Project Lessmeister: 91 318iS Restomod w/ MTech2 and modern drivetrain

[Tom D]

......the IHKS......

care to give me a clue as to what this means?

[Aryana]

care to give me a clue as to what this means?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=BMW+ihks+

Integrated heating and air conditioning control

[Tom D]

^ okay, so that means that the acronym is being misused in this tread.

from what i can see the IHKS is a module that controls heating and air conditioning, what the OP is talking about is the HVAC unit as well as the FAU.

[Aryana]

Cool man. Just enjoy the build...it's pretty evident what he's referring to.

[Tom D]

but you see that was the point, I could see what he was doing, but i didn't know what he was talking about.

[Stück]

Tom D, the box says IHKS right on it. BMW has several different terms to refer to the "same thing" depending on how its equipped, IE IHKS, IHKR, IHKA etc.

Look:



Visited my friends over at Imperial Collision this afternoon to check on progress on the e30's paint work. As always beautiful work. I'm loving the color and how Imolarot II flips dark/light depending on the ambient lighting, and seeing parts in color now... WOW. I love love love it.

I'll have to swing back mid week to collect all the loose body parts with the wagon and take them home to get them out of the way.










Chassis shell will be going into the booth this coming week.

[Aryana]

Well done on picking that Imolarot. It's just perfect. Were those panels still wet? Man, they have an awesome gloss.

[Stück]

Thanks, I'm thrilled with the color. Although it was never a E30 offering I think it will suit the car well.

All those panels are dry and they are as they were sprayed out from the gun. No denibbing or color sanding done yet.

Each part is getting 2-3 coats of clear. They are using 2 full gallons of PPG Deltron Clear.

[auaq]

Damn! I'm loving that colour. When can I drive it?

[dohcdoh]

Damn! I'm loving that colour. When can I drive it?

As soon as your check clears.

-stück

[Stück]

Ha ha exactly!

When I got the car the previous owner had already removed the chassis wiring harness. He tried to label most of the connectors, and did an OK job of it but some of the label are definitely wrong, and others missing altogether. No worries, I know what every connector goes to by heart.

As dumped out of the 30gal container it was in, all balled/knotted up:


Took about 30 minutes to fish it around itself and untie it, lay it out like it would be in the car.



The immediate underdash portion:



Overall the harness is in great shape. I only found a few damaged wires that need attention, and a couple perished connectors that must be replaced.

To do list:

Replace brake lamp switch on pedal box, connector crumbled.
Replace/rebuild reverse lamp harness, cut by driveshaft?
Repair differential speed sensor connector, wires snapped off.
Remove old wrap and rewrap engine bay portion of harness with new OE cloth tape.
Replace ignition switch sub harness, was hacked into for an alarm?
Delete all SRS system wiring.
Delete/pair down Cluster > OBC harness for euro clock conversion.
Remove speaker wires etc from radio harness, harness hacked up from typical prior radio install.

[Tom D]

Tom D, the box says IHKS right on it....different terms ... IE IHKS, IHKR, IHKA etc.

thanks, I could see what you were doing but the terminology was confusing me, that's why I asked. I'm always amazed at the number of people that don't asked questions, they just look at you and nod their head in agreement even though they're completely dazed and confused.

[Stück]

Most of the engine bay portion of the harness has been skinned and rewrapped with new tape. I have another 2ft or so to the fuse box that will have to wait as I ran out of tape.



Old tape peeled off:


"extra" wiring removed from the main chassis harness.


6 button OBC harness removed from main chassis harness:


6 button OBC harness simplified, modified for use with the euro clock:

[auaq]

That euro clock!

[Stück]

Last night I drove to the paint shop and picked up most of the loose parts, I then had a very chill drive home as not to jostle the parts into one another.





The chassis shell should be in paint today or tomorrow. So excited :-)

[RyansBMW]

That color is gorgeous. Cant wait to see it all put together.

[fiveightandten]

Oh man, those parts look amazing. Can't wait to see the chassis.

[auaq]

[Stück]

Sealer, and basecoat went on the body earlier today. Clearcoating under way as we speak.

[krek]

Eagerly awaiting reassembly!

[auaq]

I should stand against that car and closely inspect all that work and repaint they did .... till I accidentally sneeze onto it.

[Aryana]

Neat! Not gonna be a trace of white left anywhere.

[Stück]

Neat! Not gonna be a trace of white left anywhere.

MMMMHHHMMMM This is the only proper way to do a color change on a car.

[krek]

Neat! Not gonna be a trace of white left anywhere.

White cars matter.

[Stück]

Fresh out of the booth at Imperial Collision this morning, goood lawd that is beautiful.

I cannot wait to get her home and get to work.