Eddie's E21 316

[Eddie.]

Thanks mate

It does have a sunroof, so as a matter of course, I'll take it out and inspect it.

I'll probably be replacing the headlining for something a little nicer anyway, as the current one isn't really to my taste.

[Alan]

Great car this.

Brilliant to see its getting the attention it deserves.

I brought this car back to life after it was stored for a very long time. Alan (creedon) told me had sold it on.







This was the last picture I took of it. Parked outside the garage when it was left to rot away.


Keep up the good work.

Alan.

[nas80]

Thought i recognised this e21.

it has my old rear bumper on it (probably) - the damage at the back seems to look like its been sorted?

[Reck]

- no plastic behind door card or not glued properly
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How can I replace this? Do the sell it? Mines been half ripped off (probably from when someone was messing with the door mechanism) and I can feel a draft through where the power mirror controls are..

[Jeroen]

Think you can buy it but you may have to take an entire roll. Not the cleanest way but since it will be covered by the door card itself anyway easiest would be just fix with duck tape I guess, make sore the sides and bottom are tight otherwise that will let water in, one of the causes of foot wells becoming swimming pools....

[Reck]

Duh, ducktape! It's the first solution anyone should think of.. Cheers.

[Eddie.]

Great car this.

Brilliant to see its getting the attention it deserves.

I brought this car back to life after it was stored for a very long time. Alan (creedon) told me had sold it on.







This was the last picture I took of it. Parked outside the garage when it was left to rot away.


Keep up the good work.

Alan.

Fantastic stuff mate, I love to know about the history of the car, when was that photo taken, if you don't mind me asking?

[Alan]

Thought i recognised this e21.

it has my old rear bumper on it (probably) - the damage at the back seems to look like its been sorted?

It sure was your bumper. That was a great drive that eve when I came over to you. Happy days I hope your keeping well Nas!!

[Alan]

Hi Eddie.

The picture was taken just before I sold it to Alan (creedon) a few summers ago. The garage in the back ground was where I first saw the car looking rather sorry for itself. I had to buy it. Have a look at my post from a few years back. Theres a 'story so far' which should tell you most. I have no probs telling you anything about the car. Its great to see it again and your progress.

pm'd

[Eddie.]

Cheers Alan, that's great.

It seems every time I do anything on the car, something new and exciting appears. It's full of history and stories, and call me soft, it's nice to know I'm adding to it's tales and hopefully the work I will do on it, will keep it going for many many years to come

Anyway, replacement suspension arrived yesterday from e21-mark. They're Gaz Gold coilovers. They need a bit of a clean up, and I need some C-spanners off eBay, but hopefully nothing more than that. Adjustable top mounts too







I'll be cleaning them up this week, and getting a few other bits done.

Is it worth taking the glass out, to inspect behind the rubbers? I don't mind doing it, but I've been warned it's a complete nightmare to refit them? Is this at all true?

[e21-Mark]

Exciting stuff. I'd defo check everywhere, including behind screen rubbers, for rust.

[Eddie.]

Is it much of a job though?

As I said, I'll happily do it, but I need to be able to get them back in.

I'm good with some stuff, but I can't see me being particulary patient with fiddly window rubbers!

[croma_man]

nice upgrade, mate !

[Eddie.]

Last night I wanted to clean up the coilovers. This was unfortunately stopped when the top nut, holding the top mount and subsequently the coil on, was stuck solid. I couldn't move it.

So tonight I went and bought an impact gun, which simply laughed at the nut and it was off in seconds. The right tool for the job...





Also, the four adjusting bolts on the top mounts were also stuck solid, and due to the shape and size of the top mounts, I couldn't free them up. So I made a little vice/jig thing which stopped the top mount from rotating, and did the job perfectly





Perfect

So out came a couple of buckets of piping hot soapy water, and a load of Tardis & G101. Some elbow grease later, and they went from this:



To this:







The lowers (bottom of the thread and down) need some paint, as they've got some surface rust. Probably a couple of coats of black will sharpen them up.

I've only done the front, as I got hungry and didn't fancy starting the rears. Plenty of time though

[croma_man]

if the coils stay on this position, how low comes the front of the car?