The 5 Year Restoration - E30 M3 Reborn

[CurrusDei]

2.5 Years In... M3 Build Thread...PAINT COMPLETE!

Interesting. ECS has these labeled as Anthracite, but they are clearly darker if the carpet is anthracite as well (it may not be, I always thought anthracite was closer to what the mats look like). Are those e30 mats? Look like a later model (the car on the label looks like an e46)


That said, my carpet is a uniform color throughout, even under the air box, so I don't think it has faded. See old pic below...




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[jhaurimn]

Way back, you could get anthracite mats that matched the lighter shade of the carpet. Havent seen a set pop up for sale in a long time.

[bradnic]

Black definitely fades heavily, especially the tunnel area in front of the rear seat. Check the carpet color near the heater box

[CurrusDei]

Small update, a few goodies in and a couple other parts back on...









Cleaned up floor vents and reinstalled. Here one in left has been cleaned, right hasn't.



Now both in...



New floormats definitely are darker than the carpet, but looking at pictures it seems this is the case most of the time.



Take the bubble car for instance. Similar contrast...


Was it like this from the factory? I can't imagine it fading that badly, and uniformly, even in areas with no sun exposure. So my guess is that is how it was stock - any input?


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[CurrusDei]

2.5 Years In... M3 Build Thread...PAINT COMPLETE!

Yeh, this went from casual rolling resto, nothing fancy...to bare frame concours restoration...



I'll make significant progress as soon as I have a free weekend. Also looking like I'll need a rock tumbler or cement mixer with media to clean up the hardware.

Prepping to paint my trim myself. Wurth primer and satin black currently inbound and got all my abrasives from Grainger. I was worried about overspray and contamination...until my wife got a spray tan before her HS reunion and the girl who did it set up this pop up paint booth literally in our kitchen. Bingo. Amazon had a much larger version...



Also inbound

- Hood strut
- OEM E30 floor mats, anthracite (new, may dye carpet to match if it has faded significantly)
- New hardware to reattach roof strip thingy
- Driver lower outer seat bolster leather (mine was far gone, and I messed it up when fixing)

[jhaurimn]

I love the third reply to the first post in this topic

Nice score!
Don't rush things, that's all I have to say.

Archie had NO IDEA you would take his comment to heart this much :giggle:

Also, stop teasing us :hitler:

[CurrusDei]

It does. I almost don't know where to start! Waiting on a hood shock to keep the hood up before I start work in there. Working on cleaning up the gaskets that go under the roof bar, new clips and rivets already ordered







I think these gaskets are NLA, and I'm worried paint thinner will make them swell up, so I'm using alcohol and a razor blade to scrape off the overspray and years of crust






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[jhaurimn]

Man, thats gotta be an amazing feeling getting that back into your own garage.

[0-60Motorsports]

beautiful! wish i could lend a hand reassembling this beauty

[CurrusDei]

I'm woefully behind on this thread. I'll do my best to get some more content up soon (harness resto detail, leather reconditioning, etc, but for now...the M3 is back home. 8 months in the body shop did her well...






















First piece back on...





I was joking earlier about needing white gloves for reassembly...but now I'm thinking that might be true. Very excited. More to come!


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[0-60Motorsports]

Beautiful results. Cars coming along great. Keep up the good work.

[CurrusDei]

Two Years In... M3 Build Thread...Now in Paint!

Underside review before deciding how to proceed. Decided to clean up, keep original where it is in good shape, redo undercoating in a few areas with cuts/abrasions so that it is watertight, undercoat will stay oem tan with red overtop (in an oem style pattern, which is less than 100%, paint coverage). Wheel wells will be black.















Look at that primer line for the windshield epoxy. That's why the right body shop matters. The guys at Magnum did this without me even having to ask - they know that the primer is a better surface for the windshield epoxy bond than paint would be. Very cool.




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[CurrusDei]

Interesting. I'll keep in mind in case some of mine break or disappear


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[jhaurimn]

Apparently the part is not found on m3s originally. Its a very early e30 m20/m21 part but works well for our cars as well. I do not like the clips the m3 uses. Not to mention, my car is missing 1 of the 2 little studs that hold them.

The proper clips, which look like this:


And you wedge them inbetween these little studs

[CurrusDei]

nice! How'd you find it?