Just another E30 build.... (a.k.a. The Bronzit B*tch)

[K-Line]

Couldnt go get those parts today cause I got sick as hell over night, but good news is that my bags are going in this weekend!

[mikey G]

Couldnt go get those parts today cause I got sick as hell over night, but good news is that my bags are going in this weekend!

[eethirty]

air out fgt

[mikey G]

air out fgt

+1

[K-Line]

Its finally happening! The car is in hover mode again and the bags are going in!



Dropped the rear subframe which took a little persuasion, the e-brake lines didnt wanna come out and the drivers subframe mount didnt wanna move at all, but it came out after about 4 hours of work.







Took it all apart and got all of the bushings removed







Painted everything up nice





Bushings going in









Went with the Condor subframe riser bushings, you need to run these spacers with the diff



And where im up to now, im eating lunch



Ill suu you and da ice after lunch



Dave too

[12vsex]

what are the diff raisers purpose ? Ive never heard of them . Looks snazzy so far man , sick find on the e30 too . you cant find anything good here

[Earl]

He raised the subframe so the spacers keep the driveline angle the same as stock

[eethirty]

ur an fgt

[K-Line]

what are the diff raisers purpose ? Ive never heard of them . Looks snazzy so far man , sick find on the e30 too . you cant find anything good here

He raised the subframe so the spacers keep the driveline angle the same as stock

Earl got it, corrects the rear camber

ur an fgt

you are fgt


Final update tomorrow

[99sil-teg]

Loving this so far, makes me miss my e30

[bdsevern]

makes me want to buy a e30 always been a fan of them, looking good!

[SnazzyQ]

When is the airing out video coming?

[K-Line]

Loving this so far, makes me miss my e30

makes me want to buy a e30 always been a fan of them, looking good!

Thanks dudes!

When is the airing out video coming?

Working on it as we speak!

[K-Line]

PART 2

So I left off when we got lunch on the second day of work, we got a lot done up to there. The next bit of work was the passenger rear trailing arm, it was rusted around the spring perch so we had to fix it at least temporarily. So I welded a plate on it and a piece of tubing to center the bag, the tubing part isnt in the pic but you get the idea...



Got that welded up and painted everything, then assembled the whole rear subframe and put it back in the car. It went in really nicely, only took about 25 minutes!





After that we went onto the fronts, its about midnight at this point... cut the strut housings down and and slipped the fronts together





Everything welded up nicely, MIG welded the first one and it got plenty hot with good penetration. Moved onto the second one and tacked it in two spots before running out of wire.......

I just recently learned how to TIG weld so I did that for the second one, it went well too. no pics of that one though.





While i was getting stuff done Dave got drunk.... alone...



Then got all the air lines done and fired everything up!



It worked perfectly right off the bat! Couldnt have been happier with everything, a lot still has to be done but the car is on the ground! heres the pics!























Finished at 2am and aired it up and down for like 30 minutes lol



And a video...

Bagged E30 from GREGKLINE on Vimeo.

Theres still a lot to do, heres a main list:

Calipers are getting powder coated and rebuilt by Ian (eethirty)
Need to rebuild parking brakes
New hard brake line on the drivers side
SS brake lines all around
Parking brake lines
Tie rods
Wheel bearings
Reinstall driveshaft
Exhaust

The rear fitment has to be adjusted, ill get to that later!

Theres other things too, the updates will be coming in. Super excited about this, feels good to have the bulk of it done though!

[mikey G]

Looking good killer. Glad to see everything worked 1st try. I never get so lucky