Forrest 35 Report post Posted December 10, 2009 (edited) Progress.... Completed engine bay, including strut brace, air box, wires all tidyed up and urethane engine mounts Replaced the faded chrome/beige/white window seals with black seals out of my old face lift car, made such a difference but is a PITA job Rear strut brace installed Drive shaft and gearbox all replaced with shiny new bits thanks to Gavin and Euro Italian, just have to throw it in when my new hi tensile bolts and lock nuts arrive after being on order Car as it stands now Borbets are to be sold and replaced with another set of wheels as they rub on my uprated front sway bar/find lower profile road tyres?. Got a new rust free bootlid to get painted and fitted. Got some brake ducts to make up out of pipe. Making one of these out of aluminium: Also found this in my travels under the car, looks like someone has jacked it up in the wrong place in its life (it is on both sides) and it has started to eat away at the floor of the car, hopefully will be replaced once it is all tidy again and has a new wof. Into the new year the focus is to get it reliable and able enough to do the Intermarque track sprints at Manfield. Will be looking into replacing the drivers seat with a FIA rated bucket seat and removing the rear seats and fitting 5/6pt harness along with a flat faced race wheel, whilst still keeping the majority of the interior. Anyway that's enough for now, comments are welcome. Cheers, Nathan Edited December 10, 2009 by Forrest Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zenetti 0 Report post Posted December 10, 2009 Just out of curiosity why do you want an FIA approved seat? You don't need to have one and any motorsport approved seat will be fine for what you are wanting to do. FIA approved belts are a must though obviously. Why don't you save the money on a seat and spend it elsewhere? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted December 10, 2009 ^ I don't want to have to worry about a cert, I would rather have the seat included on the authority card with the belts. Does anyone else see the logic in that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c.robertson00 11 Report post Posted December 10, 2009 It doesnt matter if the seat is FIA aproved for the autority card. If its mounted on standard rails then you dont need to worry about anything for a WOF either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_BRS_ 208 Report post Posted December 10, 2009 Looking good, loving the sticker placement.. maybe i should invest in some strut braces! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 396 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Looking good Nath, You will get there. Just takes abit of effort put in the right places. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmpower 3 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Looks like your getting there Nath! Should be going by the end of the weekend??!! Let me know if you need anything. And you can't sell it till you've set a good time at Manfield anyway - i need to know what it's capable of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 ^ Cheers guys. Well Kerry I am waiting on my nuts and bolts to arrive, so maybe Monday I can drive it again. Sadly it won't get a warrant. Pulled the carpet up tonight and removed the sound deadening to find 4x the amount of holes I 'thought' I had. The ones in the firewall on both sides of the car worry me because that is all hard to remove/find the extent of. Bloody E30's haha. Semi tempted to rip all the sound deadening out now that I have started and throw the carpet back in, have to find a power to weight advantage some how eh Kerry Pictures of the cancer: Passenger Floor Passenger Firewall Driver Firewall Accelerator Pedal Bugger. Oh well I guess what doesn't kill you/your car makes you stronger Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark247 38 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 That sucks. I'm not going to look under my carpet. Ignorance is bliss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c.robertson00 11 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Is your car a UK import Nathan? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 ^Nope NZ New (I think) Further inspection sees that the jacking point under the accelerator has a hole nearly entirely around the rear side, I can see through it to the ground. Honestly don't know if I can be bothered paying all this money chasing the rust around the car. Someone must be trying to give me a hint that I shouldn't own a E30 I think. Potentially may be time to part out another awesome E30. f**k this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c.robertson00 11 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Grind it back and bog it lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 396 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 ^ What he said. Grind around, Lay down some No. 8 wire. Then Bog that sh*t. On a more serious note, I hope you know someone with a welder dude. That is just nasty I'm glad my Jap imported POS e30 had nothing like this when I pulled up my carpet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30plz 1 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Poor old PFLs. Mine has similar injuries. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) I don't want to lift my carpet either... but the WOF guy reckons theres no signs of rust.... BL dude, I hope you fix her... she's a nice car Edited December 11, 2009 by antil33t Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerry 10 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 not as bad as some that i have seen man , all the best on tackling it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenday-rulz21 4 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 This e30 is a real saga isn't it man! Keep it alive! It was/is still one of my fav's on bs. You've done soo much work on it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huff3r 347 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 Hmm, i have a good body etc you could buy Hope you get it all sorted though, dont give up!! (And its not all NZ New PFLs have problems, sucks you got a bad one ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oscar90 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 I have ripped carpet around my accelerator.. I don't wanna look now lol I'm taking Marks approach for awhile lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30plz 1 Report post Posted December 11, 2009 I had my rusted out sills under my doors cut out and new bits rewelded in there and painted over = $100. Under my accelerator is full of rust too and i'm sure it has some similar to yours, can't cost that much? Not enough to be worth getting rid of the car anyway, you can do it bro. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerry 10 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 I had my rusted out sills under my doors cut out and new bits rewelded in there and painted over = $100. Under my accelerator is full of rust too and i'm sure it has some similar to yours, can't cost that much? Not enough to be worth getting rid of the car anyway, you can do it bro. thats what i would call bimmer sport attitude good stuff for confidence boost . and yes you CAN do it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30_capri 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 keep going soldier! Mate, if you think thats bad then your lucky, you should see whats left of my capri im attempting to rebuild, its a bloody headache tbh, but theyre worth too much and look way too cool to give up. Another thing i've found is that once you've fixed all this kinda crap you have the piece of mind that you now know the condition of the car inside and out and there is very little chance you will have any more problems with the body work. Keep it up man these things are worth fixing. Btw, this has to be one of the tidiest pfl e30's ive seen, chin up pal, your not alone!!!! haha cheers dude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forrest 35 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 ^ Cheers Pete and everyone else, after talking with a few people seems like it is going two be not 'too' much work to get the rust cut out everywhere. With Xmas etc it probably won't get done till after New Years but that is okay guess it is an excuse to save money to get it sorted. I really have come to far with this car in regards to mods etc to give up now. Cheers everyone for all the support, if anyone remembers the sh*t I went through with my old car you all know how much bad luck I have had with E30's this year Got any pics of the Capri Pete, I am a closet true blue Ford man myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark247 38 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 Got any pics of the Capri Pete, I am a closet true blue Ford man myself I dont think it would all fit in one photo. It is in about 10 billion pieces When it's done it will be sick though! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pureboiracer 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2009 tbh it doesnt look all that bad compared to some that ive seen. it wont be all that expensive to fix either because the areas it is in are easy ones to plate. i work with a guy who could probably do it as a perky. he has done alot on his e30 lately so he will do a good job. let me know... and if your still thinking of getting a new seat i would recommend the racetech seats. mine is the base model and is super comfy and only about $550+gst Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
