Just the beginning. Initial parts bill

[goldenbb]

I have an eight year old and a three year old, so yeah I hear you about time issues, but I bought the car to work on it myself, so I'm doing it. You won't long be able to afford it if you don't.

[NeedaE30]

I have an eight year old and a three year old, so yeah I hear you about time issues, but I bought the car to work on it myself, so I'm doing it. You won't long be able to afford it if you don't.

trust me i know lol only had shops do these first initial repairs only because y es i was crunched for time and needed it done asap i will not be bringing the car to anymore shops i'll be doing 99% of the rest of the work my self, maybe not the rust/paint but everything else is all me

contemplating going with a 2.5" cat

[funcrew]

I dropped $5K into an S52 swap for my convertible, and had just gone through EVERYTHING in the A/C system converting to R134, blowing icy cold in 110 degrees desert heat, when my daughter R3V'd the car playing Tokyo Drift on the Las Vegas strip.

Enjoy your money pit and don't loan it to teenagers.

[NeedaE30]

I dropped $5K into an S52 swap for my convertible, and had just gone through EVERYTHING in the A/C system converting to R134, blowing icy cold in 110 degrees desert heat, when my daughter R3V'd the car playing Tokyo Drift on the Las Vegas strip.

Enjoy your money pit and don't loan it to teenagers.

damn dude im sorry to hear that But i definitely will not be loaning my money pit to anyone let alone a teenager haha good thing my daughters only 3 and cant beg me to take my car yet lol

[NeedaE30]

Buddy took a pic of the car with his terrible camera phone, after we washed and waxed the hell out of it.. its gonna need to be diamond cut or compounded or something because i absolutely can not get the disgusting water spots off the clear coat.. its friggin COVERED in old ass water spots.. ugh



and heres a couple pics of the ends of the valence i was talking about.. you can see at the moment they are held on with very sticky TAPE.. one of the previous owners apparently tried to glue the valence to the bumper and did an absolutely terrible job just globbing it on there you can see it in the pics..




sorry for the pic size.. but its the very ends of the valence that are not connected and i see absolutely no way to connect them unless i drill holes and put body screws in.. it seems as though the entire front valence is only held on by 1 bolt in the middle kind of scary actually.. any suggestions?

[agent]

If you want to do it right, take a look at Klaus' build thread for info on the valence mount brackets I bought. The BMW ones are NLA.

[NeedaE30]

If you want to do it right, take a look at Klaus' build thread for info on the valence mount brackets I bought. The BMW ones are NLA.

where can i get those?

[agent]

where can i get those?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310410119582/

[-SUPREME-]

She's coming along nicely Bud...

[Solarian]

Hey dude, at least you're driving it ;)
I'm well over 4k in parts into my 2500 car and it's still chilling on jack stands in my garage. It's getting there though, and I'm way more enthusiastic about it than I was before, because I'm finishing things and putting things back on at this point. I predict less than a month left. That's going to be the happiest drive ever for me.

[NeedaE30]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310410119582/

i was hoping you wouldn't say that.. 160 bucks damn. anyone got any for cheaper??

She's coming along nicely Bud...

yes she is, 'm in the process of taking care of the water leaks in the trunk, rear shock mounts with reinforcement plates & exhaust should all be done by the weekend.. ill get you a video of how she drives this weekend

[mkcman17]

It's amazing the bills you can rack up. I spent more money on my EMS than I did on putting my motor together.

[agent]

i was hoping you wouldn't say that.. 160 bucks damn. anyone got any for cheaper??

It's an NLA part from BMW, and the ones in existence are either broken or being hoarded (read: even more expensive). So you either buy those, or fab up something yourself. Divide $160 over the time involved to do that and the materials needed, and it's not so pricey after all. Again, if you want to do it right, Chuck's brackets are the way to go.

[NeedaE30]

It's an NLA part from BMW, and the ones in existence are either broken or being hoarded (read: even more expensive). So you either buy those, or fab up something yourself. Divide $160 over the time involved to do that and the materials needed, and it's not so pricey after all. Again, if you want to do it right, Chuck's brackets are the way to go.

yea i will most definitely be going for the ones on ebay.. hope i can get tem soon cause im sick of looking at it how it is lol

on a lighter note.. got the rear shock mounts replaced and some reinforcement plates.. drives beautifully now... i cant even explain the difference lol

pic of one of the old mounts..

you can see the center just completely separated from the mount.. it drove like shit and clunked over the slightest crack.. now it is extremely smooth and the bilsteins provide a wonderful and very comfortable ride

slowly but surely lol. My "to do" list is is getting smaller every day.. then bigger, then smaller, then bigger etc etc.. it will probably forever be the same size list haha

[blunttech]

patch it up and slow the rust down The good thing is you can always swap over your good parts if and when youre able to find a clean dry shell. Make the most of what you have but i wouldnt put a ton into bodywork on a rusty shell.