Larry's '89 Zinno E30 M3 build

[vjlle]

sweet mother of... this is soooo perfect : )

[f50nut]

Stopped by my friend's house. Picked him up to head over to Guten Parts. He has 2 E30s. The black car is a 325is and the green car is a rare euro 318 with no options. No power steering, radio, AC. Has factory knockout plates in the dash. It has an S50 swap.



Our buddy Alex followed.



Levent helped me figure out what else was missing. Left there with a box of plastic clips, pigtails for euro lights and ordered new center console pieces. A bunch of other small parts I'm forgetting that Levent just had on the shelves. Guten Parts is awesome.

Something else I'm trying to figure out is this front bumper alignment. This is the original front bumper so I know the car hasn't been hit. I've read that some front bumper mounts were manufactured incorrectly, so I might have to cut and weld these to push the bumper in. For now it's fine and I'll fill the gap with a one piece Evo gasket.



Disappointment #1:

Bought these smileys from a member on R3V.







The low beams look okay



But the highs are really badly pitted. They look worse in person. Seller dropped off the face of the earth so I guess I'm stuck with these.



Also scored this clean set of euro grills on S14 and got a new replacement M3 badge from Turner. The badge has 2 pins on the back and have to be bent around the plastic grill.

Euro grills > American grills



Finally, been searching for a set of M3 front strut housings but they are incredibly rare and expensive. Sets have been selling for over $1500 for just the housings. I really am opposed to chopping up my original housings for coilovers.

[Chasen88]

Nice

[btober]

awesome larry cant wait to see more of the story.cleanest e30 m3 ive ever seen


"took down the spoiler"

[f50nut]

spoiler alert

Haha thanks Brian I love the photos you took that day

[f50nut]

Front strut mounts.

After weeks of looking around, calling every suspension company that offered E30 M3 coils (core required) I found a set that was being built for a track car.



Spindles look good





Old spring perch which has to be cut off.



Here's why these were cheap. The PO started shortening them himself. Most companies wouldn't accept these to be converted to coilovers since one side was already shortened.

He also removed too much material. You're supposed to remove a 1" section of tube, but this strut mount is 2" shorter than stock.



Vorshlag agreed to build these up and fabricate new brackets for me. They ended up having a real M3 tube laying around which worked out perfectly.

Going to make this gap disappear



That's just wax buildup on the fender lip.

[Bahaa425]

absolutely beautiful

[Hotsauce]

Mother of pearl. GORGEOUS

[nismo sentra]

wow thats a cleeeeeeeeaaaaan car. wish i could find a 91 se-r like that

[molly_watah]

Beautiful. In for the updates

[andr3er]

Nice car and projectmay I ask how much did you pay for the car?I've seen other m3 e30 with those seats ruined in the same way over here..common

[f50nut]

absolutely beautiful

Mother of pearl. GORGEOUS

wow thats a cleeeeeeeeaaaaan car. wish i could find a 91 se-r like that

Beautiful. In for the updates

Thank you

Nice car and projectmay I ask how much did you pay for the car?I've seen other m3 e30 with those seats ruined in the same way over here..common

PM me.

[f50nut]

Ordered clear corners. Here's the comparison between the two. Clear on the left, original on the right. I don't like when E30's have too many different colored lights up front.





Replacing these broken wheel liners.



And found an original Evo 3 rear spoiler with flap. Ordered and waiting for it to arrive from Germany.

[Miles.]

So clean. Im subbed.

[Queef|Chief]

This is awesome man, not too many of these bad boys rolling around anymore