My 1988 e30 325ix - Garage'd

[jeenyus]

Nice wagon. I'm jealous it's a manual. You have excellent taste in vehicles.

I appreciate that man. Especially considering the amazing state of your E30. I know you have great taste. The manual was difficult to come by, but I waited for about a year and swoop in.

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[mike.bmw]

Nice wagon. I'm jealous it's a manual. You have excellent taste in vehicles.

[jeenyus]

I decided with the Garagistic sale a while ago, it was time to change my rear diff bushing to a proper offset bushing. I ended up having to do it twice because as I was testing to see if I would need a fluid transfer pump or if I could simply use the bottle it came in, I dropped the black plastic cap into the sealed diff. Took the whole thing apart, did it again... Ugh that was annoying.

I also received a front plastic bumper. I installed it partially yesterday night. Looks good, fits right, needs paint and needs trim. The trim it came with cracked either during delivery or before purchase. I don't know and it's neither here nor there. I'm excited to have a complete plastic bumper setup though!

On the e90 wagon, I got a new shifter knob as well. ZHP shifter is so nice. Looks like it's supposed to be there too.

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[jeenyus]

you should try to remove the paint on the OEM grille

I'll see what I can do. I originally painted it and used primer with adhesion promoter. It would be hard to remove the paint to any former glory. I'm not gonna let it go to waste though. I have some ideas. [emoji4]

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[2mAn]

you should try to remove the paint on the OEM grille

[jeenyus]

I did the "buy a new car mod". It's a 2006 e91 manual. Only had 64k miles on it. I turned the clock over to 65k on the drive back from CA to UT (I flew out and drove back). Ordered a new ZHP 6-speed knob and did an oil change today. Its a very nice car.

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[jeenyus]

I purchased a black grill fr ECS to avoid one that chips. A painted one will inevitably chip in my experience so this works for me. I will say the one from ECS is most certainly of a cheaper quality than the OEM one with screws holding on the molding and a weird plastic barrier at the top. It does look nice to have a chip free grill though.

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[jeenyus]

get a manual, but otherwise they are awesome cars. I do 3-stage tunes to make it into an E91 330i, it's like a 25-35hp bump depending on what one you get.

Very cool. I found a 6-speed e91. Really tough to find. Gonna a fly out to get it and never have done an out of state purchase. Excited though

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[nando]

get a manual, but otherwise they are awesome cars. I do 3-stage tunes to make it into an E91 330i, it's like a 25-35hp bump depending on what one you get.

[jeenyus]

I'm looking into getting an e91. Anyone have any points of advice on things to look for? It looks like a straight forward engine to me, but if anyone has any advice I'd be grateful.

Thank you.

[jeenyus]

It switches the ABS to an 'ice mode' (if the switch remains closed, but the brakes are being applied). It also can open the ICV under engine braking, so if you don't have the clutch in, and let off the gas, the wheels don't lock up. That's why the IX has two clutch switches (one for cruise control, one for ABS).

this is amazing information.

[nando]

The IX had a slightly different ABS system including this sensor. If I remember correctly it was a sensor to detect wheel slip and use the ABS to attempt to slow those wheels from slipping. Pretty cool for it's time

It switches the ABS to an 'ice mode' (if the switch remains closed, but the brakes are being applied). It also can open the ICV under engine braking, so if you don't have the clutch in, and let off the gas, the wheels don't lock up. That's why the IX has two clutch switches (one for cruise control, one for ABS).

[jeenyus]

The IX had a slightly different ABS system including this sensor. If I remember correctly it was a sensor to detect wheel slip and use the ABS to attempt to slow those wheels from slipping. Pretty cool for it's time

There are so many things on this car that are impressive. The AWD feels better than my Audi.

[driftxsequence]

Does anyone know wtf this is? RealOEM says it's an accelerator sensor. I'm unsure...

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The IX had a slightly different ABS system including this sensor. If I remember correctly it was a sensor to detect wheel slip and use the ABS to attempt to slow those wheels from slipping. Pretty cool for it's time

[jeenyus]

Changed my OBC light today with the Garagistic LED swap. You'd think this would be a 20 min job, but alas it never is. Ended up removing the entire center console to get access to the lower left panel screw. It looks good though!

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