Post your CUT CORNERS hackjob on your E30

[bmw325csi]

I threw my e-brake assembly/cables etc to HELL on my E30.

looks greats, hauls ass, everything is cherry on the car.

no e-brake.

it's my dirty shame.

Same boat. If I try and fix it myself, I know I'm gonna Mickey Mouse it.

[lambo]

wellll im 16 working an alright job :P about $20 p/h...but still, cant afford all the quality parts i want. i dont buy the cheapest thing though, but i cant afford everything i want :P not yet at least lol

20 bucks an hour at 16? Lucky waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles...

[jlevie]

The sad thing about "cutting corners" is that after a few cycles of it, the cost (or even the possibility) of putting the car back into good condition turns the car into part-out or crusher fodder.

[kamakaasneal]

I do have an M3. and i dont have all that much money, just every other paycheck for the past 6 years has gone into my cars.


people always bitch about the PO. and cutting corners is why.

If you cannot afford to do it right the first time. Save and do it right when you have the funds

wellll im 16 working an alright job :P about $20 p/h...but still, cant afford all the quality parts i want. i dont buy the cheapest thing though, but i cant afford everything i want :P not yet at least lol

[J.Rizo]

I do have an M3. and i dont have all that much money, just every other paycheck for the past 6 years has gone into my cars.


people always bitch about the PO. and cutting corners is why.

If you cannot afford to do it right the first time. Save and do it right when you have the funds

you gotta admit theres a difference in the severity of cut corners. i've zip tied a few things that nobody will ever notice, no biggie right? my PO tried welding back the motor mount ear on the subframe. i got into a car accident because of it and almost got my head taken out by a pole in my vert. sometimes its rounding a corner and sometimes it's being stupid and unsafe. i think most guys on here are the zip tie kind of corner cutters, not anything stupid like i mentioned.

[F34R]

Cutting corners is dumb, I save and get the best parts and research to do it right the first time.

[Cabriolet]

I PLAN on keeping mine below $20k...i'm trying to make an ///M3 clone outa my 325...if i had that kinda money as whats in his budget i could just BUY an E30 M3 :P

I do have an M3. and i dont have all that much money, just every other paycheck for the past 6 years has gone into my cars.


people always bitch about the PO. and cutting corners is why.

If you cannot afford to do it right the first time. Save and do it right when you have the funds

[Mr. Burns]

Also, when theres a new e30 at the pick n pull it's like Christmas.

I do very well for myself financially, yet I love getting dirty and "the hunt"

[Mr. Burns]

I bought used ground control coilovers.

Poverty up in this joint.

[J.Rizo]

I think it goes without saying, that if most of us had this kind of budget, cutting corners would not be required.

i know what the fuck? sorry baller! and i mean, not everybody, but MOST people don' do anything stupid or unsafe. we all still love our cars man! just because we round a corner doesn't mean we don't.

[kamakaasneal]

I think it goes without saying, that if most of us had this kind of budget, cutting corners would not be required.

I PLAN on keeping mine below $20k...i'm trying to make an ///M3 clone outa my 325...if i had that kinda money as whats in his budget i could just BUY an E30 M3 :P

[J.Rizo]

Thanks man, good to know I'm not the only one haha.

When you say your frame rails are a little bent, what do you mean? The beam, ie, the subframe itself? The shell of the car? My car has been in a few minor accidents, but I don't think anything is bent, especially that far forward from the rear. Did you install poly bushings, or OE replacements? Mine are poly bushings from IE. Thing is, it didn't seem like they were too big around. Seemed more like they were all the way in, and just couldn't go in any farther. And they didn't budge, even after torquing the subframe bolt to 100ftlbs. I have no idea on this one...

I mean the unibody itself. by rails i mean the part where the subframe bolts into the car. after hitting a curb in an accident i'm sure i tweaked the body a bit hence the bolts not going in flush. they would start but then just get stuck. and i just used my old subframe bolts.

[Mr. Burns]

I have 58k+ into my 3 e30s and never once have cut corners.

I think it goes without saying, that if most of us had this kind of budget, cutting corners would not be required.

[kamakaasneal]

I kept my front lip on with zipties. You couldnt see them, but all of the brackets had broken so i just used zipties and it worked until it got ripped off and ran over and shattered...now i want the actual clips for the front to hold it on but can't find any

[Cabriolet]

i hate you all. I have 58k+ into my 3 e30s and never once have cut corners. my closest to cutting corners is getting a used part from pick 'n pull.