sadly..good bye to the black hellooooo red..

[etta325]

nah man we were both a little sore after the accident for a couple of days but no injuries.

yeah I will always be a BMW guy and ALWAYS have at least one e30 i know that for sure. luckly my dad has his shop where I can always go to work on the car in case something happens.

and yeah you will be seeing more soon. I through away a part from the automatic trans shifter that we needed to be able to make the car start and so we ordered a new one ($70...*face*palm*) and we should be able to get it running today. the hardest thing is finding the guy that gave us the pink slip so that he can sign the miles off on it..idiot dude forgot it. it was a weird trade but yeah soon enough i will be driving a beloved e30 once more

[8380 Labs]

you did that while it was dry out?

you really pulled out all the stops, nice. :D

[ck_taft325is]

Dude... that's a harsh impact. No injuries I hope??

Good to see you're sticking with the e30's. Too many people put time, money and love into their e30, wreck it, and move on to "other things". Glad you guys were okay! Looking forward to more.

[etta325]

Sooooo... i didn't tell any of you guys but a few that I crashed my car on november 10th. it was a sad loss since I had put so much time and effort into the black beauty..i loved that car but I am sure this whole experience was a learning experience.
I drifted 55 mph into a curb completely sideways at 2 in the morning. the control arm and trailing arm and tie rod and pretty much everything all the way to the frame of the car was pretty jacked up. the body flexed enough that the rear window on the passenger side popped out and broke the latch as well as the trim piece popped off and the door dosnt fit neither does the trunk or the hood or the driver side door. everything was jacked. the two wheels were destroyed and much more. but luckly the guy who was in the car with me was the son of the police Chaplin and I got off with just a stop sign ticket, since i blew through it, and I got extremly lucky.

a week or so later we found a new car and we got to working over christmas break. dropped the motor, with the help of christoph (alkasquawlik) and his friend, out of the red car as well as the trans, taking the whole front suspension out with it. and did the same to the black car and then moved the motor with plenty of work done to it over the last year (which is why we used it cuz it has no leaks or anything) and did a manual swap on the red 325e which had an auto trans before. this is the build thread so far. the car should be running after I get home tonight. hope for the best. here is the pics..



















front wheel



front control arm



trailing arm



spindle thrashed



rear shock pushing out the body



alksqwalik helping



taking the motor out









peddle assembly in the red car for the manual



where the black car sits now while we part it out



[UPDATE]





interior almost done except for the door cards


starting up for the first time. well second time but it was soon after the first. \




driving for the first time. soo stoked!



**UPDATE 1/16/10 UPDATE**

seats in..door cards not (well in the pics) I put the passenger one in after it got dark and didnt take any more pics. cleaned the carpets, kinda, before putting the seats in cuz they were thrashed but I think the seats look much better in this car then they did on the tan carpet in the old girl.













like i said the next pics will have the houndstooth doorcards in.

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outside. dont bag on the bumper or anything quite yet. my main priority was the mechanics of the car before the vanity.

it will all come together quite quick. dont fret.







main problem is a horrible bondo job and PERFECT...not....paint match





interior when it was in the old car









this is the material on the seats. like a mini-houndstooth since SFGadgetguy couldnt find any of the original size but it looks and feels amazing haha



img of the material on door panels.





rear (these are also in the red car i just need the door cards in and it will be done)


**UPDATE** Febuary 1st, 2010

Still stationary but not for much longer hopefully.




got the grilles in, but hopefully the bumper and valence will be painted in the next couple weeks.