My project 84 318i

[adept]

Very nice job man

[Jean]

Little update for this restoration project ...

Car will be ready for alingment once new tie rods and offset e36 m3 bushings are installed


Trottle cable on the car is so old it was actually sticking at WOT, this should fix it .

New tstat, water pump and radiator will be installed soon


Happy New Year r3v!

[Jean]

Wow, thanks for all the nice comments! :)

Car does not appear to be repainted, I am sure PO would have told me otherwise to get more $ from the sale lol..

So, I tucked the rear bumpers in and I might paint them black next and get 87ish? style plastic trim with smaller lights and hopefully it will sit tighter around the bumper w/o huge gaps like now.



I think rear bumper was much easier to do once I figured out where the third nut was that held the bumper shocks .



Also, picked up a set of used seats from a junk yard ($12.49 each) but need to find another so I can make a good one or atleast find a bolster or two :(



Next task is to figure out how to convert rear drums to disks and then source an e30 m3 rack :)

[Ray Smoodiver]

sickness

[wycoco]

I'm still trippin out on those wheels. They're so BB-esk. I want to find me a set now, heh.

[Digitalwave]

Euro bumpers would be killer on that car. Gold/black always looks good. Has the car been repainted?

[bmwm3n528]

Dig.

[mgold]

Nice looking car. We have a a bunch of E30 owners in Sac and the Bay area and try to meet occasionally. Most of us also post on BayE30.net

[Lof8]

Wow, that car is beautiful. You just convinced me that the early wheel arches are a GOOD thing. The stance is killer. WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE WHEELS?

[{ROn1N}]

WOW! seeing the car as a whole (not a front and rear half pics) gives a better idea of how it looks! nice work on the bumper tuck, but as I said euro bumps would be right at home with the 80's styled Enkei rims! here's a pic to show how they look...



Anyway you've done an amazing job! yours is one of my favorite diving board equipped e30 for sure!!

[Teaguer]

Nice clean early model you got there .

And yes the wheels are making that car .


You should try painting the bumper surrounds and maybe even the bumpers themselves body color .
Best mod you can do to early bumpers besides tucking them .

[dmoney(AB)]

ditto, been looking for some gold mesh with polished lip.

are they zenkis or something?

[Jean]

Or just boost that M10. There's a guy on BF.C with a beat to shit 85 318i doing 12.90's in the quarter mile. The car looks like a pile but its FAAAAAAAST!!!

I am not a big turbo fan, thinking more on the lines of a e36 swap with good cams etc, but maybe turbo it for about a year or two depends on how many things I'll need and cost to turbo the m10 etc.

[NORCAL/E30]

throw an m20 in that bitch

Or just boost that M10. There's a guy on BF.C with a beat to shit 85 318i doing 12.90's in the quarter mile. The car looks like a pile but its FAAAAAAAST!!!

[sticksdaman]

i love your car that is soke of the cleanest paint ive seen on anything and them wheels o them wheels!!!!! cant go wrong with gold on black keep up the good work..... and throw an m20 in that bitch