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That is a beautiful car, mtech 1 by the looks of it. I’m currently in the process of building something very similar, m52b28 swap into a pfl e30 Sedan, but a light blue color.

Right no worries, if they’re the same size then that’s all good, should be big enough car will never see the track. I guess just pull whichever ones are the least corroded/in the best shape particularly as far as handbrake cables etc are concerned. Sweet that sounds good I’m in no particular rush so no stress.

Just after one set, want to ditch the drum brakes on my pfl 320i. So I’d need calipers, arms, handbrake/cables assembly etc everything required for a disc brake swap. I’d imagine the 320i would have bigger brakes so maybe the ones off that? where abouts are you located?

Hell yeah

Have you got any of the following? manual pedal box clutch hardline clutch reservoir disc brake rear end? medium case diff (low 3s ratio)

Yep it’s unreal, within Auckland is painfully slow. Over ordered stuff from the states that arrived in 3 days, regularly takes well over a week within Auckland

Probably a stupid question, but which spoiler goes on that boot lid? My e30 has the exact same holes, so may be easiest to just cover them with a spoiler

I owned a silver e91 325i for quite a few years and it was an awesome car that gave me only minor issues, the odd misfire from a bad ignition coil and a wheel speed sensor failed. Fantastic cars that are a pleasure to drive.

Having been in the same boat not long ago, unless you’re spending big $ on a mint garage kept example they all have rust, it’s just a matter of how hard you’re willing to look. Only way to get a truely rust free one is to strip it all back and start fresh from there.

Cheers, thank you!

Thought I’d update this, car is pretty much how I want it now so no real need to change much, especially with having picked up an e30 as a new project (there’s a thread for it on here too if you’re interested). car drives great, works perfectly, couldn’t be happier with it, feels special to drive. Took it out for a summers evening drive and got some photos.

As above. Looking for an e30 manual pedal box, doesn’t need to have the master, have a new one already. Also interested in clutch hardline, interior trim/rubber boot, prefacelift windscreen/seal. also looking for a zf 328/m3 (e36) driveshaft cheers.

Yeah might just do the 5th and fresh shifter bushings all round maybe a dssr too as I’m missing the selector rod, unless I can source an oem one for cheap.

Had a quick look now, about $300usd for a full detent kit or is it worth just doing the 5th gear detent? Hard to try and draw the line somewhere of what to replace vs what to just run as is.

I don’t believe so, does it require special tools?

No ground breaking progress as of late but slowly chipping away at some jobs. Have got a panelbeater coming to look at/quote up a repair for the rust hole under the cowl sometime in the next week. Have acquired a zf 5 Speed Box which should be better than the g220 I had previously, and have been busy spending a fair few hours prepping the floor for some rust treatment. Stripped the sound deadening off the floor, and cleaned it all up, started wire wheeling the rust spots in preparation to have my brother weld some tiny holes shut and then epoxy prime, seam seal and paint the floor. Then into the same for the boot. Not the most fun work, but worth doing now to make sure it stays rust free in the long term. Hoping to get the rust hole fixed in the near future, then to prep and paint the engine bay.

I second this, will join for a drive once I finish my e30 one day.

Took the drivers side guard off to have a look and see if I find any more rust. But appears to be in good shape, rust appears to be limited to the one hole and hasn’t spread. will be getting the rust hole repair quoted by some panelbeaters not something I want to take on myself.

That’s a lot of cutting. Probably not something I want to be doing myself, will try and talk to some panelbeaters and see what they reckon. Will pull the fender off and see how much more rust I discover.

Good to hear, have got the 2002 reservoir, grommets and adapters for brake lines already, just need to find the time to go to pickapart to grab a booster.

Sweet yeah that sounds like a good plan will do that for the areas I can do myself. Just a bit stuck on what to do about the rust hole underneath the cowling near the inner guard. That’s probably not a job I’d take on myself.

Saturdays progress. Engine and gearbox are out, and at the scrapyard. Removed sound deadening, removed rear seat, removed boot trims. Pretty much stripped as far back as it needs to be at this point for rust repair/paint. Still trying to workout the best way to get rust and paint sorted without spending a fortune. engine and box out. Was not a fun Job as I couldn’t use a ratchet strap to lift the back of the gearbox once the engine was up and out, so I needed to lift the whole thing up and over the front core support by hand, not a fun job extremely heavy thing. But got it done. brake booster/master are out too pretty much a bare engine bay apart from some wiring and brake lines. Yet to figure out how to get the fuse box out. Most of the stuff on the firewall is glue residue but there are also some rusty spots that will need some attention, no holes however.

Car is looking great!

Unfortunately I have discovered quite a bad spot of rust in a very unfortunate place. Underneath the windscreen cowl, right in the corner and it’s bad. A significant hole. Definitely something I’ll need to get professionally fixed. Quite surprised to have found rust that bad with how relatively rust free the rest of the car is.

that is a good point actually, maybe worth reconsidering