To make a long story short, my 13 yr old son really wanted my wife's 92' E36 as his first car. I know, 13 seems a little early, but you can drive with a learner's permit at age 14 in Alaska. After explaining to him that a rear wheel drive car in Alaska is a horrible choice for a first car, we started causally looking for something else. Low and behold within a few weeks, we found a 1989 325ix for sale about 100 miles from home(this is practically next door in Alaska). The car had been sitting in a shop for 10 yrs. We trailered the car home about 11 months ago and have been working on it off and on since. Its our first experience with an ix and it did not take long to really start to like this car. What an awesome machine, way ahead of its time! We have been using this forum for trouble shooting and repairs so we decided that we should probably join and share a little of our ix story if anyone is interested. I have documented most of the repairs because we home school our kids and this car is one of my son's long term school projects.
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Sounds cool, you should make a built thread!Your signature picture has been removed since it contained the Photobucket "upgrade your account" image.
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Rear Diff Rebuild
Rebuildable Viscous Coupling
Transfer Case Rebuild
"Life is simpler with 12 valves"
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Welcome! That's a nice find! And a coupe to boot!
There's no better father - son bonding experience than getting an E30 right. You'll both remember these days for a long time! (spoken from experience as you can see from my signature below)101
The E30 collection:
1987 325es M52 - Schwarz / Taurus Red Sport (son #2's)
1987 325is - Delphin / Black Sport (son #3's)
1987 325i Convertible - Triple Black
1989 325iX Coupe - Diamondschwarz / Black Comfort
1990 325iX Coupe - Sterling Silver / Grey Sport
1981 Fiat 124 Spider 2000 - Green / Tan
1998 Volvo V70 GLT - White / Tan
1998 Volvo S70 T5 manual - White / Taupe
2001 Ford Windstar - Silver / Grey (parts hauler)
2006 Lexus GX470 - White / Tan (tow rig)
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Update on first ix
So after a year of tinkering, my son showed off his home school project at the home school expo. He wrote a paper on the history of BMW, and paper about his ix. We also had a laptop with a slide show of the work we did on the car and a few of the parts that were replaced at his booth. We pulled the car up on the sidewalk and parked in front of the entrance to the VOTECH school where the expo was held. Needless to say, the project was a pretty big hit.
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Where in AK are you guys? I used to live in Girdwood for some years around 2000-2004. That first pic looks like it could be on the Turnigan Arm somewhere. My real good friend (also e30 nut) lives in Bird still. Good luck on your project!Originally posted by Andy.BWhenever I am about to make a particularly questionable decision regarding a worryingly cheap diy solution, I just ask myself, "What would Ether-D do?"
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Palmer AK
Originally posted by Ether-D View PostWhere in AK are you guys? I used to live in Girdwood for some years around 2000-2004. That first pic looks like it could be on the Turnigan Arm somewhere. My real good friend (also e30 nut) lives in Bird still. Good luck on your project!
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