e36 m3 (first time euro) :/ [Archive]

LennyS13

25-11-12, 17:28

so after much abuse from the nissans i have tried my hand at BMW,

it came handy money so why not,

she on NI plates 94 m3 3.0

dont have pics from day i got it have it little over month now so this is wat i have done,
car was standard
stripped it,
fitted coilovers,
seat
hydro
blanked off sunroof
fitted bonnet pins
boot clips
heres few pics so far. . . .

tinted lights and painted up the grill. .
http://i46.tinypic.com/2u9mkqa.jpg

LennyS13

25-11-12, 18:33

K sports in
http://i48.tinypic.com/run33p.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/14msy28.jpg
two yokohama pradas for front

http://i49.tinypic.com/2cgnbbt.jpg

seat in
http://i48.tinypic.com/11cehw6.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/30m8l69.jpg

sunroof blanked off
http://i45.tinypic.com/pufja.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/r89i10.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/5lusmf.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/2zi3d3q.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/ve5ilj.jpg

LennyS13

10-05-13, 10:32

so its about time i got back onto this.

i dont know what the feck the first photo is :/

so anyway i bought a 4:1 out of E28 for tomasS13 on here,

so took out my diff and to switch the e28 internals in

pics
e28 diff out of its casing

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0714_zps19587aad.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/PICT0714_zps19587aad.jpg.html)

nikkisixx69

10-05-13, 10:35

LennyS13

10-05-13, 10:36

stripped the m3 casing and gave it a good clean

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0715_zps535adb9f.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/PICT0715_zps535adb9f.jpg.html)

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0716_zpsab7fe945.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/PICT0716_zpsab7fe945.jpg.html)

off the collect seal and then put it back together

LennyS13

10-05-13, 10:37

^^^ lol wut???

i reckon on of the lads was here haha never staying logged it again

LennyS13

10-05-13, 18:13

ok so gave the casing a bit of paint to tidy it up

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0717_zps6d631cbc.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/PICT0717_zps6d631cbc.jpg.html)

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0718_zpsd7f49acc.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/PICT0718_zpsd7f49acc.jpg.html)

diff back in case just waiting on a seal should have it monday
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0720_zps52d0935b.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/PICT0720_zps52d0935b.jpg.html)

this how it looks now
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0719_zps035d89f8.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/PICT0719_zps035d89f8.jpg.html)

grange

10-05-13, 19:39

ah this is the bmw you where tellin me about. best of luck with it

mike e30

11-05-13, 00:42

Sound job ya can't beat a good m3.
Was there much work to fitting the 4.1 diff

LennyS13

11-05-13, 10:44

thanks grange, it is fairly simple mike just pull out everything basically and swap it over :)

mike e30

11-05-13, 22:06

Must keep an eye out for a diff now have a 323 iam using there while I do the e30 it would prob give it the extra bit it needs

LennyS13

12-10-13, 14:25

ok so picked up some wheels off tomas13 on here sold on the motorsports

when I got them
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/keskin1_zpse9460ee0.jpg

LennyS13

12-10-13, 14:28

changed the colour of two

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/keskin2_zps094c9a17.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/keskin2_zps094c9a17.jpg.html)

<a href="http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/keskin2_zps094c9a17.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/keskin2_zps094c9a17.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo keskin2_zps094c9a17.jpg"/></a>

LennyS13

12-10-13, 14:30

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/keskin3_zpsda797887.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/keskin3_zpsda797887.jpg.html)

and heres one fitted on the car needs a polish in a bad way lol
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/keskin4_zpsfabfe025.jpg (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/LennyMorrissey/media/keskin4_zpsfabfe025.jpg.html)

Mac_C

12-10-13, 15:44

Hard to beat the reliability of NA. 4.1cwp makes some job of them! Wheels look class on it man, good work :afro:

Tomas_s13

13-10-13, 11:14

thats a nice fit! i was expecting them to be poking out from under arches...

LennyS13

04-02-14, 19:49

right time to get moving on this been sitting up a while now with nothing done

so bought quick release boss kit for it

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0716_zpsb78e2808.jpg

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0715_zps1d43cc73.jpg

LennyS13

04-02-14, 20:03

so my aim is do get a little job done everyday and update as much as possible,

so I got new amber corners from Latvia fairly cheap as I couldn't find second hand pair

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0717_zps022524df.jpg

jamiem

04-02-14, 21:48

Nice build lad youve a nice bit done already :) love the wheels too make a fine job of it

tommiii

07-02-14, 19:19

hi lenny :afro:

hoges147

09-02-14, 13:36

Nice work, is it for track or road use

LennyS13

09-02-14, 20:59

Thanks track wil have it back home tomorrow to strip it out for full cage

LennyS13

14-02-14, 13:33

ok so got the car home coukdnt wait to fit the quick release so fitted it before I started to gut the inside in order to get cage fitted

need to drop seat back and down a little sould be perfect then

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0702_zpse6215ace.jpg

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0703_zps65b936e9.jpg

LennyS13

15-02-14, 16:26

small update again , getting motivated after seen its turn out today.

getting small idea of what I have imagined

so test fit the front wheels , fairly close to coilover , ,maybe small spacer might see me out of it
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0711_zps0d5960df.jpg

car was really faded so gave it a spruce up didn't turn out to bad either for a quick run
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0710_zpse8b8dd73.jpg

also fitted my new amber corners I picked up few weeks back
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0709_zps1d21db4a.jpg

and last one for today
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0708_zps5485913f.jpg

next step is to fit the diff and make up an exhaust for it, that's all for today :) some one might like it too lol

Ptank

15-02-14, 17:06

What's the wheel make ?

LennyS13

15-02-14, 17:19

What's the wheel make ?

Keskin KT1s picked them up from a member on here

LennyS13

02-03-14, 14:41

finally got the hydro mounted where I wanted, didn't feel right with the small upright handle so I took some measurements and a mate offered to make one up in his lunch out at his work place.

I don't think its a bad job at all for the info I gave him :) just gotta tidy up weld when I get my mig this week, anyway some pics

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0712_zpscd895fea.jpg

and a better view
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0713_zps3864ee35.jpg

that's all for now hopefully this week I can get exhaust system made up on the car

Greg

02-03-14, 19:43

It looks well on those wheels Lenny.

LennyS13

02-03-14, 20:52

It looks well on those wheels Lenny.

thanks, thinking about 17inch banded steels for spares for the rear

Tomas_s13

02-03-14, 23:51

looks fuc*ing AWSOME!

LennyS13

12-11-14, 12:27

mike e30

12-11-14, 19:02

Why on earth did u buy them from a dealer ???
U could have just used normal hardened steel bolts thats what i done after the original ones sheered off there a much handier job

LennyS13

12-11-14, 20:43

Didn't want to take the chance , incase they break .

Piece of mind this way

mike e30

12-11-14, 20:49

Iad defo recammend getting a few hardined steel bolts to have as spares i bring a few with me on every trackday just incase they were to ever break again. Be sickiner to waist a drift day over them.

LennyS13

13-11-14, 00:08

Iad defo recammend getting a few hardined steel bolts to have as spares i bring a few with me on every trackday just incase they were to ever break again. Be sickiner to waist a drift day over them.

thanks for heads p really need to get a paush on with things and get out

300zx tt

03-01-15, 09:20

Bit more info on the diff? Is that a medium or large case diff that comes in the 3.0 and what model e28 did the internals come out of?

mk2glenn

05-01-15, 00:14

Bit more info on the diff? Is that a medium or large case diff that comes in the 3.0 and what model e28 did the internals come out of?

Medium in the 3.0s, large only came in 3.2s

LennyS13

13-01-15, 17:11

Bit more info on the diff? Is that a medium or large case diff that comes in the 3.0 and what model e28 did the internals come out of?

its my original case with e28 internals, from 81 model welded

Venom

15-01-15, 13:18

finally gave in and got rear bolts for diff

so i ended up buying 12 torex bolts
6 washer shields
and 6 nuts for prop

a lovely 242.80 euro

its like im fran and they got me good with that pool cue. stupid shitty main dealers
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0657_zps93317c0d.jpg

Next time you're buying go here: http://www.schmiedmann.com/

Also the difference between OEM and OE is often just a bmw box.

Looking good though.

Interior gone?

LennyS13

28-01-15, 08:25

yes sorry gone with so time.

perfrect thanks be handy to have few updates later today

LennyS13

17-02-15, 22:49

POW!!

finally got time between work to get shit done all diff shafts prop mounted.

wishbones and hubs modified along with new rods and ends and new front links

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0663_zps5cb8593f.jpg

LennyS13

17-02-15, 22:54

pics of the hubs painted up before I put them back together

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0666_zps4778bf4f.jpg

made some hub converters for the front to take 5x114,3 wheels.

fecking wheels are catching front bumper and filler bar so im not sure what I will do

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0665_zps1a90f531.jpg

LennyS13

17-02-15, 22:57

also made a start on the exhaust. im using 2.5 stainless steel , two new flexi pipes
and 8mm rod for hanging the exhaust
also made new flanges from 8 mm steel plate while I was at it

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0668_zps3d85caac.jpg

so im planning on getting everything buttoned up on it in the next week and sent off for cage to be fitted

LennyS13

28-09-15, 19:46

boy how plans never work out, moved to unit anyway getting to it slowly but surely

got arches for it which will do for now as i cant afford to spend a fortune on big duck lab ones

heres them fitted rough and ready
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0673_zpsfnpdsmkm.jpg

got rid of the m3 mirrors off it and fitted some dtm style ones i had in the attic

http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0674_zpsk46tffv7.jpg

removed these cheap crappy pins for latches
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0671_zpsyv5tdrtk.jpg

for these better tidy flushed latches
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y436/LennyMorrissey/PICT0672_zpsgonvoyk9.jpg