So whats wrong with your car

[Jand3rson]

Not so much on my car, actually.

Actual problems
Chips in driver side front fender
Airdam sagging slightly (to be fixed this month)
Driveshaft vibration (to be fixed this month)
Differential whine (to be fixed this month)
Minor oil pan gasket leak
Semi-minor transmission input shaft seal leak
Control arms worn
Tires very worn
Bad carpet

[Il Duce]

mine's bronzit

[Nathan]

mine's bronzit

PS: I've always wanted to use that smiley...

[BahnE30]

hrrm where to start
H&R's arent stiff enough for me
CAB's
RSM
rear subframe + trailing arms all need bushings
stripped oil pan drain plug P/O did it fuck
paint, coming soon
4 bent wheels, cottage road owns me
it's an E with diving boards
broken exhaust mount - tranny one
head gasket is on it's way out
sealed beams
rust and more rust

the only thing this car has going for it is i love it

[hamann318is]

- squeek in rear suspension not sure from where

I have the same problem. I have no idea from where, and I've tried a lot to fix it. I just got used to it.

[DEV0 E30]

the only thing this car has going for it is i love it

Haha.



84 E
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Stock
Autotragic
Needs suspension overhaul.
Not enough power.
Rear boge shock covers (metal) jingle and jangle over bumps.
Funny sluggish brakes, could just be alot of air or a leak.
Paint, but Henna still looks good from some angles.
-Will eventually be put out of it's misery and parts on it go to the 87 E.

87 E
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Doesn't run.
Needs alot of love.
Condition of motor unknown.
Busted Crank Sunroof.
Non-Sport Seats.
Will soon see power.
Paint is pretty damn bad.
-A somewhat long project but will be worth it.

[Charlie]

Car is fucking slow, I attribute that to the M20.

Car seems to hesitate like a bitch under about 3k, idle is getting wonky. Throttle boot is torn, and I figure the fuel filter is probably 5 years old now. Replacing both of those as we speak. Motor could use a valve job and a K&N filter cleaning.

Timing belt needs to be changed - doing that.

Motor mounts are/were shot, passenger side mount was practically nonexistant, replacing both right now. Radiator has a nice imprint of the fan on it, a product of the motor mounts. Replacing that with an e36 radiator, along with all the hoses. Replacing the worn out tranny mounts with E21 mounts as well.

Gaskets. Oil pan, valve cover, doghouse, diff. All leak. All are on the list to be replaced.

Valve job, getting done when I get around to the timing belt.

Driver's seat is chewed up with a bent frame. I'm getting around to picking up a real seat.

Grinding noise from the right rear. I can't recreate it on a normal basis, and it doesn't seem to be diff related. I'm thinking it's just a fucked parking brake shoe, I'm pulling it off to check.

Paint's shit. Exterior trim is shit, someone decided to liberate my front emblem, a rock tried to reshape my front valence, none of these are really "high priority" items.

Car stops and turns just fine, and above 3k moves right along, so all the right things work.

It's a rat.

-Charlie

[NORCAL/E30]

Clicking sounds when I brake(brakepad clip retainer thingys are bad) :D
Funny E30 idle problem sometimes
Front and rear bumper trim is wavy
Slight vibration around 80MPH
Previous owners repaint is at best a 7 out of 10
A couple dings

That is all I can think of right now but I'm sure there is more. :(

ABE

[lowslowe30]

rust on front fender, front signal flashes but wont stay on as marker, rim bent to shit, dings from fucking retards in parking lots, front lip held on by 2 screws due to fucking tow truck driver, bent fron valence( guess how) and worst of all, its an eta.

[Tangent]

When lights are on right turn signal flashes at hyperspeed & front right signal is very dim
Missing iS lip
Clearcoat peeling on wheels
Rattle below driver side rear window on rough roads
Cracked headlight lens
Cracked foglight lens, one foglight not installed (Had just replaced lenses, drivers side needed to be redone, pass side got cracked first day on road so I never reinstalled driver's side)
Slightly sloppy shifter
Worn out front seats now w/ cheap covers
Cruise control dead
Sunroof doesn't stop in correct positions

[Mike 91 318ic]

what's wrong with it? Nothing it's 99% perfect, but that doesn't mean I'm not finished improving it. The only "little" problem is the rear bumper isn't 100% aligned perfectly and my body shop can't fix it.

M

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[Stu]

-all but roof has been repainted (by separate shops, separate quality, etc....my biggest gripe)...car has been wrecked/bondo'd in spots/painted by PO's
-panels/bumpers don't line up
-rear valance has nasty gash (PO)
-rear TA bushes have 280k
-clicky brake caliper
-ungodly suspension/other noises
-clunk in rearend (think its a shotty input flange)
-rear trans seal leaks
-LSD works on occasion
-front fender lips eaten from GC slammage days
-hood latch broken and dangling
-'racer stripe' white paint fade streaks on driver side of roof
-2 borbets are slightly bent
-steering has strange click at parking lot speeds
and the fact that it has 280k on the chassis.

i'll probably have more problems after it goes through a DE next weekend

[Kristuphir]

A few dings, the latest of which was bestowed upon me in the office garage last week by someone who will be found and shot

Cracked windshield

Mild whine in 1st gear - "new" tranny in garage

Floors get wet (but do not smell like coolant) in heavy rain even though all the drains work

AC gone

Heater smells like coolant

Interior straight, but center console sqeaks to beat the band

rear premium speakers starting to go - good excuse for better ones

loose something-or-other makes a little raspy rattle over sharp bumps - can't find it so far

Tiny little rust bubble in upper p-side a-pillar doesn't make any sense

Cracked US ellipse - replacement in the mail

Still haven't gotten around to making new sunroof liner

[kowalski]

- squeek in rear suspension not sure from where
- lifter needs to be replaced lucking i have 24 of them in my room
- front bumper needs to be replaced but im doing that this weekend
- my headliner is the white tanish color want to change it to black as well as the rear deck
- a few small door dings i believe the count is at 4 now. 2 flaws in the trunk lid paint and dents in the roof from some retard to lifted himself up and used the roof as support.
- radio whine comming from an interference from the ecu wires i believe which i should be fixing soon.

but i love my E30 as well, im getting really picky so as i remove problems a couple more surface...

Edit: chips in the folded in lip on both front fenders, its chipped to hell, missing both fogs, 1 is in garadge both mounts are screwed. center consol creeks somtimes, and my tach doesn't work but that SHOULD get fixed as soon as i get a relay. and somtimes hard to get into first, possibly syncro... and a wheel bearing is starting to whine a little, and high speed shimmy despite full rebuilt front suspension and fresh balanced wheels (new unbent wheels) i suspect its in the rear now...

Edit:
o yes and some kid stole my lip duno what kind it was, it happend in the first couple months i owned it but it was a really nice one, prolly 3-4 inches tall but it didn't shouvle out like some lips it was straight down with a little lip at the bottom.. anyone know what that is? its a bad description i know:)

[00ronburgandy00]

whats wrong.......


front bumper needs fixed, some lady owned it before i did and pulled to close to a curb or something and ripped of the lip and bent the bumper back a bit,
Rock chips mad in the hood
i want my suspension and rims
Its slow
other then that its all good