Now that i have an e30 i decided to join up on R3v and make an intro thread. (i just copied this from my audizine thread and made minor adjustments)
*if you dont care about the a4 you can scroll down to the e30 story which ill bold at the start.
Im 19 currently and am a sophomore in college as a petroleum engineer. I got my first car when i was 16 completely stock , its a 1997 A4 1.8tQ 5sp. Bamboo exterior black interior. At first i liked the color and shifted on and off and now that ive had it for 3 years its grown on me, plan on keeping it forever. Over the past 3 years have had a perfectly reliable car and awesome year round. all the changes have occurred over this summer
All the upgrades were thanks to ThatA4t (jordan) Audiforums*
This was the car on a friday morning.... and how its looked for the past 3 years as well. nothing different just all stock
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Took the car to a friends house friday night started coilover install around 9pm and was driving home around 1am and snapped an axle at 75 mph on the highway. pulled over called *lambo* who i was following and jordan one who did the install. managed to limp the car into a parking lot and left it there for the night.
Fun infor Lambo went ahead to look for a good spot to leave the a4 and was pulled over for driving to slow at 1am.
Saturday around 3pm we went back to the car and swapped both front axles in the parking lot. We managed to move it right next to a tree so we had shade the whole time.
jordan doing work...
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Got the axles in car ran great all the way home but i was scrapping every where i was 23 gtff and 23.5 gtfr. Tried to mount a pair of 17s on but was rubbing bad and didnt feel like raising all the coils
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Sunday drove it around a little being super low loved how it looked but couldnt drive how i like to. but it was still fun.
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Monday went to 325ix's house to help strip down his e30 with lambo he is parting out and while doing that i raised my car up and mounted the 17s, BUT they had 235/45 and id rub on bumps, plus they were old and dried out so decided to it was time to just buy new tires just to be safe.
wednesday i went and bought new 215/45 kumhos, which ride awesome and no longer rub and im at a height where i dont hit everything yet the car looks good still.
i went out and took a couple shots of the car. looks slightly different because i put on the front a4 cover as soon as i got home but you get the idea of the progress.
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Since these pictures i have added all clear headlights, and a straight pipe exhaust from the cat back to a magnaflow 14815 with a small vibrant res in the middle.
Also plan on going lower once my front fenders get rolled.:thumbup:
Fun Video of car and a friends wrx:
E30
So the end of summer came and i returned back up to golden to start off the semester. I was driving around golden and say an e30 parked on the side of the road though looks in pretty good shape. (i had wanted an E30 for some time originally looked for one when i was looking for my first car, and riding around in lambo's and 325ix's made me want one more) So i just ignore it go on about my business. First day of distance running class comes up and i jog into golden and see the car parked in the same spot unmoved.
Finish up classes have to run to town and grab some stuff so i drive by see the e30 still there i pull over (its a small mechanic shop) go inside and ask what the story on the e30 is, says its been parked for three months owner doesnt have a use for it and it may get scrapped. So i leave my number and tell him if he could get in touch with the owner for me. Few days later owner calls, says hes not looking to sell but if i give him 700 he'll let me have it.
So i get a local e30 owner from mines to help me look over it ADOPEWITASCOPE (whose car is amazing)
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
we go test drive it look it over. I call the owner back and talk to im we settle on $500 and i went and picked it up on thursday. Drove it home had a blast and now its just sitting out side waiting to be cleaned up.
1991 325i 4d black 5sp
This is the only picture of it i has thus far
New e30 by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
sorry for the long post if you read if not enjoy the pics.
*if you dont care about the a4 you can scroll down to the e30 story which ill bold at the start.
Im 19 currently and am a sophomore in college as a petroleum engineer. I got my first car when i was 16 completely stock , its a 1997 A4 1.8tQ 5sp. Bamboo exterior black interior. At first i liked the color and shifted on and off and now that ive had it for 3 years its grown on me, plan on keeping it forever. Over the past 3 years have had a perfectly reliable car and awesome year round. all the changes have occurred over this summer
All the upgrades were thanks to ThatA4t (jordan) Audiforums*
This was the car on a friday morning.... and how its looked for the past 3 years as well. nothing different just all stock
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Took the car to a friends house friday night started coilover install around 9pm and was driving home around 1am and snapped an axle at 75 mph on the highway. pulled over called *lambo* who i was following and jordan one who did the install. managed to limp the car into a parking lot and left it there for the night.
Fun infor Lambo went ahead to look for a good spot to leave the a4 and was pulled over for driving to slow at 1am.
Saturday around 3pm we went back to the car and swapped both front axles in the parking lot. We managed to move it right next to a tree so we had shade the whole time.
jordan doing work...
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Got the axles in car ran great all the way home but i was scrapping every where i was 23 gtff and 23.5 gtfr. Tried to mount a pair of 17s on but was rubbing bad and didnt feel like raising all the coils
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Sunday drove it around a little being super low loved how it looked but couldnt drive how i like to. but it was still fun.
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Monday went to 325ix's house to help strip down his e30 with lambo he is parting out and while doing that i raised my car up and mounted the 17s, BUT they had 235/45 and id rub on bumps, plus they were old and dried out so decided to it was time to just buy new tires just to be safe.
wednesday i went and bought new 215/45 kumhos, which ride awesome and no longer rub and im at a height where i dont hit everything yet the car looks good still.
i went out and took a couple shots of the car. looks slightly different because i put on the front a4 cover as soon as i got home but you get the idea of the progress.
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
Since these pictures i have added all clear headlights, and a straight pipe exhaust from the cat back to a magnaflow 14815 with a small vibrant res in the middle.
Also plan on going lower once my front fenders get rolled.:thumbup:
Fun Video of car and a friends wrx:
E30
So the end of summer came and i returned back up to golden to start off the semester. I was driving around golden and say an e30 parked on the side of the road though looks in pretty good shape. (i had wanted an E30 for some time originally looked for one when i was looking for my first car, and riding around in lambo's and 325ix's made me want one more) So i just ignore it go on about my business. First day of distance running class comes up and i jog into golden and see the car parked in the same spot unmoved.
Finish up classes have to run to town and grab some stuff so i drive by see the e30 still there i pull over (its a small mechanic shop) go inside and ask what the story on the e30 is, says its been parked for three months owner doesnt have a use for it and it may get scrapped. So i leave my number and tell him if he could get in touch with the owner for me. Few days later owner calls, says hes not looking to sell but if i give him 700 he'll let me have it.
So i get a local e30 owner from mines to help me look over it ADOPEWITASCOPE (whose car is amazing)
Untitled by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
we go test drive it look it over. I call the owner back and talk to im we settle on $500 and i went and picked it up on thursday. Drove it home had a blast and now its just sitting out side waiting to be cleaned up.
1991 325i 4d black 5sp
This is the only picture of it i has thus far
New e30 by Nathan Tello, on Flickr
sorry for the long post if you read if not enjoy the pics.
haha
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