Project finished - 'MY22' 318is - bare metal, nut and bolt restoration

[Nick_S]

The older I get, the more I value quiet in a car.

[Melon]

Going to be as quiet as a Renaisance cathedral in there!

Also, interesting build date tag, mine never had one.

[burkey001]

dat ist buuutiful!

thanks, everyone needs projects... idle hands and all... :)

Great work Burkey! Good to see the car coming together over here (after the demise of the old EUROCCA / BMWforums, and lost threads there).

Have you settled 100% on the engine?

ie. is there going to be a ground breaking (for an e30) 2019 drivetrain or are you sticking with M42?

Best
Luke

Hey, thanks Luke.
Yes, it's a bummer the old builds have been lost... Regarding the engine I think I'm pretty happy with an M42, because this car doesn't need to be fast and I was pretty fine with how my old 318is drove.
That said, if I can find a nice, late model, low KM S54 then that is a possibility but it's not a priority. This is just supposed to be a nice weekender, pop Mrs Burkey001 and the doggo in and off we go... :)

[burkey001]

So this post begins with the ideals of making this 30 year old shell a little quieter and a little more refined, like an MY19 model car should be… This entails the mass loading panels, resonance control, sound and heat minimisation…
I am using three products for this, used in various configurations around the car with the decision criteria of “how much?’ being determined by how much space is available.
Product 1 – is an aluminium and butyl composite. About 3mm thick in total
Product 2 is a laminate of open and closed cell foam. 12mm thick
Product 3 is a mass loaded, closed cell foam. 6mm thick
Product is from a local supplier, carbuilders.com.au, but it has very strong similarities to Dynamat Extreme and Dynaliner. Besides the logos very hard to tell the difference.

The intent is to cover the entire interior at the very least in 1 layer of Product 1.
The roof will get some wide strips of the 12mm foam as well, but with gaps to allow the headiner bars to be installed and not bind.
The doors will get a lot of everything, there’s quite a lot of space in there.
The boot will get as much as can be fitted under the trim, ditto the floor pan and firewall
The rear quarters will also be jammed full of it


Now one of the things I wanted to be aware of, particularly when putting down the alloy/butyl base was to not block any drip / drainage paths or holes. I will be treating these channels and areas with more 3M cavity wax as needed.
First layer going down around the cabin



Starting on the floor pan too
Make sure clean first…


More boot action



One of the things I’m thinking about here is that there are some parts of the car that I will want to see as being orange when I pull trim away. Example, when I pull the carpet up in the boot, I want to see orange, not sound deadener. So the boot floor will get the sound insulation incorporated into the carpet matt. Another example is the seat back. Not quite sure whether I want to see orange in the boot or when someone pulls up the rear seat…. Insignificant stuff really but it all needs planning. I went to the effort of having the entire car painted, so whilst I want it sound deadened and quiet I don’t want it at the expense of not ‘seeing that hard work’ or something like that…

Interior continues


Now we’re getting to the second 12mm layer in a few areas. Stuff sticks pretty well. Wherever there is space, multiple layers going in…


Stuff is very thick, and it’s difficult to confirm to very cimplex shapes in large sheets. So, sometimes it all looks a little messy until you get the third layer with the thinner 6mm stuff

Looking better now




As we’re at the back, time to deploy the cavity wax into the nooks and crannies.
This stuff https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/collisio...vity-wax-plus/ is great



Making sure the battery vent is installed neatly and protected

inside the blower / wiper area under the cowl. I need to take the masking tape off the threads



Put the build tag back on… perfect

That will do :)

[lukeADE335i]

Great work Burkey! Good to see the car coming together over here (after the demise of the old EUROCCA / BMWforums, and lost threads there).

Have you settled 100% on the engine?

ie. is there going to be a ground breaking (for an e30) 2019 drivetrain or are you sticking with M42?

Best
Luke

[abit]

dat ist buuutiful!

[Nalex]

That’s pretty nice ��

[Nick_S]

Good jesus man. You're what we all aspire to be. The attention to detail in this makes my head spin. Can't wait to see the outcome.

[Melon]

Same

That orange would be eye searing to work with up close. I find with my Ducati after working on it (and particularly polishing it in the sun) due to the red content the colours that my eyes produced had changed.

It's not bad at all.

[flyboyx]

I think it is in the go advanced section.

[rturbo 930]

You used to be able to edit titles on here, but I'm trying it with an old thread of mine, and I can't figure it out. Maybe a mod has to do it.

[burkey001]

yeah, i know :)
how do i change that?

[rturbo 930]

So is anyone gonna point out that the title says "but and bolt" instead of "nut and bolt"?

[econti]

Looks great!

I appreciate the pics, I'll be able to use some as reference.

Same

That orange would be eye searing to work with up close. I find with my Ducati after working on it (and particularly polishing it in the sun) due to the red content the colours that my eyes produced had changed.

[Melon]

Looks great!

I appreciate the pics, I'll be able to use some as reference.