Hey so my 87 325I was rear ended and the trunk is crooked. I'm picking up a clean she'll this weekend. My car had a rebuilt head, brand new clutch, and brand new suspension. I was thinking I could lift the body off the subframe and keep the suspension , engine , trans, drive shaft, and diff all connected if I supported it correctly. I'm basically doing the work in a craneyard so I have all kinds of lifts/rigging. Anyone ever done this?
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Getting the subframe to drop will be the only issue that I see.
It's also probably more trouble than it's worth to do it that way. Lining it up, bolting it in, etc, is going to be a pain in the ass to get 100% straight front to back. Doing it in 2 pieces and then putting the driveshaft back in is going to be the easiest way to do it.AWD > RWDComment
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thanks man thats what I needed to hear. I was worried about stress on the driveshaft if i didnt support it right anyway. I just want to get back to driving my e30 asap. I had my last on one the road for 10 days before it got totaled. but now Im thinking there is a ton of while I'm in there stuff i could do so it will probably be a few weeks apart. blahOriginally posted by Kershaw View PostComment
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Yeah, getting the rear subframe off by itself is hard enough-
you don't want the driveshaft attached, too...
but you CAN leave it mostly assembled,
and likewise the front.
tnow, sometimes I just mess with people. It's more entertaining that way. george gravesComment
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This.Originally posted by Kershaw View Post
Otherwise raising the body off of the subframes is a great way to do it.Comment
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