I have been on the fence of what to do with an IX I bought. Its a 88 Diamond Schwartz 4DR auto with 160K. My plan was to drive it when the vert is stored away, use it as a 2nd car to our gas guzzler truck and to put miles on (plus its an e30 ix). The price had a catchy ring to it $900. Also, PO was the only owner. Met with the Owner and took it for a drive. He showed me receipts for engine being serviced and tuned up. Engine was quite after warmup and 10 mintues of driving. 4 wheel drive worked. Interior and carpet was in very good condition except passenger seat had a tear.
Now for the bad, it had rust, needed painting and a leaking powersteering line. Most of the rust was at the upper rear of IX and some suface rust here and there but for the price I thought it can be repaired reseasonably. Took a glance underneath rear and no rust. Took a look underneath front and saw nothing that stood out. Bought the IX home the next day. Weeks later I bought a complete steering rack with subframe, a passenger seat and a rear section to address the rust area (also fenders, hood and trunk). So I am at $1,300 now. I am feeling good. Started organizing and planning for a day to add some nice parts that I have been holding on to. 2 weeks later Sandy (Storm) came. Lucky the IX was higher in the driveway and no battery. So all I had to pull was the carpet. When I pulled the carpet .......WTF..... is all I could scream. This is what I saw
all on the passenger side
:hitler:
I cut the front floor panel out the vert.
all on the driver side.
other rust areas on IX. I bought a rear to address rust.
view of IX the way it is now
What should I do fix it, sell it or part it?
Now for the bad, it had rust, needed painting and a leaking powersteering line. Most of the rust was at the upper rear of IX and some suface rust here and there but for the price I thought it can be repaired reseasonably. Took a glance underneath rear and no rust. Took a look underneath front and saw nothing that stood out. Bought the IX home the next day. Weeks later I bought a complete steering rack with subframe, a passenger seat and a rear section to address the rust area (also fenders, hood and trunk). So I am at $1,300 now. I am feeling good. Started organizing and planning for a day to add some nice parts that I have been holding on to. 2 weeks later Sandy (Storm) came. Lucky the IX was higher in the driveway and no battery. So all I had to pull was the carpet. When I pulled the carpet .......WTF..... is all I could scream. This is what I saw
all on the passenger side
:hitler:
I cut the front floor panel out the vert.
all on the driver side.
other rust areas on IX. I bought a rear to address rust.
view of IX the way it is now
What should I do fix it, sell it or part it?
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