E30 Oem m3 sheet metal conversion

[markseven]

Great work, OP. That house you built is very nice.

[jburnsbmw]

Great work, OP. That house you built is very nice.

Thanks. Yea I try to work on the car when I find time between having the house built and a 5 month old boy. Hopefully I can have the whole front suspension built up by the end of the day and throw up some more pics

[markseven]

Thanks. Yea I try to work on the car when I find time between having the house built and a 5 month old boy. Hopefully I can have the whole front suspension built up by the end of the day and throw up some more pics

Impressive time management ;) :D

[FreedomM3]

Jay from GC recommended cut I 1in so that's what I did. They supplied me with adjustable koni's PN on the insert is 8641 1547SPGC. Good guys over there at ground control. Set me up with 440lb up front and 900lb in rear

Good stuff! I plan on doing the same!Super fresh and straight cut you got. Pipe cutter?

I look forward on seeing more progress on the M3 panels, very curious on the C-Pillar which seems to be the tissy to find in sheet metal!

[bangn]

Yes. I trimmed it 21 years ago. On my other m3 I already trim it for a AC Schnitzer wheel 17x10 et17. I want run 265x40x17 if I can.

havn't then you lost the structural integrity that stops the quarter edge from being bent inwards.

[e30m3s54turbo]

havn't then you lost the structural integrity that stops the quarter edge from being bent inwards.

I have not had a problem for 20 years.

[Bimmer_man]

The m3 body and m20 engine is going to trip so many people up.

[jburnsbmw]

Good stuff! I plan on doing the same!Super fresh and straight cut you got. Pipe cutter?

I look forward on seeing more progress on the M3 panels, very curious on the C-Pillar which seems to be the tissy to find in sheet metal!

I had machine shop cut the pipe. I believe he was going to use the mill or lathe. I welded it once I got it back from him. He really took off about a 1-1/16" and I gapped it about 1/16 when I welded it back together. As of right now I am going with the fiberglass c-pillar unless I come across a metal one soon. My plan is to trim to where it fits perfect and use hi-loks across the roof and panel bond around the whole thing. I might make some brackets along the section by the trunk to stiffen up that area. I need to figure out my gaps for the trunk and c-pillar so if anyone with an m3 can take some measurements that would be great. I need to know how high the trunk sits off of the quarter panel (gap between trunk and quarter panel) this way I can set the c-pillar and it will be in line.

[FreedomM3]

I'm following all conversions closely as I have been collecting parts since I want to build a bastard M3 2JZ project.

Anywho, I have this photos. It may help. Are you happy with the current pillar? I emailed those people too. There's several selling C-Pillars. I dont mind paying for the highest quality one. I have a someone searching germany for a wrecked M3 aswell. Hopefully it will turn something up.

I'll do the same and take the strut over to a MC and ill do the welding. I dont have the tools to make that nice a cut.

Keep up the good work!

[jburnsbmw]

I'm following all conversions closely as I have been collecting parts since I want to build a bastard M3 2JZ project.

Anywho, I have this photos. It may help. Are you happy with the current pillar? I emailed those people too. There's several selling C-Pillars. I dont mind paying for the highest quality one. I have a someone searching germany for a wrecked M3 aswell. Hopefully it will turn something up.

I'll do the same and take the strut over to a MC and ill do the welding. I dont have the tools to make that nice a cut.

Keep up the good work!

That is exactly the dimensions I need in the picture. Gap between c-pillar and quarter panel. The pesche c-pillar is fair structurally and good cosmetically. It has a nice gel coat finish but would obviously need to be smoothed with primer and possibly some bondo. I'm going to primer it first with a envirobase dp90lv high build primer before I fill anything. Like I said before it needs some brackets in curtain areas to stiffen it up. At the end of the day I will make to where you couldn't tell the difference between this one and a metal one.

[The Dark Side of Will]

Not going to weld in the rally braces?

[jburnsbmw]

Not going to weld in the rally braces?

Probably will. Just got ahead of myself and will touch up with paint

[jburnsbmw]

Sachs "618" pressure plate, KEP 4 puck sintered disk, and stock flywheel.
(eventually will lighten and balance flywheel)

[markseven]

^ in a word, sano.

[jburnsbmw]

^ in a word, sano.

I don't know what this means?