Larry's '89 Zinno E30 M3 build

[Queef|Chief]

Wheels look so good

[VanDamage]

Oh my goodness that looks rude. Do want.

[f50nut]

245/35 would have been a perfect height match to the 215/40 I'm running up front, but they're discontinued in the US. I decided to go with some very oversized 235/40 Dunlops.

I'm actually really glad I decided to go with the meaty tire look. It'll never be a DTM car but I can at least try to reference one.



This is a lot of tire.





Was getting nervous at this point



Much better.









Done.



RSs may be played out, but there's a very good reason for that.

[f50nut]

Hot sex! Sadly my build thread on S14 is not accessible since the site has been down for months.

Looking forward to seeing it when S14 is back up...if that ever happens

Loving the attention to detail so far, can't wait to see more.

Wow, love the little details makes such a huge difference bud. Mount them wheels, we want to see!!!!

Good golly molly! that's an amazing to detail!

Thanks guys. I'm a bit OCD when it comes to worn out or broken plastic parts. Kind of a slippery slope with this stuff though, I need to find a new front console since it looks old by comparison.

Dat shine...

Porn!

How much would you be doing the turbofans for?

To be honest, so far we have thousands invested in buying original fans and making prototypes of our own that work on RS faces. We underestimated how difficult it'd be to produce these, but we're on the right track to make them available hopefully by the end of this year.

We're not committing to any dates yet, but that's our goal. Pricing will totally depend on any changes we have to make in material choice, but we're on track to release these at about half the cost of vintage fans. It is likely we'll produce these in very limited numbers

Another driver of costs are the graphics applied over top. They're very expensive to make properly, since we don't think a traditional digitally printed vinyl is acceptable in this case.

[LukeyBabes]

How much would you be doing the turbofans for?

[244Brick]

Good golly molly! that's an amazing to detail!

[Zacne_4]

Porn!

[loekaaz]

Dat shine...

[Nuts]

Wow, love the little details makes such a huge difference bud. Mount them wheels, we want to see!!!!

[SKNKWRX]

Hot sex! Sadly my build thread on S14 is not accessible since the site has been down for months.

[99sil-teg]

Loving the attention to detail so far, can't wait to see more.

[f50nut]

Big box of maintenance items. Oil filter, air filter, trans and diff fluid, engine oil, new belts, alternator bushings...



Evo 3 spoiler, euro tow hook covers and Evo brake ducts are back from paint. It was nice to see this 308 GTS in the garage at the painter's house. He did a great job and the match is really, really good.



New vs old filler neck shield



Installed



Old center console was drilled to mount this dealer installed Blaupunkt remote. There's a cd changer in the trunk, also dealer installed. I don't plan on using it. Plus I don't like the cassette holder.



Replacement console



Installed



Old vs new. These always crack.



New reservoirs installed.



When the wheels showed up, I got excited about test fitting the waffles. I only had these billet hex nuts. The threads are slightly dented on these RS centers, so the billet nuts were such a tight fit that I got one totally stuck in the wheel center.

I nearly broke the hex tool removing it...this was the solution. Wood clamps, and two people holding the wheel down.



Here's the damage.



Paul set me up by overnighting a set of polished original hex nuts and they threaded in perfectly. Here's the difference:



Tires mounted, ready to install and adjust heights.

[f50nut]

Track machine! Bought it from an instructor in PA who tracked it for the past 18 years, so were gonna do the same with it!

That's awesome. Hope you post progress on the boards, would love to see it.

I see wheels... I see tires... WHY aren't they mounted and on the car yet!?!???

Those RS'sss look freaking hot bud, any pictures of them mounted??

Coming right up!

17" only on an E30 for me.

Totally understand. 18's are a tough fit. I've given up hope that another run of 17's will be made.

Figgin wow! will be watching this one!

Thank you

[LukeyBabes]

Figgin wow! will be watching this one!

[Nuts]

Those RS'sss look freaking hot bud, any pictures of them mounted??