Uwbuurman: 1986 e30 325iA cabrio

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And with the rubbers back on.



I had 1 rustspot, which needed attention.

Took out the seats and mouldings



The rust is between the panels





Took it out





And some rustconverter applied.

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Almost end of March 2015, some not much time left. I need to have it running before April 11th, the e21 springdrive.

Made me a donorplate





All the rust is gone. I could open up more material, but I’m affraid in no time I have two projects on my hands… So I cleaned it as good as possible and coated it with epoxy.



Also the donor material



When it was dry, welded it in..

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sanded



Again epoxy.







Next week paint..

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Man, I love the Alpina's!!

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on April 2015 we had the BMWe21.net Springdrive and Meet. She was up for it!

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Fast forward to August 2015

Somewhere in 2014 I impregnated the top. At my family vacationhome, where we stayed over in the summer, we had a couple of rainy days. Nice to see how the roof reacts to that
Besides that, the boot takes on water. My guess it it runs behind the rear lights.

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So I changed out the seals on the rear lights.




goner!





alsmost goner:



New is better!

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And the, October 13... (tuesday, not Friday). It was not a good day. It passed the MOT, but with lots of remarks. 1 shockabsorber leaks, a couple of bad balljoints, some torn rubbers. No more delay, I have to take care of the undercarriage this winter.

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I ordered:
- Eibach anti roll kit
- Hartge style front strutbar
- Bilstein B6 front and rear
- Front swingarms, all rubbers, new steering rods
- New stabi links, front and rear
- New rear axle round rubbers
- Front and rear top mount rubbers
- E36 swingarm rubbers (more solid, see pic)

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You see: Nice one piece strutbar, model Hartge. A set of Eibach stabi’s with rubbers, a set Bilstein B6 shocks, topmounts, rubbers.



beside that some nee swingarms front, new streeringrods, an other subframe front and a reinforceent kit for that subframe from Turner Motorsport in de good ol' US of A.



I up for the task now, I will try to fit it in de Christmas holidays...

Oh, and I bought a new sandblaster!!

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The places where I'm gonna weld I blasted.



I grinded down the plates.



And welded it in



Also a long weld on the backside.



And the reinforcement welded in.