Delphingrau 1989 325i 'Elsi' Build Thread

[Wschnitz]

I miss seeing those Tamiya boxes haha

Its probably one of my more favorite purchases, Ive broken it a lot already, but its so easy to ghetto rig to fix while I wait for parts from japan that it doesnt matter.

[CRBR30]

I miss seeing those Tamiya boxes haha

[Wschnitz]

This thread needs a little bit of wide body action:

Got super excited when the box with japanese letters came, this was inside:

Thats a lot of parts....

Pretty detailed manuals:

Tiny diff is tiny:

Diffs done!

Boom front gearbox!

Fresh white painted body:

Wish E30 suspension was this well designed:

Stickers anyone?

Ready to rock! Not really, missing all the go fast parts.

Installed these parts:
Castle Creations Sidewinder SV3 and 6700kv Motor (overkill as fuck)
Savox 1251MG low pro .10 servo (also overkill)
Spektrum SR410 and DX3C controller
5000mah turnigy 2S Lipo
Looking dusty after first run:

Rally

Drilled more vent holes cause it was overheating.

Made a little vent for the ESC and Transmitter

Made some mud flaps out of a roll out piece of rubber:

Rip stock pinion and spur:

How it looks now:
IMG_0655 by Wschnitz, on Flickr
Tires are going bald, and you can see my Losi Mini 8ight shocks here, full anodized aluminum and coated strut shafts, better then bilstien?:
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[Wschnitz]

I guess so, there was a decent number of subarus, toyotas, hondas, etc there. Drive is losing steam imo, i left early.

[2mAn]

So CRXs are doing the Leavenworth drive??

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[Wschnitz]

Nah I like the tint, front windows have the same tint so it looks better when the windows are up.

[Nai]

Looks good on those Hartge's! Would even look better without that dark foil on the rear windows.

[Wschnitz]

And its picnic ready! For the most part anyway, lots of things I want to do but dont have time to do, but its as ready as its going to get!

Parked at leavenworth:

IMG_0381 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

In front of a tire shop:

IMG_0407 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

[getouth]

^^ This!

[2mAn]

Car is looking great Will.

[Wschnitz]

Dropped the car off at haurys, cant wait to see it finished and having painted front end parts again!

[Wschnitz]

;D

[Wschnitz]

Finally got my wheels back the second time and drumroll please.....





Ended up just taking my wheels back, said I cant get a refund for lots of BS, lets just say he doesnt get any more chances from me. 3 months and $800 down the drain.

[Wschnitz]

Here is what she looks like atm:

IMG_9681 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

Cant wait for paint, hopefully I can knock it out before picnic. Wheels are almost done according to the refinishing place.

Put the stock exhaust back on and had a shop add like an extra inch of space so the tips stuck out a little bit farther:

IMG_9685 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

Rubber CABs because you dang kids and your poly hurts my back.

IMG_9691 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

And heres what im sitting with my morimotos as of current, this is 25feet away from a white wall at night.

IMG_9972 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

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IMG_9974 by Wschnitz, on Flickr

As you can see cutoff isnt very sharp at all, and the bulbs seem to be seating improperly, causing the hot spot to be very low. Ordered another set of bulbs because the one side is super dim, and im working on making the seat for the bulbs level on the housing so they point up a little bit more.

Also if anyone knows the trick to making an HID planet account let me know, I never get an activation email, no matter which email service I apply with.

[Wschnitz]

I may have to take back my rant against morimoto, but im still messing with it.

Think i finally found out why my cutoffs were so horrendous, looks like the lens was too close to the bulb/cutoff shield? I must have screwed the lens on too tight to the rest of the setup.

Might be a false alarm, when i had them outside of the smileys, just the setup itself, I was appearing to get an awesome cutoff at 15-20feet (couldnt see any farther past cause daytime) but as soon as i put them inside the smileys they seemed to go back to being horrible. My smileys are super clear, with only minor pitting. Could the cutoff be hitting the lower part of the headlight where the like glass wavyness is?



Will have to mess with it more tonight.