my 325 build

[stoja e30]

so a few months ago decided that I was going to replace the carpet due to the tear near the foot rest and proceeded to cut it out around the heating core only to discover that the floor was rusted pretty bad around the gas pedal. l had it repaired by the guys who painted her. figured out that one of the heating pipe was badly corroded and knew that was the cause of the floor rusting.
Had found a 4 door at a salvage yard that hadn't been touched yet, it was like winning the lotto, and went to work stripping her of all her goodies. ended up spending 7 hours over two days taking parts off her.
here what I got
carpet - washed and painted black
headliner
4 door seals
heating core pipe with valve
rear seat with head rests
door cards
interior lights with plastic housings
cluster
here is the carpet painted black

had the dash out and back in with the carpet nicely installed underneath the heating core in one day. practiced removing the dash and heating core carefully on the 4 door at the yard so I knew what I was doing when it came time to do it on the old girl



and had repaired the heating core pipe and valve while it was out

got to say I was nervous taking the dash out but really wasn't that bad. if your going to replace your carpet it is well worth it

[stoja e30]

installed the red 46 sump armor, which I got from CATuned

and put my old wheels on while I was at it

[stoja e30]

update

ok so real quick year update;
got home from Australia last September (2013)the old girl went back to the body shop to get re touched after I started to notice a lot of imperfections and if I remember correctly got her back in the new year.
these updates are in no order just what work has been done with pics over the past year.
some work that was done without pics are;
alternator rebuilt
new battery
new plugs
new belts
new fluids
replaced tail light plugs, mine were brittle and busted
pioneer sound system from old car installed with new amp as old one which was a couple of years old was stolen from body shop while she sat outside unattended....effers, wiring all tucked and zipped tied before carpet was installed
seats installed, found rear seatback with headrests and ski pass cause I need a ski pass in my rear seat in Florida...hehe
trunk liner installed
new obc, 6 button
new headliner, will take some pics of the finished job
new plastic bumper trim installed from BMW, front and back
new old turn signals installed
door molding installed with new clips
new stainless steel bumper bar bolts

some up grades to the car were,
factory power sunroof installed
factor map light rear view mirror installed
after market quick release with momo hub and steering wheel installed
all black door cards from salvaged car with door seals and handles

and just got this yesterday

[stoja e30]

Teaser

Well its been a year today since my last post......sorry been busy with life and building the old girl. I will how ever update the thread over the coming weeks with pics, yes I did take some. I will leave you with this.

[stoja e30]

got some mothers back to black and went to work on the kidneys grills and wiper vents

[stoja e30]

slacker

well i ve been a slacker with my updates....had the car back a week and started to put her back together with a new hood cable and an a hood alinement, tail lights went on and thats when i started noticing spots where the paint was chipped and and couple of spots where that were missed, found out the owners were have some issues with guy doing the work on my car needless to say he no longer works there and the owner is going to finish her up himself. dropped her back at the body shop on friday.

anyway while i was waiting to bring her back decided to re key the whole car. bought a key kit for the drivers door and decided to re key it to a new key that i got a few years ago with an ignition lock. passenger, trunk and glove box all got re keyd to the new key.

[mccor023]

wow good work.

[stoja e30]

coming home

done





now the fun begins

[stoja e30]

so the old girl has been getting a little more work done to her, hopefully she will be ready to come home tomorrow.

have decided to sell my next project, which is the eta block, the 855 head, intake and everything that i have got for it. comes with new timing belt and tensioner and head gasket. it was going to be a 2.8l, pm me for any questions.

will also have an auto tranny for sale soon, as i am going to drop the 5 speed in her when shes back on the road.

[RondoAcapriccio]

nice

[stoja e30]

so they got a little busy at the shop. this was yesterday.



she should be ready to bring home to today

[stoja e30]

gotcha, the guy who sprayed her said about a gallon of paint

[Rdreas]

Should have got less paint, more clear... When you color sand and buff your cutting clear. So if it gets a scratch and you have more clear your more likely to be able to sand and buff it out. 3 coats of clear is a typical amount, but 10 coats of color isn't... And if a car has too much paint then it is less likely to last for a long period of time.

[stoja e30]

Nice project, lets see that paint!

thanks, today i hope

[stoja e30]

ha good question
this is going to be the daily driver. sitting in my house by the front door is another complete m20, a disassembled 885 head, 4:10lsd, and 5 speed tranny which at the moment is for the next build along with the rest of the parts for this build. but i think i might drop something a little bigger in the next one

first bought an auto because my wife doesnt drive stick and we needed to swap cars when i was off work and needed to drive her car with the baby seat when i had my son. but once this build is done i might switch it to manual when i decide what i am going to do with the next build