A Non-Intersting College Budget '91 Calypso Coupe

[lambo]

yeeeeee

[Zreberlcoe]

yeeeeee

Yaaaa

[imwhyteyo]

Looks much nicer without stickers. Good job. Paint up your trim and give that bitch a good buff. Make her shinee!.

[Zreberlcoe]

Looks much nicer without stickers. Good job. Paint up your trim and give that bitch a good buff. Make her shinee!.

Thank you! And it's on the list, trust me! Just gotta get things done one at a time. I would love to do IS sideskirts before painting that stupid trim.

[Zreberlcoe]

ESM vs JNC

ESM:


JNC:


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

[Cabriolet]

say no to Chinese fakes. get use, something classic

[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.

[ak-]

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

[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.

[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.

[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]

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.

[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

[325i]

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

[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!