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Right gotcha. No unfortunately haven’t found anything suitable yet, I think I’ll use something like dynamat or similar on the inside but not sure what to do for heat protection on the outside just yet, debating just heat wrapping the headers and leaving it as is.

Just read through your thread now, awesome work! I’m currently restoring an e30 as well, have all the suspension stuff stripped out currently, who did your sandblasting of the front strut housings for you? Need to get that done along with rear trailing arms, front and rear subframes, heatshields etc

I’ll try, the aim is to keep it below m235i money but make it just as fun

Excellent stuff, be interested to hear what it sounds like once you’re finished. Might need to get you to give me a hand with the audio/headunit situation on my e30, previous ownr made a right mess of the wiring, and I don’t know the first thing about car audio

I also have spent 1m money on my 135i

No unfortunately not, I drove it straight home (bought with a blown head). And took it apart straight away. I have some rear arms I bought off a parts car that I will be using as I am converting to disc brake rear, but also don’t have an alignment report from the car they came off of.

Busy weekend lying on the garage floor covered in dirt. Dropped the fuel tank out, and cleaned the whole underside with a drill brush, degreaser etc. Then painted the whole underside. Long day of painting the entire underside with a paintbrush. Looks much better now though. Just need to seam seal a few spots and go over them with the black paint again. Then the fuel tank can go back in. Next up will be subframes, arms, hubs knuckles etc will all need a good clean (sandblast maybe?) and paint or powdercoat, yet to decide what I want to do.

Yeah have seen that guy, one of his cars has been brought into Nz, a blue s65 swapped one. Met both owners of the s65 clones the other week, the cars look fantastic in person.

Some more progress over the last week or so. Stripped all the suspension out, arms, struts, steering rack, front and rear subframe a, diff handbrake cables etc have all been removed. Masked up the engine bay and have begun painting the underside. Just using black Epoxy paint, any spots where there was minor surface rust wire wheeled back to clean metal. Will go over any seams with seam sealer and then do another coat of black epoxy. Very time consuming and messy process but will be worthwhile. Have done the first coat on the front wheel arches and underside of engine bay so far, lots more painting to do. also made up a new Clevis pin to adapt the e30 brake booster bracket thing that the pedal pull rod actuates to the e90 booster.

Would also be interested to know this, but in Auckland, need to get my m52 injectors cleaned and tested.

Beautiful example that one, and cheaper than some of the others I’ve seen listed. The owner also built a 1m clone out of a 135i, with an s65 swapped into it, which I’d imagine he prefers driving hence selling the 1m.

Yeah and then blacklisted me for some reason

Seller has blacklisted me for some reason. Apparently asking about paperwork required for a cert was upsetting

Cheers for the suggestions. The car appears to have the OEM applied undercoating on it in most places, so would need something that can be painted over that, thinking maybe even just a black epoxy would do the trick.

https://www.speedfactorshop.nz/products/bmw-3-series-ap-suspension-kit?variant=50652095938860 looking at purchasing this suspension kit (45mm strut 6cyl 40/30mm Version) for my pfl m52 swap e30. has anyone used this suspension before? Got any photos of rideheight can’t find much online cheers!

Currently have my e30 sedan up on jackstands, front and rear subframes out, essentially just the shell at this point. Want to give it a good layer of underseal, including inside the wheel arches etc before I start putting new bushings and all the suspension back in. Anyone got any reccomendations for a good underseal product? Must be able to be brushed/rolled on no spray on, don’t have the space to spray anything. Was looking at this but open to suggestions: https://premierpbs.co.nz/products/plan-brush-on-under-seal-1-5l

Thank you, have got a pedal box sorted now though, I should update the original post.

From what I understand e30 and e36 diffs have the same 4 bolt input flange

Got a message from the panelbeater tonight that the cad was done. Went and fetched it after work, wasted no time as I was quite excited to have it back. Hired a trailer and jumped in the touareg to collect it. overall very happy with how it looks, yes there are some minor imperfections if you’re being very picky but for the money I paid you absolutely cannot complain. Rust hole is fixed (they chopped a piece of the cowl out to access it, then welded it back in and painted it blending up the a pillar), rust holes in firewall fixed, rust around boot seal lip fixed and painted, as well as entire engine bay/front structure painted. All of that cost half of what another shop had quoted for just the engine bay paintwork. next up I need to waterblast the underside of the car, strip out all the suspension and under seal the whole underside. If anyone has any reccomendations for a good underseal product that can be applied via brush/roller that would be much appreciated, unfortunately don’t have anywhere where I can spray.

Definitely would also prefer an m3 for that money. While it is not to my taste in anyway it appears to be done to a decent standard at least. On a side note, I had a look at kiwiplates the other day and they no longer seem to offer the bmw branded euro plates.

Would you consider selling parts separately? ive got a box already but need a driveshaft, clutch line, to use in my m52 e30. I understand an e36 328 driveshaft is what I require.

The chrome windscreen lockstrip? the manual shift boot for the Center console. have got pedal box sorted. cheers

Looking for some parts to complete my m52b28. Looking for a throttle body (simplest one possible will be going in a manual e30 so don’t need asc, cruise control, or whatever else). Intake boot to match, as well as the hose to connect the ICV to the boot. Maf to suit as well. As well as any other vacuum lines etc that I may need. closer to Aucklands north shore the better. cheers.

Made some more progress, engine is starting to look like an engine lots of bits back on now. Front sump swap done, new lower temp thermostat, waterpump, waterpump pulley, thermostat housing, tensioner, idler, belt. Power steering pump and oil filter housing back on too, as well as knock sensors etc. Will be deleting throttle heater and using the feed port from the head for the e30 dash temp sensor, have one with the correct e30 plug and m52 thread pitch. Just need to find some shorter bolts for the crank pulley now that I’m not using the AC pulley. car is still at the panelbeaters for a week or two but they’ve made some progress which is good. Next up to figure out the whole intake manifold assembly with icv, pcv, Evap etc.

Right Sweet as will try make it work, although I do have an e34 one on the way now.