SLC: 1989 Zinno coupe. Superlight, Super Functional *6spd swap inside*

[mitchlikesbikes]

been buttoning up small things here and there. current major obstacles are why my headlights aren't working, exhaust stuff, dash install, windshield, and making these bad boys fit:

16 x 8 +15 mtechnica reps with bridgestone potenza re11 225/50/16

[Mistawall]

build looks awesome. i like the black bumpers with the red.

[mitchlikesbikes]

so i'm a dumbass and didn't attach the wiper switch ground when i put the column back together. got that taken care of so i have wipers now. still no headlights but i'm pretty sure i'm just blatantly missing the low beam relay so i need to source one of those, hopefully it's just that simple. my gauge cluster lights are not working. i think maybe none of the interior illumination works without the headlights working so i'm gonna fix the headlights first then figure out the gauge lighting if there are still problems afterward. aside from that my stock seatbelts don't fit around the roll bar very well so i'm going to build some brackets that will move the upper guide back an inch or two to allow more room for the belts to move around. since the weird stock sliding brackets for the bottom don't fit with the roll bar i'm just using a regular guide and 3 bar harness tensioner for the bottom. similar to the configuration on the right in this picture:



instead of stock which looks like this:

[mitchlikesbikes]

wow, just broke 10,000 views today. thank you to everyone for the support.

[mitchlikesbikes]

Rad, thorough build dude. Keep it up.

Are you in the Utah BMW Enthusiast (I'm not) or Utah Association of Euros (I am) groups on Facebook? Typically lots of stuff going on around and with this thing you'd be a star. That UAoE group has a weekly meet down at In and Out in Orem, every Wed at 7pm. Whether or not you have anything else euro, or when this is finished, get out there! I'm not one to get out much and bullshit with others, but the majority of them are good dudes and can talk you up. Hope to see you (and I saw another SLC dude post here) around!

thanks for the kind words man. i am on UBE and just joined the other one per your recommendation. my other car is a jeep so i will have to wait til my e30 is rolling to partake. hopefully that will be by the end of this month!


flocked my dash and worked on some more wiring last night :)

[Heyrr]

Rad, thorough build dude. Keep it up.

Are you in the Utah BMW Enthusiast (I'm not) or Utah Association of Euros (I am) groups on Facebook? Typically lots of stuff going on around and with this thing you'd be a star. That UAoE group has a weekly meet down at In and Out in Orem, every Wed at 7pm. Whether or not you have anything else euro, or when this is finished, get out there! I'm not one to get out much and bullshit with others, but the majority of them are good dudes and can talk you up. Hope to see you (and I saw another SLC dude post here) around!

[ThatOneEuroE30]

nice wiring work I dont have the patience to do wiring

[alexlandro]

Nice work on the floor pan and the wiring :up: love the result !!

[mitchlikesbikes]

So, do you still have the fuel gauge from your old cluster? Want to sell it?

i would like to keep both for now in case one doesn't work. i will let you know if they both work and i wanna sell one.

[deutschman]

Clean work man

[vpilarrt]

So, do you still have the fuel gauge from your old cluster? Want to sell it?

[mitchlikesbikes]

lots and lots of work done on the car today. got the trunk bolted back on, then started working on wiring. i created a rat's nest when i bundled the wiring up to paint back behind the roll bar (so all the wiring to the fuel pump/abs sensors/taillights/etc was tangled up and shitty). because of this i elected to just clip everything, adjust the length to what i wanted, then splice everything back together. worked out really well considering the mess i had before. i basically got everything hooked up short of cruise and windows. currently having issues with no wipers, but they worked before i pulled stuff apart so it's probably something simple. also have no low beams. fuses are good so i'm thinking maybe a switch or relay issue. i found a working cluster in an eta at a yard so i will be swapping my tach and code chip into that. it needs some bulbs replaced but other than that it seems to be good to go. car is still idling weird but i think i figured out my charcoal canister issue. the return line coming from the tank was attached to the canister rather than the fuel rail, and i think that meant that whenever the tank was filled over the return line bung the fuel would seep into the canister. i'm hoping that was the issue because fuel lines are a pain in the ass and messy so i don't want to mess with them anymore. anyway, picture time:

under dash area. a bit ratty but way less cluttered than before.



column area:



driver side kick panel:



rear harness. this is where i had to clip and untangle everything then splice it all back together.

[mitchlikesbikes]

so i had to remount my battery box an inch further back because of cable clearance, but i ended up getting it right. over the past couple of days i have reinstalled my heater box, continued working on finishing up wiring, and i started wrapping some of my harness. i got bored and decided to hook up the ignition wiring and try to start the car. amazingly after not running in 4 months+ and me fiddling with a bunch of stuff over that time frame it ended up starting in a couple minutes. i'm having an issue right now where my charcoal canister fills with gas and starts leaking, so i'm not sure what that's all about.

some pics:









and a running video:

[mitchlikesbikes]

some pics of bedliner all done and tape removed. plan on putting a bunch of interior stuff back together tonight. thanks to the heat i can't even start working til 9ish haha

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Herculiner looks good plan to do this myself.