Larry's 89 Zinno E30 M3 build

[Dj Buttchug]

those turbofans are amazing. great work

[SteadyAim.]

Looks great Larry! EVO III under trays are pretty hard to find. Glad you managed to find one.

And about that front bumper gap.. Mine has it as well on the driver's side. It's such an eyesore :down:

[f50nut]

those turbofans are amazing. great work

Thanks :D

Looks great Larry! EVO III under trays are pretty hard to find. Glad you managed to find one.

And about that front bumper gap.. Mine has it as well on the driver's side. It's such an eyesore :down:

Thanks, I'm glad I found one too. Was worried after the EVO II spoiler didn't ship out...always preferred this one anyway.

The bumper gap is super annoying. I might try to modify the mounts to pull the bumper in a bit. Levent says it may be due to the car having been towed from the factory hooks at some point, extending the bumper shocks a few mm.

[CorvallisBMW]

Wow, fantastic work & attention to detail. Keep it up!

[f50nut]

New undamaged Evo 3 spoiler arrived



So it's off for paint along with some Evo brake ducts I found (not pictured)



Loaded up and ready to go. That's my GF's GTI.



And these finally arrived :devillook

[f50nut]

Wow, fantastic work & attention to detail. Keep it up!

Thank you :up:

[jhaurimn]

Im looking to purchase an e30 m3 soon. I am worried I wont be able to find an evo 3 spoiler when I get it. Hopefully I have your luck!

[*freshm3]

Great build so far. I'm working on the getting my s54 swapped e30 M3 perfect at the moment. Finned diff cover, VAC's BBK etc.
The little things certainly add up but it's fun!

Glad you already know about Guten (great bunch of people)


Where in NY are you located? I'd love to check out the car if you're ever near the south shore of L.I. Good luck on the build over the winter....

[f50nut]

Im looking to purchase an e30 m3 soon. I am worried I wont be able to find an evo 3 spoiler when I get it. Hopefully I have your luck!

There are some good carbon fiber replicas out there. Not ideal, but better than nothing.

Great build so far. I'm working on the getting my s54 swapped e30 M3 perfect at the moment. Finned diff cover, VAC's BBK etc.
The little things certainly add up but it's fun!

Glad you already know about Guten (great bunch of people)

Where in NY are you located? I'd love to check out the car if you're ever near the south shore of L.I. Good luck on the build over the winter....

Sounds awesome. S54 e30 M3 is a dream car for sure. I'm out in L.I. all the time, my family is out there. Would be great to catch up. PM me.

[f50nut]

Suspension arrived from Vorshlag. They are an official dealer of AST and I had the spare strut mounts shortened and built into AST 4100 coilovers. Overall the fit and finish is great, and Vorshlag did a nice job powdercoating the old housings.



Here's everything. Added brand new brake dust shields. You can also see the e28 bearings. Not pictured are the new abs rings pressed onto the back side of the bearing.





Swift springs and Vorshlag plates.



Big fan of these adjusters. So much nicer than dual locking aluminum adjusters.







Rear springs



Old vs new



Rear adjusters







Well this sucks, the allen bolt that holds the rotor on is too soft. I stripped both sides and had to make new allen keys to get these out. Will need to replace these with new, but for now, they're all I have.





Yes I put a jack stand under there ;)



It was 100 degrees that day.



Sorry no pics of the actual installation. Was under a time crunch to get this done. But here's the final result:









Drives beautifully.

Only complaint is that I couldn't adjust the fronts any higher without spinning the threaded tube on the front housing. Called Vorshlag and they blamed this on me, that I must have loosened the gland nut that holds the tube on. That's absurd. I had to go out and buy a gland nut wrench to finish the assembly job for them, since they didn't apply enough torque to the assembly. Another thing, I will have to shorten the front bump stops because there isn't enough travel when I match the fronts and rears. Pretty disappointed in their response after spending so much money on having these built.

That said, I like their plates and this is a great overall setup.

[jhaurimn]

God, I love your car.

I will be watching/stalking this progress thread. Your car is absolutely stunning. The red paint looks so nice. :D Customer service you got from vorshlag definitely doesnt sound pleasant though.

[randomtask37]

Looks nice man. I recently dealt with stripping out a rotor set screw. Frustrating

[eshtog]

Missing this plastic nut for the tool tray cover.

Off topic, but I am also missing this on my 89 Zinnoberrot M3 I recently bought. Except mine has the Natur interior :). Where did you source this and do you have a part # by chance? Looked at all the parts diagrams on realoem.com and could not find it anywhere.

Your car looks great!

[MJCRO]

Great to see this beauty make it's way to NY. Hope to see it at GutenFest next year!

[litu]

Again that color.......Cool project :)