Project Lessmeister: 91 318iS Restomod w/ MTech2 and modern drivetrain

[0-60 freak]

I have a original 318ic on the way feom California, i am relying on his knowledge to make my envisions a reality

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[Jordan]

I started this evening off by spending a few more hours blasting loose parts at my buddies shop, then headed back home. I'm very happy to be done blasting parts, its kinda tedious and my hands kept falling asleep lol.

When I got home I went ahead and pressed the new OEM trailing arm bushings into the trailing arms. This is really simple and took about 1 minute per bushing.




When I went inside to eat I realized I had a care package from Jordan @ Stitched Wheels. My MTechnic II steering wheel was in the box, along with matching parking brake, shift boots all cut from the same OE BMW hyde as the seats were.




I slapped it in place real quick to get a feel for how it looks. It looks killer. I almost don't want to touch it.

Not having had enough punishment this evening I decided to go ahead and wire wheel polish the remainder of the loose parts as they are going to the plater on Wednesday or Thursday and I want to get them out of the way. It took about 2 hours to finish this up, and when I was done I applied a light oil (WD40) to all the parts so they will not flash rust.

I went ahead and laid them out in an OCD fashion, partly because I has OCD, but also so I can account for everything when it gets back from plate and quickly determine what if anything is lost in the process. Knock on wood they haven't lost anything yet!

[iXguido]

Beautiful work!

[kronus]

A+ photo. It's going to be frustrating putting them all in a box after that.

[Mouse]

A+ photo. It's going to be frustrating putting them all in a box after that.

Haha, that was my exact thinking. I love organizing parts out like this.

[reelizmpro]

Very nice work by both Jordans. Was the wheel thickened? I take it he is back to doing wheels?

[flyboyx]

I started this evening off by spending a few more hours blasting loose parts at my buddies shop, then headed back home. I'm very happy to be done blasting parts, its kinda tedious and my hands kept falling asleep lol.

When I got home I went ahead and pressed the new OEM trailing arm bushings into the trailing arms. This is really simple and took about 1 minute per bushing.


I slapped it in place real quick to get a feel for how it looks. It looks killer. I almost don't want to touch it.

Not having had enough punishment this evening I decided to go ahead and wire wheel polish the remainder of the loose parts as they are going to the plater on Wednesday or Thursday and I want to get them out of the way. It took about 2 hours to finish this up, and when I was done I applied a light oil (WD40) to all the parts so they will not flash rust.

I went ahead and laid them out in an OCD fashion, partly because I has OCD, but also so I can account for everything when it gets back from plate and quickly determine what if anything is lost in the process. Knock on wood they haven't lost anything yet!

so they can plate the calipers with all the rubber parts still in them? thats awesome. you are giving me lots of good ideas for my projects.

[MR 325]

Jordan, I've been following this thread the whole way through and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Really looking forward to seeing the finished product!

[jeenyus]

beautiful work. beautiful car and great attention to detail. This build is wonderful.

I am curious that with all this meticulous detail you've spent on making this car so minty, why did you decide against possibly doing a full dynamat treatment on the floors or everywhere else in the car?

Sorry if this is an obnoxious question.

[Jordan]

Very nice work by both Jordans. Was the wheel thickened? I take it he is back to doing wheels?

It was padded to increase diameter yes. Sort of... He doesn't like doing wheels because of the time involvement, finger pain, and the like. He agreed to do mine as part of the full interior deal. I don't know if he wants to do single wheels but I'd guess no.

so they can plate the calipers with all the rubber parts still in them? thats awesome. you are giving me lots of good ideas for my projects.

Yeah, rubber is inert so it won't be bothered. Per a suggestion from Ed on the FB post I'm going to pull the pistons, seals and make sure the bores get plated too.

Jordan, I've been following this thread the whole way through and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Really looking forward to seeing the finished product!

The elusive Matt shows himself :D Thanks!

beautiful work. beautiful car and great attention to detail. This build is wonderful.

I am curious that with all this meticulous detail you've spent on making this car so minty, why did you decide against possibly doing a full dynamat treatment on the floors or everywhere else in the car?

Sorry if this is an obnoxious question.

Sound deadener aka CDL tiles is one of those diminished returns items. Covering open panel expanses with tiles in key places give you 80% of the effectiveness with 10% of the added weight. 50% coverage may yield only a slightly better affect, and further diminishing as you go all the while accruing weight.

The whole idea of CDL tiles is simply to add mass to a panel to stop resonance. There are whole forums full of mobile audio fanatics that argue over these principals at lengths I care not to get into.

Think of a drum set cymbal. You can stop it vibrating with a single finger, you don't need both hands covering it.

[jeenyus]

The logic make sense. Thanks for the response.

[faujijatt]

I have a original 318ic on the way feom California, i am relying on his knowledge to make my envisions a reality

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Going off tangent here... Really thought this gentleman here was going to buy this car sir. Guess not.
Anyways, great build.. Nope, I mean really the greatest build of an e30 in my lifetime. Hehehe. Cheers!

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[Shangsta]

OK so time for a little update. I haven't been able to work on the car for almost a week now because I've just been too sick and did not have any energy.

Today I went out and made a decent day of it, although I'm still feeling less than 100%

Test fit of the radiator duct, looks good:


Test fit of the Nissens parallel flow condenser, for R134a use. Fits perfect.


Mounting the hood hinge after it was painted off the car.


Upper door frame seal cleaning, as they were on the right, once cleaned and coated with Gummi Pflege.


Putting the guts back into the passenger door. Door handle, lock, catch, linkages, window guides, regulator and of course the window glass. New inner and outer window wiper trims.



I then did the same on the drivers door.


I decided to tackle the seat belts today. The ones that came with the car were functional, but they were mildew damaged from being stored in the previous owners garage, or perhaps they got rained on. Either way they were gross.



I've always liked the look of the red EVO M3 belts on red e30's. I thought about buying those buy I found they were A. NLA, and B. Ridiculously expensive. I have had some experience repairing seat belts at work, like say taking a locked belt of the correct color and swapping it into a healthy mechanism that had the wrong color belt to make a sellable unit for a customer etc.

I bought 20 yards of red seat belt material online.


The process of re-reeling a e30 seat belt mechanism is pretty simple. It is something I'm going to skim over though because its one of those things you should not mess with unless you know how to do it right, safety and all.




All four belts were done, I'm deciding if I want the 3rd rear belt red or not. I have to bring them buy a local upholsterer shop to have the ends stitched up like factory. I saved the ends of the factory belts for them to match the stitching size and style.

and to finish today off I installed the Z3 stubby antenna in a new grommet.

Do you mind pm'ing me the vendor that you ordered the seat belt material from please.

[M-technik-3]

As always a very typical ocd build, enjoy the updates Jordan.

[0-60 freak]

Going off tangent here... Really thought this gentleman here was going to buy this car sir. Guess not.
Anyways, great build.. Nope, I mean really the greatest build of an e30 in my lifetime. Hehehe. Cheers!

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Never said I would, but I certainly never said I would not. Its a great car. I'm not a one-vehicle household :-)

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