E30 Frankenstein Progress Thread

[Catamax944]

Its a company called zeffenhaus, they specialize in replica vintage porsche parts and porsche restoration... I will say ive been waiting for the hub button for months so cant say how reliable they are

Thanks , i was hoping it was from someone else , maybe less pricey. I haven't dealt with them myself but i heard they have pretty good reputation.

[VanDamage]

Good write up, very clean and easy to follow. Never seen snowflakes on an e30 before, I dig it.

[semaj4712]

+10 on that . Looks awesome
Could you let me know where you got the steering wheel ?

Its a company called zeffenhaus, they specialize in replica vintage porsche parts and porsche restoration... I will say ive been waiting for the hub button for months so cant say how reliable they are

[SD202]

I got the same stud conversion on my car ! I love it. I ***** lug bolts. Clean E30 ! Like the new wheels alot for sure man !

[Rob&co]

nice son!

[Catamax944]

Love the steering wheel and b3 lip.

+10 on that . Looks awesome
Could you let me know where you got the steering wheel ?

[semaj4712]

Preferred the RMs

They were RSs but i dont mind the look, 15s were just too small

[AMGwheelwhore]

Preferred the RMs

[e30Hybrid]

love the akg shifter i have one also so short so crisp.

[semaj4712]

Finally a good update for you...

Over the last month I have been waiting for these bad boys to show up, and they finally arrived...

16x8 Fifteen52 White Snowflakes, according to Fifteen52 they only made 3 sets of white ones, and you can tell if they are original whites because they are ballseat and not conical...why, I have no idea


Because of the ball seat I needed to get a conical to ballseat washer, pretty cheap but saves your wheels and lugs from damage


Got some Muteki open ended tuner lugs


Because the wheels are offset 30 I needed to run spacers, I chose 12.5mm and 20mm rears



The wheels were slightly used and had different weights on them, no idea why my guy didnt clean them off when removing them, but o well, Ill clean them myself


I used vynal remover, and a scrubbing sponge



After a few passes you can see its working



Finished product


I bought 90mm studs from tuner motorsprt





And everything all together, I am very happy with the results, lowered the rear about a half inch, and the front 4 spins...I think it looks great

[montgomery]

Love the steering wheel and b3 lip. Overall good car.

[soulfly]

Looks amazing, dude amazing. Love those seats.

[244Brick]

That was a pleasure to read and look at!! Great write-up

[semaj4712]

Some minor updates...

May be forgetting a few things here...
6k 55W Low Beam HIDS Installed
3k 35W Fog HIDS Installed
Smoked Turn Signals
Replacement Hood Shock
Replacement Fuse Box Cover

I also sold the BBS RS Wheels...I am excited to see the new wheels on this baby

Heres a pic from the Dockweiler meet last weekend

[semaj4712]

I got in a package from an old VW friend...

Passat B3 Duck Bill front valence...

I really like the look of the IS lip and IS lip with splitter, but also I am still very partial to the old VW Duck bills...and saw this and thought it would be a nice idea to try it since I could get one for a steal

Here it is unmolested


Side by side with the modified one...the side was shaved by about an inch and a half...the front had to be shaved 4 inches (2 on each side) all the forward tabs shaved off, and then holes drilled for bolts and zip ties...


Truthfully ended up going on pretty easy and pretty happy with the way it works...



I mean for essentially costing me 10 bucks, it looks really good...but I am not very happy with this, part of this I did, hense the hole and too much shaving of tabs...but it sticks out a little bit, which doesnt bother me, but being able to see what I shaved does...open to ideas on how to fill this back in, Plastic filler??


I dragged myself outa bed early one dayto finally install the center console I have had sitting around for the past week or so...

I started out by drawing where the mount would be and where the insulation/Carpet would have to be removed...


Afterwords


There was a small tab I thought would have to be removed, so I ground it off with a Dremel...turns out it probably didnt need to be removed but it worked either way...I dont have a picture of the mount before the tab was removed but here it is afterwords, its pretty obvious the tab that extends below the base of the mount...


Mount just sitting in for bolts...


Bolted in, I did two self tapping bolts into pilot holes, seems to hold it pretty snug...


Quite a bit of it is in...


I used some smaller self tapping screws to hold the center console in place, two seemed to do it just so that it wouldnt wobble around, the arm rest and these bolts held it in firm...I also put some foam between the center console and the trans tunnel as there was quite a bit of empty space...


All done...


And the seats back in...It does seem to sit slightly to the passengers side, but truthfully I am happy with it and its hardly noticeable


Then santa brought some goodies from Germany


Installed