After a year of searching, an Alpineweiß story

[TheJakeR]

i had no idea u went into this much depth in restoring her alex! can wait to shoot her this week! Speaking of which, when are you free?

[robrez]

Nice find and good work on the resto. Congrats.

And TheJakeR detailer extraordinare makes an appearance, wassup man.

[iwantspeed]

Looks good, willing to tell how much you paid?
Real Alpinas or Kopis?

And I'm not sure if I read this wrong or something, but did you buy the car, and then take it on a test drive and fully examine it afterwards? Seems backwards...

Kopi's as noted.
I worded it weird.
I inspected the car before buying and was ok with how it it was.
But once I bought it I inspected it with a fine toothed comb and wrote down the dreaded "list"
of what needs to be fixed/replaced/upgraded/modified.

count the spokes, to tell if there real. and real alipina wheels have a key hole in cap.



sick and last half of pics i see red x's

Yep counting the spokes work.
and pictures should be up.

What 7 series is that tool kit tray from?

1992 730I that was totaled at shop near me.
Unfortunatley the tools were missing.

Nice wheels ;)

Also nice attention to detail. How does the Cup Kit feel?

Thanks man, but your biased, so your complient only gets half credit.

according to forum myth the cup kit is tooo soft. but I'm pleased with it for daily driving. and I would like to do a driving school and an auto x in the future so it should be fun.

Very nice!

Thanks man

Looks good and good story!

Looks like your front left/right seat belts are different, and also don't forgot to replace old suspension bushings when you do your h&r cup kit install.

Thanks Jean.
Yes the original seats in the car had different seat belt buckles
I acquired a mint set of vinyl boring economy seats which also had different buckles.

I purchased a matching set of buckles as noted towards the bottom of the build thread.

And I had a shop replace the rear subframe bushings and trailing arm bushings I just forgot to note it in the specs.
I'm planning on new control arms and e30 m3 control arm bushings when I add in the convertible sway bar.
then getting an alignment done.

You did a wonderful job on her! I think the only thing that sucks is the seats. I had them in mine and they are not all that grand to sit in. Nor pleasing to the eye, are you going for factory? I think a full set is in order, that is only me though.

Thanks man
I agree the seats suck.
the seats that were in the car looked fine but the mechanism for recling function would not work properly.
and one had a tear. The rear seat had a sharpie stain that would not come out.
Rather then wasting my time I just picked up another set of seats.

Long term goal is getting e30 convertible black leather heated sport seats with horizontal stitching.
not going for a stock factory look. more like it "It could have come from the factory look."

Congrats, keep up the good work!

Thanks your car has been part of the inspiration for this car.

Hells yeah !

Great work and nice documentation !!

Thanks man, your thoroughness in your build thread made me want to take my time and do everything right the first time around. As well as document it.
Your car is looking amazing.

i had no idea u went into this much depth in restoring her alex! can wait to shoot her this week! Speaking of which, when are you free?

Yes Sir
If your not going to do it right, why even start?
I have sunday off work, hopefully we can accomdate and plan something.

Nice find and good work on the resto. Congrats.

And TheJakeR detailer extraordinare makes an appearance, wassup man.

Thanks Robert. your 4 door has come along away and is the nicest 4 door I have seen.

I have only seen pictures of your z3 but it looks up to par also.

[F34R]

Thanks man
I agree the seats suck.
the seats that were in the car looked fine but the mechanism for recling function would not work properly.
and one had a tear. The rear seat had a sharpie stain that would not come out.
Rather then wasting my time I just picked up another set of seats.

Long term goal is getting e30 convertible black leather heated sport seats.
not going for a stock factory look. more like it "It could have come from the factory look.".

My Brother owns an '89 Vert with the heated leather seats...SO nice in the winter.

[///M42 sport]

Hey did you notice the duct seal replacement make a difference?

[iwantspeed]

My Brother owns an '89 Vert with the heated leather seats...SO nice in the winter.

yep do you approve then?

Hey did you notice the duct seal replacement make a difference?

honestly the seal was "working" before but I didn't want to have to pull the dash out, just change it out.
Kinda like while your already there type of part.
it looked pretty ragged too.

[F34R]

I do approve, they are SUPER nice. I also love the horizontal stitching.

[iwantspeed]

I do approve, they are SUPER nice. I also love the horizontal stitching.

They are super comfy too.
they hold you in the turns much better then economy seats.

[PaladinReed]

how much did u get it for if you don't mind me asking.

[iwantspeed]

how much did u get it for if you don't mind me asking.

Lets just leave it at I got a good deal.
but not the 100-300 dollar craigslist find that have been popping up

[iwantspeed]

I would like
euro grills
smiley's
oil cooler trim piece
paint matched is lip
alpineweib II mirrors

[scatterbrain]

my god, awesome job gifo

return my texts :p

[Cong405]

Awesome work! Thanks for the infos and links!

[iwantspeed]

my god, awesome job gifo

return my texts :p

Thanks david!
I txted you
txt me back

Awesome work! Thanks for the infos and links!

thanks
if you have any questions
just send a pm and i can walk you through it.

[iwantspeed]

small updates

I ordered some Bosch platinum plus spark plugs.
I also special ordered a e30 specific sunshade from Irvine BMW ( Thanks Sean and Alex)
Currently a 20% discount on accessories
I couldn't combine my BMWCCA discount to get an additional 10% off but 20% is still good.
Just print the coupon, Limited time only

http://www.irvinebmw.net/specials/parts/

New plugs and anti-seize



Old vs New.
I was also happy to find that the previous owner had a set of bosch plugs too.


New sunshade, I picked it up from the dealer on Monday


Safe spot at school
furthest spot possible
You can't park in front or on the left side.
You can only park next to it one side.
Parked all the way towards the driver side.
Mirrors folded in.
sunshade up as well as the dash cover.


Culdesac shot in a private neighbor hood in south Laguna Beach.
We Convinced the security guard to let us in the neighborhood to take pictures.