My 86 325e

[trackjunkie21]

[trackjunkie21]

just got my euro ellips in the mail(thanks mooseheadm5). i'll have some pics later up today. i'm having my dad help since i'm not 100% sure of what i am doing. better safe than sorry.

[trackjunkie21]

OP...

I have to tell you, and I am not being condescending. You seem like a very polite, sincere young man and I, for one, am very impressed with what you've accomplished in such a short time on your ride. More so, I think your a very positive influence on this forum and probably quite a gent.

You got things going the right way my young friend. Your parents are to be commended.

why thank you, They really are to be thanked because I understand where they come from when they say to work for everything I want. So that is exactly what I am doing. I now know how it feels to work for what you want and it isn't as easy as it looks. It's sad that other kids get spoiled and then try to bring others down because of what their parents can afford.

[txtorquemade]

OP...

I have to tell you, and I am not being condescending. You seem like a very polite, sincere young man and I, for one, am very impressed with what you've accomplished in such a short time on your ride. More so, I think your a very positive influence on this forum and probably quite a gent.

You got things going the right way my young friend. Your parents are to be commended.

[trackjunkie21]

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Actually, its a Scwharz = Black = total absence of "color"....:yawn:

you're right. haha

[txtorquemade]

good progress. That is a very clean car and a nice color

Actually, its a Scwharz = Black = total absence of "color"....:yawn:

[trackjunkie21]

Nice car. I also own a 86 325 for my very first car and it needs work but like you I'm out everyday pouring my time into it. Keep up the good work. I'm thinking i will start documenting my restoration. Maybe we should start an 86 325 restoration thread. Mines not an 325e although from what I've read they only vary slightly in a few mechanical components.

The 325 and the 325e are pretty much the same, the 325 is the base model while the 325e is a higher trim level. No difference really.

[bimmer206]

Nice car. I also own a 86 325 for my very first car and it needs work but like you I'm out everyday pouring my time into it. Keep up the good work. I'm thinking i will start documenting my restoration. Maybe we should start an 86 325 restoration thread. Mines not an 325e although from what I've read they only vary slightly in a few mechanical components.

[trackjunkie21]

Lookie what I just got ;)

[trackjunkie21]

Cleaned the car up today. Cleaned up the floormats and vacuumed the interior and all. brings the car back to life.

This was the car dirty before I cleaned it

first the water;)


Then the soap and bubbles!

which yields the final product.




here's a little pic of the freshened up interior. The seats are really killing it and I need to do something about it.


The worst part is the mtech wheel and the headlights are supposed to be here about tomorrow so now i'm gonna have to wait till next weekend to mount them :(

[trackjunkie21]

So it was about 50 degrees outside today so decided I would take the floormats out of my trunk and vacuum them. Tomorrow I will have the whole interior vacuumed and washed. So anyway These were the floormats before i cleaned them:

Also I don't know why I have so much floor mats. Can anyone tell me what the other ones are for?

and here is after I vacuumed them. It's cool how only a vacuum can make a big difference.

I already have my weapons of choice set up for tomorrow

So afterwards helped my dad clean out the garage and checkout what I found.

It's an old passport radar detector!

[trackjunkie21]

Look what came in the mail today :). dollar well spent. I'm debating on whether to paint it black or leave it chrome. Also is there anyway to get the minor dents out?


Also awaiting new Euro Ellips, and an MtechI wheel.

[trackjunkie21]

So we got another batch of snow today, which caused school's in NYC to be closed down once more. So as I was trying to dig my car out I decided since I ordered a new grill, Euro ellipsoids for a good deal from a fellow R3V member, and an HID kit I can start focusing on the interior since it needs some work. I installed my headunit a while back but it wasn't so flush and it bothered the crap out of me. So decided to take some of this sticky ruber tape sort of stuff and wrap it around the edge as a temporary fix until it gets warm out which is when i'll fix it for good.

So I proceded to wrap it around the headunit and actually didn't come out too bad.

Then I addressed the backlight in the OBC, Not only did it go out I wanted it a bit brighter so my dad soldered on 2 brighter bulbs and I inserted the light bar back in.

So now I made a checklist of stuff that absolutely bothers me and needs replacing ASAP. The underpanel under the steering wheel is cracked in half and is held on by electrical tape

I also think I need a new steering wheel, Not only is it hideous to me but it looks like a blind person just took leather and stitched it over the original steering wheel.Case in point:


An MtechI wheel or a nice looking Momo will do the trick;). That's about it for today, As soon as the weather warms up I plan to pull out the floor matts from the trunk soak them in tuff stuff. vacuum the whole interior and wax up the car. I also need to find a nice IS lip spoiler.

[trackjunkie21]

I was 16 when I got my E30, too. I'm 18 now, and I wish I could say I've accomplished as much as you have since then :P. Way to go.

Haha thanks.

[jmairs]

I was 16 when I got my E30, too. I'm 18 now, and I wish I could say I've accomplished as much as you have since then :P. Way to go.