ohthejosh and his e30

[jw 325ic]

what was the original color?

[ohthejosh]

what was the original color?

i think it was blue, i think the sticker in the engine bay said metalliblau. ill check tomorrow and let you know. i never seen another e30 with the original color of mine. so its a shame the owner before me repainted it that color. and upon inspection turners out the front driver fender was replaced and front end is not stock :(

[brutus87]

Euro bumpers FTW.

[DuMa]

neeeeds more sidewall

[ohthejosh]

Euro bumpers FTW.

i like the plastic bumper conversion better honestly

neeeeds more sidewall

definitely, but i think ima just get new wheels

[!AjHoWzA!]

Love the color on this car! Wheels look good too

[ohthejosh]

It's like a patriotic e30!

Did the front conversion before July 4th, so it was a themed car for about a day lol

Love the color on this car! Wheels look good too

Thanks! unfortunately im not a big fan of the color. I want an OEM paint on the car and if its not obvious already its gonna go alpine white :) I know theres plenty out there already but i will try to make mine different promise ;)

[!AjHoWzA!]

Did the front conversion before July 4th, so it was a themed car for about a day lol


Thanks! unfortunately im not a big fan of the color. I want an OEM paint on the car and if its not obvious already its gonna go alpine white :) I know theres plenty out there already but i will try to make mine different promise ;)

Ya thats what I like about the car is that the color isn't like everyone else's but ya can't go wrong with white ;)

[ohthejosh]

I guess I should update since I did some today, my cars been sitting in the driveway for the past few months waiting to get engine work done but I still havent really gotten all the info I need yet.

Decided to do a partial teardown of the interior because PO put a crappy ass carpert and it bugs the shiit out of me.

OEM color was, wish it still was too;


Here are some pics of how it looks as of this morning;



Havent done the proper rear pb conversion yet but i put it on anyways;



Interior shot, PO did install M3 seats front and rear which I like a lot!!




My driver seat is a different material than the passenger and rear. Anyone know what its called?
Driver Seat;


Passenger Oem;


Here are the seats out of the car side by side;


Here are some of a dirty m20b27



And finally removed the crappy carpet to reveal an even crappier tore up oem carpet lol;



And found some sketch wiring lol;


Thats all for today cars gonna stay like that for a lil while. Thanks for looking.

[Jboss12]

The PO on my 91' did the exact same thing but with the heated seat wiring and he was so confused why the fuse kept on blowing...

[ohthejosh]

Yea when I do the entire interior refresh Im sure I'll be finding some weird ass shit.

So far I found misc. wiring and a green rag stuff up in the HVAC console area. No clue what its there just a corner of it is sticking out.

[ohthejosh]

So after receiving my new coolant hoses from Blunttech I decided to tackle the mysterious coolant leak that caused my overheating a few months back.

After replacing the hoses the leak now comes from the water pump, specifically between the water pump and pulley.

Anyone know if I just need to tighten it or do i need to replace the water pump?

[DaButt]

For what it's worth- after looking at the jankety-ass nature of the interior- i vote replace the pump either way.

[ohthejosh]

I ordered belts, pump and tensioner from blunt just now. I need to get this car registered and smogged asap. Im thinking after smog im gonna do some more maintenance.

[freeride53]

That's some cool shit mayne.
Do a rear latemod valance swap, color match errythang...
and g240 it.