Alright, well most of you probably don't know me. I'm new to the forum, but not new to the car scene in general. I've been the subaru world for a few years. I've had a 98 Legacy GT, a 99 2.5RS, and a 01 2.5RS. But I was ready for something different and wanted to find something a little cheaper, because school is getting expensive.:(
So I finally bought an e30 a few weeks ago. I found a 1989 325i with a few problems for a damn good price. Here's some pics from the day I got it...
Peep the Grave-Digger status of the front wheel wells! :facepalm: lol
The rear wasn't as bad, but still needed work.
So that's what I had to work with. The paint was in pretty good condition considering the car is 20 years old. The driver's side front fender, front door, and rear fender had all been repainted. The lip spoiler on the back had faded to a gross purple color. The tranny whines pretty bad, the throw out bearing is loud as hell when idling, and third gear is pretty much hit or miss. So I plan to replace the tranny soon.
Here's a quick and dirty list of things that I want/need to fix:
-paint spoiler
-shift boot
-tach not working
-gauge lights not working
-interior lights not working
-dash clock not working
-trunk/glove department lights not working
-needs front lip
-paint faded chrome window trim
-needs to be lowered with the quickness
-needs new tranny!!
-AC needs recharging
-needs cd player
-needs rear speakers
-grip tape pedals
-low offset wheels
-pin-stripe needs to go
-driver fog light is cracked and both don't light up.
Thats all I can think of now.
So I saw the thread about volvo lips and I figured I'd give it a shot. So I went to pull-a-part and found one in decent condition and bought it for 10 bucks. Here are a few pics of my funky fresh fabrication.
There a few holes on the outside of the front bumper that I figured would be a good place to mount it. So I drilled a few holes in the lip.
I test fitted it to see where I would need to trim it. It turns out that little tab on the bottom lines up perfect with the edge of the front bumper. Unfortunately it too a few tries for me to figure that out. :p
Here's my last test fit. I ended up drilling a small hole in the middle of the front of the bumper and the lip because there was no where to mount it up front. I bolted it up there and zip-tied it on the sides.
In the pic I just had it on there loosely. So it fits up a little more snug than that.[hr]
I got kinda lucky and found some bavarian autosports lowering springs on craigslist the day I bought the car. So I bought them and put them on a few days later.
Rear springs installed
Front springs installed
Teaser pick from when we finished
BEFORE:
AFTER:
The rears settled nicely as well.
I'm pretty happy with the new ride height. You may have noticed the pin-stripe is gone now too. :D
Here are a few random things I've done.
The rear spoiler look MUCH better painted black instead of weird reddish/barney purple
A piece of the sound deadening had chipped off and I couldn't believe how heavy it was. So I ended up stripping all the sound deadening from the trunk.
Before:
After:
When I was done I threw all the sound deadening in a trash bag and weighed it. There was 35 POUNDS worth of sound deadening in my trunk.
I put some grip tape on the pedals. Check out my supa sweet heel-toe downshift strip on the gas pedal. :banana:
I got bored one day and decided to go all martha stewart on my torn up leather shift boot. I went to Joann fabric and bought some fabric for like 3 bucks and whipped out my mom's sewing kit and did work.
I was actually pretty surprised with how well it came out. I figured I might as well try something different. When I get tired of it I can buy a leather one. But it's definitely better than before.
I should have some good pictures up tomorrow.
So I finally bought an e30 a few weeks ago. I found a 1989 325i with a few problems for a damn good price. Here's some pics from the day I got it...
Peep the Grave-Digger status of the front wheel wells! :facepalm: lol
The rear wasn't as bad, but still needed work.
So that's what I had to work with. The paint was in pretty good condition considering the car is 20 years old. The driver's side front fender, front door, and rear fender had all been repainted. The lip spoiler on the back had faded to a gross purple color. The tranny whines pretty bad, the throw out bearing is loud as hell when idling, and third gear is pretty much hit or miss. So I plan to replace the tranny soon.
Here's a quick and dirty list of things that I want/need to fix:
-paint spoiler
-shift boot
-tach not working
-gauge lights not working
-interior lights not working
-dash clock not working
-trunk/glove department lights not working
-needs front lip
-paint faded chrome window trim
-needs to be lowered with the quickness
-needs new tranny!!
-AC needs recharging
-needs cd player
-needs rear speakers
-grip tape pedals
-low offset wheels
-pin-stripe needs to go
-driver fog light is cracked and both don't light up.
Thats all I can think of now.
So I saw the thread about volvo lips and I figured I'd give it a shot. So I went to pull-a-part and found one in decent condition and bought it for 10 bucks. Here are a few pics of my funky fresh fabrication.
There a few holes on the outside of the front bumper that I figured would be a good place to mount it. So I drilled a few holes in the lip.
I test fitted it to see where I would need to trim it. It turns out that little tab on the bottom lines up perfect with the edge of the front bumper. Unfortunately it too a few tries for me to figure that out. :p
Here's my last test fit. I ended up drilling a small hole in the middle of the front of the bumper and the lip because there was no where to mount it up front. I bolted it up there and zip-tied it on the sides.
In the pic I just had it on there loosely. So it fits up a little more snug than that.[hr]
I got kinda lucky and found some bavarian autosports lowering springs on craigslist the day I bought the car. So I bought them and put them on a few days later.
Rear springs installed
Front springs installed
Teaser pick from when we finished
BEFORE:
AFTER:
The rears settled nicely as well.
I'm pretty happy with the new ride height. You may have noticed the pin-stripe is gone now too. :D
Here are a few random things I've done.
The rear spoiler look MUCH better painted black instead of weird reddish/barney purple
A piece of the sound deadening had chipped off and I couldn't believe how heavy it was. So I ended up stripping all the sound deadening from the trunk.
Before:
After:
When I was done I threw all the sound deadening in a trash bag and weighed it. There was 35 POUNDS worth of sound deadening in my trunk.
I put some grip tape on the pedals. Check out my supa sweet heel-toe downshift strip on the gas pedal. :banana:
I got bored one day and decided to go all martha stewart on my torn up leather shift boot. I went to Joann fabric and bought some fabric for like 3 bucks and whipped out my mom's sewing kit and did work.
I was actually pretty surprised with how well it came out. I figured I might as well try something different. When I get tired of it I can buy a leather one. But it's definitely better than before.
I should have some good pictures up tomorrow.
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