Wash, Ironx, Wax after taking it out of storage for the summer

[noid]

Thought I would intro my car, its my second E30 that I have owned since last June, but has been in storage since September. While in storage I changed:

Falken 912 tires x 4
Treehouse racing control arm bushings
New control arms x2 (lemforder)
New tie-rods
Rebuilt injectors (flow matched/bench tested)
Valve adjustment
Timing belt/waterpump/tensioner
Alternator/power steering/AC belts
Black leather interior
Re-installed stock radio
Removed aftermarket alarm
Antenna gourmet
Euro smileys
Bilstein HD shocks (car has factory m-tech springs that I retained)
173 ECU
New odo gears
Derlin shifter carrier bushings
AKG DSSR
Both Transmission seals
Engine mounts
Transmission mounts
Strut mounts front and back
Glove box handle/lock
Exhaust hangers middle and back
Catback gasket x2 + header to midpipe gasket
CV boots inner and outer
OEM Subframe bushings
OEM Trailing arm bushings
Shifter joint
OEM Differential mount
OEM Diff Gasket
Sway bar links front and back
Oil filter housing plug (revised design from the dealer)
T-fitting for the spray nozzles
New wipers
Shifter boots (the actual boot and the rubber boot below it)
Thermostat
Radiator
Window regulator
Door seal
Trail light seal
Guibo
CSB
New fluids front to back (diff, transmission, engine, coolant, etc).
Time-sert kit for the oil drain plug
Turn signal stalk
Rear sway bar links
Spark plugs (NGK)
Reverse light switch
Fuel pump
Fuel filter
Distributor cap
Distributor rotor
Ignition wires
Valve cover vent hose
Coolant hose (from thermostat housing to throttle body)
Tool kit for the trunk
AFM
O2 sensor
Gas funnel rubber surround
New group 49 battery (and proper venting)
All new bulbs all around
Coolant to heatercore outlet hose
I am sure I am forgetting some stuff, the above is all I can recall off the top of my head.

Finally had a chance to wash the E30 after taking it out of storage for the summer.

Also the first time I had a chance to try Iron-x. Had some rail dust from a California to Ontario trip and it did an amazing job of cleaning it up. It worked so well I decided to skip claying the car because the clay kept on coming up clean.

Waxed the car after with turtle wax.

Car is 87 325is, an all numbers matching except manual transmission was changed for another manual transmission at some point, accident free, original paint, life long California (until my acquisition) car.








Fresh after the wash (everything open to get optimal drying):




Iron-x doing its job, unfortunately I don't have many pictures from when I did the process:

[Vtec?lol]

Your front caster is omgsh....
Any reason you went that route instead of m3 offset CABs?

[ZoomZoomBoom]

IronX works well but the smell is horrid, haha. Why did you use Turtle Wax as a LSP after spending the time to decontaminate the paint? It's pretty much at the bottom of the barrel and isn't hard to find a better LSP for looks and durability even at the local auto parts store.

[noid]

Your front caster is omgsh....
Any reason you went that route instead of m3 offset CABs?

Solid > m3 cabs. With all fresh bushings and shocks the treehouse cabs actually don't feel harsh at all. My GF road in the car and asked me why it felt smoother :rofl:.

IronX works well but the smell is horrid, haha. Why did you use Turtle Wax as a LSP after spending the time to decontaminate the paint? It's pretty much at the bottom of the barrel and isn't hard to find a better LSP for looks and durability even at the local auto parts store.

The smell is supposed to be Cherry and it does KIND OF smell like cherry but I would say it smells closer to skunk. I didnt mind it all that much.

I already had a bottle of turtle wax that my GF gifted me a year prior. It was their "Super Hard Shell liquid wax" stuff.

[NickL]

Is that an imola yellow golf?

[noid]

Is that an imola yellow golf?

Yes?