUMasters management
• New engine harness
• Rebuild the turbo
• Z4 steering rack
• Repaint the engine bay

I have a huge list of little stuff that needs to be done too, but these are some key mile stones I want to finish. So I started last night by putting the car up on the lift and started removing the steering rack and removed the turbo. I found a place in Wisco that does turbo rebuilding and balancing- "Midwestturboconnection". I already have a rebuild kit but I do not own a turbo balancing machine. $400 estimate for a complete rebuild and balance. I hope to send it out next week. I also need to order inner tie rods and devise a plan for a new steering shaft joint.