After a year of searching, an Alpineweiß story

[tinkerputzer]

Got your text. Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to try and go in the morning. Can't wait to see the makeover.

[iwantspeed]

Got your text. Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to try and go in the morning. Can't wait to see the makeover.

Sounds good

[ak-]

Are you going to keep tracking it (not autox) with the new paint??

[iwantspeed]

Are you going to keep tracking it (not autox) with the new paint??

Absolutely.might be wearing a hood bra or some protective film on the front end.

[iwantspeed]

Installing the window trim.
Before


After


C pillar trim and new black clips



Window out to make it easier.

[iwantspeed]

went to e30 motorwerks shop in Huntington beach for there 6th annual bbq
kinda of the debut of the car after the paint job and putting all the freshly painted trim back on. I had my buddy howard come with me he owns the green convertible.
all pictures photo credit to bob(blackout)

with howards car

• my new struts on display at the garagistic booth,
• i cut the lower spring perch off,
• josh the fabricator at garagistic welded on the m3 sway bar brackets
• the struts are also getting a gusset welded on to the tube to spindle area.
• new wheel bearings with vorschlag studs
• custom brake backing plates, similar to hard-motorsports.

• i really like this zoomed in and tightly cropped shot that bob took.
• you can see the hood to fender gap, I spent a lot of time getting the gap even on the hood, fenders and door before the car went to paint.
• you can see the beautiful euro trim,
• the euro grills and BMWCCA grill badge
• you can also make out the heavily rolled fenders

the yellow on the high beams is just a lamix yellow film to protect the headlights the low beams and fogs have a sheet of clear film also.
you might not notice at first but these aren't euro smileys, they are us elliposids retrofitted to look like euro smileys, they get the best of both worlds,
the wide beam pattern of us elliposoids(euro ones are more narrow) with the looks of the euro smileys. the work was performed by forum member josh (td325ic) from San Jose Ca.
from his for sale ad you can buy a set here

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=109118

• All OEM Hella parts.
• Glass lenses sanded free of rock chips & brought back to perfect clarity using cerium oxide
• Inside optics, glass and internal reflector cleaned.
• No Broken Tabs, All adjusters lubricated and in good working condition.
• Chrome or Black Trim Rings available
• Working Stock bulbs included
• Connectors with pigtail wiring included

I put the interior back in the car for this show,
crack free dash
e30 m3 black leather sports horizontal stitching
e30 m3 black leather rear seats
early model upper center console with only 2 window holes
new rear center console
e36 window switches with flat bezels
e34 ciggerate lighter
custom made gauge pod
vdo oil pressure gauge
euro glove box handle
top gaitors ebayuk leather shift boot and ebrake boot
e34 leather e brake handle
UUC Evo 3 shift lever
robsgotit jaffster shift knob
Frankenstein instrument cluster from 3 different clusters to get this one to work perfectly, with garagisitc odometer gears
mtech 1 large diameter steering wheel for 8 dollars at the junkyard woot woot.
custom made volt meter inside a hazard switch,
13 button obc retrofit including the turn signal stalk to toggle through the menus
forum member Robrez hooked me up with a e30 touring rear wiper arm and spray switch which i modified for radar detector on and off switch and on the right side of the switch is a garage door opener switch.
out of sight is the maplight mirror, german check panel, aux fan override switch, grip tape pedals and black premium speakers on the rear with a black rear parcel shelf
latest mods, anthracite carpet that i steam cleaned and installed last weekend.

[frink84]

Just finished this, great build. Was always curious about how much work you did, incredible attention to detail! Give me a holler when you need help wrenching, I'm just down the street.

[iwantspeed]

Just finished this, great build. Was always curious about how much work you did, incredible attention to detail! Give me a holler when you need help wrenching, I'm just down the street.

thanks man,
hope you enjoyed reading everything,

[iwantspeed]

[robrez]

Nice vid! More info. on the kill switch? Is that the same thing as a quick-disconnect?

[iwantspeed]

Nice vid! More info. on the kill switch? Is that the same thing as a quick-disconnect?

basically the same thing.

make a bracket




buy a short electrical 2 gauge wire and crimp some ends on it.
buy a short electrical 2 gauge wire with a post mount and a crimped end.

then add some heavy heat shrink tubing to cover the exposed metal.


install
i used the bolt for the rear bumper shock, so you don't have to drill any holes in the car.


yes yes i need to repaint my battery mount

[iwantspeed]

[pandaboo911]

Doesnt that kill switch cause your ecu to lose its memory every time? Whats the point

[iwantspeed]

Doesnt that kill switch cause your ecu to lose its memory every time? Whats the point

i did it mainly for when you do an electrical project pull the switch out.

[E30Jigzaw]

Great build Alex !! Nd love your handles :)