Fourteen hours of destruction

[fiftytakedowns]

woke up, 8 AM
finished 11 PM.

some things are hard to do without the proper tools. home made presses FTW.

my buddy sean wiht an e28 helped me out for a couple hours. makes things alot easier. anyways. here are the pics.

What I did:
Power steering Delete
COMPLETE suspension rebuild.
NEw tie rods,
NEW Endlinks,
new m3 CAB.
EJnight Skidplate,
EJnight lower frame Cross Brace.
Bilstein Sports
Turner Jstock Springs
E90 Drop hats
Momo steering Install.

Pictures courtesy of Girlfriends whackberry






Pictures of finished product coming up.

[KenC]

Now to do the rear, eh? ;)

[fiftytakedowns]

I did the rear in about 1.5 hour

[KenC]

I was referring to the subframe and trailing arm bushings.

[Tbolt]

e90 drop hats? what?

and how are the turner springs? compared to h&r sports?

[johnwoo]

e90 drop hats? what?

its in a sticky on the springs section

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=165995

[fiftytakedowns]

e90 drop hats? what?

and how are the turner springs? compared to h&r sports?

700 in the front 1000 in the back.

umm. I was running stock suspension for two years until sunday. and The ride quality when Driving straight, doesnt feel bumpy at all. I expected to feel every little rock in the road.

The quality of the suspension now shows me where the real weak ponts are in the car. Sway bars, and especially brakes. The car handles fantastically. But I have to admit, that it is nothing compared to my 2002 still.

Ohh and the MPG gauge was hovering at a solid 41 MPGS the entire way on my 70 Mile trip.

m42 - fan - pwersteering + chip + COPs - heavy car battery + lowered - side mirrors (unintentional delete.)= MPGS

[Tbolt]

wow, excellent thread (referring to the drop hats... one)

ty for the info, and you have these springs on just stock billy sports? or the turner modified ones?

[fiftytakedowns]

stock billy sports from an e30 m3

[KenC]

Did you calculate the MPG? That gauge is pretty worthless.

[alwaysclean]

looks like alot of work.. ht off to you for actully getting it done.. im too lazy .. been driving around with bilstins in my back seat for a while now .

[Simon S]

That's bustin some work out there. Wow.
List like that would take me several months !

[fiftytakedowns]

ahaha. I tend to get really Gung-ho when it comes to my car projects.

Living in DAvis while working on my car an hour away gives me limited time. so Wehn I got it, its been golden time. This is why my 2002 project is slow. I would have teh 2002 project done in a summer week, If I had al my parts lined up.

how much time has gone into working on your car.

most of my time has gone into diagnosing a cold start problem which is like multiple hours... never fixed it.

[Simon S]

ahaha. I tend to get really Gung-ho when it comes to my car projects.

Living in Davis while working on my car an hour away gives me limited time. so Wehn I got it, its been golden time. This is why my 2002 project is slow. I would have teh 2002 project done in a summer week, If I had al my parts lined up.

Right on. I can relate. I get truckin after collecting certain batches of parts - but the time it takes me to accumulate them is agonizing.

how much time has gone into working on your car.

Ug. Like on and off for more than six years now. Much of the joy comes with the 'journey' of it I guess.

[fiftytakedowns]

Right on. I can relate. I get truckin after collecting certain batches of parts - but the time it takes me to accumulate them is agonizing.Ug. Like on and off for more than six years now. Much of the joy comes with the 'journey' of it I guess.

couldnt agree more. I was stoked to have all the parts lined up and ready to go, doing all of it at once. suspension marathon.

If I did it again, I think I could get it done in under 4 hours.