Operation project panda >_<

[revhead888]

sad to say my love has come to a horrific end... :(
driving through a mountain road came to a right hand corner, found it to be quite dirty and slippery, needless to say it locked up and headed into the armco. was waiting on a new lever for my handbrake so it was pointless and couldn't correct the understeer with oversteer.
I've come to the agreement that these things just happen... anyway so this is where project panda starts.
I picked up a new 1989 alpine white e30 for next to nothing, engine and drivetrain are great! now i'll be swapping parts over from the red e30 to the panda.
it's around 9-10 thousand $ worth of damage to the red bmw so they deemed it a wright off as they can pick up a newer one for alot cheaper... they obiously don't take into account the kit :(
so the quicker i De-grandma spec the e30 the better :D

Plans are for this one, groundcontrol coilovers, i have some rims lined up, gold centres with polished lip mesh rims (17x8 front and 17x9 rear)
finishing it off with a tech II kit.
and that's all i'll be planning at this stage for the daily driver.

so here project panda begins...

UPDATE PICS ON PAGE 1, 3

Red e30 before (parts will be for sale off the red bmw so get requests in early)



After ;(




Panda the morning after i picked it up...








Now to begin the cleaning stage...

[Mr Two]

If it could talk, it'd probably say "Ach! Mein augen!"

[KillaCam]

you can fix that

[thedeal]

Oh, yeah! That will buff right out!

-Too bad too. That kit was pretty awesome. BBS?

[revhead888]

Oh, yeah! That will buff right out!

-Too bad too. That kit was pretty awesome. BBS?

yea full bbs kit :(

[Trucidatio]

can we get a count of all the E30s R3V'd in the passed few months.

Sorry man, looks very similar to the damage done to my car. Main thing is you live to drive another day, and you already got another E30 in the stable.

[miggs87]

Your red E30 looked really cool, I'm curious to see how this Panda turns out.

[trackjunkie21]

Nice interested in how it turns out

[Philipangoo]

dang that bbs kit was beautiful. I don't think I have seen any other members on here with a full kit... and that just looked beautiful in red...

I have faith in your new project! GL man.

[Iain]

Turbo M52 or LS1?

[revhead888]

Turbo M52 or LS1?

haha i wish, but while im still in University my budget keeps the bmw as a 318i. maybe later down the track i'll do some performance mods


so first thing is first.... the car needed some TLC.
The paint was very badly oxidized when i bought it and i wasn't sure how well it would come up. i didn't pay much for the panda so i wasn't too worried. i was quite amazed by the paint by the end.
bath time for the panda.


it's hard to show the paint condition with the camera... but wasn't pretty.


shows how much it had been washed before.... this happened when i just started washing it


garage full of panda's


debadge


then i cut polished, clay barred, and waxed the panda.


half roof cut polished.


changed the bmw badges of the red e30, the rear taillights, side indicators, front indicators.


55w 6000k Hid's. (soo good for driving at night)



that concludes day #1. Next day will be spent changing interior from the red e30 into the panda.
p.s thanks lyndon for your help

[Iain]

If you need any 318 bits I've stripped mine and am selling the drivetrain/suspension :)

/parts pimping

Looks really nice. I wish I'd held out for a white 2dr instead of going for my Delphin.

[SamE30e]

Looks like it's going to be good!

[revhead888]

If you need any 318 bits I've stripped mine and am selling the drivetrain/suspension :)

/parts pimping

Looks really nice. I wish I'd held out for a white 2dr instead of going for my Delphin.

haha thanks man, but yea i still have my red bmw sitting in the garage full of parts :/
and na man you should be happy delphin's can look hot!

[Iain]

So they sold it back to you ok? Can you get much out of it?

What's in the red one? M20B25?