Interesting Junkyard Find..

[JuanPabloBongto]

r3v =

EDIT: my God, there is an entire YEAR of told-ya-so here: http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthre...light=subframe
What a loser. And I don't mean that in a schoolyard way; I mean that in a "he lost hard" way.

[george graves]

Japandrew started out saying that he had to have a mech fan because that's what the factory used. That's when he came up with his notching the sub-frame idea. We were very nice to him, and told him that it was a very bad idea...but he insisted. He was going to notch the subframe with or with out our help! He said it was very important detail to keep the car 100% factory correct. About this time we warned him about bump-steer issues, ect...

Then on a hunch, I did some googling - and it turned out that the factory used a electric fan - I showed it too him. In order to save face and avoid being embarrassed, he continued with his notching the sub-frame idea.

[Javier h]

How was the real 333i

fabricated to avoid the notched subframe issues?

[Bimmerista]

Why not just take it to a Scraper,and Avoid this Humiliation from everyone?

The humiliation started when he installed headlight washers on his car.

[xxx-Lost-Soul-xxx]

Why not just take it to a Scraper,and Avoid this Humiliation from everyone?

[pegase747]

Anyone want the subrframe to mount an M30 ???

[Tbolt]

im proud of everyones e-detective skills

[george graves]

If I lived there, I'd want that mechanic to work on my car.

I would too. But would you make a 50 page long build thread and not mention his name once? Of course not! Well, that's how much of a d-bag Japandrew is.

[ck_taft325is]

Pretty sure it was so he could keep the m30 mechanical fan, but I could be wrong.

Just reading that and realizing it very possibly was JUST that makes me fucking laugh so hard and want to at the same time.

[Roysneon]

Pretty sure it was so he could keep the m30 mechanical fan, but I could be wrong.

[The Volta]

What's the story on why he notched his subframe ?

[frankenbeemer]

It's this mechanic "friend of the family" that did the brunt of the work.

If I lived there, I'd want that mechanic to work on my car. It was top work, except possibly the notched subframe. I wonder how he prevailed on the "friend of the family" mechanic to get him to do that.

[BrewCity11]

I guess I'll be one of the few to say, Andrew, sorry for your loss. Despite all the bs, you lost your "baby" and I can relate to that. Your car was beautiful and I hope you take on the task of building another. My condolences.

[trackjunkie21]

well whoever really believed a 19 year old kid had that kind of money to spend must be retarded, I think it was quite obvious someone else was paying for it.

[Turf1600]

Someone should start contacting neighbors, family members and known friends for the story.