It's a rescue!

[Cabriolet]

Hi all. I just drop the car to WA and back without an issue. But I thought I had blown my rear stock shock mounts again. luckily it was just my speaker crossover that was loose and making a knocking noise. but I bought some GC shock mounts. This the first real work I have done to my car, since moving to Sac, and boy oh boy did I pick a hot day to do it. It was well over 100F in the garage and that was not fun.
anyways out with the old


and in with the new upgrades.



So I've known that I've had a small leak from the heater core valve, but it is such a pain to change I've just been putting it off. I have the new part from BMW sitting in the box it came in, months ago but, I really don't feel like changing it.

It's just not bad enough to do it.

Maybe this weekend I'll get around to do it. but i also need to reupholster the moon roof slider and finish fixing the track and drive wires.

Well it looks like I forgot to post about the moonroof, it hasnt worked since i built the car. the issue i found out only after is the 2 screws that hold the tubes for the drive wires were left out and the motor was bending them. it ended up breaking the roof sliders and so I had to get new ones from bmw... $300 ouch. but now it works... kinda.
This car was a manual sunroof car and i swapped it to powered sunroof.

These plastic runners have been missing from all my e30s

ahhhh nice and un-cracked


Then lastly, the topic of startec's discoloring came up on R3v FB so I inspected my MHWs to find that they are slightly discolored as well.



Been driving to Auburn to get dinner so here's a shot from Saturday.

Untitled_Panorama1 by Eric Berger, on Flickr

[Cabriolet]

Got my new locks cut from the VIN in Germany. It's so nice to have locks that actually work and are all one key.


No scratches on this one.


There is a bitch clip on the transmission and this is the other bitch clip. in a 2dr or vert these are easy to change. but on the 4drs you have to take out the window motor. My right arm looks like it belongs to a goth kid. lots of tiny little cuts.


The final product.


Also put these in finally. I've had them since before the car went to paint and now im just getting to installing them. much lazy but tired of people pointing them out as missing.

[318aye]

Trust me, at the point you are at with yours i was ready to give up. it takes hours to get stuff right and if you take a pic of before and after it's exactly the same. but trust me, driving a car perfectly the way you want it to be is the best.

Amen. :D

[Cabriolet]

This is phenomenal. To think I was frustrated the other week over $120 of fittings that ended up not fitting and were a waste of time. Your perseverance is admirable.

Trust me, at the point you are at with yours i was ready to give up. it takes hours to get stuff right and if you take a pic of before and after it's exactly the same. but trust me, driving a car perfectly the way you want it to be is the best.

this is the only 4 door id make an exception for. i dont like 4doors.

it's coo. it's my 4dr and i hate it. merging left is the worst.
shoulda kept my m3 and swapped the engine. it would have been cheaper and looks better.

[318aye]

This is phenomenal. To think I was frustrated the other week over $120 of fittings that ended up not fitting and were a waste of time. Your perseverance is admirable.

[itskingsteelo]

this is the only 4 door id make an exception for. i dont like 4doors.

[Cabriolet]

Do I know you IRL GetBentley?



I moved to Sac.
Here is a shot there.
E30 in a winter field

Drove to NV to see my extended family
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Forgot to post my interior pic


Just took my car to a local mech. It has never idled well. turns out the O2 sensor is bad. Ill be installing a new one tomorrow.

[GetBentley]

That is really amazing work. Watching the process unfold was inspiring, and was further confirmation that I want to own an e30 again. Thanks Eric.

[bdawg809]

Just spent well over an hour reading through this whole thread, holy shit this is my dream e30 in real life. Definitely inspiring, now only if I had money, being a broke college kid sucks haha.

[Cabriolet]

Dmitri welding in my spare tire hold down.
Finally no more clunking.




I got the full tour. much shock. TDI 911. some say an eco track toy.

[Reichart12]

Blue car, gold wheels :up:

[Cabriolet]

Baby's first cruise. not without issue but one was solved. There is a mad amount of water coming through the moonroof. I need to look into sealing that up - cold water down the back isn't a good feeling.

Get a Touring ;) They have amazing visibility.

They have the same issue with the B pillar being in the way when merging left.

[stanhayward]

lotta 4dr love in here. i'm kinda shocked. I wish the car was a 2dr just for the fact that i cant see left to merge.

Get a Touring ;) They have amazing visibility.

And as far as the 4 doors being really "base", that's something I like. I have an 85 318i with manual windows, sunroof the whole shebang. Nothing to go wrong ;)

[reelizmpro]

I never liked 4dr E30's. They tend to be base models and wimpy looking (not sporty). Besides, a smaller car like the E30 doesn't really need 2 extra doors.

4 dr e36, etc had a slightly different body whereas the E30 was relatively unchanged as far as fenders, tail lights, mirrors, etc.

[Luke Girard]

Whole reason I traded my e30 coupe for my e34 is because I missed having 4 doors.