My '90 iX over the last year!

[nando]

the first few coils are dead anyway. All you're really doing is decreasing travel. His roads must be smooth as glass. :)

[davey101]

where did you get the ebrake boot?

Kevin at creative options. It was my badass bf.c secret santa gift 2 years ago

A lot people will say no but, trim a coil off the front. I'm running the same suspension on my iX and with a coil off the front it looks WAY better. I've had no issues.

Ehhh...I really just wanted to go slightly lowered, not slammed. I use the car in the winter and I don't want the nose doing plow duty

with stock springs or H&R sports? the sports are already a bit too low for their spring rate and available travel. H&R pretty much pushed it to the edge on that one.

Word

I did it to my H&R's, its perfect. It's just little bit lower in front, I'm pretty happy with it.

I'm also pretyy iffy on cutting up springs that I dropped 250 on. Seems scary lol

[Mlarsen]

with stock springs or H&R sports? the sports are already a bit too low for their spring rate and available travel. H&R pretty much pushed it to the edge on that one.

I did it to my H&R's, its perfect. It's just little bit lower in front, I'm pretty happy with it.

[nando]

A lot people will say no but, trim a coil off the front. I'm running the same suspension on my iX and with a coil off the front it looks WAY better. I've had no issues.

with stock springs or H&R sports? the sports are already a bit too low for their spring rate and available travel. H&R pretty much pushed it to the edge on that one.

[Mlarsen]

A lot people will say no but, trim a coil off the front. I'm running the same suspension on my iX and with a coil off the front it looks WAY better. I've had no issues.

[bmwstephen]

where did you get the ebrake boot?

[N2MYE30]

Yup, I still have it. I fell bad about it too since I raped its goodies to put on the glacier but I have full plans on bringing it back better than before. These are a big part of it. :)

[davey101]

Great story mate, top work!

Merci!

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.

$12.15 for an ix cv boot rebuild kit. I'm all for a good deal but...thats a quarter of the price I paid for. Seems sketchy :???:

nice car! did you know you can open up that particular stereo and solder in your iPod adapter so you don't have to hang the cord out the front?

yep. I did that mod on my first head unit before it broke. However on the days that my iPod is dead I like to listen to the radio. I also found a cassette holder for cheap and went through a cassette phase for a while

looks great man....we're twins now....well almost.

Picked up a Silver iX (auto though) couple wks ago....so its currently under tranformation as well. ;)

It's heading in the same direction as yours.

Cool, I'll be looking out for some updates from ya. Enjoy!

for not having a shop to do all this, I give mad props to you friend. Helluva job...specially as a sophomore in college

Well I did have a shop do the transfer case and the struts. No air compressor and little to none experience here. I'm not quite ready to swap in a t-case in a driveway. I'm definitely improving though, 4 years ago an oil change was about my limit lol

Bravo Davey! Keep it going.

Thanks! You're cars were a huge inspiration to me actually. Clean silver with some nice mods on euro weaves. Didn't you used to have a coupe?

reminds me of a 2-door version of my car. :)



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you can thank me later. ;)

oh yeah, I hope you kept the transfercase and strut housings as cores! they can all be rebuilt; the strut housings are perfect canidates for coilovers. :)

Hmmm...I love that bav auto gives me next day shipping but this may become my new vendor of choice.

Old transfer case was sold to pay for my new unit. Strut housings are rotting away in my garage as we speak. Coilovers hmmm? :p

[nando]

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.

those are rear CV boots..

[nando]

reminds me of a 2-door version of my car. :)

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.

ELEPHANTMOTORSPORTS.COM.. $20 each.

you can thank me later. ;)

oh yeah, I hope you kept the transfercase and strut housings as cores! they can all be rebuilt; the strut housings are perfect canidates for coilovers. :)

[N2MYE30]

Bravo Davey! Keep it going.

[beenjamin]

for not having a shop to do all this, I give mad props to you friend. Helluva job...specially as a sophomore in college

[audiquattrot]

looks great man....we're twins now....well almost.

Picked up a Silver iX (auto though) couple wks ago....so its currently under tranformation as well. ;)

It's heading in the same direction as yours.

[straight6pwr]

nice car! did you know you can open up that particular stereo and solder in your iPod adapter so you don't have to hang the cord out the front?

[Ray Smoodiver]

Great story mate, top work!