1990 325is oem+ Now turbo (Video)

[Iloveboost]

I think this may be my favorite build on this forum. The detail, pictures and effort put in are very admirable. Good work all around

WoW ! I really appreciate what you said .
since there are many other thread that are really amazing , I am happy that you like my work !

thanks a lot !!

so Pootis, the grill is not « your cup of tea » haha ?

[Pootis]

Yeah that grill has to go. Love the rest!

[Slybeanx]

I think this may be my favorite build on this forum. The detail, pictures and effort put in are very admirable. Good work all around

[Iloveboost]

Car looks fantastic, and looks like it's finally warming up a bit weather wise. Hope you can get out and show it off now

The last 3 pictures are the « before »...

[Albie325]

Car looks fantastic, and looks like it's finally warming up a bit weather wise. Hope you can get out and show it off now

[Iloveboost]

I have taken few minute to get the car outside for better all around picture ! I am very happy about the result of all my work ! Difficult to believe that more than 300hours has been put on the car when I compare to the « before » . All the little thing I have change make the car looking prefect to my taste( beside the wheel that I will change soon)

[Iloveboost]

Very little update ! I have polish the car (counpound) . It was very needed because the car has accumulate lot of paint fume during the winter even if I have protected it . So I wash the car with solvent mask every black thing, Buff it with my makita and then wax it. It was not a real 3 step counpound. I did only one step since 3step was not needed + I hate doing this haha ! I have come to conclusion that maybe I will not be able to get fresh new wheel and tire for the season opening so I give a little refresh to my oem wheel . I know it’s on winter tire but there almost gone and I planed to get new wheel buy the end of April . I do not have full picture by now but here is how it sit ! I will take the car outside to get better picture of the whole car in the next days ! Im in the process of deleeting the DRL. Since my car is Canadian , the drl is factory install . I want to get rid of it. Can someone tell me how ? I have made many research without result. Thanks !

[Northern]

FYI most Hella smiley low beam parts interchange with the Depo smileys. The Depo is pretty much a direct knockoff of the Hella part, I think nearly all of it is interchangeable

[Iloveboost]

I've always been tempted to pickup a set of depo lights but heard quality and cutoff are bad. Not sure I'm digging the color matched grill but interested to see it installed. That's the first thing I have questioned in your build so far. Excellent work

The Depo light quality is not as good as oem but certainly much better than any « eBay style » other light.

Depo is still a good brand on the aftermarket light world .
for the price , I can’t complain . If they don’t last long . I will certainly buy some froid use oem ( hope to not learn that way haha)

for the grill , I’m not sur about it too .
My chrome one was very used and stonechiped.
i bought some all back one and didn’t like the look .
sinxe i cant make chrome by my self , the easy way was to paint it . if I can’t live with it , I will endure it for this summer and when I will make the complete color change I will add the front grill in the (already very long) list of new parts to order !

i will update bette view picture when I will finish polish it ( explain later )

[Pootis]

I've always been tempted to pickup a set of depo lights but heard quality and cutoff are bad. Not sure I'm digging the color matched grill but interested to see it installed. That's the first thing I have questioned in your build so far. Excellent work

[efficient]

very nice makes me want to work on my e30 that just sitting.

[Iloveboost]

Just making test with tapatalk ( since day one I make this thread by going with my PC ) If this work it will be very easy/faster for me to make the updates !

[Iloveboost]

little update !

i refresh the look of the front grill by :
clean them
scuff it with sotchbrite
adesion promoter
trim black by SEM






reassemble the centergrill




i receive my DEPO new headlight. i know they are not like the HELLA smiley but for half the price, ( new vs used) i give it a try !



( for those who want to know. they look cheap.. not quality and solide to compare with oem hella or bosch..)at least the lens are Glass !

i had to swich the conector from sealbeam to 9005/9006.
good thing i have some connector laying around in the garage !







i give a little coat of trim black on the moulding on the bumper the lazy way.. ( not remove them)




( did the rear one as well)


i polish the front flasher lens.
the picture show the before ( 270000 km of use ) vs the polish one
sanded - 800-1000-1500-2000 then polish it !






the front end came out good looking !


i want to mention that almost everything i do for the ''look'' of the car(exept the rust repair than i do 100% correctly), i dont do it by my standard. i mean. since i will change the color of the car next winter, i dont go all in with the paint and touch-up here and there . i use economy materiel to have the eye-catching good looking.

i still do thing the good way .
in the end, the e30 look incredible in compare of many others.

when i will do the color change, i will do the thing the way i want with better product and no corner will be cut !

last thing. i spend little time in the past few days to look about other build. some are crazy ! like jordan one and 2-3 other who almost do the same. it amazing ! i wish one day i could do the same !

[Tzantushka]

Impressive.
And impressive on the 3D Cardboard Aided Design!

[jsta1109]

Wow... for $25 that's a decent result. Following this thread makes me feel really lazy.