BMW e30 - shaved bay m50 turbo - super hella stance - UK build

[mikey G]

Updates look good! The harpers look great!!!!

[E.Three.0]

this is dope...

[Pazi88]

think ive decided to pull the fusebox into the car through the bulkhead just unsure of the best way to go about it. i guess the proper way would be to pull the interior loom apart and pull it through, but tbh, i'll probably just cut all the wires just after the box, and reattached on the other side..

Just pull the interior loom out of the car trough the bulkhead hole. It's the easiest way. The dash wiring is separate loom which you can disconnect with only one connector. Then just remove the wires starting from the rear lights and move forward. it takes about 10-15 minutes to remove whole wiring.

[royalife]

good progress. in for more!

[Chasen88]

Very nice build, can't wait to see this thing run.

[iamsilverfox]

Just pull the interior loom out of the car trough the bulkhead hole. It's the easiest way. The dash wiring is separate loom which you can disconnect with only one connector. Then just remove the wires starting from the rear lights and move forward. it takes about 10-15 minutes to remove whole wiring.

Full interiors still in it atm. I'm scared of pulling the carpet incase I find rot ha. It's a much better solution than cutting the loom though.

Thanks guys!


Got a lot of next week off. So will be getting the front end back together, the rear end stripped, the engine stripped and going to start welding the bay up. (After I've learnt to weld obviously!)

[iamsilverfox]

Big update. Alex took some fancy pictures like he usually does whilst me and thom stripped the engine.



And then after i spent an hour or so learning to weld with the borrowed welder, me and thom started cutting the templates for the inner flitches out of a guitar hero box haha.



(DAT HEADTORCH :ph34r: )













thats the current state. stopped before i finished that one side. its cut, just needs welding in. but all the holes have been welded and ground down, so have the back and front sections. happy with the progress. not happy with my burnt face from the welder <_< oh, also ordered coilovers and all front suspension bits.

[mike-81-240d]

Hell yeah, keep up the good work.

[iamsilverfox]

Hell yeah, keep up the good work.

cheers man! going to be having a break this weekend to see my girlfriend and family. all my free time is being sucked in by the e30 ha. plus ive burnt my face and arms from using the welder so much without protection

[Pedro'z]

Keep it up! Good work so far!

[philohlean]

Shaved bay is coming along nicely, can't wait to see it done!

[iamsilverfox]

thanks alot guys! not much progress tbh as ive been working stuff out with work. ive just resigned, but taken up a job at the audi dealer down the road so its all good. in other news, my coilovers have arrived

[Azrial89]

Already, I am a huge fan of this! Look forward to seeing more!

[iamsilverfox]

picture of aforementioned coilovers



took a stag at 18 fronts and 20 rears, but we'll have to see once they're on the car.

still waiting on the crossmember to come back from the powder coaters, the rack and all the new bits are painted and ready to go on (thanks to thooooom for that )



and this is what im at currently, excuse the shoddy welds



need to finish a few tiny bits of welding, and grind all the welds down. then its time for some seam sealant i think. Little but unsure on this side of it though. Mind, i was when i started the welding ha. I have no idea about anything. Will see if i can ue the coming holiday days before is start my new job on the 5th, the get some sealer down and stuff.

[iamsilverfox]

little progress over the holiday season. just trying to sort out the manifold which is proving to be a headache. planning to crack on with the bay tomorrow. going to seam weld the plates in and grind them down. then finish the welding in the bay 100%.