New to r3v and e30s!

[craiggroves91]

UPDATE!
So today I finally (been wanting to do this forever) decided to clean up my valve cover.
Next is the intake manifold.
So I removed it.
Looked at the pretty for a little bit


Here is the nasty thing after degreasing and scrubbing it.

Here it is after sanding it by hand (then my dad told me we own a sand blaster)

Here is my dad painting it after it being all sand blasted (My dad is a pro rattle canner, so i had him do it)

Here it is all painted just checking out how it looks

Then I masked some areas off and sanded the BMW and stripes

Heres where I am at now



I have to clean up the BMW and Stripes more. I am a little mad because genius me used a dremel starting out and that made gouges or ripples in the stripes so now I have to sand them kind of aggressively to smooth them out
I am considering just spraying it all black again, but that's only if I can't make it look nicer.

I will clean it up more and do a valve adjustment as well :)

[craiggroves91]

Advice on installing IE steering Coupler?!

Looks like a little crazy job!

[craiggroves91]

The ie steering coupler doesnt work on our cars. Atleast i havent seen anyone able to make it work.

It's made to work on all these cars
all 2002, E9 coupes, E3 Bavaria's, E21 3 series, E30 3 series, E12 & E28 5 series, all E24 6 series and E34 5 series cars

[craiggroves91]

Im gonna take some normal pictures one of these days, as soon as i get my coilovers =]

good looking car!
it will handle awesome and look better with coil overs!

Haven't seen the red headlight rings on very many cars i kinda like it. goes with the lip on the wheels! Im sure that was the plan

[CleanAzzE30z]

See?? It is possible. No thanks to me, I guess. My bad. I did not know how busy I would become in the subsequent weeks after I was freed from "my obligations". I apologize, bud.


Mariano

[Den_k321]

I sold them to a forum member. He is planning on restoring them.

Dude that sounds like a sweet setup! I need new wheels someday!
Thats something ive been wanting to do!

Do you have a thread or a link to pictures of your car I see it in the sig but would love to see more!

Thanks for the compliment!

Im gonna take some normal pictures one of these days, as soon as i get my coilovers =]

[325issguy]

The ie steering coupler doesnt work on our cars. Atleast i havent seen anyone able to make it work.

[craiggroves91]

JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYONE I WON MY SPEEDING TICKET!
230 DOLLARS back in my pocket!

[craiggroves91]

i didnt read the whole post, but what did you do with the other seats that you have pictures of in the beggining of the post?
and i have esm 008 on my e30, love it, front 16x7.5 and (rear 16x9 -tires 215x40x16)

So far looks great man!

I sold them to a forum member. He is planning on restoring them.

Dude that sounds like a sweet setup! I need new wheels someday!
Thats something ive been wanting to do!

Do you have a thread or a link to pictures of your car I see it in the sig but would love to see more!

Thanks for the compliment!

[Den_k321]

i didnt read the whole post, but what did you do with the other seats that you have pictures of in the beggining of the post?
and i have esm 008 on my e30, love it, front 16x7.5 and (rear 16x9 -tires 215x40x16)

So far looks great man!

[craiggroves91]

Any advice on installing a urethane steering coupler from ireland Engineering?

[craiggroves91]

I think I may have fixed the wheel stud problem

[craiggroves91]

keep up the good work man...i wish i had enough photog and comentating skills to document my build this well. i approve of this build :up:

Thanks! Its easy man do it!
People love seeing the work you do and I love going through every page from time to time also!

[xwill112x]

keep up the good work man...i wish i had enough photog and comentating skills to document my build this well. i approve of this build :up:

[craiggroves91]

UPDATE!
So I got all the new studs and lugs on today, besides one that I messed up the thread on. So I ordered 4 more so I have some spares and a Urethane steering coupler
Much BETTER! And I know I need new Rotors! they are rusted to death and worn. I'm doing brakes someday!





So I have a problem. After putting the new studs on I am getting a clicking noise on every rotation of the wheel. It seems to be coming from the right rear. My friend and I thought one of the studs might have gone in too far so I backed them out a little...Still did it. Its odd that its doing it on only one wheel and all the studs are close to the same on every wheel with no problems! Any ideas?