'88 Henna M3 project

[cramer]

Are both tailights leaking? I believe it was the driver's side one that didn't sit the same as the passenger one. Perhaps shifting the driver's light out more will fit the body contour better for the seal?

[IronJoe]

Time for another update...




Slave cyl started leaking on me, so I swapped that out. Very easy and I had no problems bleeding it whatsoever. Got a bunch of parts in which will be going in shortly:

-Rod bearings & con rod bolts
-TB o-rings & plenum o-ring
-Plenum rubber mount
-TMS oil pan baffle & oil pan gaskets
-PS pump bushings



Also, my taillights are still leaking! What is going on here! I can see it coming in directly from the seal between the taillights and the body, even though I installed new gaskets.

Is this just a a design problem or am I doing something wrong? Anybody have a fix? I am tempted to just take them out and cover everything in window sealant...

[IronJoe]

Thanks for the comments all. It's a work in progress, I keep slowly checking things off my list.

Very Very clean. Yeah, I'd just look into some nice Euro-head lights, side marker deletes, and maybe an Evolution Lip.

Evo II lip is definitely going to happen.

[freeride53]

Very Very clean. Yeah, I'd just look into some nice Euro-head lights, side marker deletes, and maybe an Evolution Lip.

[gverelli]

Super clean, only thing I would change are the headlights and done.

[dirty30]

I love Henna. Style 5's look waaaaay better.

[E30 Memorial]

Do you mean the front plate?

Ya, no front plate looks much better. I don't mind taking my chances at a ticket for it, but in some jurisdictions it's a moving violation.
The style 5's on your car are actually impressive.

[einstein57]

The car looks horrible. I think you should sell it to me for cheap. Also i have a set of refinished style 5's for 1k.

[Dirtsquirt]

There is a set of RS's on CL in auburn. He is Asking $1100 or $1200 but I'm sure you could get him down to under a grand.

[IronJoe]

Do you mean the front plate? If so, yeah I most definitely think so.


I've been daily driving this beast for the past few weeks and it's been a blast. Very interesting seeing who notices it and who doesn't. Most of the "import tuner" crowd doesn't even see it, and then there's the people commuting or driving with their families honking and flagging me down :o One guy took a picture of it while I was getting gas, that was funny.

Yesterday I got a big thumbs up from a properly modded & murdered out Porsche Cayman S, that was pretty cool.

Been getting around 22-24mpg mixed city and highway. Not bad, much better than my GTO. Had a nice shot of it taken last weekend at a local show:




Now I want to find a cheap set of BBS RS that need refinishing.

[E30 Memorial]

It looks so much better plate-less.
Good Luck.

[IronJoe]

It's even better in person. :D

Thanks man!

A few more:

[ahriley91]

It's even better in person. :D

[Jonny Cash]

... All the priorities in life, and all I can ever think about all day is owning an original henna/black M3... I should of never clicked on this. Nice job. Please sell it to me.

[archie]

awesome cruising pictures.Never ever get tired of looking at that car!