Larry's 89 Zinno E30 M3 build

[f50nut]

Random question, where does the overflow hose on the coolant tank route to? Does it run into the hole on the vertical support on the strut tower?

I'm in the process of replacing all the missing items on mine...

Let me get back to you on that. I can't remember off the top of my head.

Wheels look great.
How come the BBS logos sit higher than the top of the center nut? Are they adhesive logos attached over original clip-in center emblems?

-Chris

Just resting on the hex nuts for the pic. Those pics were sent over by Paul before he shipped them out, and showing them with some of his personal red caps. I ended up buying my own red caps and popped them in on a different set of polished original bbs hex nuts.

[UNHCLL]

Wheels look great.
How come the BBS logos sit higher than the top of the center nut? Are they adhesive logos attached over original clip-in center emblems?

-Chris

[freeride53]

i wanna be like u when i grow up

[fresh_TD]

Dammmmmm son!!

Sent from my GS4 Active

[nauqneyugn]

Random question, where does the overflow hose on the coolant tank route to? Does it run into the hole on the vertical support on the strut tower?

I'm in the process of replacing all the missing items on mine...

[CorvallisBMW]

ffuuuccckkkk... so nice

[f50nut]

Big box of maintenance items. Oil filter, air filter, trans and diff fluid, engine oil, new belts, alternator bushings...



Evo 3 spoiler, euro tow hook covers and Evo brake ducts are back from paint. It was nice to see this 308 GTS in the garage at the painter's house. He did a great job and the match is really, really good.



New vs old filler neck shield



Installed



Old center console was drilled to mount this dealer installed Blaupunkt remote. There's a cd changer in the trunk, also dealer installed. I don't plan on using it. Plus I don't like the cassette holder.



Replacement console



Installed



Old vs new. These always crack.



New reservoirs installed.



When the wheels showed up, I got excited about test fitting the waffles. I only had these billet hex nuts. The threads are slightly dented on these RS centers, so the billet nuts were such a tight fit that I got one totally stuck in the wheel center.

I nearly broke the hex tool removing it...this was the solution. Wood clamps, and two people holding the wheel down.



Here's the damage.



Paul set me up by overnighting a set of polished original hex nuts and they threaded in perfectly. Here's the difference:



Tires mounted, ready to install and adjust heights.

[f50nut]

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!

I still haven't found one...as far as I know they are NLA unfortunately. I don't mind much since I frequently remove that tray to put the battery on a tender.

[f50nut]

Wheels have arrived. Once again thanks to Paul Ehrlich (ewheelworks) for doing an amazing job refinishing these RS212's. We decided to build the rears to RS197 specs.

Final specs are:

Front
17x8.5 et13
Rear
17x9.5 et13

Before



After





In the meantime, making some progress on the turbofan project with Asim. We plan to bring these to market and have them available for both large and small BBS RSs.



Here's a teaser of the labels we had custom made for this set.



Going to run some meaty Direzza ZII's on the RSs because I like the look, and also 245/35 is virtually impossible to find in the US.

[f50nut]

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

I keep missing GFest but I plan to make it next year :)

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

Beautiful car. One day I'll be in a position to find myself an M3.

Thank you :up:

[Poorboyz]

Beautiful car. One day I'll be in a position to find myself an M3.

[litu]

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

[MJCRO]

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

[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!

[randomtask37]

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