Hennarot S50B32 M3 consumes my spare time

[cabin]

Love everything about this car!!!

That hole in the door you posted a pic of may be from an attempt at PDR. Surprised there's not a plug/cap there though.

[pilotskillse30]

Awesome pick up, love the garage. Brings back memories of my place in Ga.

[!AjHoWzA!]

Awesome. What a great find. I enjoy seeing the hella smoked smileys but any one of those headlights would work.

Looks like you have a nice set up. Enjoyed the pictures

[rturbo 930]

Very nice! Once you get those small issues fixed, it should be a really nice car.

And the french lights for sure. The yellow lenses look great with red.

[JJe30]

Nice M

[Aviator]

Damn, that garage is awesome.

[Javier h]

Nice

I remembering seeing this ad and say:

Man, it really doesn't get any better.

Congrats Eric.

[325ix]

Hopefully next time im up in CO I can see this thing!

[IronFreak]

Outstanding man, I have to tell you, your Sedan sedan and Zodows Pikes Peak car have been equally my top two favorite cars to follow and learn from since being introduced into e30's. Really excited for you and to follow allthe new progress as you go forward.

What exactly are your plans for the sedan? Part? sell as a whole?

Great looking car, enjoy!

[YAN-3]

Eric sweet garage!

[5ickride]

Congrats on rekindling that old flame! Beautiful color

[Eric]

I don't know the square footage, but it's pretty big. I can almost park my 3rd gen 4runner and MK V jetta end to end on the far left side, the jetta sticks out about a foot.

[M-technik-3]

Stress cracks? I found one on mine it's in the door area, getting it resolved this year plus considering replacing both strut towers. I have signs of cracking there as well.

How big is the garage? decent sized that is for sure.

[Eric]

Some oddities I noticed when really looking the car over.

This hole is not on the drivers side.


A crack in the joint between the right rear fender and the c-pillar cap.


Something odd down on the passenger b-pillar.







I wonder what could be brewing underneath.

[Eric]

After our 2200 mile trip home, this is the M3's new parking spot.




The next day, the fam had to check out the new "race car" as my 5 year old calls it.




After approval from the small humans, I had a bit of things to sort out right away, specifically the horrible euro headlight conversion, and why the tires were shredded down to the chords in such a short time.

This is how we jerry-rigged the headlights in a truckstop somewhere on the east coast.


And this is what the tires looked when the car arrived in the garage.


Front drivers on the left(best), rear passenger on the right (worst).



While fiddling around, I saw these...


These could be the reason the rear tires self destructed, or they could help tune the rear which is normally unadjustable.




As for the headlights, I found more reasons why the install was shit.
- Broken mounting tabs on the frames
- Zip tying the old headlight adjusters to the adjuster frame instead of installing proper non adjuster rods.
- Broken plastic nubs that hold the adjusting rod to the headlight bucket.
- High beams not even hooked up. I'm talking zero attempt to connect the old headlight harness to the new bulbs.


So, what to do? Good thing I have some options.







Which do you think is best?

1. OE clear smilies


2. Hella smoked


3. OE frenchies I picked up while in Germany






I also added a bit of visual flare with an OE euro plate filler.




Oh, why is the muffler crooked? Bailing wire and dog leashes as muffler hangers... not what I'd say is a quality fix.




After a few days I decided that the garage needed a bit of organization. I also wanted to add more lighting & turn the white car sideways so I could fit 4 cars in the garage.

Before:


After (still needs a clean):


Once the sedan turned itself sideways, I added a bit of lighting. The house is a rental, and my landlord didn't want to pay for more than 3 lonely bulbs, so my solution was a little bit ghetto, but still throws tons and tons more light.


More light is a great thing!