Larry's 89 Zinno E30 M3 build

[clarkson]

Nice car! Wish mine had only a few little items like this to address.

[Court M3]

Wow nice find good luck tidying her up!

[wark]

Jealous, one day hopefully!

[jasonbk]

I say that seats are easily recoverable without spending a fortune on them.

check out my thread:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=285938

[Nats88M3]

Damn I have very similar pics of when I picked mine up...congrats!!

[litu]

That color...Awesome, looks cool M3 ;)

[abit]

beautiful stock m3, I'm jealous

[Alpina]

Stunning car ,,

congratulation

[ANDRÜ]

DOT-R pass. fender

[f50nut]

Thanks all for the comments

DOT-R pass. fender

There's no accident history, so from what we know about the car that fender was damaged in shipping or at the dealer before its initial sale. The car came with some dealer option M color stripes that were still on the car and evenly faded all around when the PO had the entire car repainted. So yes it's a DOT-R fender but from what can tell, it's not due to accident damage of any kind. Car is straight as an arrow underneath.

[f50nut]

Stopped by my friend's house. Picked him up to head over to Guten Parts. He has 2 E30s. The black car is a 325is and the green car is a rare euro 318 with no options. No power steering, radio, AC. Has factory knockout plates in the dash. It has an S50 swap.



Our buddy Alex followed.



Levent helped me figure out what else was missing. Left there with a box of plastic clips, pigtails for euro lights and ordered new center console pieces. A bunch of other small parts I'm forgetting that Levent just had on the shelves. Guten Parts is awesome.

Something else I'm trying to figure out is this front bumper alignment. This is the original front bumper so I know the car hasn't been hit. I've read that some front bumper mounts were manufactured incorrectly, so I might have to cut and weld these to push the bumper in. For now it's fine and I'll fill the gap with a one piece Evo gasket.



Disappointment #1:

Bought these smileys from a member on R3V.







The low beams look okay



But the highs are really badly pitted. They look worse in person. Seller dropped off the face of the earth so I guess I'm stuck with these.



Also scored this clean set of euro grills on S14 and got a new replacement M3 badge from Turner. The badge has 2 pins on the back and have to be bent around the plastic grill.

Euro grills > American grills



Finally, been searching for a set of M3 front strut housings but they are incredibly rare and expensive. Sets have been selling for over $1500 for just the housings. I really am opposed to chopping up my original housings for coilovers.

[f50nut]

Front strut mounts.

After weeks of looking around, calling every suspension company that offered E30 M3 coils (core required) I found a set that was being built for a track car.



Spindles look good





Old spring perch which has to be cut off.



Here's why these were cheap. The PO started shortening them himself. Most companies wouldn't accept these to be converted to coilovers since one side was already shortened.

He also removed too much material. You're supposed to remove a 1" section of tube, but this strut mount is 2" shorter than stock.



Vorshlag agreed to build these up and fabricate new brackets for me. They ended up having a real M3 tube laying around which worked out perfectly.

Going to make this gap disappear :D



That's just wax buildup on the fender lip.

[f50nut]

Ordered clear corners. Here's the comparison between the two. Clear on the left, original on the right. I don't like when E30's have too many different colored lights up front.





Replacing these broken wheel liners.



And found an original Evo 3 rear spoiler with flap. Ordered and waiting for it to arrive from Germany.

[f50nut]

I say that seats are easily recoverable without spending a fortune on them.

check out my thread:

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=285938

Those are great results. I think I'll give that a shot before I have them recovered. Thanks for sharing.

[jhaurimn]

Looking better with the clear corners.