E30 Touring resto - Pic heavy

[Jozi]

Got the other side of the panel painted up, looks good as new again!


Painted another door, this time Mauritius blue with 5% (5gr per 100 gr of paint) metallic added.


It looks a bit light, which was to be expected with the extra metallic flake.

I've a fitment issue with the rear arches and tires getting in the way of each other, probably something your all used to?!

My rear beam is fitted with castor and camber plates so I can adjust either. Today I test fitted the rear beam with a wheel, 16x9 with 225/40 and 215/40 tires, to check for clearance with camber dialed out as much as the plates allow.




And 215/40 tires, iX arch flare also fitted.



I've already trimmed the lip back a bit, there's maybe 3mm left, I also intent to fold this up flat. And it also looks like I will need a slight flare for the wheel to tuck in under the arch. I was concerned the iX arch flares wouldn't work with a flared arch but it seems they can be trimmed back. Now to find someone who can roll and flare them

[Jozi]

Nothing major to update, to cold to work outside on the shell. Got a few small things done indoors:

These weren't really dirty to begin with but they got cleaned during the week, had a before pic but it looks now different


Started building up my lights, some of the Lamin-x needed trimming, new adjusters (I used an adjuster in place of the broken leveling control thing), just the rings to paint or powder coat silver and sort out the wash/wipe for them



Decided yesterday I was going to delete the side markers, made up plates and welded them in






I must have gone to fast even though it took me ages cause both panels warped a little Hopefully my bodywork man can sort that out.

Also straightened out the bottom edge of both wings


There's a little rust on both of them to sort out, then I'll paint the inside of them and get some stonechip or underseal on them.

[Poppy]

looking good!

[markshulikov]

proper build

[Jozi]

First update of the year, nearly a year since I started properly :

Some new parts arrived (most of it from DanThe - highly recommended) PAS pipes, Engine & Fan loom as well as heated mirrors, m52 airbox, Scorpion exhaust tips and new plates (from santy)




Recently discovered that the top slot in a air-con valance was just open/empty, didn't like this so I cut the middle and end bits from the slot of an old valance and got to work.




I can now fit 2 air-con grills :


Not that you will really see them with the tec2 apron on

Will have to order another one as the 2nd one I have can only be held on with zip ties.

Also got the key holes welded up (actually, my brother did them both)


With my brother back I'm hoping things will move a little faster, might even get a few mini's road worthy and a mini project finished as well :dance:

[Svenska94Aero]

Awesome progress, love the work man!

[Jozi]

I'm not sure what I've been at since the last update : Have a load of panels ready for some primer and then some paint and then underseal/stonechip for the wings and possible the valance.

My brother brought his mini home so he's no longer of any addition to me :p He's hoping to get various parts of his project (mostly his roof which was left without paint a year ago) cleaned up and ready for some primer. I'm hoping I can get my interior sorted so all can be painted at once.

Got started on removing all the sound proofing. Most of it came of handy-ish, a bit of heat with a heat gun and then a spatula to remove it.


Couple hrs later


Most of it came of fine with the exception of the boot floor, it must be different stuff here, heating it just made it soft.


There looked to be some rust around the bumper mounts on the back of the valance, spit of, bolts cut of and only some chipped paint and a little bit of surface rust. When the spit is back on I'll start cleaning back the roof skin for painting and the rest of the interior.

It's now also more of less a year since the first resto pics were taken

[miracLe]

This is going to be sick

[Neoki]

so diligent

[Jozi]

I got all the clips grommits etc removed from the interior, just the bonnet cable and some plugs left. Going to start cleaning up everything tomorrow, few little patches to tidy up and a small bit of welding. Roof needs a good strip down to clear of the rust left from the tray (none of which has started at the roof skin), some burnt plastic to clear as well and hopefully get something painted soon

Also got the lend of an arch roller, not really a clue how to use it properly. Got the lip folded up and the hump on the inner arch flattened. Does anyone know how much the suspension allows the wheel to travel up into the arches? I can just about tuck the rim in behind the arch before the tire rubs.




225/40 tires.

[125 Over]

WOW! envy 2 E30 touring.

[Bra1nl3ss]

That's dedication for ya. Looking forward to see the finished result, should be epic.
I'm looking to do a similar resto on my '94 e34 Touring, lots of inspiration here but also dread as, living where I live, I'm probably looking at the same amount of rust ( if not more).
Colourwise I think the Mauritus blue is a bit dark for our climate (with it being grey out most of the time), when I repaint my e34's I'll go with the Tobago blue (E31) it's quite a bit lighter then the Mauritius but not as light as the Estoril which I think better suits younger bmw's.

[Bra1nl3ss]

Subscribed!!

[Jozi]

2 tourings but one will be scrap unless someone wanted to take it with them.

Bra1nl3ss: I used to live in Barendrecht until my 15th, I could yet return someday, the work situation here is rubish! That's quite a nice colour, not many pics of it online though. I need to get myself to a paintshop and a dealer forecourt and get looking at colours again or it's just going to be painted mauritius blue.

[Jozi]

Little bit of progress made this week with the aim being to get the interior painted up (hopefully next week). I started out rubbing down the whole interior during the week, 5 or so afternoons later and the whole floor, boot, pillars and firewall have all been rubbed down with a scotch bright pad. I cleaned back all welded area's so the cheap crappy paint or primer was gone, any scabby area's, surface rust etc all cleaned up and treated with some Deox gel. Because the gel hardens out after awhile I covered it all up with cling film. The boot area was by far the biggest pain to do so far! Lots of shite left over from the sound deadening, dirt and grime all clung to the paint, was messy cleaning it all up and took by far the longest!

Rear seat and boot area:


Footwells and firewall:


Found loads of scabby paint around the tailgate under the rubber seal, all cleaned back and deox gel applied:




Loads of cling film in the boot, mostly welded area's from seam welding


The roof got a quick going over with the wirebrush and gel applied


The roof and lower edge are the only area's not rubbed down yet, I need to clean back the gel and treat what ever surface rust I find before rubbing this down and then thats the whole interior done. Want to make damn sure the roof skin is 100% clear from corrosion before it gets painted and the sunroof panel put back in. Hopefully paint next week, have some blue paint to go on, still deciding on a colour for outside.