Stupid things that PO's did to your car

[Sea Aych]

This:


For a friggin stereo.... cut the hole to duct the subwoofer into the cabin. On a m3 too...

[marshallnoise]

I haven't even really dug into my car yet, but I do know it has aftermarket cruise control and a bunch of random wiring under the hood that leaves a constant draw on the battery. Need to rip that shit out and rewire for sure.

[lowsodium]

I haven't even really dug into my car yet, but I do know it has aftermarket cruise control and a bunch of random wiring under the hood that leaves a constant draw on the battery. Need to rip that shit out and rewire for sure.

I had some aftermarket pos on mine too. I took all the wiring back out. I honestly dont really miss cruise control despite driving a lot of highway miles. I did replace and lube the throttle cable so its not so heavy on my foot.

[dirtbag30]

oh my gosh i could go on for days about things POs did,
the worst was zipties on coolant hoses
painting the dash
bondo-ing the sunroof shut
cut springs
cutting holes in door panels for speakers
putting felt on the door panels and seat covers and headliner
building a ghetto ass sub box for a stereo
and putting drywall screws through the door trim.

[LagunaSecaBlue]

1991 318i:
Well I bought the car from a Police Impound Yard. Came with a free 12 pack with a single opened beer. Really didn't see much else because it was my first car.
1989 325i:
For whatever reason the propshaft to diff was held together by 1 bolt and nut.
The Coolant must be original from factory with a 5 pound bag of Seal Pellets.(I am still flushing out the crap)
Gas tank was corroded to the point the fuel pump made a very bad clunking noise.
Spare Tire holder is bent and mangled.
Low Jack was found and removed. Terrible Aftermarket Speaker Job.(Butt Splices everywhere)
My car had 2 POs. The original took great car of it and the second I am guessing is who screwed it up but thankfully got it totaled.

[Fusion]

The subwoofer pics reminded me that some PO of my car probably didn't have the tools to enlarge the stock stereo holes in the rear deck so he made angle grinder cuts, bent the metal down, then angle grinded the excess.
So basically it looks like shit and every time you want to fix the board cover thing, you cut your arms.

[Sideways87]

Just a few of them

This is after it was fixed, but the Po cut a hole in the floor board under the driver seat to run his rear mounted radiator lines from the trunk!!!



Cut all the stalks for drifting



There where plenty of other little things but we don't have time for all that!!

[E30_Pare]

Friends old grey market e30.

The rear right hub was damaged and no longer round, so PO decided to bore out the weave to make the wheel fit.

Head unit was wired by a 5yr old.

Harness was just hanging out under the kick panel. PO Tried to wire a electric windows in. Needless to say I found a marble sized ball of soldered joints & windows just didnt work.

Euro bumpers had mad custom led board turn signals and clear toyota turn covers.

[Chris916]

Who needs flex lines?

[clarkson]

Who needs flex lines?

Fantastic! Who needs brakes.....

[JasonC]

Monster stickers everywhere
Coat hanger holding the exhaust up
Windshield squirters in the rear wheel wells
Duct tape holding up overhead check panel
Odd paint job/stripe job with black spray paint
I'm sure ill find more as I keep messing with the car.

[Sea Aych]

Windshield squirters in the rear wheel wells

What???
Do you have any idea?

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[franky2fingaz]

What???
Do you have any idea?

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for burnouts...

Here's my 89, picked up for $300 from VA, PO decided to repaint the thing few months before he overheated the engine and parked it. First it went from bronze to silver, then right a way to this crap blue.. nothing was taped off properly... . not worried about it though.

[Wschnitz]

What???
Do you have any idea?

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http://topgear.wikia.com/wiki/Icelandic_Volcano_Hilux

To cool the tires when they take those annual volcano trips

[Cephas]

On the track car we just picked up: po installed a LSD but didn't own a torque wrench. Unfortunately he wasn't very strong because all the Allen head bolts holding the half shafts to the diff could be loosened by hand. Also, the diff bolt to rear subframe and main rubber mounts were finger loose. One diff bolt was missing entirely.

Just one of many!