1990 325is restomod project aka "Klaus"

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  • doorman
    Grease Monkey
    • Mar 2015
    • 360

    #166
    Why does life have to get in the way of our hobbies!!!

    Bathroom/Kitchen look great.

    Funny how our car threads become "life" threads!

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    • Staszek
      R3VLimited
      • May 2006
      • 2533

      #167
      One of my gifts to myself came in today!!!

      Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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      • stonea
        R3VLimited
        • Jan 2012
        • 2890

        #168
        I was wondering what you were going to use to replace your e46 M3 brakes...
        My Garage
        2001 Z3 2.5i Steel Gray/Black (Lexi)
        1988 325ix Diamond Schwartz/Black (Izzy)
        1989 325i Cirrus Blue/Houndstooth (Stitch)
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        • Staszek
          R3VLimited
          • May 2006
          • 2533

          #169
          Originally posted by stonea
          I was wondering what you were going to use to replace your e46 M3 brakes...
          Yea the M3 brakes wont fit behind the RS's I am having made, these brakes barely fit behind them.
          Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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          • Staszek
            R3VLimited
            • May 2006
            • 2533

            #170
            Meaty!! 225/45R16, just waiting on the wheels now!

            Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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            • IronJoe
              R3VLimited
              • Oct 2010
              • 2275

              #171
              Wow, stunning project! I can't believe I hadn't found this before. Excellent work! Looking forward to seeing where this goes.
              '89 Schwarz E30 M3 Cabriolet Build

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              • Staszek
                R3VLimited
                • May 2006
                • 2533

                #172
                Originally posted by IronJoe
                Wow, stunning project! I can't believe I hadn't found this before. Excellent work! Looking forward to seeing where this goes.
                Thanks! Its been on hold for a little without updates. I have been following you vert build. I actually joined this board YEARS ago with the idea of doing exactly what you were doing. But once I bought an E93 M3 I didnt want two verts.

                Although its tempting!!
                Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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                • Staszek
                  R3VLimited
                  • May 2006
                  • 2533

                  #173
                  Im waiting on my wheels, and in a few weeks I will have a very nice long weekend where my wife is away and 99% of the house stuff will be done so I can get the whole suspension and bushings all done. Maybe start taking out the M20 as well.

                  In the mean time we had a really nice weekend a few weeks back, I took the time to get something to organize some of my tools and took the M out of storage for a day (it snowed a few days later lol).

                  Anyway I hope to flood this thread with new pics in a few weeks.


                  Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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                  • bradnic
                    No R3VLimiter
                    • Jul 2012
                    • 3550

                    #174
                    damn you're local! never knew that. i'm in west burbs. SUB'D
                    I BUY/SELL REFURBISHED CM5907s & CM5908s

                    HOWTOs:
                    DB vert plastic bumpers
                    OEM Keys
                    MTech1 docs

                    88 ix Lach/Card
                    91 ic Calypso 3.1
                    86 Cosmo 2.7

                    OEM+ or bust!


                    reelizmpro: I will always be an e30 guy.. I still do all of my own labor
                    TrentW: There's just something so right about a well-built M20 in an E30
                    e30m3s54turbo: I save my money for tuner parts.

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                    • Staszek
                      R3VLimited
                      • May 2006
                      • 2533

                      #175
                      Thanks, so I went to go move the car from my in-laws to my house today but the battery was dead. It was still connected to the charger but the charger was unplugged, I think they accidentally kicked it and now it wont charge anymore, maybe a dead cell. Good thing is that the battery had a 3 year full replacement warranty and it was only two years old so I went and picked up a new one today. I didn't have time to get back to the car to move it so I will do that in a week or so. That being said it was so nice out decided to drive along the lake instead :)


                      Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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                      • bradnic
                        No R3VLimiter
                        • Jul 2012
                        • 3550

                        #176
                        Perfect car for the first perfect Chicago day this season
                        I BUY/SELL REFURBISHED CM5907s & CM5908s

                        HOWTOs:
                        DB vert plastic bumpers
                        OEM Keys
                        MTech1 docs

                        88 ix Lach/Card
                        91 ic Calypso 3.1
                        86 Cosmo 2.7

                        OEM+ or bust!


                        reelizmpro: I will always be an e30 guy.. I still do all of my own labor
                        TrentW: There's just something so right about a well-built M20 in an E30
                        e30m3s54turbo: I save my money for tuner parts.

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                        • Staszek
                          R3VLimited
                          • May 2006
                          • 2533

                          #177
                          So got the new battery in today. Car started right up. Runs like crap though, but it was able to make the 9 mile trip from my in laws to my house.

                          It looks so small sitting next to the M, the E93 feels like a giant.



                          So now that the car is home I hope I will have more time. I did get something done today. Went back to the inlaw's and removed the Oil Pan from the S54, I need to take pics of the oil pan. I forgot before I packed it up. I will include that tomorrow before I package it up and send it to Tyler at Arc Asylum.

                          Soooooo many damn bolts. I dont know how anyone drops these pans in the car. Some of the bolts were a pain to get to and I had the engine on a stand out of the car. I would never want to do this with it in the car.


                          Everything looked ok when I dropped the pan, but I will do the rod bearings just because. The one thing that bothered me though is above the oil pan on the engine block there seems so be rust. I think its fine, but I didnt expect to have paint flakes flake right off.
                          Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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                          • Staszek
                            R3VLimited
                            • May 2006
                            • 2533

                            #178
                            Here is the oil pan.

                            It seems that it was leaking, or there was a leak somewhere else because the sides had oil on it.

                            Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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                            • Staszek
                              R3VLimited
                              • May 2006
                              • 2533

                              #179
                              Little update, Paul has gotten the Lips, now they just need to be polished up.

                              He should have the faces back from the machinist shortly!



                              Tyler is working on my oil pan and subframe now.

                              I can go flat black, semi gloss or gloss. I am thinking Semi Gloss black, thoughts?
                              Euro Delivery Thread///E30 Project Klaus///COTM August 2021

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                              • bradnic
                                No R3VLimiter
                                • Jul 2012
                                • 3550

                                #180
                                Semi-gloss all the way
                                I BUY/SELL REFURBISHED CM5907s & CM5908s

                                HOWTOs:
                                DB vert plastic bumpers
                                OEM Keys
                                MTech1 docs

                                88 ix Lach/Card
                                91 ic Calypso 3.1
                                86 Cosmo 2.7

                                OEM+ or bust!


                                reelizmpro: I will always be an e30 guy.. I still do all of my own labor
                                TrentW: There's just something so right about a well-built M20 in an E30
                                e30m3s54turbo: I save my money for tuner parts.

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