A Non-Intersting College Budget '91 Calypso Coupe

[Zreberlcoe]

1991 Calypso 325i Coupe - Making Progress - Updated 6/13/14

Today a friend of mine and I did some painting on the new valence, lip, and roof rack.

Ready.


Set.


Shoot.

Jeremy doing his finest

And I think it all came out pretty good. Install is tomorrow:)





Thanks for looking, more updates on the way!!

Edit: I've got something good coming up too:)

[Zreberlcoe]

How did you end up collapsing the drive shaft?

The nut right after the center carrier bearing turns counter-clockwise looking at the diff. It tightens on splines.

[lambo]

How did you end up collapsing the drive shaft?

[Zreberlcoe]

Apart from that I did my rear subframe two weekends ago:

Condor Mount Bushings, IX diff, IE toe/camber adjusters and the whole get up has 53,000 miles on it.
[IMG]SAM_0220 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0221 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Exhaust removed
[IMG]SAM_0207 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

E-Brake lines out
[IMG]SAM_0213 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Removing the drive shaft flange from the diff flange was a bit of a challenge for me.. Soon learning how to collapse the drive shaft I got that biotch.
[IMG]SAM_0208 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0211 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG}
[IMG]SAM_0210 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Pencil in brake lines, check! E-Brake Lines, check! ABS sensor, Check! Pad sensor, Check!(doesn't work tho):down:
[IMG]SAM_0214 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0212 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Now dropping the whole subframe was a bitch.. I didn't use any liquid wrench or any other treatment to loosen the sucker out of the car the night before. I resorted to lifting and smashing down the trailing arms over and over and finally ended up standing and bouncing on the hubs to get the sucker to come out, in the process I did this.
[IMG]SAM_0217 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

I had broken the old driver side subframe mount bushing sleeve off in the car because it was siezed in there.
[IMG]SAM_0218 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

With a trip to Home Depot and $5 later, we made a removing tool. 5/8" bolt, a torch, and a long piece of all thread. Heated up the aluminum sleeve and smashed the bolt in there while turning and got about 3 or 4 threads in. Then from inside the car I took a hammer and the all thread and dropped it through the top, and started hammering, and boom!
[IMG]SAM_0222 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0223 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Seeing as this is me and my dads largest car related project we have ever done in our non-pneumatic, small garage, this sight was a good feeling as well as slightly scary.
[IMG]SAM_0225 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Dat ass in a messy garage
[IMG]SAM_0206 by
eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Out with the old, in with the newer.
[IMG]SAM_0224 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

After this point it was getting late and I scurried to get the car done so not much more documentation happened. But there was a bad feeling when I put on the new shoes and the tires rubbed. After frantic thinking I referred to my dads IX for explanation and found out why. IX's come with the 15" basketweaves with an offset of et41 and the bottlecaps that come on standard 325i's like mine are et33. So what ended up happening here is a 16x8 wheel should have fit in a 325i rear end but this is and IX rear end so they poke out more.

To combat this I put spacers in the rear springs, and rolled my fenders some and what do ya know, it worked... Sorta. After my little off-road excursion I came to find out that my whole left rear quarter is bent in so the driver side still rubs some which is very irritating.

The difference:
Drivers, notice the difference in poke under the fender
[IMG]SAM_0309 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Passenger, not nearly as much poke under the fender
[IMG]SAM_0310 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

And this is what it is doing to my brand new tires:hitler:
[IMG]SAM_0311 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

So my plan as of now is to try and attempt to swap the hubs and replace the bearings, since they make a bunch of noise, from my old subframe and hope the I hubs bring in the wheels so the drivers side doesn't rub! but in the mean while it's driveable.

Kitten Writing as I take a break from this post and do laundry and take quick pictures:curse:
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Anywho, I also bought some cheap front sport seats from a convertible. I don't know if I'm going to put any effort into these or just leave them as is and use them until they're not usable. The drivers back tilts to the left which is awfully irritating and the bottom cushion is ripped but they work for me!
[IMG]SAM_0324 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0322 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Installed my dads Nardi wheel from his 2002 along with the seats. Needs some polishin'
[IMG]SAM_0318 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0321 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

And lastly, some parts waiting for paint
[IMG]SAM_0314 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0315 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

God Calypso is beautiful:p
[IMG]SAM_0189 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

FEBI Control Arms and Delrin offset bushings from Ireland Engineering, I really do enjoy their stuff.
[IMG]SAM_0312 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]SAM_0313 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

Alright lastly, here's some quick shots of her! Plenty of stuff coming!

[IMG]Untitled by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]SAM_0262 by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]
by eberlcoezack, on Flickr

Lastly when I was finishing the rear subframe I wasn't in the mood to deal with the muffler so I had it hung by welding wire and it's mount. So I took it to a shop and for 80 bucks I had a guy cut off the muffler and weld on pipes straight back, love the sound and the look.
[IMG]Untitled by eberlcoezack, on Flickr[/IMG]

I'll get videos of sound sooner than later!

Thanks for looking!!

[Zreberlcoe]

Alright I'm going to start posting in here more often since work is getting done on the car, now I have an issue that needs some answering. So I'm going to start off with saying my right front control arm has been knocking up the wall lately and I have replacements with offset bushings for both sides.

Description of problem:
I went for a little spin just to drive and I took one hard right turn at ~35 mph and accelerating and then I was cruising at ~45 mph and the car just had a mind of its own going left to right without my control, almost floating. I know my control arm needs replacing but is it what is causing the problem?

Also, I had an alignment done about 10 days ago and here is the print out they gave me (I don't know what the specs are, as in I can't make heads or tails of it)
Alignment by eberlcoezack, on Flickr

If I need to get on and get some other parts going, let me know!

[325i]

ahh i see now, still doesnt look that bad haha. im sure you could straighten most of that out.

[Zreberlcoe]

Here are some shitty pictures but I'm trying to give some kind of representation.

Focus on the rear apron on the outside corner. how the passenger side looks and should look.


the F'd up side


several views

[Zreberlcoe]

Sucks glad nothing major happened and it really doesnt look like anything bad happened. Maybe im missing something but i dont see what wrong.

It's kind of difficult to see the damage. But in the pic of the rear apron you can see it's shoved in.

[325i]

Sucks glad nothing major happened and it really doesnt look like anything bad happened. Maybe im missing something but i dont see what wrong.

[Zreberlcoe]

So today R3v, my luck went bad, but it could have been worse. I was coming down a two lane road that was about 55 mph speed limit, turned onto another two lane road at maybe 40 mph I'm not certain. When the tire popped the rear end completely stepped out on me because I have bald tires as it is and I was going into oncoming and I "corrected" the other way and went sideways into a ditch. There was no fooling around here so that's why I'm fortunate this is the least damage I could have come out with


The tire


There is no mechanical damage what so ever other than the left rear brake shield was bent and rubbing on the rotor. I drove an hour home on the spare no problem, no changes in handling or noise.
As to cosmetically, I believe my left rear corner was the first to reach the bottom of the ditch so when compressed the corner just left of the muffler tips got the blow. So the "pocket" where the spare tools sit was shoved inward and that's all that happened. It seems that previous work was done on the whole left side and rear apron because there is clearly bondo on the apron and the quarter.

I can't believe this happened because the body was so straight besides the front valence. Although the quarter wasn't deformed or buckled, I feel so down. She will get fixed, but it's a bummer.

[Zreberlcoe]

I'd choose ESM considering that I bet the JNC is multilug.

Ahh I see your point. Plus ESM's look better without caps.

[ak-]

I'd choose ESM considering that I bet the JNC is multilug.

[Zreberlcoe]

1991 Calypso 325i Coupe - Very Slow Build

say no to Chinese fakes. get use, something classic

But I is poor.

Plus It's the exact color/wheel/look I want.

[Cabriolet]

say no to Chinese fakes. get use, something classic

[Zreberlcoe]

ESM vs JNC

ESM:


JNC:


ESM is on back order till June, JNC is cheaper and not on back order