BMW 318IS E30 Restoration

as soon as the car got to my shop we ripped it appart. I wish we took more pics of how it looked before we started this restoration

Levent did his usual magic on the cluster: rings, painted needles and Alpina tach strip

then he pretended to work on the Alpina front airdam (note the missing airhose) 1:

usual battery tray cancer and minor damage on the back valence

took the interior out, already replaced the steering wheel

smoked the tails

started with the bodywork, getting rid of all the minor dings, chips and imprefections

Rolled the fenders

primered

decided to clean the engine bay a little – valve cover getting prepped

painted the engine bay

before

after

before

next was suspension and brakes

new shocks, springs, control arms, tire rods, bushings, etc..etc…

new tranny mounts, guibo, short shifter

$600 worth of just maintainence parts: hoses, filters, spark plugs, water pump, gaskets, etc..etc…

after the complete tune-up we replaced the windshield wiper and relay that were frozen and installed single wiper conversion

waiting to do more prep work before the paint job on Monday !

Mark D chip installation

applying the heat reflective sheets

looks nice and clean (the inside of the hood was already repainted)

car is getting ready to get painted on Monday !

in the meantime, guys came in and ripped the parts car like a bunch of hungry lions 

more pics to come

dyed the rear parcel shelf black

my friend Levent came in and did the usual magic dyeing the headliner black, it looks awesome

Turner Motorsports exhaust

I am thinking about light bronze tint for this car…

slowly but surely it’s getting there

before

after (not 100% done)

and this is a little teaser

other little bits and pieces got painted today

I re-wired everything to put the Euro tinted lights in and Turk came in and hooked up the HIDs, all new Euro grills and black kidney grill

Love the HIDs

will start assembling Monday

right now waiting for my painter to wetsand and buff the trunk and the hood so that I can put on the bumpers and the moldings, also waiting for the new seats that should be here on Wed.

euro trunk trim

second trunk light mod with the euro trunk trim installed

little teaser here:

coming alone nicely, will be awesome once it is all put together !

also installed the evo seals in the hood and trunk, looks tights 

also installed new steering rack end-links and some other minor parts, should be able to take it for the wheel alignment tomorrow.

lamin-x the fogs and put the tinted turn signals, I think it looks better now

my new sticker

view from behind the wheel

BLACK HEADLINER

evo hood and trunk seals

Carbon Fiber rep M-Tech I rear spoiler

some of the receipts and brochures I have for this e30

interior shot

mounting them

the car is less than 1.5″ off the ground

special order Toyo T1Rs 215/45/15 finally came in

mounting them

the car is less than 1.5″ off the ground

Racing Dynamics front valence with M3 fogs (HID)

will get more pics tomorrow when it stops raining