Hey

To be very honest.. I have had so doubts about doing this restore. Not because I dont love the car but because I have had it for 3 years.. and its always been standard. But the 3 years I have had it it has never broken down on me.. starts every morning and never caused me any pain (other than the time it got stolen) Thought allot about doing an S1 as there's almost no one left that's LHD, but I haven't found one yet so I will do this car as I kinda love it

Well this is my 89' german import rs turbo. Imported it about 2,5 years ago and after 6 month it got stolen.
Here's some pictures from when I had just bought it






The ones who took it drove it out in a forest and took the turbo, manifold, expansion tank plus they scratched the bootlid and tried to remove the "rs Turbo sticker" with a screwdriver. Plus they used a screwdriver to open the fillercap.
Pictures of how I got the car back from the police.
I was very sad that christmas... but it comming back to me made it the best christmas ever!









Just been taking all the ice out of the car today, not allot as I don't like ICE in a car, but just some cables from the previous owner and the amp and sub.

The car will need a new battery tray as its a bit rusty but not that bad. Where the bumper is mounted there's also some rust but again not allot. Im looking forward to taking the kit off it and see how much rust is hiding :g:
The doors will both need to be replaced as there's rust on the top of them



Small scratch on the bootlid aswell.

Interior is fine, but the passenger side floor gets wet when it rains


The stuff to go on the car / be fixed;
- 90 front bumper and spoiler as I have the interior. It seems that the car came from the factory with 90 spec interior with 80 bumpers.
- New windscreen and there's starting to appear a white line in the edge of the window
- New turbo, a tb0348 with a custom downpipe. 2wd 4 pot cossie callipers and 283mm discs.
- Used alloy rad that I got off rudey
- New battery tray
- Sort out the rust in the arches
- Tidy up the engine bay without repainting it
- Some new alloys
- ...




And I will need a new engine as the current one have done over 116k (190,000km) and Im talking to a few guys in the uk about the engine. I "only" want 210bhp out of the car and im hoping to able to find a proper engine for it.

Im hoping to start the restore within the next 4 weeks as I have just bought a wintercar to puddle around in.. big old bmw 525


So all that's left now it to get the bmw on the road and the RS in the garage and start work

 

good luck on the rebuild casperr

 

good luck matey, will b well worth it in the end

 

Nice one my Danish friend Will be good to see the progress you make What a shit that it got nicked And very random what they took Still, you got it back

Good luck with it all, white S2's are the best

 

Good luck with the project

 

Good luck Casper

 

It is finally going to be resto.......

don't forget to ask if U need any help........

 

cool!

 

Pictures don't work

But..Good luck in the restoring process!!!

 

Been neglecting this for a loooong time but finally had time spend some time with the car.
This is where it stands, with my dads Alfetta GT next to it.



Took the bumper off, removed the IC so I can remove the rad and replace it with my pace alloy one. The turbo will be replaced with my 4x4 unit.



Expected to find some rust here but not as much as there could have been.



All the hoses was full of oil from the turbo



I really miss driving it

 

good luck with the project mate

you must have been so gutted when it came back in that state

 

I was.. and allot of people told me to sell it because it would never be the same but I just couldn't sell it because I felt sorry for it So I have decided to sort out the rust this winter, paint it and turn it into a true 90 spec rst as its a late 89 with half of the 90 spec stuff.Engine wise I'm just gonna have to wait and see.

 

Ah thats not rust, a quick blast with a wire cup wheel and some fresh diamond white paint and it look like it just arived from the factory

 

Good Luck mate

 

sorry to hear about it getting nicked (lil Bastards), keep us updated on her, im sure she will be a beast again

 

Small update.

Took the rad off.



Battery tray is gone, no surprises there.



Removed all the stuff around it so I can get it fixed. I'm not gonna do the enginebay this year although it needs it.


There aint as much rust inside the enginebay as I would have thought.

 

best of luck mate.

tragic about it gettting stolen.

looks really solid - no bad rust in any of the pics

will be nice to see it finished

 

nice thats alot cleaner rustwise than i was expecting, have you taken the sideskirts and arches off yet

 

No, but they'r coming off next time I'm down there along with the interior, will be nice to see how much rust she has under the kit

 

im guessing by the condition of the rest of the car you will have some rust but not much

 

Nice update there ,good to see some progress

 

sweet

 

looks good mate, thats what mine looked like when i started, crossmember looks black, keep the updates coming!
cheers mark.