Haven't posted on here in a while so heres what I've been up to in the least year or so.
Last summer I did my shocks. Bilstein HD's.
Rust galore! That fuel line protective cover and the exhaust hangers were replaced a week later
Last september...a week before I was going back for my sophomore year at college, the splines on my output shaft of my transfer case rusted out. This came at a crappy time since...I had ZERO time. So it stayed at a shop for a week or two until I gathered the parts
Which meant I needed one of these. Which was picked up in NH from euro depot.
This also gave me an excuse to rebuild my shift linkage. These are the old bits
I then threw on a cheap set of b-caps on my blizzaks and it did winter duty
For Christmas I asked for some bilstein HD struts. The plan was to just run the stock springs. However winter means rust, and being at school I didn't have the funds or the resources to DIY. I had to wait until summer when I could build up enough money for all the labor.
However during this winter my suspension really took a beating. When I attempted to do the struts over a friends house, I discovered that my driver side tie rod was toast. Threadings were gone from the ball joint and the boot was torn.
I drove it this way for about three months. During this time I hit 200k
Found a set of tie rods from a friend.
Ooooo!
Had my starter die
Installed ALL new hoses and another thermostat
Analog clock
Guten parts alpina replica tach stripe
And then in typical fashion, when It was time to install my struts....both my springs snapped. Oh and my strut housings were ROTTED and the struts would not unthread.
So the only logical thing to do was...buy H&R sports :D
ten2doyle hooked me up with a set of housings from his track/parts car
Which I sanded off the rust, primered, and then painted
All ready to be installed
These are the old bits
And this is how it sits right now
And for reference, this is how it looked last summer. 4x4 status
And 4 years ago. PO shots
Its future includes my MT1 wheel, new sway bars, front SB end links, all bushings, and a z3 1.9 shift lever. Thanks for looking! :D
Last summer I did my shocks. Bilstein HD's.
Rust galore! That fuel line protective cover and the exhaust hangers were replaced a week later
Last september...a week before I was going back for my sophomore year at college, the splines on my output shaft of my transfer case rusted out. This came at a crappy time since...I had ZERO time. So it stayed at a shop for a week or two until I gathered the parts
Which meant I needed one of these. Which was picked up in NH from euro depot.
This also gave me an excuse to rebuild my shift linkage. These are the old bits
I then threw on a cheap set of b-caps on my blizzaks and it did winter duty
For Christmas I asked for some bilstein HD struts. The plan was to just run the stock springs. However winter means rust, and being at school I didn't have the funds or the resources to DIY. I had to wait until summer when I could build up enough money for all the labor.
However during this winter my suspension really took a beating. When I attempted to do the struts over a friends house, I discovered that my driver side tie rod was toast. Threadings were gone from the ball joint and the boot was torn.
I drove it this way for about three months. During this time I hit 200k
Found a set of tie rods from a friend.
Ooooo!
Had my starter die
Installed ALL new hoses and another thermostat
Analog clock
Guten parts alpina replica tach stripe
And then in typical fashion, when It was time to install my struts....both my springs snapped. Oh and my strut housings were ROTTED and the struts would not unthread.
So the only logical thing to do was...buy H&R sports :D
ten2doyle hooked me up with a set of housings from his track/parts car
Which I sanded off the rust, primered, and then painted
All ready to be installed
These are the old bits
And this is how it sits right now
And for reference, this is how it looked last summer. 4x4 status
And 4 years ago. PO shots
Its future includes my MT1 wheel, new sway bars, front SB end links, all bushings, and a z3 1.9 shift lever. Thanks for looking! :D
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