Malachite Green 1991 E30 318i from Indonesia - #ProjectMalachite

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Hello! Greetings from Indonesia..
Just want to share a story about my E30
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The specs when I got her back in July, 2015 :
1991 E30 318i
Manual Transmission
Malachite Green 205
Standard M40B18 Engine
Original Blue Interior with Velour Seats
Complete Tool Kit
100.000km
14x6.5 BBS RZ "Basketweaves" OEM 318is
Mtech 1 Steering Wheel
OEM BMW Euro Heckblende
Rubber Ducktail
Black Kidneys
Kamei "style" Eyelids
Tanabe Universal Muffler
6000k HID on Headlights
3000k HID on Foglights
Pioneer Mixtrax Head Unit
Pioneer Speakers
JL Subs
Comments and critics are welcome!
The story begins.....
Back to late June,2015 when I saw her for the first time on a local forum :



Euro heckblende, missing "i" emblem.

Wrong caps, lol


the interior :grin:

Love at the first sight. 100.000km, original interior, clean title. My e30 came with BBS RZ Basketweaves, rare Mtech 1 steering wheel, and OEM euro heckblende. Couldn't be happier since the parts are rare in my country. 95% of the e30 population in Indonesia were the 318i with m40b18 and m10b18 engine . Another bad things are most of e30s in here are sedans and manual transmission. The coupes, verts, and tourings are only less than 100 units. So, it's very hard to own them.
Back to my e30.... the previous seller want a quite high price for the car. At that time, I couldn't afford it because the price was too high. Didn't contact the seller until early July.

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July, 2015. Me and the seller reach the deal. :D:D:D:D
The e30 officially mine muahahha.....
Arrived @ his new home.
Removed the center caps because it didnt match the basketweaves


better interior pics :


Plans on restoration :
-Total Rewiring
-Refreshment on the Engine
-New Paint
-Fix the Rust
-iS "look" upgrade

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Did a test drive and the engine was so lovely. But I felt something strange on the power steering. It had very loose feeling when I turn. Later, I found out there were massive power steering oil leak on the engine. When the night came, I started to check the e30 all around.
Begin checking :

I found the damaged steering rack and steering shaft. Haven't got the replacement steering rack at that time. So I replaced the culprit first:



the dull steering shaft... didn't take the picture of the steering rack -__-

[loemerich]

Nice ride. It's good to see that E30's can be found worldwide still. Welcome to R3V.

[ProjectMalachite]

Nice ride. It's good to see that E30's can be found worldwide still. Welcome to R3V.

Thanks mate! Cheers! :D

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August, 2015.. another thing :
The car had major rust on the floor. The rust came because the weather condition was bad here. And also, the aircon water flew into the floor which made the rust getting worse.


the carpet didnt stick anymore to the floor.
next plan : Repair the rust and total repaint to same color, Malachite Green 205. :o;)
My car was jacked while waiting for the new steering rack and steering shaft :

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UPDATE..... Late July, 2015.. Steering rack removed! checking the undercarriage and i found major rust... this was the condition before repair :


The carpet didn't attached properly because water came in.. it is very difficult to find rust free e30 right here in Indonesia .. unless it is low milleage and still in the pristine condition. Another thing, find a good condition steering rack is very hard, most of then are worn out.. the other option is using the e36 steering rack but i must customized the high and low power steering hose. The car was jacked until early August.


hiks..hiks.. :(
early August, got the steering rack :D

Wiring job.. repair all fault on the electricity.. broken corner lamp, foglamp, and the aircon switch, etc etc