Well done mate, congratulations on finishing this build and a huge thank you for taking us all along for the ride. Enjoyed every second of the series. Yes I dont have an e30, but I have a few old JDM cars which i work on as projects DIYing on weekends.. which meant I could emotionally connect with you whilst watching you hard at work on these old beauties.. Older cars have so much character right? Special thanks from Australia, Cheers
And a big thanks to you for watching along all this time and for contributing positive comments. It's a huge motivator for getting these videos out! Old cars do have character, and no matter the brand or country of origin, they all require special attention to keep them going. BMWs just might require more of it than others. lol
Do you know if he has any videos detailing the process of restoring a rusted body panel ? Or if not any suggestions of content creators who do? I’ve heard there’s lots of bad advice on here
Excellent job!!! I really like it. Your videos throughout this series were just spot on. From your technical expertise to your dedication to making it right and look good in the process! Look forward to your future projects.
I'm a real E30 fan, I had for a couple years a 1984, 320, was a great car even when it was the 4 cylinder, always wanted to make a project like this, but couldn't afforded it, now you inspired me to take that wish real, know white the company of my son!!! By the way, the Nissan 300ZX is awesome!!
Love the work on the e30! Just wanted to mention for future reference that generally those A/C clutches have a threaded barrel in the center and an AC clutch puller from your local O-Reilly's probably could've made that job much quicker! XD
I would suggest you drill and add bolts on or zip ties to the inside of the is lip because if you hit something...cat/dog/tire....that will break it off... speaking from experience
I would Change the rims to bmw rims . In Germany they called 15 zoll kreuzspeichen felgen. I think they would look perfect on the car . I have them on my e30 . ✌greetings from Germany 🇩🇪😁
Man, that C pillar looks fantastic - I had no clue it was possible to blend paint and have it look that good! I've deeply enjoyed this series and seeing the E30's transformation; it's sad to see the series come to a close, but I'm very happy for you that you've got it all finished! I'm looking forward to the cost breakdown - a few things would be interesting to see: - As part of it, if you've got some relevant footage, could you show some before and after comparisons?; - Seeing how taking an E30 in this one's starting condition and doing the restoration compares to how much buying one in the now restored condition would be; - If you are willing to share, how much, if any, of your costs have been offset by any youtube revenue you've made. Thanks for all the hard work and fantastic cinematography/music/editing - I look forward to any future builds you might do!
Excellent video man, your craftsmanship is very impressive. I also like the use of eye, ear, lung protection precautions taken in your repairs. Something that is so important and overlooked by most people working on these projects. The paint repair was very impressive! No choice but to subscribe!
clever of bmw to put a drain tube on the headlight, that'd make it a lot easier to replace old headlight fluid or drain your headlight when taking it off
I'm going in pretty deep on a 325iX. Car was 5500, but I'm up to around 10k after initial stuff and a ways to go. Mint one was just posted semi nearby for 12k but I think I'm in too deep on the one I have.
Can’t believe it’s finally done! I’m looking to get an E-30 soon, as soon as I have the money. This series taught me so much about what to look for and what’s easy and hard to fix. Had so much fun watching and you earned a new subscriber. I hope you enjoy that E-30 because it really is beautiful. Hope you make more videos with it!!
must feel amazing to finally have the car done, it looks excellent! all your hard work has really paid off, and dont sweat the super small stuff, a few rough edges just add character. :) if you decide to fix the slightly mismatch headlights i definitely recommend getting some smileys. it'd really set off the euro vibe you have going on with the german plate and the iS lip.
Awesome video!! I've been using this as a guide for my e30. I'm in the market for a vise and was curious about the size of your vise. I'm trying to decide between a 4" or 5" and since you went through the whole car I figured you would be a good resource. Thank you.
Mine is the 5" one from Harbor Freight. It's a great vise so long as you don't use it for severe pressing duty (i.e. bushings) because I've broken one doing that before.
What a great project! About the old right head lamp I think you can always try to polish the glass to make it a bit more shinny and similar to the new one! I know you spent a huge amount of money on this car, it looks gorgeous and your taste is absolutely refined but, wouldn't you consider some genuine BMW BBS alloys or something OEM and just a bit sporty?
Amazing transformation...you really peeled away the layers there. Of course I have an e30 and am dealing with some of the stuff you’ve done. Thanks for laying it all out there for us less engineer-like folk to try to emulate 👍🏻
Congratulations! You've brought a fantastic piece of true German automotive excellence back to life that will provide you with smiles and driving enjoyment for the next several years! Thanks for providing inspiration and ideas for the rest of us E30 passionate owners! Now, get back behind the wheel, listen to that wonderful baby 6 purr, row through the gears, feel that wonderful steering and chassis response, and smile!
You mentioned in #26 that you had a full list of parts etc that it took to get her back into shape. Where can we find that information? Thanks, I am close to getting a 1990 E30 325i that has been parked for 5 years...
What did you do to the old bumper lip? If you did not do that I ill love to buy it from you even though the mounting for the clips are broken I ill fix it. I inherited a é 30 from my grandfather, and by the time my grandmother was using the car she broke it and I lost the pieces, and I ill love to have uma bumper lip original if you have the kindness of answer me I appreciate, and congratulations for the job you did on your e 30 you help me a lot in the restoration of my even though my wasent that bad as yours
The German license plate is period correct for this car. The current plates with the EU flag were introduced in 1994, so this one is at least 25 years old. What this car needs to finish it off is a set of BMW style 5 cross-spoke wheels.
For selfish reasons i am sorry that it is finished as i have really enjoyed your e30 journey and you have real skills as well as being good at everything you do. it would be unfair of you not to start another project so we can keep watching, how about getting another and doing project e30 track car? Or project e30 m3 bodykit? Whatever the cost to build your e30 it will grow into that value as they seem to be the an appreciating investment that can only increase in value
you should try restoring the license plate next! But all around, it's a great looking (and performing) car! This series is an invaluable resource for the community. Thank you so much!
Nice job. Been watching since the start. I think most weekend mechanics would have thrown in the towel a long time ago or settled from a much less complete state. Well done on seeing this through. It would be nice to see you really enjoy it on the track or autocross at some point.
Congratulations on a beautiful e30! I keep all of the receipts for my '89 vert but never add them up 😬 Owned mine 8 years and many miles. Just did the timing belt, water pump, belts etc. prior to a long road trip in two days. Hope you keep this beauty and grow to love it like I love mine. No old BMW is a "finished" project😊 Cheers,
This has been an awesome series, watched it from the very beginning. Glad you're finished :) Btw, what's up with the wheels, you mentioned several times that you'd be replacing them?
Once the new compressor clutch hub was installed, the A/C blew "cool", not cold. I'd guess that there is moisture in the system. I'm planning on taking a vacuum on it and giving it a fresh recharge here soon and that should result in it blowing cold.
@@PracticalEnthusiast gotcha. I haven't gone through the trouble of fixing my ac clutch yet since it's R12 and scarce. I've thought about converting it to R134 but if I did it, I wanted to fully convert everything. Thanks for the great video though! Now I know what needs to be done to replace it!
Nice OEM style wheels would really make this E30 looking Bad Ass
Well done mate, congratulations on finishing this build and a huge thank you for taking us all along for the ride. Enjoyed every second of the series. Yes I dont have an e30, but I have a few old JDM cars which i work on as projects DIYing on weekends.. which meant I could emotionally connect with you whilst watching you hard at work on these old beauties.. Older cars have so much character right? Special thanks from Australia, Cheers
Ps: you deserve so many more subscribers man, wishing you the best of luck for the future of this channel
And a big thanks to you for watching along all this time and for contributing positive comments. It's a huge motivator for getting these videos out! Old cars do have character, and no matter the brand or country of origin, they all require special attention to keep them going. BMWs just might require more of it than others. lol
When the KU attire is back, you know some detailed work is coming in
That's hilarious! Completely unplanned, but they're the sacrificial work shirts that somehow keep surviving.
Just stumbled on this exactly one year after you posted it. Cool. Great work and video techniques, Mr. PE!
I like the Frankfurt license plate. It’s from the same era as the car.
Greetings from Germany
I had no idea - I guess I lucked out! Thanks for letting me know.
been here since the start, always gave me some inspiration on my e30. Congrats!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear it's been a point of inspiration to take on projects on your own E30.
Do you know if he has any videos detailing the process of restoring a rusted body panel ? Or if not any suggestions of content creators who do? I’ve heard there’s lots of bad advice on here
@@Fee.1 take a look at episodes 7 through 11 on my Project E30 playlist. I go into a bunch of rust repair.
Your e30 looks absolutely stunning !!! I loveee how you kept the oem look!!!
Thank you!
Excellent job!!! I really like it. Your videos throughout this series were just spot on. From your technical expertise to your dedication to making it right and look good in the process! Look forward to your future projects.
Always good to see another e30 taken care of. I enjoyed watching this series. These cars are a never ending project though ;)
I'm a real E30 fan, I had for a couple years a 1984, 320, was a great car even when it was the 4 cylinder, always wanted to make a project like this, but couldn't afforded it, now you inspired me to take that wish real, know white the company of my son!!! By the way, the Nissan 300ZX is awesome!!
Great job and outstanding video. Your attention to detail is excellent. As always. well done!!
Thank you!
Love the work on the e30! Just wanted to mention for future reference that generally those A/C clutches have a threaded barrel in the center and an AC clutch puller from your local O-Reilly's probably could've made that job much quicker! XD
congratulations Peter, we enjoyed the series and learned a lot from you
Awesome job! I have really enjoyed watching this series -- thanks for sharing this.
Love your e30!!!
Hopefully you do more videos with it!
I hope to do more videos of it as well. We'll see!
I would suggest you drill and add bolts on or zip ties to the inside of the is lip because if you hit something...cat/dog/tire....that will break it off... speaking from experience
Congratulations! Great work. What's with the wheels?
Next time, use the older bearing on top of the newer one . Way more control on how it is driven in.
I would Change the rims to bmw rims . In Germany they called 15 zoll kreuzspeichen felgen. I think they would look perfect on the car . I have them on my e30 . ✌greetings from Germany 🇩🇪😁
Who knows, maybe some nice original wheels will come around. But for now, these wheels have grown on me. :) Thanks for watching!
How about a collaboration with WatchJRGo since you're both KU fans?
What is the function of compressor and importance ?!
air condition for inside the car on hot days
Wheels needs changing!!!
Looks great!! Enormous amount of work. Looking forward to the final cost breakdown video.
Keep it up man! Love the honest at-home techniques that get great results. Real inspiration for DIYers like myself.
Dude tell me you are changing those wheels! Some OEM TRX or BBS please. It would finish it off beautifully. For the sec of the car lol
Great looking E30 that you can now enjoy year round. Given the E30 tax, you might be able to get $10K for this now.
Thank you. I'm glad it's done haha.
I agree, I just bought a mint e30 for 10k
Man, that C pillar looks fantastic - I had no clue it was possible to blend paint and have it look that good! I've deeply enjoyed this series and seeing the E30's transformation; it's sad to see the series come to a close, but I'm very happy for you that you've got it all finished!
I'm looking forward to the cost breakdown - a few things would be interesting to see:
- As part of it, if you've got some relevant footage, could you show some before and after comparisons?;
- Seeing how taking an E30 in this one's starting condition and doing the restoration compares to how much buying one in the now restored condition would be;
- If you are willing to share, how much, if any, of your costs have been offset by any youtube revenue you've made.
Thanks for all the hard work and fantastic cinematography/music/editing - I look forward to any future builds you might do!
Thank you sharing what you'd like to see in the next video. They're good ideas! I'll try and incorporate them into it.
Excellent video man, your craftsmanship is very impressive. I also like the use of eye, ear, lung protection precautions taken in your repairs. Something that is so important and overlooked by most people working on these projects. The paint repair was very impressive! No choice but to subscribe!
clever of bmw to put a drain tube on the headlight, that'd make it a lot easier to replace old headlight fluid or drain your headlight when taking it off
I'm guessing you spend close to $20k. I did a similar refresh/rebuilt and it was around $18k for just the parts.
I'm going in pretty deep on a 325iX. Car was 5500, but I'm up to around 10k after initial stuff and a ways to go. Mint one was just posted semi nearby for 12k but I think I'm in too deep on the one I have.
What model?
325i@@Fee.1
If you live in Kansas City, I’d love to see you bring this to a BMW car show!
Can’t believe it’s finally done! I’m looking to get an E-30 soon, as soon as I have the money. This series taught me so much about what to look for and what’s easy and hard to fix. Had so much fun watching and you earned a new subscriber. I hope you enjoy that E-30 because it really is beautiful. Hope you make more videos with it!!
Thanks Lucas! They're great cars to learn how to wrench on.
KC in the summer without AC isn't much fun...glad you got yours fixed
Regardless of what is spent on an e30, it is always worth it. Just an exceptional car beautifully engineered for its time.
Nice man. Good cars cost money. Great project.
Very true.
I have one and I will do restoration you did a great job!
Congratulations .. you did a lot of good work
And your obvious strength is not compromise the quality
I'll be waiting more of your work
Good job !
It’s a museum piece now lol
Original paint job didn't use a clear coat.
must feel amazing to finally have the car done, it looks excellent! all your hard work has really paid off, and dont sweat the super small stuff, a few rough edges just add character. :) if you decide to fix the slightly mismatch headlights i definitely recommend getting some smileys. it'd really set off the euro vibe you have going on with the german plate and the iS lip.
Thank you! It's a big relief to have it "finished". I do like the smileys, but they're always so expensive when I see them for sale.
Awesome video!! I've been using this as a guide for my e30. I'm in the market for a vise and was curious about the size of your vise. I'm trying to decide between a 4" or 5" and since you went through the whole car I figured you would be a good resource. Thank you.
Mine is the 5" one from Harbor Freight. It's a great vise so long as you don't use it for severe pressing duty (i.e. bushings) because I've broken one doing that before.
What a great project! About the old right head lamp I think you can always try to polish the glass to make it a bit more shinny and similar to the new one!
I know you spent a huge amount of money on this car, it looks gorgeous and your taste is absolutely refined but, wouldn't you consider some genuine BMW BBS alloys or something OEM and just a bit sporty?
I've looked around at some BBS wheels, but I'd like to go slightly larger than OEM and they get very expensive. Maybe some day!
Amazing transformation...you really peeled away the layers there. Of course I have an e30 and am dealing with some of the stuff you’ve done. Thanks for laying it all out there for us less engineer-like folk to try to emulate 👍🏻
Time to get the bikes out!
Awesome build
There is a special tool for pulling the a/c clutch. Around $20
Awesome, she is a live! Good job and good luck. I hope, that car will bring you pleasure.
Outstanding build. I’m prob gonna buy an M2 soon but in a lot of ways this has more charm and is a better vehicle.
Car looks phenomenal great work I'm sad to see this project come to a end you need to do some update videos in the future mabey some driving footage
Congratulations! You've brought a fantastic piece of true German automotive excellence back to life that will provide you with smiles and driving enjoyment for the next several years! Thanks for providing inspiration and ideas for the rest of us E30 passionate owners! Now, get back behind the wheel, listen to that wonderful baby 6 purr, row through the gears, feel that wonderful steering and chassis response, and smile!
You mentioned in #26 that you had a full list of parts etc that it took to get her back into shape. Where can we find that information? Thanks, I am close to getting a 1990 E30 325i that has been parked for 5 years...
What did you do to the old bumper lip? If you did not do that I ill love to buy it from you even though the mounting for the clips are broken I ill fix it. I inherited a é 30 from my grandfather, and by the time my grandmother was using the car she broke it and I lost the pieces, and I ill love to have uma bumper lip original if you have the kindness of answer me I appreciate, and congratulations for the job you did on your e 30 you help me a lot in the restoration of my even though my wasent that bad as yours
The German license plate is period correct for this car. The current plates with the EU flag were introduced in 1994, so this one is at least 25 years old. What this car needs to finish it off is a set of BMW style 5 cross-spoke wheels.
For press fit bearings, I usually throw them in the freezer overnight. Shrinks them just that tiny bit and makes them far easier to press in.
Beautiful car! Thanks for all the helpful hints. Well done.
You’re really awesome!
Great job man, thanks for all the videos
Very nice! Is this your daily driver now? How does it handle in the Kansas winters? Enjoy!
For selfish reasons i am sorry that it is finished as i have really enjoyed your e30 journey and you have real skills as well as being good at everything you do. it would be unfair of you not to start another project so we can keep watching, how about getting another and doing project e30 track car? Or project e30 m3 bodykit? Whatever the cost to build your e30 it will grow into that value as they seem to be the an appreciating investment that can only increase in value
Plus he can flip it after only about $1,000 work
Great job on the e39. It would make the perfect daily driver. Hopefully you do periodic updates with the car.
Did 7 ate 9 again or ?
great videos!!! It looks awesome for all the work it needed and you did! Good Job!
What tires are these? Size and manufacturer, please. Looks nice :)
What kind of license plates are on that Toyota? Looks like British ones.
I got 3 wires coming from the compressor where do they go? I'm lost
Just needs some OEM BBS rims :-) Looks great!
I just bought 91 325ix wish me luck
I bet there may be a retrofit mod to use the old sealed beams on the new style
Good luck with your car
Grand job dude, bravo!
Damn nice job!
Lovely job!
Dude, i'm starting a BMW e30 Project, where did u bought all the parts. Greetings from Perú
Most of the parts I bought online from ECS Tuning and FCP Euro. They ship internationally so check them out!
Awsome job!
you should try restoring the license plate next! But all around, it's a great looking (and performing) car! This series is an invaluable resource for the community. Thank you so much!
you probably have one of the most reliable E30's out there right now with all the body and mechanical work done. looks excellent, great work!
Nice job. Been watching since the start. I think most weekend mechanics would have thrown in the towel a long time ago or settled from a much less complete state. Well done on seeing this through. It would be nice to see you really enjoy it on the track or autocross at some point.
I have a rusty door, do you have any suggestions for learning the process of painting to the level of effectiveness you just did?
Where did you get the paint kit from? Thank you!
I got it from Scratch Wizard (scratchwizard.net/). I highly recommend them.
pro tip for painting: light coats, wipe down all panels. I see fish eyes and orange peel from being too close
how much time would you say you spent looking up just bearing numbers over the whole project?
Hah I don't even want to know. Many, many hours.
@@PracticalEnthusiast haha I had a feeling. At least it's on record now...
Now put it up on Bring-a-trailer!
Just needs an EU grill now
I wasn't aware they were different. Now that I've seen the Euro grill, I do like it. Dang it. Thanks for that.
What size wheels and tires are you running? I looked through the other videos and didn't see mention of you getting them.
The wheels are 15" Kosei K-1 wrapped in Dunlop Direzza 205/55R15 tires.
Congratulations on a beautiful e30! I keep all of the receipts for my '89 vert but never add them up 😬
Owned mine 8 years and many miles. Just did the timing belt, water pump, belts etc. prior to a long road trip in two days. Hope you keep this beauty and grow to love it like I love mine. No old BMW is a "finished" project😊
Cheers,
Thank you! You're right, these cars always need attention in some way. Hopefully I won't have to fix the items I've addressed for a while though. :)
This has been an awesome series, watched it from the very beginning. Glad you're finished :)
Btw, what's up with the wheels, you mentioned several times that you'd be replacing them?
Thank you for watching! The wheels have grown on me and they're very light weight. I don't foresee switching them out anytime soon.
Great work 👍
nice nice job
I think my ac compressor clutch is in the same state yours was in my '90 schwarz e30 sedan. Did it actually blow cold?
Once the new compressor clutch hub was installed, the A/C blew "cool", not cold. I'd guess that there is moisture in the system. I'm planning on taking a vacuum on it and giving it a fresh recharge here soon and that should result in it blowing cold.
@@PracticalEnthusiast gotcha. I haven't gone through the trouble of fixing my ac clutch yet since it's R12 and scarce. I've thought about converting it to R134 but if I did it, I wanted to fully convert everything.
Thanks for the great video though! Now I know what needs to be done to replace it!
All you needed was a gear puller and your done
I couldn't find one locally that was thin enough to fit into the gaps the hub provided. It would have made the process easier, no doubt about it.