88' Zinno M3 (Progress Thread)

[tak7]

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

[jhaurimn]

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

[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]

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

[euroshark]

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

[jhaurimn]

Got the car out today. :)









I did a few things
-replaced ebrake handle
-replaced third brake light bulb
-replaced window trim pieces on pass side
-ordered trim pieces under rear bumper

Hoping its nice enough out next Saturday to bring her out to cars and coffee :D

[Bimmer_man]

Damn dude that thing looks like it came off the show room floor.

[jhaurimn]

So today I took care of a few things with my cluster. Taking the cluster out is something that might take awhile the first time, but really is very simple. I had a refurbished board from Greg to put in


I also had a good working led panel from his as well. The other main reason I pulled the cluster was the left illumination bulb was burnt out, so at night I had no idea how fast I was going. They are the larger bulbs that aren't in a socket. The small green bulbs are extras I bought in case any needed replacing.


Back of the m3 cluster. Had a weird plug I hadn't seen before that I'm guessing is for the oil temp




Let there be light


So as I'm sitting in the car enjoying all the lights working, I can't help but notice my defrost button doesn't light up...


That's better


Still not sure what route I want to go on the stereo/headunit

[Bimmer_man]

in my opinion i think you should keep the oem head unit. or save some bucks and get a oem CD player for the M3 and have it worked on cause from what i recall they skip like hell. Go for a concorse restoration ^_^.

[jhaurimn]

Things are warming up for good. After getting 8" of snow Thursday, I am ready for spring weather.

The hazet 880amgt spark plug tool came. It was over $50, but was worth it, as any other spark plug socket has to be ground down to fit. So I replaced the plugs, and checked condition of the plug wires and distributor cap. Wires and cap look good. The wires are the red evo version, so it was replaced at one point.


Old plugs, it was time.


I went ahead and replaced all the engine decals. Most of them came off pretty easy.








This one was a PITA to remove, however.




You can see some of the wiring was wrapped in some janky looking tape. So I re-wrapped it with oem tesa harness tape.


Engine bay is getting there. I also put in the middle harness cover and wiper fluid bottle. I'm thinking about pulling the valve cover this week to get it powder coated. With that and a new coolant bottle, the engine bay should be looking great :)


And here's a shot from cars and coffee. More maintenance stuff coming soon.

[SteadyAim.]

Everything looks great! Hope to pick up another one in the future

[Bimmer_man]

Dude where are you getting all this oem stuff?

[M-technik-3]

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

Discontinued tire here folks so these are gonna go fast. Dunlap has a new Star Spec coming out.

[jhaurimn]

Dude where are you getting all this oem stuff?

Like what? The stickers are from pukardesigns .

[jhaurimn]

Heres a few more from cars and coffee this satuday. Nice to see all the little things are making a difference.

All photo credits go to the rightful photographers




I edited this one a bit. Didnt spend too much time on it


And this one in route to cars and coffee with my friend Erik and his 850i 6 speed. (v12)