Uwbuurman: 1978 323i polaris: almost done

[BuschBertl]

Thanks Uwbuurman!

the tanks are always a Problem. I hope my tanks are as good as your new ones

I had the same Problem with my e30 - only the edges were rotten!

[uwbuurman]

I owed 'some pics, so here they are!



some scrapmetal fit to sie (roughly).



welded and grinded





And some rustprevention, for the time being, until they go to th powdercoater.



I also dug up my fuel pipe cover. It's totally shot, hinge is worn out and it all rust.



At this spot the cover hit the rubber on the car. Clearly to see that it moved over the years, due to that wornout hinge.



There is also some damage to the edge of the cover. So I scraped the paint of. Ofcourse, rust and filler...



Bu not to worry, I got me an brand new used resada one. Thanks Jan !

[Jeroen]

I admire your patience and attention to detail sir!

[uwbuurman]

Thanks, J!

[nuke laars]

This thread just keeps giving! Very nice work indeed!

[QuiqueUy]

Amazing work and restoration ! i just got up to date and finished reading the 25 pages i had left ! haha

keep up the good work !

PS: where u can find eibach springs for e21? been looking for them. thank you!

[Jeroen]

They are rare but luckily they're available again. Buddy of mine is selling them for example:
http://eibach.verlagings-veren.nl/conte ... 2_E21.html

You can get a quote including shipping through frans@impromaxx.nl tell him I sent you

[uwbuurman]

Indeed! I just bought a new set myself!

[QuiqueUy]

They are rare but luckily they're available again. Buddy of mine is selling them for example:
http://eibach.verlagings-veren.nl/conte ... 2_E21.html

You can get a quote including shipping through frans@impromaxx.nl tell him I sent you

Thank you jeroen! I like more the eibach than the h&r springs .

By the way , any updates ubu?

[uwbuurman]

Some little stuff done. Will post pics later this week!

[uwbuurman]

I took the coilovers apart and found out some things.

At the rear I have 18 old Eibachsprings



And Bilstein B8 (sport?) shocks





At the front I have honky tonky wappie wappie springs



And probably B8 shocks, but Bilstein NL couldn’t help me with this number to determine the type.…



Old springs:



Brand new set of Eibach springs!!



Because I had to use an airgun to release the spings, and I don’t hav one and my comprassor is not far from beeing dead, Arnold D. came to the rescue! Thanks Friend!
But I don’t want to borrow stuff, so I got me a brand new second hand compressor, 100 liter tank, capacity 425l/m.



And a new airgun, Rodcraft, heavy duty, named The Beast. goes max 1295 Nm …





Both of these things are donated by my housebank... Thanks Dad and mum!

[uwbuurman]

After beeing done with the sealant, it’s time to put the asphaltic panes with adhesive backing, the damping mats. I bought 7 pieces of 1m2 a piece, 4 mm thick. On the welding I wanted every thing like they did in the factory. But wit they saounddaming material, I intent to use a lot more. Gives a much more silent car with a much sturdier feel to it.

I started with cutting out the side panels





And stick away! I use a paintstripper to heaten the bodypanel, put in the mat and use the paintstripper to heat the mat aswel. Dus push and pull it in to place, and make sure it sticks on the panel everywhere.



In the boot these two will go. BMW used to put in only one above the exhaust, but on the 323i they didn’t use 2. But I do.











Done the shelf



Backseat



On the seat it selve I can almost fit a complete mat.





Done the rest.









I think the car is somewhat 40 kilo’s heavier, sice I used 5 (!!) complete mats, so I used 5 m2! Only leftover material is this.

[Manitoba]

You deserve to have it said over and over again, Koos: what a perfect job you're performing! Should there be any 70s BMW engineers reading along in this topic I am sure they must be thinking they did only half the job back then and you are doing more than the other half right now. Resulting in the perfect e21 323i. My deep respect!

Greetz,
Walter.

[BuschBertl]

Nice work done! After that you paint over?

[uwbuurman]

Thanks for your very kind words, Walter! Looking forward on drinking a beer with you in september!

Bert, yes, clean it with a strong degreaser and paint it.