Grandpa E30 full over haul

[adrenalin]

Well in process of fixing up my daily shitter and thought i would put up some pics.

Bought the car bout 2 years ago and was just a cheap run around car.

Motor finally gave in so dad and i ripped it out and put the original 2.3 ltr out of my red e30 into it however we also rebuilt it ( rings \ bearings etc )

Anyway have now decided to finally finish off the whole thing so have ripped out all the interior. Front panels \ bonnet etc are all off so can respray it the blue my old e30 was.

Anyway have had the interior all fixed up

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/IMG_3331.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/IMG_3332.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/IMG_3334.jpg

Panel was covered in rust and what not so now all sanded back and filled
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/IMG_3335.jpg


Interior now all fixed up and re done thanks to classic trimmers in morley
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/IMG_3338.jpg

Genuine E30 Recaro's now recovered
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/IMG_3340.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/IMG_3341.jpg

And this is what colour i will be respraying it. ( Same as my old blue e30 )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/P1010016.jpg

Just waiting on new carpet to arrive then interior can be put back together.

Then its a matter of spraying the car panel by panel

Current specs of car.

Rebuilt 2.3 ltr with high comp pistons
Custom Fade + rusted diamondshwartz metallic
Factory BMW LSD
Some crappy Mp3 Deck
Cheap shitty 15" rims which have been redone in silver

Back up rims are the BBS in the blue e30 which are sitting in garage as track rims for red one

[masTers]

Looks pretty tuff dude, good fun to drive? Nice color choice

[adrenalin]

Yea its pretty fun to drive.

Even taken it on AHG for shit and giggles.

Suspension was to crap
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v323/67/38/633471732/n633471732_964321_1771.jpg

Actually broke the seat when i flicked it sideways on the track ( the bolt on that holds seat to rail sheared off

[Basic]

Looks good. I always wanted an E30 but I ended up with an E34, the dash in that minus the cluster looks exactly the same as in my car lol. Are those rims really 15" they look big?

[TTZ]

nice daily, how much was the retrim? my E36 could do with some retrimmed front seats

[adrenalin]

Yea definately 15's. And if you think they look big i have 17's on my other one.

For everything Front seats \ rear seats \ all door panels \ rear shelf was around 1300

[miss mkiv]

Hi Kizz! Renae ere.. Good to see you're getting those projects on track haha. that metallic blue is really nice

[Skitzo]

Hi Kizz! Renae ere.. Good to see you're getting those projects on track haha. that metallic blue is really nice

Please put up pictures of your supra in the toyota hotness thread.

[SINISTR]

nice.. was about to ask who redid the seats and then read it was Classic Motor Trimmers. Whats that material called thats on the seats? something they stock?

[adrenalin]

Yea not sure exactly but it was as close as i could get to the original Recaro material.

and hey renae hows the supra :)

Agree should be in hotness thread

This weekend old carpet coming out and fixing surface rust and also hopefully start prepping front panels \ bonet \ 4 doors \ bootlid for respray

[kurbn]

wow @ the seats!

the work you put into your cars never seizes to amaze me, will follow this thread closely!

is that the same blue as your E30 that got totaled on roe hwy? Was a nice classy colour :)

what ever happened to the red one? looked like a bloody nice car!

[adrenalin]

wow @ the seats!

the work you put into your cars never seizes to amaze me, will follow this thread closely!

is that the same blue as your E30 that got totaled on roe hwy? Was a nice classy colour :)

what ever happened to the red one? looked like a bloody nice car!

Yea same blue colour. I was half way through respraying that E30 when i wrote it off. Have 3 litres of paint left hence respraying the black one that colour.


Red e30 i still have it doesnt move to much. This weekend goes in for new exhaust. Hasnt been seen for ages as i put M3 cams into the motor which werent timed properly and ended up shearing the cam gear off the intake cam off.

[adrenalin]

Base of bonnet ( have new heat shield pads coming )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3343%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Front bar sanded and rubbed back
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3344%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Front fender sanded ( Can see rust under where the indicator would go )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3345%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Other fender ready to go
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3346%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Bonnet sanded back ( parts where its bare metal is due to rust )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3350%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Inside bonet scraped \ sanded \ glue removed ready to go
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3352%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Rust cut out \ plate welded in and filled
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3354%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Front bar undercoated
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3356%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Bonnet undercoated
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3358%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

The colour ( Front fenders \ front bar \ under bonnet all done )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_0205.JPG

Will put up pics of rest soon and should have bonnet finished this week.

Moving onto driver side doors \ rear 1\4 panel and boot this week

[adrenalin]

Proper pics

Under bonnet finished ( just waiting for pads to arrive )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3474%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Front bar done ( if people are wondering why its bubbly its meant to be. Its stone chip protection and its how the front bar \ underneath the sides of E30 are.
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3476%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Fenders
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3477%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3478%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

Side begins
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/2/IMG_3479%20%5b800x600%5d.JPG

[ecent]

Paint looks immaculate mate.

[adrenalin]

Paint looks immaculate mate.

Cheers

Just ordered set of bilstein's with Eibach Pro springs.

So this will all go into red e30 and the red e30 suspension into the black one

( bilstein shocks & King spring lows )

Bonnet should be finished and on this weekend and hopefully start on doors and the door wells.

[adrenalin]

Finally got the bonnet sorted

ready to be sprayed
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/3/IMG_3522.jpg

rear end pulled apart ( lots of rust )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/3/IMG_3529.jpg

Driver side door well done
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/3/IMG_3527.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/3/IMG_3530.jpg

Driver side door done
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/3/IMG_3532.jpg

boot done
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/3/IMG_3533.jpg

So far acheived.
Front bar
Bonnet ( hinges + brackets )
Boot
Driver side door
driver side door well.

This week will do driver side rear door + door well as well as the top - front of the engine bay so i can start to reassemble the front of the car.

[adrenalin]

New update.

Alot of work has been done.

Bonnet + Front side drivers door is on.

Panels arent going on till new springs + bilsteins are installed as its easier to install them with fenders off.

Drivers side rear door is off and has been disasembled \ under coated \ filled and ready to be spray painted.

The rear driver side of the car has had dent knocked out \ filled and is undercoated ready to go.

The rear of the car has had rust cut out and new plate welded in ( Still need to finish off ) however most of it is ready for spray paint.

This weekend hope to have rear \ drivers side \ and door all sprayed and put back together.

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs114.snc3/16161_195498391732_633471732_3067296_6238198_n.jpg

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Photos taken on iphone so there pretty shit.

Will put up proper ones on weekend.

[Nic_A31]

Good shit dude.

Do you get any complaints about spraying in your driveway ?
and what size compressor are you using?

[adrenalin]

If i do i dont know she doesnt speak english

Compresser is 8 cubic foot if that helps.

[e30_power]

fuck yeh man that is sick! paint work is awsume!!

[adrenalin]

few more shit ones with panels on

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs114.snc3/16161_198430276732_633471732_3079065_4753552_n.jpg

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there not aligned correctly yet just sitting on there loosely. Still needs to be buffed back then polished.

[adrenalin]

few proper pics

Drivers side rear door done
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/4/IMG_4525.JPG

Rear end of car done
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/4/IMG_4528.JPG

Start of back end
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/4/IMG_4529.JPG

drivers side inside door way done
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/4/IMG_4538.JPG


At the end once everything done need to be buffed to get rid of orange peel as well as some swirl mark remover.

[mika]

nice work man! looks sick hey! cant wait to see how it all turns out.

[cplagz]

Got a spare bonnet for me ?

[adrenalin]

Why the hell do you need a spare bonnet ?

And nah i dont sorry dude.

[adrenalin]

Bit more of an update

Have been lazy as its just been to bloody hot to spray the car

Rear end of the car is now complete

Around the rear window is done ( no rust at all which surprised me )

Inside the boot done

Rear passenger side 1\4 panel done.

All that is left is 2 drivers doors and to respray the roof again.

Some more pics

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/5/IMG_4947.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/5/IMG_4954.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/5/IMG_4955.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/5/IMG_4956.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/5/IMG_4958.jpg

Still not sure what i want to do engine wise.

Currently has a brand new rebuilt 2.3.

I still have turbo setup for this motor however also contemplating buying a 2.5 ltr and turboing that ( after probs with marc's 2.7 has put me off doing stroker turbo )

[Sully]

afaik it's not the stroker part that's been causing the problems, it's more the complication of turboing a car that was never supposed to be FI and having the end result of good power and something that isn't going to blow up at every given opportunity.

a low boost m20 of any capacity is easy enough to do but once you start looking at 8-9+ psi you're going to run into something that looks like a wall of money and all of it used to belong to you.

[adrenalin]

Finally got around to some pics and bit of an update on the car

New carpet going in
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/Carpet.jpg

Front
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/Front1.jpg

Rear
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/Rear1.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/rear2.jpg

Rear passenger door
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/door.JPG

Side on ( rear needs to be resprayed )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/side.jpg

Wheel well ( resprayed inside black and has new Bilstein shockies in )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/wheel.jpg

Next major problem is all this rust in the floor to fix ( passenger side )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/Rust.jpg

White patch on driver side is all the rust on that side fixed ( ie cut out a square and weld in new plate )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/6/inside.jpg

[evil.e30]

nice :)
starting to come together,
how long until its complete?

[adrenalin]

Right most of it is now finished.

Roof and around front windscreen left to do.

Reassemble the interior

New suspension in
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/7/IMG_7384%20(Large).JPG

Getting ready to do inside doors
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/7/IMG_7385%20(Large).JPG

Inside done ( rust holes cut out and new bits of metal welded in )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/7/IMG_7390%20(Large).JPG

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/7/IMG_7392%20(Large).JPG


And how she looks as of 30 mins ago
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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs181.ash2/44440_422084931732_633471732_5008124_5728826_n.jpg

Last few mods to do is change springs over and lower it. Put the old school BBS rims on it and tint windows.

[c.rusli]

i love your restoration work!
first dibs if your selling it :p

[Passage GT]

looks the goods dude
when you welded in the floor on drivers side, what did you do to match up odd shaped floor with flat piece of plate?
need to do the drivers side floor on my gq but it's odd shaped and i think beating a piece into shape would be a pain in the arse
also what welder did you use?
cheers dude

[adrenalin]

looks the goods dude
when you welded in the floor on drivers side, what did you do to match up odd shaped floor with flat piece of plate?
need to do the drivers side floor on my gq but it's odd shaped and i think beating a piece into shape would be a pain in the arse
also what welder did you use?
cheers dude


Yep pretty much had a sheet of metal. Go over it with an angle grinder and a rough disc ( eats rust ).

Go over it with some wax \ grease \ dirt remover

If you can get a really long Screw Driver.

Hold one side down firmly then using mig Welder start other side and weld it in.

Once you done one side easy enough to do the rest.

Originally was trying with Oxy Acetylene set but it kept warping the metal as it gets to hot.

Mig Welder def way to go and we bought one off ebay for bout $140 and it has worked a treat.

[adrenalin]

Oh and i will prob sell the car at end of the year or beginning of next year

[adrenalin]

Finished assembling most of the rear together

Lights plugged in
Antenna plugged in
Put all the bits of carpet trim in
Plastic strip sprayed and put in
Boot light connected
Sound deadening cut and put into the holes

Few pics of the 2 E30's together.

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/cars1.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/cars2.jpg

[adrenalin]

Proper pics and updates

Door trim on
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/doortrim.jpg

Front buffed
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/front.jpg

Sound deadening in
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/frontsound.jpg

Inside of car sprayed and ready for sound deadening
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/gearbox.jpg

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/inside.jpg

Rear sound deadening ( almost finished cutting it )
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/rearsound.jpg

Finally the rear seats for red e30 ( took material off E36 M3 seats and got it put onto the E30 seats ). Also with the rest of interior
http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/interior.jpg

[cplagz]

im stealing your door trims ok?

[adrenalin]

im stealing your door trims ok?

Trade you for turbo setup ?

Classic motor trimmers did it and for fuck all as well if that helps.

[cplagz]

haha negative! I dunno - might just go the carbon performance trims instead.

[adrenalin]

haha negative! I dunno - might just go the carbon performance trims instead.

Flat carbon fibre panels ?

If so there pretty bombed.

[adrenalin]

Dummy fitting

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/9/1.jpg

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http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/9/3.jpg

[Klutch]

looks like your old one...but cleaner :D

[adrenalin]

looks like your old one...but cleaner :D

Thanks matt.

Slower as well and quieter

[adrenalin]

Well

Some really awesome news today :)

Car was started and driven for first time in over a year ! Took a bit to get it going but it is all sweet.

Interior is getting closer and closer. Rear is completely done ( carpet \ seats \ parcel shelf \ door trims \ seat belts etc.

Front wise i just got to put carpet in the front section ( have to cut it to fit around gear lever which will be an absolute bastard ) and finally the driver side door trim to be fitted.

Car is literally 1 - 2 weeks max away.

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/10/IMG_0002%20(Large).JPG

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/10/IMG_0003%20(Large).JPG

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/10/IMG_0005%20(Large).JPG

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http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/10/IMG_0010%20(Large).JPG

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/10/IMG_0012%20(Large).JPG

Oh and some comparison pics

http://a432.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/96/l_262b1a9f8c8d8fce23eb75e4ad809c4f.jpg

vs

http://members.ii.net/~Herrald/Grandpa/8/front.jpg