part one - 1984 318i

[Farbin Kaiber]

Cell phone shot. Starting to re-assemble.

[Farbin Kaiber]

New shots, and updated work comming on thursday evening.

[Brinkley]

How is your project coming Farbin? have you dealt with the rust issues yet?

[M42Technik]

Thank you for being nice to him, he is getting owned elsewhere. I was about to "search smilie" him.

I figured as much. I give noobs a chance because we were all there once. Think about it, 4 years ago I didn't know what an E30 was. Anyways, its always nice to give them common courtesy the first few times. Then they learn to search more.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Not exactly. And if you use E36 front suspension components your wheels will fit farther back in the wheel wells. Check the 5 lug forum here for more info.

Thank you for being nice to him, he is getting owned elsewhere. I was about to "search smilie" him.

[M42Technik]

so can you just swap everything from a z3 to an e30 to make it 5lug? including brakes?

Not exactly. And if you use E36 front suspension components your wheels will fit farther back in the wheel wells. Check the 5 lug forum here for more info.

so can you just swap everything from a z3 to an e30 to make it 5lug? including brakes?

[Farbin Kaiber]

Well, as of this morning at work I'm thinking about picking up a six pack of Monster Java Mean Beans, (they are like crack, stay away, I quit smoking, picked up a Monster habit) and going to town this weekend. Hoping to have some updates for you all on sunday night.

[scBeamer803]

wow, great progress!!! i'm subscribed!!! keep up the good work.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Welcome to my new home. Thanks MR 325. New updates comming this week. Fenders, electrical, front bumper, and, paint in the works.

[uofom3]

how the hell did I miss this? great project!

[einstein57]

lookin good. don't forget to remove the nuts on the strut mounts so they don't chip the final coat when you swap your suspension. I was thinking of doing a bedliner finish when i do my stroker since it would be chip proof and easy to keep clean. I've got three junk buyers looking for m roadsters. plenty of regular z3's but only one m roadster that had a little to much front end damage. jsut to give you an idea this sold for $3250. Let me know if you just want a standard z3 suspension. i got a complete coilover suspension for my mk4 gti for $600 last year.

[DEV0 E30]

Clean engine bays make me happy.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Now, Update photos.

































Not the most favorable finish. I plan to sand with fine grit, respray with another type of paint. The stuff I got didn't lay out quite how I had expected. Yeah, I know there are some areas without paint, but like I said, it's gonna get sanded.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Right, not left.

Sorry, you are right. I had been sitting in front of the car car cutting them off, and like a dumb ass I used my mind's eye to type that post.