1989 325i S52 Cirriusblau Coupe - street/track car

[mitchlikesbikes]

i think cirrusblau is my favorite color on the e30 other than the reds.

really nice car. it says a lot that you dropped the whole front subframe rather than just beating the exhaust in for clearance. good attention to detail.

[DasTaco]

fucking score!

For sure! Cant wait to get it all installed.

looks good, but stop referring to the car in the masculine!

Lol named it Frankenstein, or frank for short.

i think cirrusblau is my favorite color on the e30 other than the reds.

really nice car. it says a lot that you dropped the whole front subframe rather than just beating the exhaust in for clearance. good attention to detail.

I really like cirrusblau as well. Not a common color and really looks good on the body. I am a bit picky when it comes down to cars and have high standards so it seemed like the only viable option other then making custom headers which would have been more expensive.

[DasTaco]

Just got back from a weekend of wrenching on the car. Great progress on the interior and got a few small things done which I was happy with as well.


Here was my work space for the weekend, a friends garage:



Got right to pulling the interior apart so I could install the anthracite carpet and my Sparco Evo II's



Just a bit of wiring for what was a trunk CD player (yes someone willingly installed a trunk CD player in this car)







This is how the PO took the play out of the brake peddle so the bad brake light switch wasn't constantly on (yes it has been replaced). People are inventive when they have to be...




Yayayay, no rust in sight



After some serious carpet wrestling it finally got into place







got the rear seats tucked back in


finally got some studs for the track. no more lug bolts!;D






all ready to go in



some rubber


also snagged some all red tails from a member here on r3v. they look flawless





seats finally going in! WOO




All buttoned up. really happy with the way the interior turned out. now i just can't wait to use them on track!







im going to try and go back in the next few weeks to throw in some lolliepops and camber plates and if i have time TAB's, subframe, and diff bushings.


everything is starting to come together and look exactly how i want it to!

thanks for looking!

[DasTaco]

Finally buttoned up almost everything that I needed to in order to get this thing back on the road in the spring! Hopefully it will be out by the end of the month!

All it needs now is some new diff/trans fluid, put a new interior door latch on, and an alignment. I added some more camber because I basically had 0 and installed my lollipop CAB's. Also got the rest of the seat stuff squared away, aka installing buckle latches and positioning the driver side seat in the correct position. Really excited to get this thing out on track this spring/summer.







pulling old CABs


and new ones installed


drivers seat view


almost ready for take off

[SSR-125]

Definitely coming along man, nice car! Looks clean

[DasTaco]

Definitely coming along man, nice car! Looks clean

Thanks man! Yeah, its come a long way. Looking forward to talking it out in a few weeks!

[sgmira_e30]

Kyle,

Sam, the PO here. Glad you are the one who bought my car as you have really taken great care of it. You really took it too the next level with what I started. I hope you love driving it on track just as much as I did.

As for that hair band... I died laughing when I saw that picture. I completely forgot about that. I needed a quick fix on a road trip my ex girlfriend and I were on when I noticed my lights stayed on because of a sagging peddle. It worked so well I guess I never remember to fix it.

I drive an E46 M now but still miss that thing.

Cheers

[shootnjunky]

looks like this one is up on BaT

[AudioNToxication]

yep

[jeenyus]

great project.