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Well as many friends in here have requested here is my thread on the rebuild.
I apologize for writting in english but my Icelandic is limited.

I will start of by saying that this car has been severy mistreated in the past.
There has been some bodywork done on it but by what i can only call cowboys. I say this because instead of fixing the problems they just covered them up as best as their litle talent allowed them.
If you need further explanation on who and whay you should avoid when it comes to repairs please contact me. All i can say is the people who did work on this car in regards to the bodywork should close their business and buy a boat....they ll be better off fishing cause thei sucked ass in bodywork. And for sure they never loved a BMW as they should have....
Proof is one of the pictures where they covered the problem area with a pice of metal and painted over.
But enough with these morons!!!!

The car has tons of rust but we knew this (or at least most of it) when the car was bought.

At the moment the car has been completelly stripped and work on the rust has started.
It will be put on a rotiserie this weekend (rig so we can turn it upside down.

Below are some random pictures to show the terrible state the car is.

We are lucky enough to get Steini (anyone who has been in the Kruiser club will know him) work on our car.
Anyone that knows him can tell you about his work.
I would also like to thank Sveinbjorn (Alpina) and Þordur(Onno) for all their advice and help so far.
I will be replacing all panels with new one (or at least the ones that are still available from the dealer).
It will then have a complete respray in the original colour.
The only additions i will add outside will be rear Evo Sport spoiler


front Evo spoiler


and possibly change the mirros (one of the two below)





Mechanically i will be rebuilding the engine to 2.5 spec most likely with mild modifications for some extra bhp....
Gearbox and diff will be rebuild accordingly.

We have not decided on the interior but i will definetly retrim door panels and center console (original coloured leather)
Most likely i will change the seats to possibly some Recaro CS


or SR similar to the origina Evo Sport seats)


or maybe some Bride seats



retrimmed offcourse to match
There will be some more changes (steering wheel, gauges, etc) but nothing decided yet. I will post though as we progress.

All subframes and drivetrain parts will be cleaned painted and/or replaced if needed.
The plan is to keep everything original with the possibility of doing an S54 swap next year. All original parts will be kept and all modifications will be done so as to be able to put it back to the original state when needed.

We have not decided on wheels yet but it will for sure be 17 inch and staggered.
In any case here are some pictures with the progress so far.
I will try and update this thread as often as possible but if you have questions or something please contact me.
Ciao for now and for those of you who know who the cowboys are please avoid them working on your car. Those who dont....ask around!

pics

Super interesting project and plans.

But the pictures are too big man I cant view them

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E36 M3GTtt

Haha, same here. They're brutally choking my connection and butchering my 24" monitor.

Your project looks promising and I hope that you'll go through with it. A car like this doesn't deserve a speck of rust on its body!

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Sorry,
working on it now!
Click on the link to see them smaller!

Frábært að sjá þennan bíl almennilega tekinn í gegn!!

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Holy Batman

Macaoblau looks fantastic indeed.

Good luck, interesting project all the way...

G

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e39 M5 Carbon Schwartz
Audi A3 "Sportback" 1.6 TDi Miljöpowah!
e9 CSA 1973

This car has possibly been the most overhyped BMW in Icelandic history.

It´s good that Magnus (Zorba) is taking the time and expense to fix it properly
and make it 100% as it deserves.

Rustmeister.....

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Þórður
'99 M5 SC // '89 M3 S85 // '04 Patrol GR

WOW shitty worksmanship indeed, i cant belive the asking price for the car when it was sold in this state!

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Axel Jóhann Helgason. S. 695-7205


E34 Touring
Musso 2.9TDi

epic

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E30 - 325iC - 323iA - 320i - 318iS
E21 - 320
Honda CBR600 F2 Streetfighter

Nice! There is tons of work needed to be done according to the pics. Will be very interesting to check out the progress

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Fullt af CF sem rúllar

You are probably the ideal owner to that car.

Congrats.

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With great challenges comes great engineering.
Gunnar Reynisson

Er það bara ég eða ryðga allir M3 í döðlur ?

Þetta er bara vont eintak


Nice what you are doing Magnus, this car deserves to a little TLC hehe

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BMW E30 325i Coupe

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E30 325i Coupe - Shadowline | SELDUR

Ryðga eflaust alveg jafn mikið eins og aðrir E30 bara

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Skúli R
E24 628Csi '81 | E28 535i '87 | E28 533i '82 | E23 735i '84 | E32 740 | E36 320i x 2 | E46 330i Tour | E46 330d Tour
Partaðir: E28 3x518, 2x520 & 525 # E30 325ix # E32 2x730, 2x735 & 4x750 # E34 520, 3x525, 2x525ix, 2x540T # E36 6x316, 3x318, 318is, 6x320, 1x323 # E38 728, 735 & 740 # E39 2x523, 530d, 540 # E46 316 & 3x318, 320d