Just for Farbin Kaiber.....

[z31maniac]

The car as it sits now, sans subframe, strut assemblies, camber plates, control arms......





My dirty fucking wheels from the crappy gravel/dirt driveway.....



My super awesome professional driveshaft holding mechanism.....



My minty reinforced and freshly powdercoated front subframe.....



I now have the majority of the swap parts together for the OBD-I S52 swap, just need to get the reseal parts for motor and trans, belts and tensioners, new radiator and hoses, and send off the injectors to get refreshed. Modify the 944 booster that is in transit, get my TRM chip to compliment the 540maf and BW intake boot, buy some eBay headers and the other exhaust components.

I figure I've got about $2k or so left in parts to buy.

I've also decide to refresh the suspension while I was doing all this so I have:

a 328 rack and pinion waiting to go in
new control arms with M3 CABs
rebuilt GC camber plates,
upping the spring rates to 550/750
UUC slotted rotors, rebuilt stock calipers and Hawk HP+ pads
UUC Swaybarian kit with reinforcing plates

The only thing I'm holding off on for the time being is dropping the rear subframe and trailing arms to replace those mounts and bushings and have it stripped/powdercoated. I want to get the car on the road and get any driveability/problems sorted out, then we will handle dropping the rear suspension.

But who knows, I may go ahead and just do it since there is so much other bullshit I've just gone ahead and done since "We were in there."

[Ray Smoodiver]

Looking great my man!

[e30this]

I feel your pain, I will be doing my whole front and rear this weekend. What rates did you have before? I got 500,700 and thats going to be harsh for DD.

[z31maniac]

350/500 with Eibach sways. I dragged the front bumper a few times on cloverleafs and on-ramps.

I went with that spring rate after talking with Frankie and Jay at GC. Once the car is up and running, I'll swap out the shitty 215/40 Nexens (get the wheels refinished) and put some 235/40 or 245/40/17s on the Works.

[Philo]

Exactly what my car looks like right now.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Noice. I really like what you've done with the place. BTW, is your front BMP FG, or the other material?

[dashboardmonkey]

Project time! woot woot

[z31maniac]

Noice. I really like what you've done with the place. BTW, is your front BMP FG, or the other material?

Whatever that weird poly-urethane shit is. Side skirts and rear are fiberglass.

[ZM Blue Devil]

Love the bronzit black combo.

[Leaf]

How much did you pay for that pretty subframe brah?

[z31maniac]

How much did you pay for that pretty subframe brah?

$40 for TMS reinforcement kit. $40 for having it welded. $25 for the strip and powdercoat.

So $105. So between the control arms, springs, camber plates and half the sway bar kit I have approx $850 in just the front suspension refresh not including the brakes.

Is there a bawling like a little girl emoticon?

[RobE30]

Looks good. Does your cat help? Mine would lay on my chest when I was working under my car and drool on me. wackjob cat

[Danny]

FarbinKaiber McBadseller?

[z31maniac]

^Yes.

Looks good. Does your cat help? Mine would lay on my chest when I was working under my car and drool on me. wackjob cat

Snowflake? That cat is the devil. Why the adoption place would name an all black cat Snowflake, and then my girlfriend would keep said name......either way that cat is a fucking nutjob.

I've had to turn the spare bedroom into a fortied holding cell for all my collected parts so they don't get chewed/clawed/etc from the devil kittah.

[Wh33lhop]

My gf and her roomie adopted a kitten too. That guy is a little fucking jackass. Once I dreamt that he was clawing at my sack for an hour and I wind up accidentally killing him but somehow it doesn't stop, I wake up and he IS clawing at my balls (through the covers).

Fuck adopted cats.