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[trackjunkie21]

Did you paint around the factory jacking points and stuff? It looks like that area is also painted black on E30s. I've got some surface rust starting due to the paint being chipped and what not. I figured I'd wire brush attachment+drill it clean, but was wondering if I'd need to use some sort of primer or something.

Nope no primer, go to lowes and pick up a can of plasti-dip and just spray it on.

[8380 Labs]

i wouldn't personally use plasti-dip on anything, let alone the rockers. it looks fine, but i question how well it will hold up, especially since the dude above is saying he's got some rust issues.

i'd definitely prime those areas before you hit em and use something more hardcore than plasti-dip. go to a bodyshop and ask what they use for undercoating, that should do the trick.

also, dude who said he hit his i lip on the highway at that height. yikes. :)

[325ix]

Looks good but, I hate the way E30's look without skirts, my ix skirts do the job of covering it up. Are you planning on getting is skirts?

[88SuperETABD]

hey methjunkie, when you lower it, take the is lip off for a week or two, to get used to it. i've already bottomed out on the freeway, and caused my I lip to drag. beware.

I live in CA and I have Eibach Sports (Same Drop I believe)...I have an i Lip and i have front cut springs...I'm tucking tire and I never hit the lip other than on STEEP driveways. Just dodge potholes. I've yet to scrape anything on the freeways.
Your doing something wrong.

iS lip may bring problems tho, so I'm not knocking your advice...its valid.

[trackjunkie21]

i wouldn't personally use plasti-dip on anything, let alone the rockers. it looks fine, but i question how well it will hold up, especially since the dude above is saying he's got some rust issues.

i'd definitely prime those areas before you hit em and use something more hardcore than plasti-dip. go to a bodyshop and ask what they use for undercoating, that should do the trick.

also, dude who said he hit his i lip on the highway at that height. yikes. :)

It's actually very durable. People use it on their front lips and it hold up really well. I wouldn't advise him to use the stuff to cover up rust, that never fixes anything. Get rid of the rust then coat it with some primer and repaint.

Looks good but, I hate the way E30's look without skirts, my ix skirts do the job of covering it up. Are you planning on getting is skirts?

Yes, on my list of things to do.

I live in CA and I have Eibach Sports (Same Drop I believe)...I have an i Lip and i have front cut springs...I'm tucking tire and I never hit the lip other than on STEEP driveways. Just dodge potholes. I've yet to scrape anything on the freeways.
Your doing something wrong.

iS lip may bring problems tho, so I'm not knocking your advice...its valid.

He is talking truth. My IS lip already scrapes on some driveways and stuff. Not saying I am low. If I try and avoid touching it then it doesn't scrape anything. the first few days I had the lip was pure hell.

[freeride53]

I live in CA and I have Eibach Sports (Same Drop I believe)...I have an i Lip and i have front cut springs...I'm tucking tire and I never hit the lip other than on STEEP driveways. Just dodge potholes. I've yet to scrape anything on the freeways.
Your doing something wrong.

iS lip may bring problems tho, so I'm not knocking your advice...its valid.

Uhhh...no. There's an enevitable, rather large set of cracks on HWY 880 south in Oakland, that I need to take in order to get home from practice. I always slow down, brace for impact. I try hitting it while changing lanes (not straight on) but I get that loud thump, and a few days ago my I lip was dragging on a side when I got home.

[88SuperETABD]

alternate route? Sucks...but part of being lowered. Atleast throw some zipties on ur lip...so you can keep it.

[freeride53]

There really isn't a way back on the hwy, unless i take a side road by the water, and then comeback through traffic and shit. :( Yeah, I've been dodging manholes, cracks and stuff ever since the drop. my friends think im crazy

[trackjunkie21]

There really isn't a way back on the hwy, unless i take a side road by the water, and then comeback through traffic and shit. :( Yeah, I've been dodging manholes, cracks and stuff ever since the drop. my friends think im crazy

I dodge potholes anyway, I like my car too much lol.

[3ics]

Nope no primer, go to lowes and pick up a can of plasti-dip and just spray it on.

Another common paint to use is spray-on bed liner.

The car looks great and you are doing a nice job with the mods!

[trackjunkie21]

Another common paint to use is spray-on bed liner.

The car looks great and you are doing a nice job with the mods!

Thanks, it's looking more and more like how I imagined it.

[grantlacey11]

yeah plasti-dip is about as durable as it gets...i put 4 coats on my iS lip and its doing its job GREAT! no rock chips to speak of!

[freeride53]

i found that thing that we were talking about way earlier...

[trackjunkie21]

i found that thing that we were talking about way earlier...

I don't recall talking about ricing out my car.

[trackjunkie21]

FINALLY lowered my car. Took long enough and I am in love. Car rides rather smooth for how low it is and I'm in love with the stance. It has finally settled and is lower than in the pic I shot.

They were supposedly H&R sports for a 6 cylinder e30 but they are somewhat in the H&R race category.
Also got the HID's in


Loving how they are white with no blue whatsoever. Since it was my birthday last week, I decided to order myself some birthday presents. Ordered a Europlate filler from Blunttech, A COP kit from e30pq and now I'm looking for a JVC KD-R900 headunit.