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Hello Everyone!
So I've been on here for a while, mostly making non-contributing comments on other peoples threads... biding my time... and its getting close for me to start a project of my own.
Brief Self History:
Got my first e30 as a gift (from an old lady i did yard work for that i think had the hots for me :D) but it was beyond my 16 year old abilities, time, or finances to fix. Also my parents wouldn't let me use their garage... Bought my second one a while later (last November) it was a resprayed 1986e 4 door 5spd. Love her... even if she's an Eta.
Last June I bought a 87 is from my brother's friend in MN to use as a project. The car was used as a auto body student's learning tool and is now pretty much rust free. The paint looks really good from about 10 feet away... (he was a student after all) and once i get some money i'll be doing a respray. Staying Bronzit Beige.
Plans:
eta: staying mostly stock. Maybe some rally style lights and a chip. Tucked diving boards... OEM ride height (Rhode Island roads are F***ing terrible and the car is going to be the winter car)... maybe a snowboard rack.... and added winter package stuff if i can get it. I'm thinking a heated rear seat.. because if anyone doesn't know: e30 back seats are way better than a hotel.
is: euro bumpers, Alpina style rims (I've loved them since I was a kid) and an m30b35 to start. We'll see where we go from there.
Fun side stories: (long but interesting... up to you to read)
Bought the '87is in June in Minnesota.. but couldn't get out there till Christmas to get it... so my brother (a 1.8T guy) drove it around for a while and fixed some of the random problems and I met him in Indiana (long story) to pick it up. On the drive home i was in Ohio and i got cut-off and had to swerve hard to the left... right into a pothole ... and ripped off the luggs of my front left wheel at ~70mph. Managed to get off the highway and find the wheel... and was towed to a 24 18wheeler shop. The guy there said "I don't know German cars... so you can help if you want" We ended up pulling the bearing and rethreading the 4 pretty beat up holes from the back, remounted it and i took it for a spin: ran fine. no shimmy... no alignment issues (well.. no more than there were to begin with) So the only real lasting issues that i've found thus far: the fender took a nice hit from the wheel when it came off... thats going to be replaced... the wheel got pretty chewed up when it hit the jersey barrier... the exit sign... and then i beat the crap out of the exit sign with it while waiting for a tow... but they're sportmaxers and will be replaced... so i can live with it. Latest Adventures: The axle and wheel bearing on the rear right of the eta went, so i'm in the middle of replacing those... and the other day it was snowing and I had to take someone home (in the 'is ) and the car drifted at less than 15 mph into a curb in a left turn from a light ... the control arm is toast.... but i won't be able to get more of an idea of what else is wrong until i finish the eta this weekend and can get the is into the garage. I have spring break next week though, so I should get it all straightened out.
Pictures
Eta on the day i bought it...
'is (my brother took these... i can't take pictures for beans)
The plan: I've acquired an m30b35 that had 120k kilometers on it as well as its trans, and the ecu. I still have a lot to buy, but the plan is to do the swap in the beginning of summer. More posts to come! (and none as long as this.... sorry to make you read so much.... I don't know if i did a very good intro when i first joined)
Hello Everyone!
So I've been on here for a while, mostly making non-contributing comments on other peoples threads... biding my time... and its getting close for me to start a project of my own.
Brief Self History:
Got my first e30 as a gift (from an old lady i did yard work for that i think had the hots for me :D) but it was beyond my 16 year old abilities, time, or finances to fix. Also my parents wouldn't let me use their garage... Bought my second one a while later (last November) it was a resprayed 1986e 4 door 5spd. Love her... even if she's an Eta.
Last June I bought a 87 is from my brother's friend in MN to use as a project. The car was used as a auto body student's learning tool and is now pretty much rust free. The paint looks really good from about 10 feet away... (he was a student after all) and once i get some money i'll be doing a respray. Staying Bronzit Beige.
Plans:
eta: staying mostly stock. Maybe some rally style lights and a chip. Tucked diving boards... OEM ride height (Rhode Island roads are F***ing terrible and the car is going to be the winter car)... maybe a snowboard rack.... and added winter package stuff if i can get it. I'm thinking a heated rear seat.. because if anyone doesn't know: e30 back seats are way better than a hotel.
is: euro bumpers, Alpina style rims (I've loved them since I was a kid) and an m30b35 to start. We'll see where we go from there.
Fun side stories: (long but interesting... up to you to read)
Bought the '87is in June in Minnesota.. but couldn't get out there till Christmas to get it... so my brother (a 1.8T guy) drove it around for a while and fixed some of the random problems and I met him in Indiana (long story) to pick it up. On the drive home i was in Ohio and i got cut-off and had to swerve hard to the left... right into a pothole ... and ripped off the luggs of my front left wheel at ~70mph. Managed to get off the highway and find the wheel... and was towed to a 24 18wheeler shop. The guy there said "I don't know German cars... so you can help if you want" We ended up pulling the bearing and rethreading the 4 pretty beat up holes from the back, remounted it and i took it for a spin: ran fine. no shimmy... no alignment issues (well.. no more than there were to begin with) So the only real lasting issues that i've found thus far: the fender took a nice hit from the wheel when it came off... thats going to be replaced... the wheel got pretty chewed up when it hit the jersey barrier... the exit sign... and then i beat the crap out of the exit sign with it while waiting for a tow... but they're sportmaxers and will be replaced... so i can live with it. Latest Adventures: The axle and wheel bearing on the rear right of the eta went, so i'm in the middle of replacing those... and the other day it was snowing and I had to take someone home (in the 'is ) and the car drifted at less than 15 mph into a curb in a left turn from a light ... the control arm is toast.... but i won't be able to get more of an idea of what else is wrong until i finish the eta this weekend and can get the is into the garage. I have spring break next week though, so I should get it all straightened out.
Pictures
Eta on the day i bought it...
'is (my brother took these... i can't take pictures for beans)
The plan: I've acquired an m30b35 that had 120k kilometers on it as well as its trans, and the ecu. I still have a lot to buy, but the plan is to do the swap in the beginning of summer. More posts to come! (and none as long as this.... sorry to make you read so much.... I don't know if i did a very good intro when i first joined)
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