The F81 M3 Project Was Not As Easy As I Thought! Finished Step One Of Project M3 Wagon!

so guys we finally found the time to enter the wagon shop and start the wagon dream this F31 M3 soon to be f81 long story short has been severely lagged on because of uh the business I'm not going to lie to you guys God bless you all so much for reaching out and uh you know supporting the business it's been taking so much more time we've been getting some more people in but even then it still needs my undivided attention unfortunately but I mean it's fortunately but also unfortunately cuz God bless I love n Auto Parts uh but at the same time guys I really want to build this wagon and I think it's going to be super sick because we're going to be make this we're going to be making this thing even mintier than the e91 M3 which we have not given up on for those you guys who do not follow me on Instagram make sure to follow me on there I'm actually posting a lot of driving stuff now on from all the wagon content especially e91 M3 that thing is getting pulled out of the shop and getting its raw bearings done which hopefully a video on that will be coming here soon once the raw bearings get done I have a lot more confidence driving that car that car is making some seriously weird clanking sounds when I started and I have a feeling and I suspect that it is the bearings so we'll know here soon because it's at my boy's shop and uh he'll let me know what's going on with my car exactly now worse comes to worse if it needs an engine we have engines but uh you know end of the day I have to buy it from my business which will still cost a lot of money and I really don't want to go through that right now so hopefully fingers crossed it does not need an engine and it just needs bearings um that's pretty much the main reason why I'm not driving that car right now it only has 120,000 118,000 mil um but for some reason the Clank is really bad it could be because I like to start up the car and give it revs I'm not going to lie I've been I've been uh I've been doing that so I can hear that bonic exhaust uh lesson learned don't do that in cold starts so what you guys see right over here is an F31 just just a base um if you guys haven't seen the last couple of videos on this thing make sure to check out the last couple of videos actually stripping this thing down we already got most of our money back out of this thing just parting it out um so at this point the wagon the way it sits is a good foundation for the f81 M3 project you guys see right over here is our donor car we pry much just took this shell from Natty Auto Parts set it here in the shop so we can actually start removing brackets lines a bunch of pieces that we think we're going to end up needing on our wagon transfer all that stuff over and also compare wiring so we can actually get the drive chain here as soon as possible my boy Nick told me that most likely we're not going to have to transfer the entire body harness over to that car which would be an absolute dream we'll end up finding out whether or not we actually have to or not but in the meantime right now we don't have to which would save us a lot of time and prevent us from having to strip down the whole headliner which is black it looks phenomenal I want to keep all that stuff in there the entire trunk assembly is fully complete and untouched all the wiring for the rear end is perfect so I'm really hoping that we don't have to go ahead and remove that entire body har him strip this car down and move all that over but again he did the research and supposedly we do not which would be an absolutely amazing build also making it much easier to do than the e91 M3 that was a pain in the bot but end of the day worth it cuz I love love that car so I know a lot of the videos in the past I've been doing a lot of talking just giving you guys updates today is the day I came in on my Saturday just to make sure I film you guys a good jamack video so let's go ahead and knock out as much things as we can in the hours that we have here and I want to go ahead and work on the engine bay first so we can actually get the drivet train in here and potentially start it in the near future so that being said let's go ahead and start removing things that we don't need here and start transferring things over from the f81 and I'll also let you guys know if any of the part numbers over here is interchangeable so you guys don't have to actually transfer these things over in case you're also building yourself an f81 [Music] M3 ready we ready ready we ready ready we read motivational you mentally feel like Kobe I'm like y with the rock you physically me if push you never me so guys I want to head uh removed the original expansion tank and I put on the M3 one the only difference is this one had a blue cap and the other one had a black cap I don't know if I can if I just threw right over here somewhere long story short I went ahead and looked at this again because it didn't look like much difference it literally just looks like it's missing that middle pump right there which I think is for the front bumper windshield washer system which obviously the M3s don't have um or at least this one didn't have in particular this bracket had the exact same part number as the one on the M3 as well the only thing that was different this one had a blue cap and then this one had a black cap so technically you could just swap over the caps everything else looks literally identical I put it side by side and it looks identical the reason why I actually swapped this over is because my e91 M3 it was completely different so I guess this if you guys are doing this conversion you don't need to get this at least for now I don't think so so for now this is the first thing we got done whether or not that was an upgrade or I may have caused an issue we'll figure that out later but for now we deleted something it's something clearly the same thing didn't have that's fully loaded so I can kind of accept that we'll see we'll see what that is because if it does have something to do with water getting to the front bumper we just deleted that so I think that's so I think we're moving in the right direction I think that's pretty much the only difference is that the windshield watch foolies don't go to the front bumper now anys which in other words this this line should stay dry so any who uh at this point guys I did notice there was an issue here there is no screw hole right here that holds the carbon fiber V brace so we are already running into a frame thing as you guys can see this little brace right here holds the carbon fiber stru brace um to make that beautiful v um so long story short this screw screws into each other so it's not a big deal but this one screws into the body of the car so we're going to have to figure out a way uh to drill a hole and thread that um and probably test fit it when we actually have the carbon brace sitting on the car but we do have to remove this because that's something our wagon does not have now so this ISS 15901 and this one says 15301 so this is a different part number and actually looks like the different is this one has a fuse or a relay right there the other one had a connector and I'm assuming that connector is for something in the engine bay so let's go ahead and swap out that box unplug these connectors swap that over and then also see if this is the same on the M3 St make a million out to sem me plus I grind it from the start I will stacking pennies I might dip like macelli after the ready we ready ready we ready ready we ready ready we ready we ready we ready we ready we ready we ready we ready ready we ready okay guys so we got pretty much everything we needed out of that compartment to remove this guy with a different part number let's go ahead and get it from our f80 get it reinstalled and make sure if any of our wiring is different in this section unfortunately a lot of the things on this side is different so you won't be able to reassemble much over here the DSC pump is different the brake boost is different so all that is going to have to get replaced and the wiring that actually comes from here the transmission and all the other stuff is actually different so before we actually replace all that stuff we need to make sure we tap in all those wires do those wires properly before reinstalling that stuff cuz if we reinstall we going to have to uninstall anyways thankfully the brake lines look like they're all in the exact same location so we're not going to have to replace those on the M3 e91 they were all like not routed the this exact same way as the M3 so we had to get that rerouted long story short we are graving the Navy on that so let's go ahead and go to the M3 and get out this piece so after carefully looking at the M3 and having this side by side we found the thing that makes it the most different so looking at this one right here these almost look literally identical to the one that's on the M3 the only differences is there's actually like a screw hole right there I don't if you guys can see that on this one there's nothing there so that's one of the differences that's pretty much the only noticeable difference that I could see um and then the the cable that was mounted here I thought was part of this unfortunately that cable goes down there and actually looks like it goes underneath the whole undercarriage of the car so we need to find out where that cable goes grab this and actually grab it from the M3 and transfer it over to our wagon so I guess the first thing we got to go and do is actually jack up this donut car and see where the wiring for that positive G goes because we're going to need to do that to get our M3 properly wired out [Music] so I'm at this point guys I'm thinking me and Nick severely underestimated this project even though most things kind of look similar they are different so unfortunately with that cable uh this cable and this piece right here they actually get routed down here in the wheel liner which is not a big deal down here uh underneath the car which is no big deal that just dangles I'm pretty sure does the same thing the F31 but then it goes above the fuel tank above the rear end and then it goes to the rear battery compartment so long story short before we actually tackle this uh we weren't going to swap out the fuel tanks we're just going to swap out the fuel pumps but at this point I'm going to have to drop the fuel tank on both cars so we guess we're just going to swap over the fuel tank swap over all the pump lines and everything so looks like we're going to have to do this regardless now and then same goes with the rear end with the differential and all that stuff the differential has some wiring as well we're going to have to route down so I need to go down on Harbor Freight and get uh jack stands and just drop both re ends of the car um and literally before touching anything for the exter of the car I have to literally strip it down completely under Carriage on both cars I thought I can go ahead and uh I thought I can go ahead and start putting things on that car but looks like we are far from it we still need to strip down both cars completely so at the moment I actually have zero jack stands at my disposal because all my jack stands being used at Natty Auto Parts so I actually need to get some new jack stands four different sets so two front two rear two front two rear to get this all on fours and actually start dropping the rnds on both cars and uh swap over the fueld pumps and fueld tanks and everything so again a wagon build is not easy I thought it was just going to be simple stuff but already guys every plastic that I've removed looks kind of identical but is different um every single part number over there is different all these little Shields and Plastics and hoses are different um so again I mean I don't know about the whole harness but we'll find out about that meantime we're going to have to ship them both down anyways and I guess if we have to stop out the harness at that point will already be there so I started off with the easiest thing and I thought this build was going to be so easy but uh this is the least of my worries this just has to be different that's just crazy I don't know why they have to different grounds for M3s and 328s I feel like should be no difference but it is what it is all right guys so at this point I'm just going to keep removing more and more things off this car because at this point it really doesn't matter if I lose the screws or lose these pieces when take it off there we'll place it on there transfer everything over so let's just go ahead and go Rampage and get all of this stuff off the car all these little stupid Shields just to up my and be fre z h with the but sometime Chill on my own just want to do me just want to do just want to live and see how it goes the go just keep on goinging yeah this life we live when there's love in the ra you know when there's love in the ra you know all inside you falling the soul soul soul soul so you know when the calling is calling de when the calling is calling Morey you know when the calling calling de ising calling more more more you [Music] know you know when the calling calling it's call and it keeps on so guys we got the front end pretty much stripped at this point there's nothing here other than these two hoses but I don't have the tool for that right now and that end link I just have to hammer off um that I can do from the engine bit directly so to actually remove the brake booster I remove the brake uh pump uh but this section right here I need to actually get the dash out and remove the four screws that are underneath it to get this thing pulled out this way um so at this point this is fully stripped down ready for some of the parts actually move from that car to this car so before we get into that I do want to get this engine bay fully gutted fully stripped um completely so I want to get that brake booster out of there um plus we need to access the wiring behind the dash from the wiring up there to the wiring to the fuse box we do have to get this dashboard out regardless so let's go ahead um just remove a couple more things get this dashboard out get the cluster out get it completely out so we can remove that brake booster pump and access the fuse box you know when all right guys small update got the dash out of the car got pretty much everything stripped off the front so that's chilling over there right now um so at this point we just have to go ahead and release the screws and everything for the brake boost I believe there's one clip to the brake pedal and then four screws and I think we have to also release a brake line um to get this brake booster out whether or not this is different an M car definitely is steering is different so we want to make sure that we get the same steering feel and everything um same brake pressure and everything as an m so to do a proper build let's go ahead and replace this even though I think we can get away with just leaving this in I don't know if because I removed absolutely everything else out of the way but this brake booster it's actually easy to get out surprisingly I think I think I speak a little too soon right there but I think yeah she's out that's crazy that's the easiest brake boost I've ever moved out of a car so the f8x chassis is questionably very easy to remove so that's pretty sick pretty sick it's literally held on by two bolts uh one uh screw that goes through the pedal and then uh few brake lines nothing crazy these are the two brake lines that went on oh dear heavenly Lord I am ruining my paint I want to retain the Alpine white paint so we want to make sure that we don't damage uh the paint anywhere in this engine bay I really want this car unlocke my e91 M3 to have all original paint other than the quarter panels and the rear bumper cuz those have to get converted but I the rest of the car to have all original paint even the front end panels I want them to be Alpine white and I don't want to paint anything I want it to be as Factory as possible on this car so that being said guys we did get everything out of the way everything's looking super good I'm super happy about that all our brake lines are just chilling there right now so that is good we got the dashboard out I think we completed a good amount of stuff for today reason being also I have to go pick up some family at the airport so I got to get going but long story short I'm happy with the progress on this car I do need to get four jack stands this thing does need a lot more work than I thought to convert into to an fad M3 but end of the day like the e91 M3 I have zero regrets because this video is going to be kind of short and not where I want it to be I'm going to go ahead and extend this video but also pushing the content upload one week further unfortunately hope I can get back to this shop and work on it throughout the week I'll keep you guys posted so long story short this video is not effectively over I'll see you guys another day we're back guys this is Tuesday and we're back with the wagon let's goe and get this thing on four jack stands we got brand new jack stands from Amazon the Amazon special hopefully I don't die um and those J and those jack stands actually do their job properly so we got that f81 F3 want to put on four jack stands and we also have this wagon so we can go ahead and go back forth back and forth and get all the parts we need so let's go ahead and get them on all fours all work no pleasure no pleasure I ain't here to make friends big stepper Big Steer hey bad guy heat leer bad guy ready for whatever I'll be front and center don't fly too close to the sun your body chopped up by propellers came came and arrogant but left out in a Stretcher the comparison y'all know yall couldn't replicate it chilling in the desert I'm good Under Pressure around hold it down look at what we found this a marathon not a Sprint let's go 100 miles the CLS never coming down that's the crown on me wear proud show them what we down stick around with me hold it down look at what we found this a marathon not a Sprint let's go 100 miles on the ground me to the clouds never coming down that's a crown on me we they was talking about all work no pleasure no pleasure I ain't here to make friends big stepper Big Steer hey bad guy heat Ledger bad guy ready for whatever I'll be fronting Cent from above down so we got the wheel liner out we got the car on all four jack stands right now if I release this Jack the whole car will start tipping backwards so we do have to drop the rear end real quick now unfortunately the tools that I have here are not strong enough to drop this rear end so I have to head back to the other shop to get the proper tools as soon as I get back we going to be dropping all four bolts I think theoretically this thing should just drop straight out I also need to get some uh wire cutters because uh I think the E brake lines are still connected to the front which we are going to be replacing but uh yeah we do need to actually get those out actually to do it properly so we don't damage anything I'm actually just going to release them right there we do have the center console out right now so it does make life easier um once we actually do that we can go ahead take out the four bolts for the self frame and this whole and should theoretically just drop cuz we did disconnect literally everything down look at what we found this a marathon not a spring let's go 100 miles on the ground with me to the clouds never coming down that's [Music] the just like that guys we got the rear end out of the 328 guys absolutely everything is shot on this suspension it's actually crazy how this car was actually running this thing was honestly knocking on one side but I'm shocked it's not knocking on both sides this thing's in a little bit better shape but it's still super rough all the bushings and whatnot is absolutely messed up this bad boy is torn up I mean this entire this car right here even though it was a beautiful M sport Alpine white with red interior is definitely still getting a transformation to an Alpine white f81 with a secure red extend Le interior this things look absolutely amazing and we're giving it all 45,000 mileage parts from the donut car so it's definitely going to get newer parts and also so much sicker not going to lie you guys it's been a minute since I'm dropping Parts on a car I do know what I'm doing so I'm a lot more experienced than I was when I was building the e91 M3 but it's still a lot of work still absolutely a lot of work and it's still no fun on jack stands this shop right over here that I currently have I don't really know if I'm going to be staying in here long term I am looking at other options um this one just in particular has a few things I'm just not too too big of a fan of um so I'm trying to find a shop that pretty much has all the things that I want um one of them being uh a place that I can wash my hands there's no bathroom here so um it absolutely sucks to film in here there is no sink there's no bathroom there's no nothing so if I got to go use a restroom I have to go back to the other shop if I have to go wash my hands I have to pretty much just use a water bottle so uh yeah kind of sucks when you're building cars when you're just dropping off Parts it's not a big deal but when you're working on a project it's a little bit annoying I'm not going to lie that being said guys the reason why we have to drop the ren right now and get it on four Jack skin cuz we're actually trying to figure out where this cable goes so right now we did follow that it goes right down here and it goes to the The underc Carriage but it still goes above the fuel tank so we do need to drop this fuel tank to see where that positive cable is going and see where it's going for and see where it's going to in the back of the trunk so we can get it disconnected and transfer over the f81 version I don't know if you guys can see over here it definitely comes somewhere back here but in order to Route it properly we do have to drop the fuel tank as well now I'm sure there's a way to do it without dropping the fuel tank but I'm going to drop the fuel tank mainly because the fuel tank I think is the same but the fuel sending unit and the fuel pump um are different and it just would make life easier just to drop the whole fuel tank replace the cable super easily without having to go around the fuel tank and then just put the whole f8 M3 fuel tank in there with the proper sitting unit with the proper fuel pump bada bang bada bang we are good to go plus lower mileage can't really lose with that better seals and all that good stuff so that being said in this in this episode I want to be able to knock out the undercarriage absolutely so we can actually go underneath there and start putting in some new lines and some new hoses so the only thing that's getting in my way right now is that fuel tank so let's go ahead and drop the fuel tank so the underc carriage is completely stripped of 328 parts so guys the F31 we officially dropped the fuel tank officially dropped everything on that car I was actually going to wait even longer um to get some more things knocked down and start putting some things on the car but I was like you know what let me go and drop this video give you guys kind of an update on what's going on with the wagon it's officially fully stripped down and ready for some parts to be slammed on that car hopefully in the next video I plan on dropping the the fuel tank the rear end um potentially the front subframe maybe get on all fours with M suspension um so hopefully that's going to be in the next video I'm trying to knock this stuff out I'm sorry I have so much other things going on yet you picked up an e91 mport if those of you guys who follow my Instagram you probably saw that and I found an e91 M Sport Wagon took me two years guys two and a half years to find this wagon and I literally bought it for the headliner so that car very expensive headliner in my opinion but end of the day now have an e91 uh M sport which is super sick so uh that I'm going to be making a separate video on that we picked up the car from auction rebuilding it all taking what we need from it um and posting that thing up for sale most likely but so that's going to be super crazy um and then also we picked up another wagon it's kind of crazy long story short more videos to come without further Ado it's going to have to conclude this video I love you all so much remember to stay home boss on the next one peace out yeah let's see how you do Under Pressure I've been waned this [ __ ] forever I've been in the field with whatever they throw at me brush it all pick myself up moving on it the better