m3anderings

[M-technik-3]

Glanzschwartz as well

[MukeM3]

Plus couple of individual colors. Like Lagoongreen (266), Matthesblue (BASF FE 97-5972 ) Black (086) Mauritiusblue (287) Those were certainly used M3 convertible.

[AWDBOB]

Those all came to the US. White, red, silver and diamond black would make 4 different colors if you grouped the different reds, silvers and whites together. Misano red, Jet Black, Macau blue, Nogaro silver were available on Evolution models.

Awesome, that's all very good to know.

[reelizmpro]

Those all came to the US. White, red, silver and diamond black would make 4 different colors if you grouped the different reds, silvers and whites together. Misano red, Jet Black, Macau blue, Nogaro silver were available on Evolution models.

[AWDBOB]

Did M3s only come in 4 colors?

Congrats on the purchase. It's gotta be so awesome! Now I guess all you need to do is put an S54 in there. ;)

To my knowledge they came in eight colors! But I'm not 100% sure how many of these came to the US.

Alpine White
Alpine White II
Henna Red
Cinnabar Red
Brilliant Red
Salmon Silver metallic
Sterling Silver metallic
Diamond Black metallic

Bahaha that'd be cool in a different chassis I think. To me, this car deserves nothing but an S14. And maybe an S38 if the S14 were totally trashed and deemed useless. But since it already has a functioning S14 I don't think I'll change that.

Now the iS on the other hand........aluminum LSjuan is coming in the next few years.

[jeenyus]

Did M3s only come in 4 colors?

Congrats on the purchase. It's gotta be so awesome! Now I guess all you need to do is put an S54 in there. ;)

[jeenyus]

Did M3s only come in 4 colors?

Congrats on the purchase. It's gotta be so awesome! Now I guess all you need to do is put an S54 in there. ;)

[AWDBOB]

Fantastic.. congratulations

Thank you!

Congrats Bob! I still remember the thrill I had when I first brought mine home...

Thanks, Joe! It really is quite the thrill- a stressful but rewarding experience. The car is getting sent back to PA where my Father is going to do some clean up while I buy a house and get some more garage space (and because he's bored and loves these cars as much as we all do but won't purchase one).

So updates will be slow at first until I have time to fly home, refresh the drivetrain and drive it back to Indiana to start the restoration process.

[IronJoe]

Congrats Bob! I still remember the thrill I had when I first brought mine home...

[Alpina]

Fantastic.. congratulations

[AWDBOB]

Your car came with Natur interior but the other seats look much darker. They look like they've been recovered with a tan vinyl.

Those are convertible seats, and the seat on the left (which looks like the drivers seat) in the picture looks like the right upper bolster was covered over damaged foam. Not the most quality job, but if they're cheap enough they still might be worth while picking up. The colour is certainly not the same.

I thought these vert seats were natur like the m seats but I had a funny feeling about it and I really think they're a different shade. They'd look close, but next to my back seat they'd look totally off. I saw that about the drivers bolster iXguido.

I was looking for vert seats to throw in for the time being but I have spare sports seats I'm just going to throw in when the time comes to restore the M3 seats. Figured I'd try to make it look "correct" for the mean time but I don't think that's gonna happen now.

Thanks gents.

[iXguido]

Those are convertible seats, and the seat on the left (which looks like the drivers seat) in the picture looks like the right upper bolster was covered over damaged foam. Not the most quality job, but if they're cheap enough they still might be worth while picking up. The colour is certainly not the same.

[reelizmpro]

Your car came with Natur interior but the other seats look much darker. They look like they've been recovered with a tan vinyl.

[AWDBOB]

Gents,

This is my interior. There are some nice seats for sale semi-locally. Are they the same color as my interior? They look darker but I don't know if that is just because mine are faded. Forgive me for not embedding, I'm on my mobile

My interior: https://flic.kr/p/QisBLJ

The seats: https://flic.kr/p/PU1U5M

[AWDBOB]

Ah, too bad. The market is faster/more fierce closer to the hub (especially north side) but there's a lot of options at least. Hopefully something comes along.

There is a DIY garage on the east side of town (Lawrence), if that helps at all. Besides fighting Fishers traffic, it shouldn't be too bad to get to.

Sounds good. We did a head swap (with new HG of course) in 4 hours on the hot race car in the paddock in July, although a S14 may be more involved than M20 (not sure) and obviously more careful operation with it.

Excellent. You are not too far away to drop down for cruise-in's at Reggie's Motorwerks when it gets warmer (he has a BMW-focused enthusiast shop and CCA Director).

I'm hoping something comes along soon! The thought of having a nice, tall external two bay with a lift in it plays through my mind several times a day.

I saw that DIY garage in Lawrence! Such a cool idea. I am going to keep that as an option, although the down time from removing the head and sending it out for rebuild makes that option tricky. You are right though, it's not bad to get to at all.

I have done quite a few head gaskets jobs in various cars, but for some reason, the price tag of the S14 scares me, although it's a pretty straight forward 4cyl head gasket job from what I can otherwise tell.

What I really just need is a space to work. I don't feel comfortable just doing a HG on it and not addressing everything else while I'm in there (OCD comes first), which makes me not want to start anything until I really have the space to tear into it.

I cannot wait to actually get out and drive an e30 again (what will probably be the iS first)! The iS really only needs a timing belt before I can start driving it. Perhaps I should knock that out this weekend and start cruising it to get back in the sprit/start attending the cruises at least. I built ground controls for it, an adjustable subframe, have a 3.73 LSD for it, a 5sp swap, etc, all just waiting to go on.

Reggies actually showed up on the M3s carfax a few times! Looks like it was taken there for a valve adjustment last year.

Would love to come check this thing out as I am also in the Indianapolis area! Looks great! Indiana does have some random finds out there

Absolutely! Indiana is interesting- where I am located it is still backwoodsey to where the best way to find a car is to drive around on a Saturday, as half of these folks don't have the internet or any thought of getting it. There's a white e21 and a yellow e28 with alpina wheels down the road from me that I'm waiting to buy until I have the space. Both just sitting in driveway and a yard, respectively.

Check with dealer sometimes parts with a commercial account can be cheaper than other places.

Good call, I will try to find a dealer connect out here.

How did you decide the head gasket is bad? s14 motors tend to get loose exhaust studs and you hear a ticking that goes away when you tighten things up. If you did a compression/leakdown test that would be a clear indicator of course. I bought an 87 325is from Indy a couple years ago that I should have kept. Gave it to my son as a graduation present from engineering school. He sold it in Oregon and bought an e36 M3.

Well for starters, the car builds an insane amount of pressure in the cooling system when cranked/ran.


Oh man, selling a 325iS for an E36 M3 feels wrong! There are some decent cars out this way!

If you get really jammed up there is a s14b23 for sale in Charlotte but its pricey.

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/pts/5935780802.html

Good look, thank you! All in all, that's really not a bad price for a rebuilt S14 if he's got paperwork. I'm going to stick it out with this car, it's just going to be a while before I get to it.