Maestro - 91 Schwarz 325i Sedan

[frshmaestro]

Hello All,

New to E30's and the forum, thought I'd post some photos up.

Plans are to do regular maintenance (timing belt, water pump, thermostat, valve cover gasket etc.) After that I'll lower it and try to get some style 5 wheels. respray and redo the interior.

I'll post better photos later this week, these don't show how bad the body really is.

[frshmaestro]

Major maintenance and BimmerFest Photos

So Update

My friends and I replaced the following:

Timing Belt
Water Pump
Fan Clutch
Crank and Cam Seals
Spark Plugs
Valve Adjustment
Drive Belts
Tensioner
Valve Cover Gasket
Radiator Hoses
Fluids

I'm sure there's something missing, I'll add it later if I remember.

Here are some photos, also went to Bimmerfest and found some needed motivation.





Some BimmerFest Photos. If you see your car here, I must have really liked it lol

[E30_Lue]

Nice man. I want a 4 door so bad. That's probably gonna be next after I'm done with mine.

[frshmaestro]

Nice man. I want a 4 door so bad. That's probably gonna be next after I'm done with mine.

Aha thanks man, I'll trade if you want haha

[frshmaestro]

Decided to paint my tail lights this weekend. Don't have any experience painting and you can tell by the finished result. But for 22 bucks I can't complain.


First noticed that one Amber looked darker than the other, thought this could be from different years?


During


Clear coat applied


Sanded and buffed. On the car, I feel like I can see some Amber still.


It was my first attempt and if it really bothers me in a couple weeks, I'll do them over. For now they'll do.

[DirtDog15]

Looks like you're off to a great start. It's good to get that timing belt and water pump changed out so you know it's done. E30's are great cars and fairly easy to wrench on. Enjoy it. Can't wait to see more progress.

[frshmaestro]

Looks like you're off to a great start. It's good to get that timing belt and water pump changed out so you know it's done. E30's are great cars and fairly easy to wrench on. Enjoy it. Can't wait to see more progress.

Thanks man, I appreciate that. I agree, the car doesn't seem too difficult to work on.


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[frshmaestro]

Update, just bought a plastic bumper from a fellow member, expecting it in the next couple weeks. I don't really want to paint it schwarz since my paint is not in good condition anyway.

So it doesn't look that atrocious, I bought this from my local paint store.

I will be ordering a lip soon, as well as trim. Does anyone know if this euro trim from ECS is for plastic bumpers?

https://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E30-325i-M20_2.5L/Exterior/Body/Front_Bumper/Trim/ES2992092/

[frshmaestro]

Update*

Received bumper today from
BleedBlue, and was very excited to paint it. I'm waiting on the trim parts from Ecs and I'm hoping the euro trim fits my bumper.

I'm also going to order a front lip, bumper brackets, and try to see what's wrong with my oil cool brackets.

SEM trim paint came out very nice! This is only temporary since I hope to get euro grills in the near future.

You can tell how faded the paint was by comparing the inner kidney to the just painted grill.


I thought this looked cool

[frshmaestro]

Ahhhh snap! Bumper trim got here today, have to adjust it, doesn't fit perfectly (aftermarket) but I don't care lol it sure does look a lot better than when I first bought it. Just needs a lip and I need to fix the oil cooler brackets. Slowly but surely

[frshmaestro]

Haven't done much to the car, just been enjoying it. Early next year it should be done, at least for bimmerfest. Here's a photo I took recently, I'm trying to learn how to edit in PS.

[bmwtool]

Fun, fun! I'm doing the same work on my car, it looks like you're off to a good start!

[frshmaestro]

Fun, fun! I'm doing the same work on my car, it looks like you're off to a good start!

Thanks Man!

[Zacm829]

Taillights came out great. I still need to wet sand/polish mine.

Are you sticking with the original car color? Schwarz?

[lonestar22]

my guess would be the taillights are different manufacturers. nice build though keep it up