BMW E30 M3 Front and Rear Subframe [Restoration]

[@clovisdma6504]

Great job man! A tip: use neutral dish detergent or petroleum jelly to mount the rubbers instead of the grease. The grease attacks the rubber, it can cause a shortened service life (due to dryness of rubber).

[@retrobikechannel2599]

Looked a joy to work on. spending its life in a dry climate sure makes a difference

[@RestoreIt]

It was indeed :D

[@incognitotorpedo42]

God Yeah, so clean!

[@WSX-]

this is gonna go in a museum when its 101% finished

[@RestoreIt]

Haha not this M3, maybe my coupe...

[@derkm]

20:57 the E46 Steering rack isn't fitting because you have the front subframe upside down on the workbench 😉

[@rudiger86]

holy fuck the lol's!

[@Visionery1]

I noticed that as well. The garage couldn't have been very good because they also struggled to fit the rack upside down. :(

[@Multikill08]

08:23 "And as always; do it for Dale" the music sounds exactly like the credits at the end of a Cleetus McFarland video haha.

[@RestoreIt]

This was not on purpose haha

[@simenk.r.8237]

I think its the same track :-)

[@tunethetoy7225]

Watching your restorations makes me wonder how do you keep everything organized so you are able to put it back together? I surely do need a few tips on that! Spotless work as always!

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Tune! its the manuals :D haha

[@tunethetoy7225]

@@RestoreIt Ahh so they really are that good then, I will have to try it out :)

[@AG.0]

When you had the puller tool on the abs rings while at full tension, you could of tapped the top of the puller with a hammer with moderate force/not hard and the shockwaves would of budged the ring upwards, has worked for me many times

[@RestoreIt]

ooo good idea A G thanks for the tip

[@DavidPlass]

@@RestoreIt Similarly, when putting the new ones on, you can heat the rings up (blowtorch or oven) and cool the body down (freezer or ice).

[@unperrier5998]

Isn't that the same music I heard in Emanuelle, back in the days? ;)

[@RestoreIt]

Haha royalty free I tell ya! :D

[@zuze9112]

Hi man! I bought bare E30 4door. So your videos will help me alot.

[@RestoreIt]

Excellent, glad to hear this Zuze!

[@Parknest]

It is interesting to note the differences and similarities between the E30 & E36. I had to change the rear wheel bearings on my E36 and one of the driveshafts was an absolute pig of a job to get out as it was stuck on the hub. In the end, I used the Clarke CHT240 hub puller to get it out. I had to replace my front lower control arms as well. A popular mod on the E36 is to fit E30 lower control arms. I just replaced like for like along with the "lollipop" bushes. This car will be like new once it is done and will add value to an already very desirable M3.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Parknest! Good read!

[@vr6caddy843]

Another excellent vid and thanks to you I can get rid of the not needed ABS rings off the brakes I’m using

[@scotts9476]

Love the work as always. Next time you need to press on something like the ABS rings, consider heating them in the oven first. Grease them up like you did, and they should slip right on without risking warping or cracking with a hammer (or a lot less force).

[@RestoreIt]

Very good point Scott. I should have done that and will next time i do anything like that, thank!

[@scotts9476]

Restore It just a thought from an old fart 😉

[@aidanhoogland3683]

Your influence made me get an e30 to work on

[@RestoreIt]

Oh too good Aidan! Enjoy it.

[@mauricioruiz9498]

18:02 maybe for the next time you could put the wheel ring in to the oven or something heat and the wheel hub in to the fridge since you start the process. That way make a little easy the assembly. Grettings from México!!!

[@dhgihi]

You deserve 100 million likes. I can not stop watching your videos.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you so much :)

[@fabioamaral1791]

The video has the time stamps in it OMG, amazing, great work dude, that is some next level

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Fabio!

[@maxbradley9534]

My E46 rear subframe looks about 40 years older than yours there before you even did any work on it. Damned UK. Great work as always

[@motheolebelo]

Outstanding work on the sub frame refresh.

[@leyuoo3338]

Hey there! I'm interested to hear your opinion on this. These series' are mainly about full resto, and bringing cars back to their former glory, and I'm loving every episode. You ever thought about perhaps putting your own spin on some of the cars you do? Like perhaps an OEM+ or a track oriented build?

[@RestoreIt]

I will be doing something like this in the future for sure :)

[@TerrybleGamer]

These kind of videos makes me want to disassemble my whole car, paint all the rusty bits, replace 18 million parts and call it a day. In reality; I don't want to think about removing one of the subframes in the first place.. good job man :) like it.

[@orlando1a1]

Looking at the subframe rebuild at the end of the restoration sequence, sitting on the workbench the pieces looked almost like works of art! Fascinating to watch. Thank you Restore It.

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks for the kind words and for watching Orlando1a1 :)

[@orlando1a1]

My pleasure!

[@user-lx3ti4oc3m]

God of restoration))

[@RestoreIt]

Too kind thanks man!

[@electronic7979]

Excellent repair video

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you my friend!

[@mirror_6336]

Brilliant simplicity of suspension construction.

[@RestoreIt]

It's simply yet affective indeed!

[@fw1421]

Very nice job. My compliments. I’m so relieved you didn’t use rattle can paint to paint these suspension members like so many guys that do KZbin videos. Rattle can paint is inferior to what you used,much more proper for suspension pieces in wet environments.

[@landonkline7304]

Love the videos learning alot

[@RestoreIt]

Glad to hear it Landon :D

[@Geraldbuer]

Zwei Achsen und unendlich viele Teile. Der Tipp mit den ABS Ringen ist klasse

[@Egon1982]

0:50 are you tighting it up? :D

[@RestoreIt]

Haha you're not wrong...

[@512kjt]

@@RestoreIt Kudos to you for owning up. Integrity... "... even when you THINK no one is watching." Awesome channel and vids. Y'all really should be wearing some kind of gloves with some of this stuff.... Howdy from Texas!

[@mariospanna8389]

@@512kjt Gloves are for girls xD

[@AoW3_Dag_05]

@@RestoreIt how much does such a suspension cost you

[@AoW3_Dag_05]

I hope I translated it correctly

[@wojciechpn]

You don't need background music, really enjoy every single video you release (on all of your channels). Well done and keep up with great work

[@PaulinesPastimes]

It must have been so nice to work on components that hadn't spent their entire life submerged in the equivalent of sea water. Fab job. Cheers.

[@waleedmp3941]

Noise Is Better Than Music

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@stephenmukwevho1359]

Gotta love how the channel appreciates the "correct" background music volume. 👍

[@mehshootyoskont]

Sounds like gran turismo music

[@Cupra317hp]

You do so much for the car and Useing the old Shock absorber

[@Kobafied]

You need a brass hammer if you’re going to hammer on ABS rings. A set of brass rods are also handy for automotive work. BTW, great job!

[@TheBobbyB86]

I dont know about the e46 rack, but the rack out of an e85 z4 has a much faster turning radius (2.5 turns lock to lock) than the stock e30 m3 (3 turns lock to lock). The 325is had the same rack as an m3, but all the other e30s had a 3.2 turn lock to lock. Dont take this out of context, but your rear end is lookin pretty good.

[@arturpessoa4949]

Essa BMW vai ficar TOP!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you!

[@dillanmistry]

This is basically better than a new e30

[@SuperBijoux]

That sound when you are hammering something, fast forward, is ASMR for me. Can you please just let that sound on without the music next time? :D

[@heltonbrum]

a tip from Brazilian mechanics, use neutral soap to put dowels, do not put grease as it will rot the rubber over time

[@lawrencereyes5519]

So excited to do this to my E34!!! Gonna study that trailing arm bushing removal technique, real clever stuff guys!

[@drummerdmido]

maybe less music I love to hear the raw sounds of a workshop its a lot more immersive I hope everyone agrees

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Mahdi, just trying something new out to see how it goes.

[@jonkristoffersen7101]

Couldn't agree more. I much prefer just the natural sounds.

[@nicolomarchillo4451]

For those ABS rings - put the hub in the freezer and the ring in the oven. Then just set it on and it will drop into place

[@alanlane3869]

Music is good. Doesn’t detract. ✌️

[@murd15]

something about the sounds of the restoring instruments without talking and music hit different...great job tho

[@mototarka]

Painting after wire wheel brush is not recommended. Wire brush smoothes out metal surface so ideally it has to be sanded for better adhesion.

[@acheldens8065]

Saludos desde peru 🇵🇪🇵🇪

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you!

[@AndiJayyay]

I know you got a lot compliments for adding music to your videos, but I have to disagree. Since video one I'm watching and I absolutely love them. But for me the music makes it a different kind of video. Without it it's more like 'actually beeing in your workshop'. That feelings gets lost when music is added. It also removes that chilly feeling I get when watching. Maybe you could add some music free scenes or something. Much love from Germany ❤️

[@AGTM99]

excelente trabajo ! el vídeo se ve mas dinámico con un poco de música.

[@HoeronixHD]

To press the silentblock into the suspension part use the dish soap. Rubber doesn't like contact with grease

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks for the info dude!

[@dsstrike210]

And when you use grease it is possible that the part move out again because the grease is not washing away like dish soap

[@flipfinish]

Love the content man! I’ve been wrenching on cars for myself and “customers” for 25 years. If I had half your attention to detail and skill when I was a young guy like you, I’d be a millionaire by now. Your future is bright my friend!

[@RestoreIt]

Thank Flipfinish! I really appreciate that.

[@The29041993]

Amazing. Can't wait to see it done and running. For base primer have you considered a combo between etching primer and epoxy primer instead of high build primer on frame parts? In would say it is more important to have them protected than pretty. And as a small advice: never, i mean NEVER use regular grease/lubricants on rubber/poli bushes...or parts in a general way. It is well known that will attach and soften the material. Try to stick only to silicone base lubricants for these parts.

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks dude! The rust converter acts as an etch. This is epoxy highbuild also. You're not wrong about the grease though! cheers man.

[@The29041993]

@@RestoreIt when i restored my car i did some research and the all 4 of them are quite different from what i understood. Etch primer uses a chemical mix to attack and attach the metal. Epoxy primer's super power is that it seals the metal very well preventing water and oxigen reaching the metal. Rust convertors are used to chemically remove rust from metal but has no power without proper protection (i tested that myself and it re-rusted in about a week High build primer is designed to fill an area that will be sanded in order to speed up the leveling process. Has none to little corosion protection. I might be wrong, but i see you dedicating and putting all that work, it would be a pity not to last forever (big words, i know) I really admire your work and patience

[@lukesky1415]

Remember to use silicone based lubricant for rubber parts as the regular petroleum based ones will damage them.

[@snhongo1]

Your videos are the best......really enjoy watching them

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Stanley!

[@BEZ_KYPUR]

Красавчик успехов тебе, этом нелёгком деле 👍

[@ACCORDriver_NL]

Great work! Looks awesome. 👍🏽. Question though: As you didn't plug any of the threaded holes.... are you going to be OK without needing to rethread them all? Maybe with paint you're still OK, but with (for instance) powdercoating I think you'd have to.

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Roy! If we missed some treaded holes in the masking process we would have twisted the bolt in and out a few times to clear it. Cheers!

[@ACCORDriver_NL]

@@RestoreIt sounds good to me !

[@baranbaran6301]

Hello everybody from Germany 🇩🇪

[@BCs300z]

Amazing results

[@Sennin265]

I like the music, it's subtle and well chosen.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Sennin!

[@haiderhassan8818]

Good work huny

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers bbz

[@DanukaLP]

Hey, first of all great job mate. Can u maybe make a video of how u keep track of ur screws and stuff? How do u manage all ur parts? Thanks for ur videos.

[@danielprivate7442]

Excellent vid. I am curious, why do you two-stage underparts? I would think a good single stage would be more than sufficient.

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Daniel, I actually don't have any single stage paint believe it or not haha. I'm going to talk to my paint guy and see about getting some matt single stage stuff. Cheers :)

[@danielprivate7442]

My man, you're using the same brand base and clear so don't hesitate to do this: Mix up your base as usual. Mix a little clear as usual. Mix them together thoroughly. Strain into your gun and shoot as single stage. This way you don't have a bunch of different paints kicking around your shop. By mixing the base and clear you are making your own single stage. You're gonna save a lot of time in the booth shooting underparts this way. Search "mixing base coat and clearcoat together" and lots of paint manufacturer how-to' pages will come up.

[@richardculbertson8027]

Great content as always I would really like to see you use DIY powder coat or the creasote stuff for turbos and stuff

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers richard, I'll have a look into it

[@houseofno]

Just an fyi, the E30 was never factory equipped with any turbocharged engine.

[@Eeeeste]

Nicely done with the ABS crown! others would have paid the "M" price without researching XD. Love the paint process on the highly exposed parts such as subframe and shocks. Keep it up man!

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks man!!

[@alexandru_crs_i1783]

I love your projects💓💓💓💓😋

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Alex :D

[@livedeliciously]

I love your videos! They inspire me to work on my cars at a higher level. When I get the space, everything will be at your level. I do question the use of a regular painting system on suspension components and whether they will hold up. I've always been of the opinion that chassis components should be sprayed with epoxy or powder coated.

[@t4rif4ri]

Rust renoving in the blasting cabine looks so satisfying :D

[@Cafferssss]

Im sorta surprised but not surprised at how similar the rear end on the E30 is to the E28/E24 Like a few tabs are different and such but the overall look of it is the same, the diff is the same but with a different cover etc etc

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Super impressed!

[@tman2damax]

Absolutely love your videos, been watching since almost the beginning, but one small thing that really irritates me is that the commentary audio is left biased, I'm sure this would be an easy fix by just converting the track to mono? Keep up the great vids!

[@Haider.d]

I am following you from Iraq 🇮🇶 I like your video ❤️

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks man!

[@tarasque01]

Very good work there, RESTORE...IT!!

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks!!

[@wsshead]

@Restore It have some of the tasks on the M3 been easier or faster having done much of it before on the other 2 E30's? Or have you learned any tricks to speeding anything along since working on the other E30's? I've owned 2 325's and I'm a big fan of them.

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks Wsshead! Much easier on the M3... seriously less rust on this one haha. A few tricks that I now know to speed things up as well yes :)

[@srvdean3024]

0:49 you were tightening that trailing arm lol

[@RestoreIt]

Haha you're not wrong...

[@balthorik6259]

Как всегда отличная работа!!!

[@RestoreIt]

Спасибо!

[@James08244]

if you run out of thread on that puller, you could add another spacer to get some more space.

[@mceajc]

Beautiful.

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you very much Mceajc

[@spaghettilocomotive]

You can flip the arms of the bearing puller for more travel.

[@Falconhunter276]

You watch Antonio test drive it down a campo track to his finca! Nice work 👍

[@BeetleJuice1980]

Amazing! Looks identical to my z3 E36! Am I wrong?

[@0SuperTacoMan0]

beautiful

[@jewalyphone6261]

Very very good

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks! :D

[@RIS533]

Another super video in the old restoreit style, keep them coming

[@RestoreIt]

Cheers Richard!

[@StanleyKubick1]

Looks great. You could've looked up how to install ABS rings though ;)

[@RestoreIt]

Haha I should have done really..

[@0510wa]

Top work mate, your efforts in your work really shows. That caliper is better than when it first came out the factory, 👍💯

[@TheDasbull]

Nice video! I'll be doing this job on my e30 this coming fall. Look forward to the limited slip rebuild video😊. Thank you!

[@no_dissasemble]

You generally do not want to install ABS tone wheels with a hammer as you can magnetize the wheel when you hit it. I would have used a press.

[@frk380]

Great work 👍👩‍🔧

[@JVerschueren]

Cool, but I can't help but think it would have been much easier to take the hubs off while everything else was still on the car. Having something to pull (read: slide hammer) against really helps.

[@Zenonblacha]

You really should've welded on a camber adjusting kit while you had the rear subframe out. In the long run, it helps with wheel alignment a lot.

[@mikereeseracing]

You say you had fitment problems with the Yellow Tag E46 rack. What sort of problems? I'm installing one in a 318is E30 soon. Great work by the way. Cheers,

[@mhallaire]

I wouldn’t stay atop the strut when removing the spring.

[@RestoreIt]

I knew it had no tension but thanks man haha

[@nfdids]

LET'S GO!!!!

[@RestoreIt]

Enjoy!

[@dmnkfr164]

unstoppable Vans )) already 3-4 years ))

[@spirosgeorgakopoulos8983]

Love your videos!!! I admire your passion for detailed job my friend! Greetings from Athens-Greece! Keep up!

[@vadymivanov5226]

BRAVO!!!!!!

[@RasheedAsfari]

😍😍 Nice job

[@RestoreIt]

Thanks!

[@Ribosome_mkv]

Awesome video! As always Maybe it's just me but I prefer no background music

[@clubbmw9676]

Good job congratulations

[@RestoreIt]

Thank you Dz!

[@pkenny2077]

For next time your pullers had another hole further down you could have adjusted the legs to pull the abs rings off completely 😄

[@RA-uj3nm]

Subscribed.... excellent work, content and narration....no b.s. Looking forward to more.

[@RestoreIt]

Well thank you Hector! Nice to have to onboard.