I bought a really bad condition E30... more things are wrong with it than is good with it.
the GOOD thing is it drives really good. the bad things are the electricals and body. The Radio was stolen from the car and the blower motor, power mirrors, power windows, turn signals don't work along with the locks are having issues.
The previous owner of the car ghetto rigged almost everything, the blower motor was rigged on a switch and it was rigged to go on full blast or off, the power windows had direct power so they would never turn off and in turn would drain the battery. I took off the 2 wires that where getting direct power so the blower motor and window switch doesn't work.
The passenger side door doesn't open, if I put power to the power locks nothing happens, if I try to unlock it manually from inside it wont push, the handle inside won't pull. outside if u put the key in it will turn but resist really hard and will move a little and its possible to open the door but its very hard.
The E brake cable on the driver side snapped off completely. theres a little nub hanging off the driver side knuckle and the other half of it hanging near the rear axles. how hard is it to change out? lol
The turn signals Don't work on the car, but the Hazards do. all the lights in the rear I was able to get working except the 3rd brake light.
theres a good amount of rust here and there I'm not all that worried about it since I can do body work and if welding is needed then I'll weld it or stop the current rust by grinding it all off sealing it away and throw something over it such as a valence.
Any advice on what I should do? The reason why I bought the car was because of how nice it drove and it was well under 1k for the car. I'm thinking about fixing as much as I can so I can use it for winter.
the GOOD thing is it drives really good. the bad things are the electricals and body. The Radio was stolen from the car and the blower motor, power mirrors, power windows, turn signals don't work along with the locks are having issues.
The previous owner of the car ghetto rigged almost everything, the blower motor was rigged on a switch and it was rigged to go on full blast or off, the power windows had direct power so they would never turn off and in turn would drain the battery. I took off the 2 wires that where getting direct power so the blower motor and window switch doesn't work.
The passenger side door doesn't open, if I put power to the power locks nothing happens, if I try to unlock it manually from inside it wont push, the handle inside won't pull. outside if u put the key in it will turn but resist really hard and will move a little and its possible to open the door but its very hard.
The E brake cable on the driver side snapped off completely. theres a little nub hanging off the driver side knuckle and the other half of it hanging near the rear axles. how hard is it to change out? lol
The turn signals Don't work on the car, but the Hazards do. all the lights in the rear I was able to get working except the 3rd brake light.
theres a good amount of rust here and there I'm not all that worried about it since I can do body work and if welding is needed then I'll weld it or stop the current rust by grinding it all off sealing it away and throw something over it such as a valence.
Any advice on what I should do? The reason why I bought the car was because of how nice it drove and it was well under 1k for the car. I'm thinking about fixing as much as I can so I can use it for winter.
R.I.P 07/01/09 - 04/23/10 :(
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