my kraut burner

[hakhawk]

its almost done, more bog and sanding today, gotta finish a few spots tomorrow, but hit it with some primer before, looks good.

[hakhawk]

bumpers getting closer to being fixed



and the motors slowly piecing together, waiting on some valve springs, then itll pretty much fall together

[Minuki]

This is pretty sick. I like the wheels too, gives it a sort of classic look

[EThirtySicks]

Looks pretty good so far.

[hakhawk]

cheers, will be much cleaner in a month or so

[13tsp]

I kinda like the wheels, they look allright, car is clean.
Keep up the good work.

[hakhawk]

slowly getting this bumper repaired. bit at a time

still have more to go on the back, gonna make it nice and strong



lay some more bits of glass in the front areas before i bog it smooth



random pic i took today, really needto get the front painted




should get my head back tomorrow, and bearings and some more bits this week, so motor should start coming together on the weekend, cant wait to have it back on the road

[audi666]

mmmh looking good..

[magoo_lc1]

I like the car and wheels, looks great to me

[Hotrun_bb]

awesome build!

[UnitedWeStance...]

Nice ride! I think the wheels fit the car very nicely! Will be watching for updates!

[ollycarbs]

hey thanks for the rates, is it really stiff or still a bit confortable, i will put the 250lb in the rear and re-order some 350lb for the front.

so far i have all the 323i drivetrain hardware components, it misses some balljoints, handbrake cables and other little parts, i weld some coilover conversion kits on the front strut housings and i shorten them from 1,5" to fit E30 shocks, i won Bilstein B6 for E30 yesterday on ebay.de so i expect to build all that in early march.
i still have to find a company to zincplate the front strut housings.

for the wheels, i had some wide 13" french 3 pieces wheels for years named PLS 413 but it is too small for E21 or my other project (B1 passat) so i found a guy having some wide PLS Le Mans (for the story, i am native from Le Mans) in 15" wanting some 13" for his mk1 golf, we trade yesterday but the guy is from where my mum lives at 600kms from me so i will have my wheels in 3 weeks now, when she will come back working there... the wheels are something like 7,5 and 9x15" in good condition and with big tires... i will swap the 195/50 off of the front on the 9" and throw out the 225/50 to put 185/45 on the 7.5"...
the new wheels:



wow, with all i said i think i really have to do my own thread!
Sorry!

Can't wait to see your car with roof and front end colour matched!
Thanks,

[hakhawk]

will keep an eye out for your thread then, always good to see another neat e21.

i going to hopefully paint the roof and front end soon, so it all matches.

im running 350lb up front, and 250lb in the rear(with factory swaybar)

what wheels did you go with?

[ollycarbs]

fuuuuck!
awesome! i did never seen this thread and i planned to order the exact same wheels as you (the 513s), it would be great but fotunatley i found something different!
really clean E21, can't wait to show you mine in the "build threads", some weeks and i will have a some things to show!
have a question, what rate of spring do you use?
i ordered some 250lbs for front and 200 for rear, my friend riding a 6cyl told me it was really to soft, i ride a 4cyl and i do not mount them yet so before re-order some springs i wanted to ask.

again, really clean and nice looking E21!

[hakhawk]

Good work!

(note the nice big crack in it!!, you know, coz i luuuurve fibreglassing :p)

cant wait til its on tho