Stupid things that PO's did to your car

[dashboardmonkey]

sold me the car with euro weaves on it, then tried to sell me a set of bottle caps for $150

i was ok with the weaves tho so i passed

[Omaliyo]

Painted the car with gay Macco paint that looks like shat now..... oh and it slept outside uncovered so the bumper plastic is all warped....

[87bimmerguy]

Pulled the original radio and cut the connectors off.
Spray painted original tan sport interior black (looks like total crap).
Cut ABS sensor wires.
Cut brake pad wear sensor wires.
Put an eta tach in an IS.
Pulled bulbs out of cluster that were illuminated.
Installed crap window tinting that is bubbled and cracking.
Broke dome light brackets and removed bulbs.
Had a spare in the trunk that won't fit on the car (ask how I found that out).
Completely missing tool kit, jack, and fuel door actuator.
Almost every mounting bracket was busted and replaced with twisty ties.
Original antenna replaced with crap black rubber one.
Cheap "red" respray that is flaking and peeling everywhere.
That's all for now

[3bvert]

Mine was a basket case when I bought it, so I knew I was in for fun
missing thermostat and siliconed in bleeder screw
wires mangled for radio
big ass ugly wing
bubbly window tint
heater, fog lights hot wired ( around fuse box)
bailing wire exsaust hangers on a cherry bomb muffler
autolite spark plugs
big ball chrome shift knob

other then that stuff, and all fixed, love the car

hard to say really which p.o did what, it has had several owners

[stegosaurus]

1991 318is slicktop
PO put a sunroof in it that looks like shit. I, not knowing any better, believed him when he said it was a "rare glass moonroof". I didn't find out until I had to chase down the manufacturer for a new gasket after it peeled off the panel.

No lower oil pan.

Permatex everywhere, it took 2 hours with a pipe wrench to get the water pump out.

Catalytic converter held together with drywall screws.

Everything was held together with zipties.

[mrsleeve]

let 2 dogs run loose in the damm thing and destroy the door and rear panels. Took me pulling all the seats out and basically stripping the interior to get all the dog hair outta it. Other wise it was not that bad, the 2 previous long term owners were both semi enthusiasts, and used it as a Summer time DD

[accident]

No glovebox
Glovebox flashlight plug was pulled through the front ashtray hole.
Glovebox flashlight plug was used to illuminate the FUCKING INDIGLO GAUGES, and had to be connected every time you wanted them on.
Put in indiglo gauges, and didnt bother to remove the stock light bulbs that made the cluster glow amber.
Motor mounts had absolutely no rubber, I'm surprised it didnt shred some shit on the drive home.
New cat installed, instead of using a dual-in dual-out cat on a 325is, he used a single-in single-out and put a fucking Y pipe on either end.

[Eric]

I bought my 325 from synthetic darkness on bf.c. I knew it was a piece, and he was straight up about the condition.

a year of abuse on the nurburgring has brought nothing but smiles from me and puckered bung holes from passengers, and that damn junk yard M20 just wont die!!!

[Jonny Cash]

Electric tape over the shadowline.

And you gotta love the asshole that tries to jack up the car from the gas tank.

[richardkeith97]

when the po installed his eibach springs he stripped both balljoints and tie rods. by the time i finally got the nuts off their were no threads.

[scottinAZ]

Electric tape over the shadowline.

And you gotta love the asshole that tries to jack up the car from the gas tank.

Thats a good one, look at the bright side though, he didnt do it by the oil pan.....

[scottinAZ]

when the po installed his eibach springs he stripped both balljoints and tie rods. by the time i finally got the nuts off their were no threads.

Sounds like the same dickless wonder that put my wheel bearing hub on....

[shiboujin]

I found a used condom in the center arm rest of my Z31 300zx... it was so old it was stiff and crusty...

[325ix]

I feel so lucky, my car was 100 percent bone stock untouched goodness.

ahhh same. Lots of oem replacement parts put on at ralph schomp

[quickervicar]

My car was lovingly cared for by its original owner for the first 20 years of its life. It was stock & clean. Then he apparently sold it to his nephew. He proceeded to:

-remove A/C system to save weight by cutting off all the wiring on the chassis-side of the connectors

-put PepBoys plastic "race" shift knob on with a 6-speed pattern

-install garish tweeter pods on back deck that have a swivel mount so you can determine which ear you wish to destroy during each ride

-installed elipsoids and apparently became quite confused at the idea of actually wiring in the correct plugs for the correct bulbs. He avoided the brain-hurt by crimping on Radio Shack butt-joint connectors to the wires & sliding the open end over the bulb contacts. He failed to take gravity into account, so they would slip off after about 13 miles of driving.

-painted the inside of the bottlecaps black, leaving the outside rim silver. This actually doesn't look too bad until you notice the numerous runs in the paint

-installed PepBoys pedal covers that have a really nice orange/red tone to them that matches with....well, nothing that I can see. I actually left them on because they don't feel that bad, but will swap them out as soon as I get the BMW M covers sent to me.

-he didn't believe in gaskets. However, he was pastor in the Form-a-Gasket church. (First Reform-a-Gasket?)