Heidi the Hennarot e30

[FunfGang]

Some boring updates.

Cleaned up my engine bay a little bit. Took a pic in the middle of doing so, passenger side is done, driver's is untouched.







I had had a bad leak from where the coolant lines horse shoe around the vacuum line to the intake. Was going to loop it, decided since I had to order some things from Pelican Parts already I'd add that $2 gasket to the list.

Grabbed a spare TB in much better condition, and cleaned it up a bit.







And now much better! Cleaned the inside intake itself, didn't get a picture.







Drove fast, spilled my Ramen, I was devastated







And this is the main reason for my Pelican Parts order: My voltage runs anywhere from the acceptable 13.5V to 18V+, so time to order a new Voltage regulator.








So I got my two packages from Pelican parts. Both were from the same warehouse, for some reason a separate package was needed for this? hahah.




And now all the boring crap I got. Hood shock, Liqui Molly engine cleaner, coolant and intake gasket, exhaust hangers, voltage regulator, exhaust hangers blah blah blah.










One of the things I got was a new cover for the sunroof motor. Yep, 1984 with the original, still functioning electric sunroof The old cover had broken clips and had been glued in, but fell out about a year ago. Was a bit $$ at $8, but I figured I'd spent that kind of money in dumber ways. So nice to have this in!







Time to tackle the alternator issue and the coolant leak.







Hmm, doesn't look like the normal Bosch unit... It wasn't : It was the Valeo one, which uses a totally different Voltage regulator






At this point I stopped taking pictures as I had a few other issues with the alternator, gave up, fixed the leak and called it a day.



Gave the car a wash, slept then headed for my local C&C before heading up to Bimmerfest, some of my pictures and a few thanks to some friends.











On sunday I ate some food, then designed some stickers and had them printed by my good friend who does all my other stickers. These are for a friends car, but will soon be available on my BigCartel site due to how many people asked me for some hahah.





Some of my stickers... Though not even nearly all of them. Becausescenekid




Went to work and came home to this






Will update this weekend.

[FunfGang]

hey this is really neat! My good friend has an alpine weiss e30 coupe which he aptly named heidi also.

This has so many cool touches that not many would notice at first glance but you can tell you've put in some hard work to get it where it is...really shows on that paintwork and the whole setup, <3 meaty fitment!


Good luck with it mate

Thanks my friend! I do appreciate the kind words, have been following your build as well and love how its turning out!

[danielsahhhn]

hey this is really neat! My good friend has an alpine weiss e30 coupe which he aptly named heidi also.

This has so many cool touches that not many would notice at first glance but you can tell you've put in some hard work to get it where it is...really shows on that paintwork and the whole setup, <3 meaty fitment!


Good luck with it mate

[FunfGang]

Been working on a Volvo lip for a bit, had to cut about 2" out of the center hole as well as deleting the large pop-out for the tow hook.

This is how it was looking after starting with the bondo(it is connected with more than just bondo).







And then finished waiting for paint.




And the only picture after mount(excuse the lack of front bumper)




Finally decided to paint the center of my steering wheel, it had been badly polished by someone before, and I also have great disdain for polished centers as they tend to blind me.

How it looked




After sanding and primer





Painted and then installed






My DSSR that had disappeared finally reappeared so I figured I would FINALLY install that along with my Delrin rear bushing from Condor.






After a lot of cutting and grinding I had most of the old bushing out





Then I used a vice to hold the bracket, line the area with some wheel bearing grease and hammered the new bushing in with a long socket and used a large dead-blow hammer to set it in.





Then I realized that the transmission side mount for the dssr was the wider of the two, and the 10 spares my buddy and I had were also the wider ones, I cut one to fit and bingo, perfect.





Swapped the diff as well, but no point for pictures haha. Went from a very, very old 2.93 open to the 3.73LSD out of my 5.0L car.


Also decided I ***** how quite it was with the small resonator to muffler, so off the muffler came.







Threw a quick coat of wax on the old girl, currently waiting for a bunch of parts from Pelican parts, so I'll have another update next weekend.

[FunfGang]

Ended up buying this car off my father.

Haven't done much, lowered the rear more, full new stereo/ speakers/ subs/ etc, new steering wheel and other random stuff.











Will update as things happen(slowly).

[DarthVerde]

Hi Stuart. You want my Alfas, I want your e30, let's do a trade 😁

[Belvader]

Looks awesome man, the work your doing on here is top shelf stuff

[FunfGang]

Good job restoring the paint so far. Henna always looks good after a buff and wax.. Really like the wood accents too. Very classy.

Thanks! wish I had a bit more knowledge on exterior work- I'm a professional detailer but most of my training and experience is focused on interior work.

Looks so good

Thank you!

[stancefag]

Looks so good

[E30cruiser]

Good job restoring the paint so far. Henna always looks good after a buff and wax.. Really like the wood accents too. Very classy.

[FunfGang]

Lookin good my dude!

Thanks chap!




After the bi-weekly wash, claybar, wax, vacuum and interior protectant application:








The next day I finally got around to heavy compound buffing the roof- before and after.










Ate a burrito.









And I also got the Italian Peyton woodgrain wheel I bought, as well as the OEM e46 cabrio floor mats from Turner.









And because I never got a shot of that wood insert I did,










Installing a new headunit, as my favorite one that I had in here finally died.

[Queef|Chief]

Lookin good my dude!

[FunfGang]

Did an oil change today, was the first one I've done, very much overdue.






Just as a reminder







Full bay pics, and those tasty, heat-cycled ebay headers.









Short, terrible sound clip. R3v at the end was to ~3-4000rpm. Terrible sounding now, as I've actually worn through part of the piping, so there is a massive leak...







Just ordered some nice goodies for it, so I'll be waiting for those.

[FunfGang]

updates to catch up




Well first of I replaced the driver's side, inside door handle. It just kind of, well, just look for yourself.









Then I ate some food as a reward for myself(as if being able to open my door again wasn't enough).









Then I parked at work.










Then I stumbled upon some stupid kids, parked, and ate with them.









Then while it was slow at work one day, I decided to go ahead and try to Rotax 30 year old paint. I'm doing this piece by piece as it's a learning curve as well as having limited time to do it with such nice and plentiful supplies as are available at my work.



Left is cut with very light polish, right is untouched.










Entire hood after full light polish and quick wax.









I have a habit of ruining things.








Then I did the trunk another night in a heavier polish, which looked about the same but a bit worse. In the bottom of the first picture, you can see what it started as. Second is finished.












The kid who was working me with that night had a pretty cool 1-series, it's crazy how similar in size to e30's these are.

[dillon7]

that meaty fitment though.

so what are the plans for her?