My E36...

[ChristopherJason]

some quick work they do, nice looks like good work !

[pecs]

Holy smoke batman, there're quick.

[P78]

in for more

[244Brick]

Dayum! i wish i could treat my baby to a 5 star paint job. Well spent! IMO... Things like this is what sets your car from a nice bimmer to an absolutely gorgeous bimmer.

[James_w]

Really liking your car man. How did you go about removing the traction control ?

[Jack.]

I just have a 320 petrol that I put m sport wheels to pretend im fast

[BenKoflach]

Dayum! i wish i could treat my baby to a 5 star paint job. Well spent! IMO... Things like this is what sets your car from a nice bimmer to an absolutely gorgeous bimmer.

Thanks, that's what I'm hoping. It was starting to get quite rough around the edges, so it makes sense to sort it now and bring it out for show season.

Really liking your car man. How did you go about removing the traction control ?

Details below

And I removed my traction control - it didn't work anyway so it was un-needed clutter on the intake tract. The only parts needed are the intake elbow (£13.80 from the stealers) and a resistor to get rid of the ABS light, which I'm yet to sort out. I'd already removed the DSC cable, but as you can see the rest was simple-as, only took about 10 minutes.

Before:





Here you can see the butterfly itself:



To remove the old elbow, it's simply a case of tugging the breather pipe out of the bottom of it (mine came out easy, I think if I remember rightly from speaking to Sam his wasn't quite so straightforward).



Old vs. new:



With the traction control unbolted, you're then greeted with the throttle body:



I unbolted that, removed the bracket, then bolted it back up.



Then it was time to remove the motor and tie the wiring out the way:



FUN RUINER! :wink:



Cleared space, and wires tied out of the way:



And the finished article:



Bye bye!

[G535]

Great progress buddy. Are you going for a full respray? At this time of the year?

[BenKoflach]

Great progress buddy. Are you going for a full respray? At this time of the year?

Just exterior, the door shuts, interior and engine bay will be staying as they are as they're mint anyway. And yeah, time of year isn't ideal I know...

[James_w]

Thanks for that man. Don't suppose you have a part number for that new elbow ? And where did you find the LSD ? And how much did it cost you if you don't mind me asking ? Pm me if you prefer

Sorry for all the questions. But you've already done most of the things I want to get done to my car.

Cheers James

[Spados.]

my god. may sound stupid but I've never seen an e36 wagon. there not very common here in Australia. top job.

[BenKoflach]

Thanks for that man. Don't suppose you have a part number for that new elbow ? And where did you find the LSD ? And how much did it cost you if you don't mind me asking ? Pm me if you prefer

Sorry for all the questions. But you've already done most of the things I want to get done to my car.

Cheers James

I can't seem to find it, but it should be on here somewhere - you just want the intake boot from an earlier, non-traction control car. http://realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.do?mo...31&hg=66&fg=20

The LSD is a medium case one from a 3.0-litre M3. I picked it up for £300.

Hope that helps!

[tunermt]

looking good keep up the good work

[BenKoflach]

Just been pointed to the thread that RT are doing on bimmerforums

a small update on the work so far with the Performance Mag E36 restoration.
We ripped off the roof to repair the poorly filled holes but only to discover a nasty thick adhesive glue which needs removing.


Trust me it was not easy to get this crap off.
Then we began the strip!




And the amount of crap built up over the years from under the bumpers and skirts was unbelievable.

Then everything was taken outside to be jet blasted off to ensure nothing is going to come off when it's in the spray booth.

Once dried we continued to strip out the door handles, trims, badges, windows, weather strips and all rubber seals then finally chemically cleaned and wiped down.

Looks to me rather like they're doing a proper job :wink:

The thread is here: http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/...09/index3.html

[BenKoflach]

More news from RT!

Ben- I noted in another forum someone mentioned we're working really quick. TBH we're not. Stripping the car down is the easy bit and we're really taking our time doing your car in between our normal jobs.
The Prep work, filler and priming process is what we spend most of our time doing because it's actually the most important job of all for a good restoration.
Like everything else, there is a tool for every job and preparation is key.
We often do the filler work twice or three times to be sure it's totally settled before priming.
Anyway enough jibber jabber.

First filler work:



Second Filler work with a mist of high/low mask



In the fallowing pics, notice how we kept the lines of the car even though it's filled to the edge where a lot of the rust had been removed including the wheel arches which where very wavy where it's been pulled and now straightened and made even on both sides.







And dont forget the bumpers



Then a secondary clean and wipe down before masked to go into the booth for priming.








Then Primed