LSB M3 Restoration…

I need to do a whole post about this car. But I am doing the trunk on my SC and it reminded me of repairing the battery box and repainting the trunk of my M3. It came out so good it was a shame to cover it up with the carpet. I had to go to the junk yard and cut out a battery box, then weld it into the car. The battery was almost falling out of the trunk the box had melted so bad from acid. I had to drill through the floor to the subframe for the new rear strut tower bar and trim the carpet to fit around it. I ordered brand new carpet and mats so that was kind of daunting.

I also had to weld up the front strut tower and repaint it. They tend to crack with harsh spring rates and I had fallen into the trap of thinking BC’s were good coils. So before I installed my Stance coils I welded and reinforced the strut tower. I also added a PBM strut tower bar. Everything primed with Steel it to keep corrosion away.

Steering wheel wrapped and painted to match the roll cage and rest of the trim. I always wanted a Phoenix Yellow M3. I never wanted LSB until I saw this one. So I painted these pieces Phoenix Yellow. It contrasts well with the blue.

I couldn’t find high temp Phoenix yellow so I just did the brakes regular yellow.

There’s so much more to this “build” or “restoration”. I don’t know what to call it because I don’t see it as either. But I’ll update later.