Lachs Silver 1988 325 Sedan

[ScottSneed]

Nice! Looking forward to how the swap comes together, in the middle of doing mine as well for my lachssilber sedan.

Also, does that flashlight fit an e30? It resembles an e46 flashlight and mine with its charger doesn't fit the glovebox.

I do however have an original flashlight.

[cheffy30]

you're killing me.
can't wait to see it.

let's go skiing.

[TFJR]

Im getting anxious for the 5 speed swap also. What have you done with the flywheel? Did you just do a resurface and balance or did you take any weight off of it? Im not sure which way to go yet since its a daily

I'm taking the flywheel to a transmission shop near my house just to have resurfaced & balanced. If I do decide to take any weight out, it'd be pretty nominal as I want to keep this thing comfortable enough as a daily driver.

[2mAn]

Im getting anxious for the 5 speed swap also. What have you done with the flywheel? Did you just do a resurface and balance or did you take any weight off of it? Im not sure which way to go yet since its a daily

[TFJR]

New Year Update

It's a New Year - 2018 is the year I get my E30 dialed-in to what my vision for the car is. My manual transmission swap is taking place in just two weeks. I will never buy another non-manual transmission E30 with plans to convert it. It is spendy gathering up everything needed to do a proper swap. I've been making consistent headway with the car and am optimistic about the coming year.

• Picked up an 885 "i" Cylinder Head from Austin! down in Portland. This was the last piece I needed sans a SSSquid chip for my i cylinder head conversion. Still debating to refresh this head or turn to Bimmerheads for a Touring head + 274 cam gear. I'd like to get this done before the picnic.
• Purchased a glovebox flashlight...
• Picked up lots of goodies from Garagistic. I went 80a & splurged on their suspension refresh kit. The rear subframe will really benefit from new RTAB's, subframe bushings and diff bushings. I'm also going to do the rear endlinks + sway bar bushings at the same time.
• I purchased a new Z3 shifter, shift boot, Delrin shifter & carrier bushings, and clutch stop also from Garagistic (been very happy with them)
• Purchased a bunch of goods that were needed from Blunttech for my manual transmission swap. That included a new sachs clutch kit, G260 reseal kit, flywheel bolts, Redline fluids, trans mounts & bitch clip. I'm debatting on purchasing a new clutch master cylinder for the swap. Insert your opinion here... This will all go nicely with the ZHP knob I purchased and the Stitchedwheels shift boot. Should be crisp.
• Purchased new E46 Vert black floor mats. They fit decently well, but not a perfect solution now that E30 mats are NLA & Coco mats are just out of my budget

I hope everyones year is off to a great start! Once the rear subframe is completely refreshed along with the manual trans swap I'll be repainting a mint rust free trunk I have, mirrors, and my iS sideskirts. Cheers all

[TFJR]

sweet update. i'm waiting to put in a MT on my e30 as well.

Info about the lights? Looking to get a set my self... who was the seller?

Thanks! Light's just came in - pretty happy with what I paid for them. I'm going to re-paint the trim rings, and run a 4500K 35w HID setup in the low beams with them. I purchased them off the FaceBook R3V Group. It was a gentlemen named Christopher Janssens in Den Hout, NL.

[AC_Schnitzel]

sweet update. i'm waiting to put in a MT on my e30 as well.

Info about the lights? Looking to get a set my self... who was the seller?

[TFJR]

Hey Everyone! I have some significant updates to share on forward progress with the car:

• Purchased a complete 5 speed manual transmission swap from SpiDmang here locally in Seattle! This will go in next month in January
  
• I've been having some intermittent issues recently at WOT with the car. I've had S3 Designs here in Seattle help me out in diagnosing and replacing items. They think they've finally tracked it down to a bad connection point on the wiring harness at the TPS. I also replaced the Crank Position Sensor which was out of spec, and threw in my spare Bosch 173 DME. The car was already running a 173 prior. They also installed a known good AFM. If anything, the car feels a lot more sprightly all over the rev range. All the work certainly helped and it only chokes on itself every once in a while now. I have a thread going here if you have any insight: https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho...d.php?t=418153
  
• Purchased Bosch Euro Smilies from the Netherlands. I believe they will arrive next week. They cleared customs yesterday!
  
• Purchased matching lachs silver side mirrors. I'd love to shadowline my trim too.
  
• Joined BMW CCA - Got the obligatory grill badge. I'll stick it on after I get to spraying my euro grills with SEM trim paint.
  
• Purchased some misc. swap parts for the transmission swap. This shift boot was custom done for me by Stitchedwheels.com. I also got a ZHP knob, leather e-brake handle and leather boot.
  
  
  
  

More to come soon!

[AC_Schnitzel]

that's one nice pumpkin.

[robinsonalex760]

Hi I am Alex, nice to meet you :D it is look pretty good ;)

[2mAn]

haha man yours must've been a dog if you're that excited with it. I have considered getting a S4.10 since I have an open diff

[iXguido]

Gosh I love this car and what you've done with it. Keep up the good work! Being from Vancouver I'm always sad to see a local e30 go south, but in this case I'm glad this one did!

That differential looks beautiful. The car should really wake up with the 3.73.

[TFJR]

Big Ups to S3 Designs Garage! They completely rebuilt my S3.73 rear limited slip diff & did a great job with the install. Filled with Redline 75-90. It really made a noticeable difference so far in the ~5 miles I've gotten to drive the car. My only regret is not installing it earlier!

Crap iPhone pics don't do it justice in this dark light. It looks amazing.

[cheffy30]

well... it'll be near perfect once you take that ridiculous mariners plate wrap off the back... lol...

[TFJR]

Fall Photo Shoot

Snapped some pics over the weekend.





















I love these floor mats. I've never seen another set. They came with the car. Sadly the passenger side front is missing