My '90 iX over the last year!

[AbsorbantNut]

Speaking of receipts I was looking at my control arms today and noticed grease was everywhere. 50 bucks for one rubber boot. Damn CV's :???:

Check my thread about cv boots from autohausAZ. They are like 6 bucks a piece and people on here and bimmerforums say they are pretty good. Those are the ones I ordered to do my cv joints.

[davey101]

man this reminds of all the BAD times i had within all the GOOD times with my old car lol.

Yep lol. After filling two 1.5" binders full or receipts and constantly being broke because of break downs...I still keep spending the money and coming back. It really is everything I'm looking for in a car. Its just a beast in the snow and a great summer fun car.

Speaking of receipts I was looking at my control arms today and noticed grease was everywhere. 50 bucks for one rubber boot. Damn CV's :???:

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

[ubernasty]

man this reminds of all the BAD times i had within all the GOOD times with my old car lol.

[ak-]

I love a good story. Nice work man.

[AbsorbantNut]

Nice! I like looking at transformations like this. It inspires me to get workin on my own:D

And I think I remember when that transfer case broke

[davey101]

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