Among other things today, I’ve sorted the front brakes on an E39 528i and the rear shocks and top mounts on an E36 M3 Evo. More importantly, I’ve also made massive progress on the project M3.

First things first, the exhaust mounts were looking a bit crinkly bottom.

So they were easily renewed:

The rear anti-roll bar drop links were also worn:

Replacing these looked to be very difficult, but a quick phone call to the walking, talking Haynes manual told me that a bit of lube and constant hand pressure was all that’s required.

And actually it wasn’t as hard as expected. While doing all this I re-copper greased the backs of the rear brake pads in an attempt to reduce the amount of brake squeal.

I also elected to fit the front wheel arch liners kindly supplied by Craig.

As expected, I’ve found a bit of rust behind both of them, so I’ll be looking into a bit of cut and plating soon. Rust photos:

This all done, I’ve decided it’s time to fit a bit more audio to the M3. Nothing horrendous – I’ve no wish to spend any money or put too much weight in it, but it would be nice to have a bit of bass line. I’ve therefore gutted the interior and run remote power signal and audio to the boot:

Results and pictures hopefully to follow tomorrow. A big thanks today to Ben Smith for his assistance with all the progress.