Back in another bimmer - e21 build

[99sil-teg]

Yeah slowly, my dad still has one of his, still have some parts though lol

[Franswa]

that's too bad ... this was coming along great ... so you got rid of all the e21 ?

[99sil-teg]

Build has been killed as I bought a 2002

[Franswa]

nice car, what does it look like now ?

[99sil-teg]

Well probably the first outside shot in a long time... still thinking about what to do for suspension. Also I'll be ditching the black mirrors and going with something older and chrome

[99sil-teg]

Your e30 looked really good, this one is getting there slowly but surely, and its a great build.

Thanks man, miss that e30 all the time but this one is way more fun to drive.

very nice build man, can't wait to see where this goes. what kind of paint did you use on that parcel shelf? looks really good!

I used Krylon Fusion paint because I had a couple cans laying around. It was satin black and I did 4 coats, one from every angle. Thanks btw!

[HighGravityWagon]

very nice build man, can't wait to see where this goes. what kind of paint did you use on that parcel shelf? looks really good!

[logyt]

Your e30 looked really good, this one is getting there slowly but surely, and its a great build.

[99sil-teg]

More interior stuff! I know everyone is waiting for me to drop it but that will be coming later haha.

Got a Non A/C console so I can delete all the AC crap. I also think it looks cleaner and has a more old school feel which is what I'm going for.

[244Brick]

i can't wait to see this at SoWo13

[99sil-teg]

sorry if this has been answered already, what steering wheel is that? I love it

Its a Momo Futura if I remember correctly. I've only personally seen two including this one, the other had a darker stain on it. I love this one and probably will never let it go haha.

So... its back from the dead lol. Thought about leaving stock... then thought about selling it... then decided to keep it and buy more parts haha. Yes its still in 4x4 status... yes I know I've been slacking lol.

So tomorrow I'm going to a local deal and decided to mess with it for the first time in awhile. Removed the back deck, cleaned it up and painted it black as it was driving me nuts.

It had some kind of dust on it.. no clue what but it turned it like tan



Then I took a vacuum to it



Then I painted it black and reinstalled



Next up was swapping in black door panels, before I had some with cloth inserts but got tired of them.




Now plans for the Winter. I'm driving the car from MO to GA for Sowo 13 so I have a good list of crap to do lol.

Putting a rebuilt motor in
Swapping in a LSD
New hood (Current has a dent and terrible paint)
New fender (rust on the current)
Delete A/C
Put in Non A/C console
Steering Rack Bushings
Drop.. probably just springs for now sadly
Wheels, probably stealing some BBS RA's that my dad has for a little bit
New Carpet
...probably other shit I'm forgetting lol... Oh yeah... catback too lol

[NegativeCamber]

you want to know something funny....the husco armrest is mounted backwards....i had mine the same way. you would think cups in the front, but the diagram or ad that shows the armrest, has it mounted the other way around. nice work so far.

[CubbyChowder]

sorry if this has been answered already, what steering wheel is that? I love it

[Wrinckled]

Awesome build, any updates with this?

[99sil-teg]

So this is more of an update if things to come. Stripped down my parts car last weekend and I now have two things for my own e21. Black carpet and a low mile motor. Both need cleaned up but they ready for a clean up and install. When the carpet goes in my a/c is getting pulled. After carpet is done ill finally be pretty much done on the interior.




Also thinking about experimenting with my cluster. On a 2002 they have wood grain around the gauges and I've been thinking about doing the same on my e21 with vinyl but I'm on the fence.