88' Zinno M3 (Progress Thread)

[mr2peak]

Looking beautiful!

[jhaurimn]

Fuel lines to fix leaky old hoses and filter


Due to the fog light connectors being cut and hacked up, It's all the more reason to install these. Just waiting for paint to arrive


I realized my driver side rear window trim piece was loose when I first washed the car. Here you can see I'm missing the grommet pieces


So I took it off...




And replaced the parts like a normal person would...





Broken throttle body screw caps


New


Cleaned the hood insulation. Just spray down with water, you don't want to agitate this material with anything


After


And finally, I threw my front bumper back on. I replaced the missing bumper guides. Bumper tape really improves the look of the car. :) forgot to put the bumper nut covers back on when I took this

[iwantspeed]

love the car and the seats came out great

[jhaurimn]

Its felt like spring for the past few days (except today, got a little chilly) so ive been tinkering. Got close to 50 which felt amazing. Starting to get antsy to drive this car! Keep in mind I havent gotten to really drive it at all yet. Never seen above 4k rpm...which is where all the fun is obviously!

Some things I didnt take pictures of
-Replaced the broken interior light
-Replaced some interior clips for the center console

So I talked to a friend about replacing the fuel hose from the in-tank transfer pump to the external fuel pump. Much to my disappointment, we realized this hose could only be removed if the fuel tank was lowered. Not the smartest design. I thought this was the hose that was leaking but before going through all that trouble, I started the car to see forsure where the fuel leak was coming from. Thankfully, its not from that hose. Its from the pump to filter hose. Easily replaced. Im afraid what the gas is going to look like from this old filter.


My negative battery cable was starting to look a little gnarly...so I replaced it. Bmw updated this part




New fuel filler neck. Old one was ripped up


Added the window crank tool to the tool kit so now its really complete


Motorsport handles


I installed the black tape on the rear bumper, and threw the filler on just to see how it looks. Thoughts?




No filler for comparison




Thanks for looking

[Lötjönen]

nice work!

[bradnic]

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

[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

[Court M3]

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

[Bimmer_man]

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

[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

[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.

[bradnic]

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

[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

[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. :)

[M-technik-3]

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


I say keep it.