Charley's 325 Touring

[ZM Blue Devil]

I really like where this is going, doing it right.

[Charley]

north bound... 2 big boxes high side of 190 lbs left today...:D

Thanks to Levent who found what I was looking for and helped again
by shipping it for me, this arrived this morning (e30 m3 5lug):



Plans for the 5lug are:
-Full GC coils
-Powdercoated struts/caliper/TA
-All this sitting on some 16x8.5 ACT

Unfortunately all this will have to wait till next spring because of money
and winter.

I haven't done much since the last update due to work and bad weather but I should make some good progress this week.

I did make some new reinforcement brackets for the rear sway bar since
the IE ones were welded on the TA of the long gone 318is. Still waiting
for my neighbor to have time to weld the camber/toe kit+these...



Made them with some 2"x2" steel angle I had. I think that the ones I
made are a lot better than the ones IE provides. I'll make another pair
for the 5lug when I have time.

Charley

[Charley]

RRRRRR. I have seen that antenna cover somewhere, in a thread about people restoring a different car that uses the same antenna.


It is somewhere out there, I promise. People have figured it out. Maybe available in chrome? and then they are painting it black? I have seen it somewhere, don't give up.

Really? please try to remember where this detail is driving me crazy

Charley,

I have the antenna complete.

What condition and how much?

love what you're doing with it

looks sharp, I wish we got touring down here :(

We don't have it either... imported from the motherland!

Should be better next year!


Charley

[SpecM]

love what you're doing with it

looks sharp, I wish we got touring down here :(

[ZM Blue Devil]

Charley,

I have the antenna complete.

[Hellabad]

RRRRRR. I have seen that antenna cover somewhere, in a thread about people restoring a different car that uses the same antenna.


It is somewhere out there, I promise. People have figured it out. Maybe available in chrome? and then they are painting it black? I have seen it somewhere, don't give up.

[Charley]

Sub'ed!

NiCe project!! I've been looking to this car for a while. It for sale on Lespac right!?

Yes it is.

[88SuperETABD]

looks great keep the updates coming...and the good work. Love wagons.

[ZM Blue Devil]

north bound... 2 big boxes high side of 190 lbs left today...:D

[MatRacer]

Sub'ed!

NiCe project!! I've been looking to this car for a while. It for sale on Lespac right!?

[Charley]

I have something nice waiting for shipment on this beauty, its going to make it even hotter.

Oh yes you do...but nothing will be installed before next spring unfortunately, I will need a few more parts to make everything perfect.

Also I may need your services again in a short while. And I still need to
check a few thing that you might have a nd that I need before you ship it.
will pm you tonight or tomorow.

Charley

[ZM Blue Devil]

I have something nice waiting for shipment on this beauty, its going to make it even hotter.

[accident]

dear god i want it so bad

[Charley]

Ok time for an update, I haven't had much time to work on the car
this summer since it was my daily and I was working 60hrs a week...

So first, I removed the interior for 3 reasons

1. I had to remove what I couldn't reach with the carpet in...the last parts
from the 2 or 3 audio setup this car ever had this is only about half of
what I removed...


2.See the big f*****g hole there? it was hidden when the interior was still
in...no wonder the it was always full of water...


3.To take this picture. Not really, its to dye the carpets black and repair
a bit of rust up front.


Now the dirty work:

The car had a tendency to snap loose when I was taking a sharp right turn. Well I had the car on a lift few weeks ago to confirm that the
subframe bushings were shot so I went ahead to change them...

Started with removing the rear springs when I heard a crunch...well I was
not expecting that...


This is why the rear end was snapping loose, the spring pad was holding
for a while but when the pressure was to high, the spring moved up in
the body... not cool. It the first time I see rust there on an e30. So I
ordered a new frame rail and it will be fixed after I get the car on its
wheel since I have to drive to my welder's house...

Then discovered a leak from the brake line that loops over the gas tank
witch did a bit of damage with time(brake fluid is a very good paint
stripper)



Cleaned it up and hit it with some rust converter/primer:


Also anyone knows how does the fuel goes from one side to the other



Then I removed the rusty cover, the cover is removed in this pic. At first
I thought that some kind of foam was used by BMW to keep the hoses
from moving but it was just years of accumulated crap...


Also the diff was nasty


I cleaned it up and painted it.

Also I cleaned a part of my dads storage place and I now have a kind
of work shop. Electricity is still not working but I'm working on that.

Now I have space to store parts other than my bedroom.



As you can see there is already a workbench. And I found an old vice that
needs a bit of paint but other than that it is 100 time better quality then
what you can buy these day. You can also see that the rear trailing arms
are not getting any love since I'm going 5lug next spring and will pimp
the new ones instead. I don't really want to do the work twice.

Also I delete the abs today and started to replace every brake hard line
on the car. I will also add some stainless braided soft line to replace the
oem rubber one.

Update over
Charley

[N2MYE30]

Nice work. Euro clusters look so much better than US.