One man Alone

[Bimmerista]

will sportmax wheels be ok?:dot:

Absolutely NOT! Keep it legit.

Whereabouts in the Dallas area are you?

[A_Whelan]

for3ver alone

Don't worry dude, I work on my car alone plenty of times. I'm the only car dude in my circle of friends.

Get new friends....

J/K Same here, kinda sucks

[naynay]

Absolutely NOT! Keep it legit.

Whereabouts in the Dallas area are you?

i live in lakewood/east dallas area.. i usually kick it around expo park (unfair park) and north oak cliff

[naynay]

So this is where i stand.

got all the suspension in. ground control coilover conversion, billstein sports, and gc camber plates. got calipers off a 91 IS and rebuilt them and upgraded the pads to a set of Hawk somethin'oranothers

i installed the coils in run all the way down and the plates tucked all the way in.. i havent driven the car but maybe 200 miles at this point so i dont know if i will be readjusting any settings just yet.. STILL NEED TO ORDER A SWAY BAR.. i keep forgetting that.

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so my driver seat is like BROKE, so ive been drumming up some interior i deas.. i bought a "cardinal" rear seat cheap locally so i just kinda ran with it.. only to find out that the seat is recovered in a lighter brighter shade than what i believe cardinal to be..

So i found a set of seats out of a 91 coupe that i would like to recover but for now plan on getting two black wet okele's to get me by. i'd almost rather find two race seats cheap if anyone has any ideas

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ok.. so the eta motor flat out sucks.. i was {} this close to buying an "i" head and taking that swap on but ran across an m50tub25 at the junk yard. it came with a 30 day warranty and they showed me the car it came out of, i figured wit was worth a shot.. downside.. no harness :(







So this is where i last left the car.. i spent 10 hours dealing with that stupid motor and how to get it out of my truck..

Dont really know where to begin as this is my first time tackling a motor swap.. (Done a few motorcycles, but no cars)

definately going to clean the motor up and paint it BMW blue.. if anyone has any suggestions on what to do as far as inspecting this motor please feel free to chime in. As of this posting i have not purchased any swap parts so if anyone is selling anything i would need, especially around the DALLAS are please let me know.

'cheers

[N2MYE30]

Did you buy it without the oil cap? Run the vin to see exactly what you got there. I suspect you gonna hafta take it apart to see really what you have there. How is the oil?

[naynay]

no oil cap... i put duct tape over it for the ride home,, oil wasnt bad at all in it, but i guess i'll start by pulling the pan and seeing what i see

[samiam3356]

pm me the vin# and your email and I'll shoot you the car history.

Nice car man. Much respect doing all this yourself! The 24v section is great for everything you'll need on the swap.

[JT325is]

i like where your going with your car. just respray it in black not blue. just a suggestion

[Brandon12V]

I think he was stating he plans to paint the short block blue. Now you have me confused, lol.

[CHIF8008]

good work man, ya i work on my e30 alone too :(

keep it up- looks sharp

[Butler]

You work fast brother. Keep it up and good luck!

[BrownBeanE30]

damn dude im very impressed keep up the good work

[MaksV]

so the car is for sale, keep seeing it on CL./

[Vivek]

Is that an M badge on your trunk?
Oh and if you have the stock HU, keep that because it looks clean as hell, hide another HU somewhere in the trunk, and put a little controller in the ashtray up front. It looks 100000x better than a big ugly silver HU in your clean black dash.

[junaid]

coming along nicely for a 1 man job