Stupid things that PO's did to your car

[Vivek]

PO of my car told me brillantrot was clear coated. I took one look at it and knew for sure it wasn't. He owns a body shop.
He also claimed that the tb on his previous e30 went to, I believe, 300 thousand miles, and there's no way they're necessary before 100k. Other than that...nothing really.

On my dad's e30 there's some stupid wiring running through the passenger footwell above the carpet. My guess is that it's for the sub that was in the trunk at some point. Honestly I don't think that that one was him. The worst thing he did was repaint the entire car, shaving the roundels, 3rd brake light, and antenna hole (all of which I like), but didn't remove the bump in the gas lid.

We both got pretty lucky compared to most of the others in this thread.

[e30shmobberr]

have yet to find something. yeee

[cmybimmer]

I only blame the PO for the rough exterior.. other than that, they took care of it :).. even got the car with billies, and of course my awesome princess lic plate frame :up:

[Insomniac912]

Everything. I had to replace everything except the crack-less dash. I only blame myself for buying it though lol..

[Vegas227]

Wow my car has less problems than I thought.. When i bought it, it had an idle problem (needed the Idle control module and idle control valve) Interior isnt the most comfortable, its ripped all over on the front and rear seats. no stereo and no rear speakers. Not sure if the front speakers even work still. Suspension needs to be replaced asap (the shocks and springs are the original ones from 1984) Needed new tires since they were bald(bottlecaps had curb rash as well) Has some rust in various places around the car. The worst is the wheel wells. Cracked hood emblem, silver trunk emblem, no wheel emblems. Ripped shift boot. Speedometer doesnt work, miles per gallon gauge blows its fuse a lot. Turning on the high beams turns off my drivers side low beam. I think thats it so far.

[E30Gus]

Tranny was about bone dry and she put one of those little chrome bible thumper fishes on the back.

[Alonso1993]

my PO put on a backwards fuel filter, so for a month the car would die at random when running it hard and i would have no idea

[LagunaVert]

When I did my brake job I discovered the rear drivers side caliper bracket only had one bolt in it...

[Akiyo]

My PO painted the fuse cover, hoses, reservoirs and any other little thing he thought would look cool ford blue

[Herr Faust Schinken]

First owner- ordered it as an auto
Second owner-did some uber getto wiring
Third owner- is a member of this board and did the manual swap
The only things that really made me mad
Was that I overheated- but a new raditior fixed it not a big deal and the bushings in the back are bad but I guess that's kind of normal

[cuchullainn]

1. Bought a swapped car where PO made his own conversion harness. The wiring was done well, but he made the wiring to the c101 roughly a foot and a half too long. It's cosmetic but it drives me nuts.

2. Left a sway bar link disconnected. Prompted me to check all suspension components. Only issue I found luckily.

3. The PPO resprayed the car an unknown shade of single stage metallic. It's a nice color, but it has some orange peel that I can't wet sand. It should be a fucking crime to use single stage metallic.

[semaj4712]

Nothing too crazy, but he did have a test battery gauge from autozone drilled into the center console and hooked up to a speaker wire so that when the bass hit, so did the gauge

[squidmaster]

• ripped the antenna wire in half and then attempted to twist them together. didn't hold.
• cut all the springs in half
• zebra cloth center console
• radioshack fog light switch
• absolutely none of the electrical "work" had even electrical tape over it, just exposed wires
• took off one windshield wiper to add more super jdm stickers
• installed the shifter linkage backwards
• ghetto wired radio and a bunch of stupid stuff under the dash.
• never ever ever ever washed. seriously probably not even once. the paint was bubbling and peeling.

overall just a really shitty PO

[kronus]

635:
- PO cut into the metal front valence and used wood screws to attach the valence and bumper trim
- rear spoiler attached with about 12 feet of foam tape
- headlight wiring hacked together, low and high beams shorted together
- shifter cut and welded to be closer to driver's seat
- several quarts of bondo all over
- 2 alarm systems installed into each other

2002:
- hasty engine swap done by monkeys, bent sheet metal everywhere
- A/C lines left in place from old engine but no compressor on new one..
- whole A/C system generally hacked in by dealer with a drill, self-tapping screws and a hole saw
- points kit left in place from old engine but not in new engine's distributor
- shifter spun around completely, impossible to tell what gear it's in
- vacuum line left open on new motor, leaning out cyl#4 badly

[e30jake]

The only thing I didn't know about before buying the car was on my first e30, which didn't run when I bought it. The diff definitely wasn't the original ratio. 90% sure it had a 2.93 in it, never actually confirmed it though. I made it to 45+ in first and always backed off before I hit the limiter because I kept thinking "this gear should not go this fast." That car gave slow an entirely new meaning