Post your CUT CORNERS hackjob on your E30

[gtdragon980]

HA i'm a sound engineer, its a very narrow field of expertise, i was given the job, so i could ask for more money :P i'm still making 5x less than my dad...o.O

Wow, interesting...I'm assuming you were brought into the field by someone? But hey! That's awesome though, wish someone would take me into a field that pays well! haha

[kway]

Oil cooler on my current DD was bent before I bought it, but not leaking so I left it alone. One of the hoses started leaking over the past few months though, so I did an oil cooler delete. $4 my cost for the fitting in the block, and for the type of driving I do with this car the cooler won't be missed.

Only drawback is now at oil change time when I remove the filter, oil dribbles down the side of the block and I have to brake kleen it off afterwards. No more drips on the garage floor though, so I can live with that extra step.

[F34R]

Are those zip ties on the front of your car in your sig?

No sir, that is a perfect late model lip off my brothers old vert. Bolted up using stock retaining clips and screws.

I know the paint is ugly, but I did not half ass anything on it. I take great joy is building her, I am a perfectionist and cannot see the logic in new paint over performance parts.

[SilentJon]

I couldn't get the CAB in the lollipops all the way so they are about a half inch forward on the controls arms, I finally decided to just buy the m3 cabs already pushed into the lollipops

you had that problem too? i got one in all the way, and the other one just refused. so i put it on like that and said fuck it

[Exodus_2pt0]

The less to break, the better. Plus I love clean engine bays that are easy to work on.

When I got my car it came with a snapped timing belt, and I had a running m20 to drop in when she was delivered to me.

A/C, Power steering, engine driven fan, all came out and did not go back in.

[MoreMayhem]

My cut-corner move: was going to buy a super low-mileage, pristine condition one-owner Mtech convertible, but it was a 30 minute drive away from my house. Instead I bought a salvage title 15 owner bailing wire assembled model instead.

[MR E30 325is]

I once had to drive cross country in my E30 asap, and as I was putting it back together I realized that I only had two flywheel bolts (previously used) at my disposal. I couldnt even find the torque spec so I just got em gutentight and said fuck it. Drove the whole multi-thousand mile trip without issue.

It didnt give me any problems, so I still have it like that, to this day. I have had the time to fix it but I figured the fewer bolts lent some weight savings to the flywheel setup.

BAWS status bitches

[MR E30 325is]

The above post is a total joke.

My biggest hackjob is the use of zip ties to hold arbitrary items together.

Though all of that is getting fixed this winter while it is all apart.

[TurboJake]

The only thing I have ever hackjobbed on my E30 is my tires. Sometimes I just rock shitty ones. Like I am now.

This MIGHT count. I'm not doing anything about the body rust. Ultra rare parts abound in that car. Body rusting away.

[Nick's e30]

RTV'd my drain plug instead of changing the pan...

Same. Topside oil changes for life unless I go boost. Or decide that I should do it while I live on campus and have the time once it gets warm :lol

[MaxBell]

One time, I didn't replace the crush washer on my oil drain plug.

YYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

[obes]

My front bumper cover is held together by about 150 zip ties, not sure if that would be cutting a corner though because it took me about 4 hours to do.

ahha hilarious!

[accident]

Ultimate corner cutting: Sold my E30 and bought an E36.

[fronton]

Ultimate corner cutting: Sold my E30 and bought an E36.

ha, I think that is a forfeit.

The big corner I cut was when wanting more power, I swapped rather than rebuild the s14 to 2.5l.

[enigmaticdream]

Also ziptieing steering rack boots for my failing steer rack seemed like a good idea at the time