My 86 325e

[E30Ison]

hahaah dont be like me kid. I got me schwarz eta and made it all purrty and then fucked up and drifted it into a curb after a year of hard work. be smart.

[trackjunkie21]

so the car is pretty much sold :(. i already miss it but i'm moving up to better things. just bought selturks 91 brilliantrot 318i 5 spd. now as soon as i pick it up i will have pics.

[trackjunkie21]

Yesterday I took a trip up to gutenparts to check out what the place is about. Met some cool people, Levant was a really nice guy and also chatted and checked out KillaCams' home depot special e30. Also got to check out some of the cars from the board and the uber rare alpine e30 touring. Really cool place, now I know where to go when I need parts quick:)

[trackjunkie21]

Car looks awesome man and for 900 its a steal, I got an 87 ETA my self mines 2 doors and 5 speed... Check your plugs and make sure there not platinum that was a big issue with mine...It would foul em out with in 1000 miles and make the car run like shit.

i just changed the plugs i put in ngk's that were recommended on this board

[danny4nasty]

Car looks awesome man and for 900 its a steal, I got an 87 ETA my self mines 2 doors and 5 speed... Check your plugs and make sure there not platinum that was a big issue with mine...It would foul em out with in 1000 miles and make the car run like shit.

[trackjunkie21]

Not really. Your best bet is to pick up a straight one that has shot chrome and have it sprayed. Bending it back would be a pain to say the least if even possible.

Alright thank you. I'll get on that.

[ck_taft325is]

Not really. Your best bet is to pick up a straight one that has shot chrome and have it sprayed. Bending it back would be a pain to say the least if even possible.

[trackjunkie21]

Well I snapped a few pics today of how the car sits. A dads friend said he is willing to repaint and fix all the dents on the car for extremely cheap. Before I actually go for it I want to get some body parts replaced. Like a 88+ valence new bumper shrouds, and a lip spoiler. Oh and I finally decided that I'm keeping the DBs and painting them until I find a really nice set of euro's for cheap.




I just noticed the front DB is crooked on the drivers side. If it's the bumper itself that is bent, can I bend it back?
Also repping the BFC ;)

[trackjunkie21]

sorry to say this but the updates will slow down for about a month or two because i quit my job to focus on school alittle more. there will be minor updates here and there but nothing big. the one thing iwanna do isget rid of the amber signals for clear/smoked ones

[trackjunkie21]

so i have thought about what to do next. i'm thinking late model front valence with rieger lip. now a quick question, can i fit the rear pb valence under the rear diving board bumper

[ethrty]

Looks like a pretty clean car. Don't be so sure about the mileage though unless you've got receipts. Someone swapped in an M3 speedo/odo at some point in the cars life.

i see what you mean, the speedo goes to 160 instead of only 140.... interesting

Thought something was interesting about that. If the milage is correct they could have just swapped the gauge face over. easier than doing a complete ODO swap.

ellipsoid headlights yadda yadda

should have got smileys. get high output bulbs for the normals, high beams and fogs. HID are a waste of money. (i can speak, my car is euro spec including smileys, and i drive in the countryside in the middle of the night, and they light up the night sky. normal beams and fogs like that is good too

[E30AWDAZ]

Subscribed lol

[trackjunkie21]

Looking good, dude. Keep it up.

thanks man. i really want euro bumpers but i may go with the plastic bumpers and get an m-tech 2 kit later

[chadthestampede]

Looking good, dude. Keep it up.

[trackjunkie21]

So I finally got the Lights installed. I take very little credit for this since I made my dad do most of the work since I'm not quite comfortable with wiring. So I proceded to take apart the front end of the car.


Then I let my dad work his magic ;). First thing was to get the city lights to work. I had a tough time deciding between white, amber, and these white LED's my dad got. Since I'm getting an HID kit I think the white LED's would match perfectly but sadly when I put them in they burned out and need to get another set.


And here as a joke are the blue bulbs ;) mmm... rice

So afterwards we decided to install the lights. We ran into some problems on the way. The adjusting screws were all locked up and wouldn't budge but we got around it. Here is a picture of the sealed beams(passenger side) and Ellips(drivers side). Camera didn't catch the difference really but it really makes the car look much nicer.


Here is the final product with just the city lights.

And heres the low beams

I can't believe how bright the High beams are. I really need to get a set of HID's. I'm thinking 4500k 35w? or 55w?
On a side note look what I found in the garage.

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