E30 Euro Frankenstein Semaj4712 Progress Thread

[JT325is]

Good work! looks sick

[semaj4712]

Thoughts...??

I have been wanting to run red mud-flaps for awhile, but wanted to see what you all thought...if it was too much

[semaj4712]

Replaced the shit knock off ac schnitzer pedals that the car came with for these pedals from bmwpedals

While they were a lil tricky to install they look great



Ill try to take a better picture than my iphone pic tomorrow

[e30trooper]

looks great

[semaj4712]

Installed a few things, And broke 1, I finally got the front strut brace on (rear is in the mail) and also replaced the interior lights with new ones that actually work, only question is, does anyone know what part number the brackets they attach to are, I snapped on right in half

But I also realized I have not shared any picture of the engine bay at all, so I decided now with the new strut brace is as good of any time.

I am still working on cleaning everything up, but overall not to bad I think

[semaj4712]

After dealing with the shitty cluster that hardly ever worked right, my new euro cluster finally showed up...



Old vs New


Old miles vs New


Got it installed


...A few issues with it, the left turn signal doesnt light up...YES I checked and changed the bulb...also the highbeam light doesnt work...cant seem to figure it out...and now the CEL light is blinking, not sure if the old one didnt work but cant seem to turn it off either, going to get it looked at I think, also does anyone know if the brake lining light is the same spot on the euro cluster, the circle with the lines around it??

Also got a new euro clock...blank with m stripes, really like it


And this bad boy, german check panel with built in voltmeter...only problem is I cant get the voltmeter to read any higher than 0.9... asked the seller about it, so I hope to get that figured out...


And speaking of the seller, Fusion had made a mistake and sent me the wrong items and so to make up for the mistake he sent me this badass tshirt...


Not sure if the picture does it any justice but the ink has a sort of carbon fiber look, its sick

[semaj4712]

I was doing some reading and found that if you hit the check panel it resets the check engine light, but it should reset if the brake is pressed, however, both the brake lining light (I think) is on, and the motoroil light is on on the check panel...I assume I need new brakes, which would solve the brake lining light, but I dont know how to reset or fix the motoroil light...anybody know

[MR 325]

The "check" light and the check engine light aren't the same thing. You realize that right?

I'm willing to bet the oil level light wasn't wired up during the 24v swap though.

[semaj4712]

No i was not aware of that, makes total sense tho, ive never had a cluster like this one and my previous e30 didnt have a check panel, but that makes sense now that you say that, wonder how hard it would be to wire up the oil senser

[e30shmobberr]

im not a fan of the cloth interior, but i like the unique touch you are adding to your e30

[semaj4712]

Yea its not for everybody, i like the 80s look but i no its not for everybody

Anyways got my voltmeter workin tonight, turns out the line i was trying to pull from was part of a blown fuse, who woulda guessed

[bmw325csi]

Everything looks dope.
Funny thing about the German check panel, I find myself using google translater every time a light comes on.

[MR 325]

I like that check panel a lot!

[semaj4712]

Everything looks dope.
Funny thing about the German check panel, I find myself using google translater every time a light comes on.

Lol, i took 2 years of german and cant make sentences, but its easy enough for me to figure out what some of the words around my car mean

[semaj4712]

Last night at the Sherman Oaks meet we decided to do a "Fuck its raining, relocate to Buffalo Wild Wings" event...and we started taking some pics in the empty parking garage, check em out...

I know they are shitty iphone pics but still cool...I like em