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  • TRAK WDW
    Advanced Member
    • Aug 2014
    • 157

    #16
    Just bought it, so every week I add on one more mod/maintenance item to make sure it runs strong. It's my new DD... and it is so much fun
    Harp

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    • Eddie Lives On
      Wrencher
      • May 2011
      • 208

      #17
      Originally posted by indecline
      It's love hate relationship. I've came close to zeroing out my checking a couple times (fortunately my savings isn't easily accessible)
      I too am glad my savings aren't accessible at moment's notice

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      • Court M3
        R3V OG
        • Jan 2004
        • 6713

        #18
        Originally posted by 89AlpineM3
        3-4 days a week, but then again I'm nearing the end of my full resto
        Wait on the M3? Did I miss a build thread?

        Not at all, but get to next week for about 20 days
        Continuous For Sale Thread
        323i s50

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        • golde30
          R3V OG
          • Nov 2003
          • 11464

          #19
          Originally posted by nando
          Since i parked it in june, nothing. lol
          same but change to April.
          IG: @Baye30

          FRONT VALENCE IS ZENDER!!! STOP FILLING MY PM BOX PPL!!!

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          • rcsoundn1
            No R3VLimiter
            • Nov 2012
            • 3361

            #20
            Originally posted by TRAK WDW
            Just bought it, so every week I add on one more maintenance/B4mod item to make sure it runs strong. It's my new DD... and it is so much fun
            FTFY

            I have 2 and one is "driving". This weekend it blew part of its muffler off....add it to that list. The other is in pieces. I do my best to work on either at least once a week.

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            • totheredline
              Mod Crazy
              • Jun 2013
              • 762

              #21
              Probably about 5 days out of the week. Usually an hour or two at night. Weekend mornings for a couple hours. I really don't watch tv or play videogames like a normal 19 year old so I have a lot of time to put toward my builds.

              I basically did a complete tear down of a 318is, all the way to the shell and put it all back together in a little under 9 months.
              You can really get shit done if you have the drive and money
              to do so
              = Heidi 1988 325 -> 335i. 7200rpm built M30

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              • KIRIEIW
                No R3VLimiter
                • Dec 2012
                • 3385

                #22
                Well my other e30 project is done so cross my fingers, thats just oil changes. New one I'm working on everyday.


                1992 M tech 2 Convertible - S50 Swap
                1992 e34 Touring- S50 Swap
                1992 325i-S50 Swap (SOLD)

                1995 e36 M3 Mugello Red - S50 (SOLD)
                1991 325i Convertible Laguna Green (SOLD)
                1987 325i (SOLD);1992 M tech 2 Convertible (SOLD)
                1988 325i Convertible Alpine White (SOLD)
                1991
                Brilliantrot Convertible 80k Miles (SOLD)
                1992 325i Convertible Schwarz (SOLD)
                1992 318i Convertible Project-Finished (SOLD)

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                • stonea
                  R3VLimited
                  • Jan 2012
                  • 2892

                  #23
                  I'm always doing something to it at least once a week, but its mostly tinkering or messing around with it, maybe once a weekend every month I'll actually do something it needs. That being said over the summer I was working on it every day, but I was doing a mini restoration.
                  My Garage
                  2001 Z3 2.5i Steel Gray/Black (Lexi)
                  1988 325ix Diamond Schwartz/Black (Izzy)
                  1989 325i Cirrus Blue/Houndstooth (Stitch)
                  Feedback

                  Instagram: Stone.Hopkins

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                  • FL318is
                    E30 Fanatic
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 1396

                    #24
                    It is my therapy. Once a week then drive it like it is stolen!

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                    • Steven
                      Forum Sponsor
                      • Dec 2012
                      • 2305

                      #25
                      I used to never work on my car. Then I did an s50 swap and i don't remember the last day i was home and didn't do something to my car.

                      Feedback!
                      Custom Cup Holder Consoles!
                      Calypso Story--S50/Shaved and Tucked Bay

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                      • heatmakerz
                        E30 Addict
                        • Feb 2014
                        • 438

                        #26
                        Every week because I want to and I like to tinker with it. Every few months for something it actually needs.

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                        • Mr. Burns
                          No R3VLimiter
                          • Aug 2011
                          • 3516

                          #27
                          Originally posted by FL318is
                          It is my therapy. Once a week then drive it like it is stolen!

                          truth!
                          therapeutic for me to wrench on my E30...but it's away for the winter sans-engine/drivetrain so spring will be breakthroughs lol
                          Originally posted by flyboyx
                          i have watched my dog lick himself off a few times

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                          • DaveSmed
                            E30 Fanatic
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 1406

                            #28
                            Mowed the lawn around it two years now.
                            -Dave
                            2003 Lincoln Towncar | 1992 BMW 325iC | 1968 Cadillac Deville

                            Need some help figuring out the ETM?

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                            • marshallnoise
                              No R3VLimiter
                              • Sep 2013
                              • 3148

                              #29
                              Originally posted by ThatOneEuroE30
                              Wish I would have done one of those before I did the m30 swap. Didn't realize how simple they were
                              That's what I'll be doing. I need to pull the rack anyway to get back to fixing my front end damage.

                              Since I got diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, I have lost a ton of motivation. Every time I do anything physical, my freaking bones ache like hell for days. Sucks. Waffles. Etc.
                              Si vis pacem, para bellum.

                              New Hawtness: 1995 540i/6 Claptrap
                              Defunct too: Cirrusblau m30 Project
                              Defunct (sold): Alta Vista

                              79 Bronco SHTF Build

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                              • KI4UJO
                                Mod Crazy
                                • Jun 2011
                                • 640

                                #30
                                Originally posted by Steven
                                I used to never work on my car. Then I did an s50 swap and i don't remember the last day i was home and didn't do something to my car.
                                This. Though my swap was an m50, I seem to have had way more problems after the swap. Then again, that's to be expected with any major project such as this. Its so worth it though, especially coming from an m10.
                                IMG_0145 by Jonathan Martin, on Flickr

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