Finally got my hands on another e30 after a few years and figured I should have some record of all the headaches this thing is going to give me. Sadly I never got to finish my other cabrio. Long story. Recently picked up a well used 89 cabrio, it needs a lot of work but I'm going to try to take it on piece by piece this winter. When I bought the car it had no fenders on it, and that was honestly one of main concerns. I know from my last one that those are hard to find in decent shape. The front bumper was bent up pretty good, interior is toast, broken headlight, big dents in hood, missing rocker trim, leaky 3rd brake light, terrible suspension, missing shift knob, exhaust was just hanging. This car has definitely had a rough decade or so. With all that said it wasn't a rust bucket and that's hard to find in the rust belt, it ran, and it had a new top. Pic with the junkyard fenders thrown on, and primer on the hood dents.
Lucked out and found a set of fenders at a local yard the day after I brought it home that weren't too bad. Had to make a small patch on the passenger side bottom. Fixed all the dents in the hood and got the fence and hood prepped for paint. Turns out brilliantrot is really expensive even at my cost so I decided to do a color change. It was in my mind anyways and this just made it even more justified.
As of now fenders and hood are painted, I've sourced parts for the plastic bumper conversion and the cars is at a friends shop getting the motor and a few other things looked over.
My plan is to leave the m20 until I have the rest of the car sorted. That is unless there is something majorly wrong with this one. Once I have it back its time to start on the front end. Going to refresh what ever I find but planning on springs/struts possibly coils, new rack, tie rods, control arms, sub frame bushings, hubs and whatever else comes up. Bentley manual will be here soon. I will continue to update as I make progress.
Lucked out and found a set of fenders at a local yard the day after I brought it home that weren't too bad. Had to make a small patch on the passenger side bottom. Fixed all the dents in the hood and got the fence and hood prepped for paint. Turns out brilliantrot is really expensive even at my cost so I decided to do a color change. It was in my mind anyways and this just made it even more justified.
As of now fenders and hood are painted, I've sourced parts for the plastic bumper conversion and the cars is at a friends shop getting the motor and a few other things looked over.
My plan is to leave the m20 until I have the rest of the car sorted. That is unless there is something majorly wrong with this one. Once I have it back its time to start on the front end. Going to refresh what ever I find but planning on springs/struts possibly coils, new rack, tie rods, control arms, sub frame bushings, hubs and whatever else comes up. Bentley manual will be here soon. I will continue to update as I make progress.
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time in the hood but those are the two places I said I'd spend the time to go better than oem. 
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