Post your CUT CORNERS hackjob on your E30

[Rsully70sev]

I understand money can be an issue, but I've always been a strong believer in the saying "Do it once, do it right." Even if it means saving up.

[benjohnson]

I made my own head gasket out of a Rice Crispies cereal box.

^lololol

The exhaust hanger on my old 318i broke on the way back to school one year so I rehung it with an old steel helmet cage and waxed hockey lace, what I had in my trunk hehe, it was eventually fixed

nothing compared to the wooden mounting rails i found under the rear bumper of my e21 320/6....surprise surprise

-Ben

[CrusherCurtis]

You guys would ban me, if you see my e38 brake booster/remote reservoir setup on a m20 car. Seriously! Really need to s50.

[Ryann]

I made my own head gasket out of a Rice Crispies cereal box.

[Exodus_2pt0]

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

One of the few acceptable uses of a zip tie, honestly.

[MattBimmer]

Ziptied my Volvo lip, cutting a corner right there with the lip. Anyways used the normal retaining clips and zipties until one retaining clip broke. Super Glued that beast to the lower valence.

[enigmaticdream]

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

[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.

[accident]

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

[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!

[MaxBell]

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

YYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

[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

[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.

[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.

[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