1991 318i Vert Build

[Dade Fresh]

Hey everybody. Name's Brendan. Just bought this 1991 318i vert a month ago. It's a little rough so I'll basically be doing a full restoration on it.

Onto the pictures

From the guy I bought it from.


First Picture I took in it's temp home.


Couple more pics



M42 powered







First task was to clean and paint the tools. When I got the car I assumed all tools were painted so I redid them.




Painted these things black. They were faded gray before.


Exhaust was a disaster so I changed it from the cat back. These are before pictures. Don't have any after but it's a Bosal oem replacement.



Rust leads to flooding so I pulled out the interior. Gonna do some rust work and convert the interior to black leather.




Only picture I have of the interior. But it clearly shows why I went with a vert.




So there you have it. Lots of work to be done. I hope to be updating this regularly. Thanks for looking. Questions/comments/concerns welcome.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Awesome. Can't beat an E30 vert on a sunny day. Have fun bringing it back to life

[Dade Fresh]

Thanks. It's already fun. Can't wait to get this thing looking right.

[BMMERE30LOVE]

Nice very Gl with build, I have a 92 m42 vert, needs a little work too but in time it will get there. Btw, how did u clean the rust off of the tools, what did you use?

[Dade Fresh]

I used the paint stripper to take off the old paint then this loctite rust remover. Used a small paint brush to apply and then used a stiff bristle brush. A little elbow grease and it went pretty well.


Definitely use gloves and eye protection. This stuff is toxic. Using the brush tends to make some fly.

[Dade Fresh]

Small update for the weekend. Painted the lower valence white and painted the plastic parts in it black. Missing a fog delete plate on the drivers side. I was also finally able to remove the hideous mirrored BMW plate the previous owner had on it.




Lots to come in the coming weeks.