I love my E30s, and I never buy new cars, but good grief, previous owners are going to drive me bonkers. Today I went to swap the snow tires off my new-to-me iX, and I discovered that some knuckle-dragger who worked on the front hubs last had mushroomed the end of one of the front hubs so my basketweave wouldn't fit over it. :curse: The previous wheels had plastic centering rings that stretched enough to fit, but the only way my basketweave was going on there was by bringing out the angle grinder and grinding down the mushroomed hub. So a simple wheel swap turning into a profanity-laden garage session. The previous owner is hundreds of miles away, but I like to think he heard me.
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Dave
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How do you even do that? Banging on the hub with a hammer to "press" it into a new wheel bearing maybe? -
I did that the first time I swapped front halfshafts on my first ix 6 or 7 years ago. I pounded the strut back on the halfshafts with a hand sledge to the hub. Learned my lesson trying to put my wheels on a few minutes later, haha.
Cleaned up the edges with an air grinder and it was good to go.AWD > RWDComment
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Yeah, same here. I'm all better now since I got that rant out of my system.Originally posted by Kershaw View Post
I'm sure that I've been that P.O. at times myself.Dave
'91 325iXComment
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I was lucky.... the PO of my E30 was my best friend, and he took good care of his. :)Estoguy
1986 BMW 325, Alpenweiss ~ "Elsa"
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my current e30 is currently getting stripped and resprayed because of knucklehead owners. Every time i take something apart i find something very wrong. I'm almost scared to go deeperComment
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When I bought my car so many things didn't work because of fuses either blown or missing altogether. Necessary things like high beam headlights...Last edited by Das Delfin; 04-17-2016, 08:42 PM.
it's a Kenny Powers quote on wheelsComment
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Po didn't mess anything up or do stupid repairs, he basically did nothing at all for maintenance or repairs. So I have a very long list of things that need to be done. Looks shiny though.sigpic
1991 318is x 2 .Comment
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P.O. Didn't give a shit about the car. Just wanted to sell it. He put in a lowered ~$300 suspension off of ebay and then the reverse shift fork broke 2 days after I bought it. Only gave me the brass spare key and then my stupid ass never got a new one. Then one day my dad broke the key off in the ignition. But the PO before him rebuilt the motor, I guess. The head, at least, looks fresh. I still love the thing, though. Had way more PO issues with my Pontiac.88 325i Cabrio
04 Neon SRT-4
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I bought an s50 swapped car. Put a new battery in it, drained in 2 days. Turns out I have a shit ton of drains, basically everything is pretty much on with the car completely off, as long as the battery is connected. Putting money aside to have it professionally rewired, cause I'm scared of touching anything. Among tons of other thingssigpic
2008 E60 528Xi - Daily
1991 E30 318iS S50 ///M
1987 E30 325 [SOLD]
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bought mine in 2012 po was fed up with it didnt want it anymore the engine was partially disassembled(m40b16) & he just wanted to get rid of it,
no lights were working & had a broken rear spring & broken rear tailights & holes in seat & exhaust a fender was bent electric mirrors non working & various switch/buttons were dead she had 330k kms,
got her for 300€,
i'm happy with it(all was fixed & was swap'd with a m52b25 then m60b30 next b40).
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also had rust holes in driver's & passenger's floor, nothing that some welding couldnt fixComment
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start pulling fuses until you find the drain. at least then you can kinda drive itOriginally posted by Mike_z View PostSimon
Current Cars:
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^ yeah that's actually really easy to fix
it's a Kenny Powers quote on wheelsComment
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She wouldn't say that.AWD > RWDComment
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