S38 turbo e30 Hartge H35-24 H bomb

[e30m3s54turbo]

I painted hood. Not perfect. I’m ok with it for now. I will be ordering a an other carbon fiber hood. I did added clear on carbon fiber door handles.
I’m going to move the silver e30 to a different location on property to block sand and paint.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I finally was to polish trunk. I a few imperfections to fix. I will fix the imperfections this Sunday. I will be back on hood tp prep. Or buy a other carbon fiber hood. I bought carbon fiber door handles. I will need to spray clear on them.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I’m finding out metallic paint is a little different to paint on flat surfaces. I was to paint fiberglass Hartge wing. The Hartge wing was time consuming to prep.
The hood will be next.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I finally got my parts back. I need to order e36 m3 front brake rebuild kit. The body work is a labor of love.😂

[e30m3s54turbo]

This weekend wet sanded Blk bumpers. The trim was an other story.
I has to sand down the front ends. I bought these years ago. Where I bought them don’t remember. Next time I will buy in Europe. I didn’t want to paint flat blk. The ends were not perfect and small scratches. I painted them. After adding clear they looked grey to me. I’m going to sand them to paint gloss paint and spray clear.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I was able to get the bumper painted on silver e30 and got my euro trim bumper out of storage. I will decide this weekend if I paint trim with clear to match bumpers.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I’m still waiting on parts to come back from zinc coating. I’m still prepping the silver e30. I’m going to paint the hood, rear Hartge apron and trunk separately. I’m going to paint the plastic bumpers black. That should make it easier to paint. I forgot I pull the Hartge wing off. It was a bitch get the rusty bolts off. I had to drill them off.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I think thats what PMB does, and they do totally high-end stuff

Thank you.

While I’m waiting on parts on blk m car and red m car. I went back on to silver e30 preparing body work. I pulled the off front valance of to primer and paint it. I separated the Hartge front air dam from vanlance.
After sanding and priming it I painted it.

[2mAn]

Has anyone done zinc this on their calipers?

I think thats what PMB does, and they do totally high-end stuff

[e30m3s54turbo]

I spoke to Mario that owns a shop that zinc plates, polish aluminum and chrome. He said he can dip is rust removal and bead plast the rust off. I wired brush the rust off the rear calipers. On the rears I toured them down. On the fronts I left the piston and plugged the other holes. I’m thinking of putting back the rear pistons to zinc plate then.
Has anyone done zinc this on their calipers?
I been ordering more parts for the e36 m3 brakes on my blk m car.
The rotors will be new.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I drilled the shit out of hung to see how I could lighten it up. I did like how much it weighted. I ordered some aluminum 3/8 thick on eBay. The sent a 1/4 thick. I traced it and cut to shape. I polished it up and drilled a few holes. I was able to get more than half of the stock weight.
I could not find my other rear set e36 m3 calipers. I some rusted rear e36 m3 calipers. I toke them apart to wire brush them. I called the zink and chrome shop if they could sink plate them front and rear. He said yes. I ordered the new pistons and rubber seals.

[e30m3s54turbo]

I finally finished my fourth wheel with new chrome OZ bolts. I did break my OZ socket. I will need to order a other set.
I bought an other under tray. The old was falling apart. I like these because they are made of plastic. I will be buying a couple more for other projects.

[e30m3s54turbo]

That hood hinge looks amazing! How hard was it to drill it out so much!?!

Hi Simon.

It was not hard it took time line up measurements. If you have a drill press it would be more easier. Of course I didn’t. My buddy said I need a drill press. I used 3/4 washers line up on my 1” blue tape. I measured around to mark in to 1/4” I would transfer my tape 180 degrees to line up my punched hole to drill with a small drill bit.

[2mAn]

I worked on hood hinges to lighten up the front. I saw an other member do this to track car Moatilliata. I was able to get hinges and hood linkage a pound. I will be ordering a Karbonius carbon fiber hood that weighs 12lbs. The factory hood weighs 44lbs. This e30 is street car. I wanted to shave weight off the front as possible. The carbo hood, hinges and ABS unit is 43lbs. For now Im good. The front bumper weighs a lot.

That hood hinge looks amazing! How hard was it to drill it out so much!?!

[e30m3s54turbo]

I worked on hood hinges to lighten up the front. I saw an other member do this to track car Moatilliata. I was able to get hinges and hood linkage a pound. I will be ordering a Karbonius carbon fiber hood that weighs 12lbs. The factory hood weighs 44lbs. This e30 is street car. I wanted to shave weight off the front as possible. The carbo hood, hinges and ABS unit is 43lbs. For now Im good. The front bumper weighs a lot.