Procrastination...

[Mtriple]

No problem removing the bumper with or w/o the trim. Now you need some MINT seats :)

Exactly! I cant decide if I want to order some new covers from Artisan or just order some Recaros in leather...

[hugh jass]

nice wheels!

[hi its me alec]

Can I take pictures for you when this project is somewhat done?

I love everything about the car :)

[Il Duce]

Tasteful as always- Looks great! Alpine white and e38 rims go together like alpinewhite on rice. Best of luck w/ the rest of the project!

[Mtriple]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Alec, that would be great! Now that I'm driving it, maybe I'll catch you down at Uni with the rest of the euro crowd.

[Gobig_us]

Congrat's on building another sweet ride. Your attention to detail is superb. Are you going to do any kinda rebuild/freshening to the motor before the turbo goes in?

After you've driven her for awhile, if you don't mind, tell me how you like your GC, Koni coilover combination? I'm running H&R Race and Bilstein sport and I'm not totally sold on my setup. It would be nice if I had some adjustability.

[UNHCLL]

You're car knows it's so hot, it has an e-brake erection.

Clean it up nice when you do the TCD install. I want my next car to be better than the "original" white car... we all know it will get used more.

Sooo, ~ 12 weeks til you're ready to sell? ;)

Lookd great Bob, very nice.

[Mtriple]

You're car knows it's so hot, it has an e-brake erection.

Clean it up nice when you do the TCD install. I want my next car to be better than the "original" white car... we all know it will get used more.

Sooo, ~ 12 weeks til you're ready to sell? ;)

Lookd great Bob, very nice.

Haha, its funny you noticed that. I fixed the ebrake this morning as it was driving me nuts.

12 weeks will put us into late november and I dont want to take a chance driving the M3 home in a snowstorm after we trade cars...

:p

[iwantspeed]

I've been at work for an hour and I'm still smiling. It feels so good to be driving it and now I'm really motivated to get the turbo installed.

congrats
whats the next step?
trim piece for the bumper
finish up the interior
then turbo?

[Mtriple]

congrats
whats the next step?
trim piece for the bumper
finish up the interior
then turbo?

Trim is on as of this afternoon and ebrake erection corrected, IS lip going on tomorrow, work on the interior this weekend, and then just drive it for a while. I will most likely start the turbo install in October some time...

[atomic]

Nice job Bob!

Glad to finally see it OFF of jackstands and on the road killing bugs...

:up: :up:

[el bob]

Top notch work :)

[FredK]

Congrats on getting the car on the road!

I want my next car to be better than the "original" white car... we all know it will get used more.

:giggle:

[Mtriple]

Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it...

Spent some more time in the garage today trying to get the interior back together now that I'm driving it. I worked on Dynamatting the rest of the rear of the car minus the trunk area. My goal is to just try and make the car interior as quiet a possible without going overboard with the sound deadener.

Everything you see here is just a single layer for the most part on both interior and exterior surfaces. After a brief test drive tonight I was pleasantly surprised at how quiet the interior has become. It was well worth the effort.



Back in the day I used to compete in car stereo competitions and would spend months just sound deadening a car. I took one of the tricks that we used to use and applied it here as it works very very well. Just get some fiberfill from your local fabric store, buy a box of kitchen garbage bags, and fill accordingly. Squeeze all of the air out of the bag and seal with a zip tie. Now you have a vacuum sealed bag that you can mold into just about any shape. Take the bags and pack any voids that you wish. Try not to puncture the bag as it will expand and you also dont want this stuff to get wet at all.







And then seal the cavity with more dynamat.





I painted my very faded and very blue rear parcel shelf with Duplicolor fabric paint. Worked well...



Finally installed my mint rear seats with skipass/armrest/headrest that I bought about a year and a half ago. Its nice to finally see this stuff going in the car instead of just sitting in the basement.



And then while on my test drive tonight I snapped a few pictures.





wow, I guess I should have grapped the tripod...

[Il Duce]

OH MAN that thing is CLEAN. Looking amazing.... You're setting up to out-do your other white car. Excellent work.