Re: E46 M3 SMG SEDAN PROJECT
Geplaatst: 10 aug 2009, 19:05
door B46
Zeker weten....
- Spoiler: Laat zien
- Continued on the front.
Almost all the parts on the front are mounted.
Got all the parts into the trunk again.
It's getting close..
Changed the airfilter.
Painted the Turner plates.
The M3 has a reinforcement from each side of the chassis to the diff. I had to make mounting points for this on the sedan. I studied the M3 and welded together a similar part. Also used a couple of nut threads to position the part, it also gives additional strength even thought that probably isn't necessary.
Epoxied.
The part with epoxy applied.
Part installed and painted. I will drill and make threads for the bolt when I get the rear suspension mounted.
More parts.
Got the M3 fuel tank mounted. Fit was perfect.
Bought wheel studs. These turned out to be a little to long on the hub thread, had to cut 20 studs and sand the end... not funny..
New bolts for the subframe.
Ready for mounting.
Almost there..
Installed!
There was a thick layer of some sort of rust protection on the rear suspension support, it looked very dirty. It was impossible to wash off so had to grind the part down to the metal.
Here you can see why I had to make the mounting points on each side of the chassis. It was for this support.
Marking up where to drill.
The driveshaft mounted.
Exhaust washed and ready for the car.
Heat shield and plastic cover installed.
More tomorrow.. cheers!:dave:
Cleaned the rear hubs and applied a layer og zink paint. This should keep the rust away at least for a while. Im doing this to the front as well.
Got the roll bar and front plate mounted.
Heat shields on.
Putting on a new exhaust tip, gave the old one to my dads car when he dented his.
Everything except the plastic shields mounted and connected.
Also did a bit of touch up on some of the parts.