New Member - 1989 325ix and Evo

[AWDBOB]

Nice ix and evo!

Thanks, man!

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Welp, a good update finally.

Pulled the pump off of my old trans and she tested good, so I threw it on the trans with said broken pump, and threw it in tonight, and all is good so far!

I have a cat coming and am going to make a mid pipe to work with my new catback, as the IX cat sections go for upwards of $275 used, which I found a little nuts, but then again, I'm not used to the E30 parts world yet.

One issue. I have no dash lights or RPM gauge and that threw me off a bit. I'm sure it's just something stupid, but don't know what.

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Finally had a decent chunk of time to work on the car this weekend.

Scrubbed the interior like crazy, and was quite happy with how it came up.






Pulled the bumper off and started repair on that. It had a crack and the fiberglass support piece behind it was cracked pretty bad.





After a good wash, the trim panels were restored the best we could get 'em.




Took the stock lip off of my brother's IX, as I decided I wasn't fond of the IS lip for the look I'm going for.

However, I'm by far the most excited about restoring my stock BBS wheels and doing a polished lip with a flat to semi-gloss center. It took some serious time, but I got all lips down to bare aluminum today, and will be slowly doing the fine-tooth work as time allows.






Car is running great, and I've been driving it every day!


Things to troubleshoot still:

My radio stopped working completely (due to horrendous wiring by previous owner), and my RPM and Fuel Milage gauges only work when my lights are on. That one sort of blew my mind, so if anyone has any ideas in regards to that issue I'd love to hear them.

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I'm making more progress on the wheels. Taking awhile as I'm just doing it here and there when I have time. However, we've definitely hit a major fork in the road here, and I'm not quite sure what to do..

It's bad... like, really bad.

[audiquattrot]

Yikes. Saw that happen on my friends zinno ix. He sold it shortly after. Sorry man

[nando]

Find a parts car - cut and weld. I dont think that part is ix specific.

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Got some work done!

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[Wille30]

Car looks awesome!

My little brother (Addison325ix) has a pretty clean gray IX as well! Part of me wanted to dump this one before it becomes a money pit, but I think I'm going to stick it out.

Some pictures of his ride:

Sweet IX! What springs are in this one?

[nando]

Looks like stock

[AWDBOB]

Sweet IX! What springs are in this one?

It's actually on stock springs! He runs taller tires than most so it fills out the wells a bit more.

Looks like stock

I'm happy with how they came out. Finished the other side, hit with seam sealer, put on new-used e-brake pads and rotors, and got her back on the ground.

Once seam sealer dries I'll re-undercoat. In the rear passenger wheel well (worse than drivers side by far) anywhere there was once a bracket there is now a rust hole, so I surely have my work cut out for me (pun intended). I'm just shocked to see the car sit like stock again.

Am going to order some bracing for the car from IrelandEngineering, and if Turner would put their H&R/Bilstein combo on sale I'd pick them up too. I was originally planning on going with the GC setup, but don't want to bother with shortening the housings and struts so I have enough travel when I already have a car that the 325ix will never get close to on the street/track.


Some pics from today:

Passenger side:




Seam sealed:




One of the many rust holes I need to take care of:

[nomansland92]

Ouch this looks just like my Ix did. Man I'm glad to have it done though, also if you haven't checked look above that canister in the passenger rear wheel well, I found some rust hiding above it.

[Northern]

looks great! It's in much better shape than my iX.

[AWDBOB]

Ouch this looks just like my Ix did. Man I'm glad to have it done though, also if you haven't checked look above that canister in the passenger rear wheel well, I found some rust hiding above it.

Funny you say that. I dropped the plastic piece, and the canister literally fell out. There are 2" rust holes where each bracket used to be. That's on the list for Saturday :(

looks great! It's in much better shape than my iX.

Thanks, man! The further I get into the car the more small issues I'm finding (mainly the rust), but it definitely feels good to be cleaning the car up again. I've wanted a Zinno 2dr coupe for just about ever, so I'm in it for the long haul :up:


Also, you IX guys, I'm thinking about grabbing these guys for the rear to get the car a bit lower.

http://www.iemotorsport.com/bmw/E30-suspension-steering/E30rspadj.html

But, I'm at a loss for what to do in the front. I would LOVE to do the GC kit, but I can't justify the extra coin to shorten the Bilsteins when I don't need this car to handle THAT well, but would like it to sit a bit lower than it does with the H&Rs.

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For a reference, this is my height/tire goal. Possible?

[F34R]

That ride height is easy to get with coilovers. Go with Ground Control.

And I want your evo BADLY...