88' Zinno M3 (Progress Thread)

[euroshark]

Awesome project! I love watching this car improve bit by bit.

[jhaurimn]

Small update.

I got the fender liners on. I tried when putting on the wheels, but some issues made it a little tough to get them on and I was excited to get the wheels on. I know these pictures are a little boring but I couldn't find any good pictures online showing the hardware needed and where it goes.

There's the main liner piece that attaches on the back of the fender with two bolts that go into existing expanding rivets in the wheel arch. There is another hole near the side skirt. It looks like this just slips over the stud that's there, but doesn't get tied down. It attaches at the top with two plastic nuts on existing studs. The front is what gave me problems. It looks like there should be a bracket to attach a body nut and screw in, but mine were all rusted and bent. I needed to carefully bend these back, enough to stick an expanding rivet in. Then I was able to screw it down.

Then came attaching the intermediate part, as BMW calls it. It attaches with two body nuts and two screws. It's held on with the bottom of the front bumper, and by the main liner piece.





Glad I bought oem size tires, as I shouldn't run into any rubbing issues.


I hope this helps somebody. Let me know if you need part numbers

[jhaurimn]

Finally have some proper wheels and tires on :) 225/45/16 is a tough size to get








Sun didnt cooperate... Putting them on, I noticed these. Didn't know about them until now. Finally a nice surprise. I noticed earlier the shocks were bilsteins when looking under the car


I will get better pictures once its nice enough to take it out.

In other news, I repainted my tow hook covers and bumper cover. They were just slightly off, but the paint I got when I did the brake ducts matched a better, so I decided to repaint them. Hard to tell but they match better.




Next up is to remove the tint and install the stromung muffler

[jhaurimn]

Hmmmm...look what we got here... update to come later today :)

[tak7]

I like the plate filler with the bumper tape.
Beautiful car and great work!

[M-technik-3]

Here's mine with black plate filler. I like it installed.


I say keep it.

[jhaurimn]

what did you use to condition the red bits on the seat belt receptacles?

I used this. I titled the thread black plastic restoration when really it restores color to all plastic. http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=313368

so nice. amazing what happens to a car after 25 years. small things go missing little by little, things break here and there and the owners do bad jobs of fixing them. then someone buys the car and fixes everything. must be costly and time consuming

Thank you. Yes it is but its coming together bit by bit. :)

[goldfishe666]

so nice. amazing what happens to a car after 25 years. small things go missing little by little, things break here and there and the owners do bad jobs of fixing them. then someone buys the car and fixes everything. must be costly and time consuming

[bradnic]

what did you use to condition the red bits on the seat belt receptacles?

[jhaurimn]

I wanted to get the car ready for a nice day so I can just get in and drive. Which meant fixing the fuel leak. Thankfully it was a very easy replacement. You can see how bad the hose was. I plan to replace the rest of the fuel lines soon.


New fuel filter. I was worried gas was going to spray everywhere since my tank was full. I ended up only collecting maybe a cup of gas lol


I just swapped the interior out on my 325i. Coincidentally, the ripped up sport seats I had in there had like-new seat belt receptacles. I conditioned the old ones so they were red but you couldn't even see "PRESS"


Then I put the seats back in. :)




Painted the brake ducts, they actually came out great and matched almost perfectly. However I'm leaning towards the fog lights unless I get a evo 2 front spoiler.

[blunttech]

Car is turning out nice, and actually like the filler on the car.

Might be better able to judge if the actual plate was mounted

[Bimmer_man]

damn you have excellent attention to detail. Great work so far.

[Court M3]

Car is turning out nice, and actually like the filler on the car.

[blunttech]

Nice work. Im not feeling the filler either .. Its a bit much on the M3.
I admire your attn to detail. Its the little stuff that makes a really nice car

[bradnic]

looking good. not feeling the filler on an M3. looks great on a regular E30.