The Grant318is Build thread

[Grant318is]

When you did your rear subframe did you just put the jackstands on the factory jack spot?

edit: I can see you did this clearly in the picture, idk why but that seems scary to me!

It was on 4 jack stands and 2 jacks. I'm not a fan of this either even with 6 supports.

I painted everything before it went in:

[Vtec?lol]

Lookin sooo guuuud!

[Grant318is]

Fixed my center console area today:ound a perfect HVAC panel at a junkyard. It looks dirty, but all through colors are not faded and the white paint is perfect. I also installed myOBC that came with the car, but i guess the car came with a 9button or something with a smaller plug.


I also installed my strut bar:

[alexw]

We need pictures of your car with the RS's mounted... Unless I skipped over those..

[straight6pwr]

We need pictures of your car with the RS's mounted... Unless I skipped over those..

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=3023198&postcount=45

looks sweet, and as a northerner, i AM jelly of how clean your underbody is.

[keefy6]

nice work!

[alexw]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...8&postcount=45

looks sweet, and as a northerner, i AM jelly of how clean your underbody is.

Doh....

[Grant318is]

We need pictures of your car with the RS's mounted... Unless I skipped over those..

There are the ones just reposted, but truthfully I've been holding off because I'm still not happy with the smoked tails that the PO put on and the lack of a front lip. On top of this, the size of the front tires is too small and it requires the front to be lower than i like. Once i get new tires, tail and get the interior sorted, i plan to get some nice pics.

[Grant318is]

Took some pics with the new phone. It hasent been washed in forever...

[Grant318is]

After finally getting the rear end settled last weekend, I though everything was good and ready for an alignment. However, my PS rack decided to start leaking while the car was on the alignment rack thursday, so I decided to swap it out.

When I bought the car, it came with a spare rack, but i decided to pick up a 1999 M3 rack. I loved the feel of my old M3 and felt that the E30 had a horrible feel for the size of the car. It felt like the stock rack took the nimble feeling away from the car.

New rack with new outer rods ends

Rack started leaking:(

[Eninety2]

Rack started leaking:(

That's gotta suck.

[bwawuz02]

www.car-steering.com, buy a z3 rack on the cheap and thank me later ;) they'll take your core, just don't tell 'em what it is. Make sure you get the return label when ordering.

[Eninety2]

And the benefit of a Z3 would be......

[broke30]

Wait, you've spent a decent amount of money on wheels and suspension and whatnot (which looks great btw), and bought cheap AutoZone brake pads? Am I missing something? :confused

Max

[Grant318is]

That's gotta suck.

Yep

www.car-steering.com, buy a z3 rack on the cheap and thank me later ;) they'll take your core, just don't tell 'em what it is. Make sure you get the return label when ordering.

I already upgraded to a E36 rack, but the used one I bought started leaking. Luckily, the place had another one, so I'm swap[ping it out this weeknd and giving the broken one back. Hopefully this one is better.

And the benefit of a Z3 would be......

2.7 turns to lock vs the factory E30s 4.

Wait, you've spent a decent amount of money on wheels and suspension and whatnot (which looks great btw), and bought cheap AutoZone brake pads? Am I missing something? :confused

Max

Mine were shot and autozone had them for 20 bucks. I'm planning on going with an upgraded setup in the future. Something like the UUC or Rx7 kits.


Saw this on my way to pick up the new rack: