My M60 318is.

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  • dirty30
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    • Jul 2004
    • 3005

    #106


    My bodyshop guy got in contact with me the other day to let me know he started on the car and asked for a few more parts. The hood was the first order of business as it had numerous dents from closing it wrong. We decided on doing the engine bay in low gloss black as it would hide dirt and grime. It would also allow me to alter the engine bay in the future and repaint it myself without it needing sprayed sterling silver at the painter.



    Area behind fuse box done.



    Battery box area is done.

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    • dirty30
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      • Jul 2004
      • 3005

      #107
      The body shop got a serious amount of work done this week. Pretty much all the panels are ready to be primed with the exception of the roof and rear valence. Just brought him a new rear body panel tonight so hopefully they can start laying down some primer this weekend or early next week.





      New rear panel.



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      • MattAvino
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        • Jan 2011
        • 2147

        #108
        ive been looking for a new tail panel like that.
        Why are you replacing it?
        E30 buildy things
        http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=195286

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        • dirty30
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          • Jul 2004
          • 3005

          #109
          Originally posted by MattAvino
          ive been looking for a new tail panel like that.
          Why are you replacing it?
          Rusty battery tray and the valence was pretty bent up.

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          • Reap3r
            E30 Addict
            • Dec 2007
            • 596

            #110
            Wow what a awesome thread, I was looking at doing a m60 swap once upon a time. Great work!


            Turbo M42 Build thread:
            http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=169672

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            • dirty30
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              • Jul 2004
              • 3005

              #111
              Some new small updates.

              Nasty Valence cut out and new battery tray area welded in. The area near the exhaust cut out will be removed as well.





              Hand rolled fenders.



              Artsy instagram photo of my girlfriends M50 swapped 90 and mine.

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              • dirty30
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                • Jul 2004
                • 3005

                #112
                Uh oh...





                Some extra tweaking will be required in the front end department. Apparently my car was hit on the left a long time ago and it pushed the front end over to the right about 15mm. This translates into the hood not fitting. At all. More updates soon.

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                • dirty30
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                  • Jul 2004
                  • 3005

                  #113










                  Last edited by dirty30; 01-05-2012, 07:36 AM.

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                  • dnick
                    E30 Fanatic
                    • Apr 2011
                    • 1377

                    #114
                    woohoo! doing work! haha keep it up.

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                    • wu99wu
                      Noobie
                      • Mar 2011
                      • 33

                      #115
                      any updates on the style 144 setup? i'm also interested in finding/ using newer e60/ e92 wheels on my 91 e30 vert. 1 question for you, i have the 4x100 to 5x120 adapters that "rob" makes and sells on the forum, do you think they would mount up and be flush like yours in the pic? i think the adapters are 20mm thick?... i'm ok with a little poke not mexipoke tho... any suggestions would be great!

                      thanks,

                      mark

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                      • Mr. Tasty
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                        • Jul 2011
                        • 3421

                        #116
                        Originally posted by dirty30
                        ]

                        The ONLY control arm bushings worth buying:


                        what brand are these? and where can I buy them?
                        2014 Alpine White 335i MSport
                        (Daily Driver)
                        Full Mperformance Aero

                        2007 Black Sapphire Metallic E92 335i (6MT)
                        KW V2 Coilovers
                        VRSF Catless Downpipes

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                        • CO318is
                          Wrencher
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 218

                          #117
                          I think those are AKG FCabs.

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                          • Simon S
                            No R3VLimiter
                            • Oct 2004
                            • 3758

                            #118
                            this thread gives me a hard-on.

                            there.. i said it..
                            -----Zen and the Art of e30 Maintenance - / - Zen TOC - / - Zen Summary

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                            • dirty30
                              No R3VLimiter
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 3005

                              #119
                              Originally posted by wu99wu
                              any updates on the style 144 setup? i'm also interested in finding/ using newer e60/ e92 wheels on my 91 e30 vert. 1 question for you, i have the 4x100 to 5x120 adapters that "rob" makes and sells on the forum, do you think they would mount up and be flush like yours in the pic? i think the adapters are 20mm thick?... i'm ok with a little poke not mexipoke tho... any suggestions would be great!

                              thanks,

                              mark
                              They originally were going to work with the 215/40/17's I had BUT I had to roll the hell out of the rear fenders to do so. I didn't want to compromise the factory undercoat and all that in the fender lip so I put the style 144's up for sale. Well when I finally sold them and went to gather them to box and ship I found two were missing. They just vanished. I refunded the kind and understanding buyer and just figured some kids in the neighborhood stole them to brag to their freinds or something. Never had problem with theft ever until then.

                              The et20 E60 wheels fit perfectly flush to the rear fender lips with the 318ti stuff in the rear. I'm not sure where you would end up with the factory e30 4 lug stuff, spacers, then et 20 wheels. I used to run 16x7.5 et35 ATS's with 20mm spacers and they were about 5-10mm from the fender lip in the rear.

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                              • dirty30
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                                • Jul 2004
                                • 3005

                                #120
                                Updates should be coming soon fellas. I'm hoping the body work will be done by then end of the month. HUGE pic post will follow.


                                Originally posted by CO318is
                                I think those are AKG FCabs.
                                Yes AKG. I love their stuff. I'm hoping to get the DTM shifter before the special ends. We'll see.

                                Originally posted by Simon S
                                this thread gives me a hard-on.

                                there.. i said it..
                                That means a lot coming from Mr. Clean! Thanks!

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