Well boys, here we go. Time for a build thread on the old girl.
The overall goal for the car will be to bring it back to a "clean state" using primarily OEM parts on the interior.
The exterior will receive spot touch up but not likely a full respray.
For the last 5 years it has been his daily driver for my friend and it does show. Flapjack hair is throughout the vehicle and there are some less than desirable bits here and there. Overall, the car is still in great shape and it will make a fantastic base to build off of.
First thing was to address the interior. I am starting with the following.
One Recaro SRD
One Cloth passenger sport seat
Tan rear bench seat (non M)
No deck lid.
Cloth front door panels
Leather rear door panels.
I am going to convert it to a full black leather interior. Not sure what I will do in terms of front seats (OEM vs Evo Recaros). Rear will be a E30 M3 seat.
In buying a recent flip car I was able to snatch the black leather front door panels out of in and it cleaned up the interior up a bunch! Amazing how such a small thing changed it around.
Next up was a small order from the guys over at Garagistic. I can not say enough good stuff about these guys. Shipping was within hours of my order and all of my items arrived in individual bags. If you have a E30 I highly suggest you check them out. I got a new OEM key (with light), derlin shift bushings, odometer gears, and shifter clip.
I decided that the engine bay was filthy enough and needed some loving. I got out the washer and soaked the old S14. Well, turns out S14s hate water. It killed my plugs and wires. No big deal right? FALSE. In order to swap plugs you need a thin wall 18mm socket, something that BMW no longer makes and turner sells for $88 dollars. There was no way I was going to pay almost $90 bucks for a socket so I decided to get creative. I went and bought a standard 18mm spark plug socket and found a friend who had access to a lathe. BOOM, thin wall socket.
Then new plug wires.
That gets me up to present day. I have another small package arriving today that I am VERY excited about, I will post pics later.
Also, expect a large part order Saturday morning assuming the buyer comes through on the supra friday night.
The overall goal for the car will be to bring it back to a "clean state" using primarily OEM parts on the interior.
The exterior will receive spot touch up but not likely a full respray.
For the last 5 years it has been his daily driver for my friend and it does show. Flapjack hair is throughout the vehicle and there are some less than desirable bits here and there. Overall, the car is still in great shape and it will make a fantastic base to build off of.
First thing was to address the interior. I am starting with the following.
One Recaro SRD
One Cloth passenger sport seat
Tan rear bench seat (non M)
No deck lid.
Cloth front door panels
Leather rear door panels.
I am going to convert it to a full black leather interior. Not sure what I will do in terms of front seats (OEM vs Evo Recaros). Rear will be a E30 M3 seat.
In buying a recent flip car I was able to snatch the black leather front door panels out of in and it cleaned up the interior up a bunch! Amazing how such a small thing changed it around.
Next up was a small order from the guys over at Garagistic. I can not say enough good stuff about these guys. Shipping was within hours of my order and all of my items arrived in individual bags. If you have a E30 I highly suggest you check them out. I got a new OEM key (with light), derlin shift bushings, odometer gears, and shifter clip.
I decided that the engine bay was filthy enough and needed some loving. I got out the washer and soaked the old S14. Well, turns out S14s hate water. It killed my plugs and wires. No big deal right? FALSE. In order to swap plugs you need a thin wall 18mm socket, something that BMW no longer makes and turner sells for $88 dollars. There was no way I was going to pay almost $90 bucks for a socket so I decided to get creative. I went and bought a standard 18mm spark plug socket and found a friend who had access to a lathe. BOOM, thin wall socket.
Then new plug wires.
That gets me up to present day. I have another small package arriving today that I am VERY excited about, I will post pics later.
Also, expect a large part order Saturday morning assuming the buyer comes through on the supra friday night.
Those seats look AMAZING !!!!
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