my '87 327i

[squidmaster]

this car just had no necessary maintenance done before I got it. The guy even told me it was a 325i... I got in, saw the cluster, and laughed.

[craiggroves91]

And the worst Previous owner of the year award goes to!
There could be worse but your P.O. (previous owner) was pretty bad
Keep working at it man. You're doing well so far

[squidmaster]

next week or the week after I'm going to do a repaint.

the color is sorta between these two colors.

[Butler]

Is there a respray in her future?

[davy87nj]

damn crack heads steal hub caps like crazy. I like this restoration, inspires me. Ill probably be doing something like this soon since my buget to buy the car is pretty low.

[squidmaster]

weaves on. I have center caps, but I don't feel like getting them stolen so idk if I'll put them on for DD.

all my ellipsoid parts are in, just need to get bolts. actually I'm waiting on my 5,000k HIDs too.

fuel pump is in.
new sway mounts are in.

I need to get some rear camber adjusted, but should I drop the frame and weld in new mounts, or just get new trailing arm bushings?

my rear camber is: -0.1 and -2.1
so major issue there.

[squidmaster]

basket weaves on but they came on 185/60/14. Really would like to have 195/60 or 205/60. I love bigger tires.

distributor/wires replaced. tranny fluid and diff fluid changed. fuel pump going on next week (still waiting for it to come in) and hella US ellipsoids going on as soon as my brackets come in.
also, a repaint in the next two or so weeks! ;)

I have to do something about this rake.
Then I have to save to get decent track tires for my bottle caps, or just some wide cheap wheels so I can get back to racing. Stock cars are fun.

Getting four teeth pulled, going to boston for vacation, getting a third cat = most of my money diverted for now.

[squidmaster]

Eventually I'm going to do plastic, but I Just want to get it running really well again.

Was checking out my plugs again today and I noticed that two of the wires are firing pretty weak, so that'll be the next thing I pick up.

[freeride53]

Steering wheel looks cool, through a black leather wheelskin on it in, and you'll be golden.
Also OP, love where the car is going.

Plastic or Euro bumpers would serve your car very well ;)

[squidmaster]

replaced the fuel filter last night. the guy had installed one... backwards....
he also did a heater bypass (for no reason? I got a quick leak at first, but haven't had it leak since.)

old fuel filter had dents all through it; the new one helped a lot.

[squidmaster]

My radio has been having some signal issues, so I decided to buy a new antenna and hook it up (the old one was complete trash)

I open up the panel in my trunk... and find this........


bunch of cut wires (for no reason), nothing is actually hooked up, etc...
So I guess I'm going junk-yarding soon! Guh.

[squidmaster]

Oh, I guess I haven't mentioned that I have a the three-spoke sport wheel in it and some basket weaves waiting for tires.



(ignore the extra DME, incorrectly colored door cards, and terrible carpeting-- I'm going to redo that myself when I'm not working ~60h weeks.)

[squidmaster]

damn they were from my old web hosting and I lost a lot when I moved companies....
Let me see if I can find them.
Thanks for the good will :)

[rstimpreza]

keep it coming

[Butler]

DUDE! nice save, I love what you did with the console! update the original post - the photos aren't there and I wanna see more! :D