1991 318is Restoration Project...Now with some Air!

[Tuee]

moooooaaaaaRRRRRR!!! wow that looks amazing... good work

Thanks, more updates will come soon.

Bad ass.

Thanks man.

looking good how are you planning to black out the trim on the front so it matches the the sides and rear?

Thanks, they will be blacked out. I'm using trim paint.

[audiquattrot]

what a transformation. great job!

[Tuee]

what a transformation. great job!

Thanks, well front end is some what buttoned up. Your gonna see alot of gaps and misalignment, this will be taken care of slowly along with any over spray and touch ups. A lot of parts will be replaced but due to financial reasons the original will do for now.










Took the car out for a quick spin after like 15 months, got a little too excited,

[T3rd Ferguson]

That looks great, but where are the sideskirts?

[Ruskii]

Amazing!

I have exact Panda-colored 318is that I am slowing and painfully rebuilding.
Your thread gives me inspiration!

[Tuee]

That looks great, but where are the sideskirts?

Thanks, side skirts are sitting in the garage. They won't be installed until near the end. I want to get the fenders lined up properly and paint the bottom section rocker guard material.

Amazing!

I have exact Panda-colored 318is that I am slowing and painfully rebuilding.
Your thread gives me inspiration!

Thanks, lots of inspiration for my build came from these forums, so keep looking!

[Tuee]

So its been quite a while since I've updated this, thats cause this has kept me busy.


But the weathers getting better and its time to get the e30 on the road. Ordered a bunch of things for the car.


How it looked before the tear down,


During,




That's it for tonight more coming this week.

[Tuee]

A little bit more work done today,
Throttle body heater removed,


All cleaned up....sort of



For those who have done this mod, can I simply leave this out?


Prepped for paint,



Removed thermostat cover to find this, yuck


Car came with a rebuilt starter when I bought it, might as well replace it now even though nothings wrong with the old one


A little bit more naked bay,


Parts starting to gather,


Anyone know what this is?

[trackjunkie21]

charcoal canister.

[Thrizzle]

diy illuminated shift knob is legit!

Nice work.

[Dj Buttchug]

anything related to heating plates on the throttle body can be removed. nice work

[///M42 sport]

hey how are the LED sidemarker bulbs? are there any hot spots when lit up?

[Tuee]

charcoal canister.

diy illuminated shift knob is legit!

Nice work.

Thanks!

anything related to heating plates on the throttle body can be removed. nice work

Thanks, I'll be getting rid of that.

hey how are the LED sidemarker bulbs? are there any hot spots when lit up?

They're pretty good, because the bulb housing is at an angle the light is better diffused, but nothing really compares to normal bulbs.

[Tuee]

So more work was done,

There's so much filth and grease everywhere,



Oil pan was a bi*ch to take off, there was so much silicon holding that pan I couldn't even get it off smacking it with a rubber mallet, finally had to score the silicon all around and eventually dropped. Luckily no bolts in the pan.


Took the oil filter housing, there was sludge coming out, sigh


Before,


After,threw some paint on,


Threw some paint on some random parts, came out better than expected,


I think I have the motor apart as far as I dare to go with it for now, reassembly will start as soon as I get all the gaskets and what not in.

[Tuee]

More work done today, missing the water pipe so everything else is delayed, should have it by next week...hopefully.

Valve cover, newer one vs old one


Valve cover in with all new gaskets


My original theme in the bay was to keep it clean, silver and black...that failed, and now I have some color in the bay. Going to try to keep it subtle.





Thats it for now, more tomorrow.