My 1988 e30 325ix - Garage'd

[jeenyus]

Looking great! Wonderful backdrop for the photos. Glad to see I'm not the only one that brings along the little ones for drives and photos. :-)

Thanks Mike! I saw someone out a car seat in the front of their 2002 at a car meet and I asked how that was possible in the front seat. Guy told me without airbags it's totally fine, so now I got a little buddy to come with. She loves it and acts like a "cool girl" the whole time. Haha

[jeenyus]

Nice!! I still remember the car that drivetrain came out of like it was yesterday- it was so nice/so sad it was wrecked- the only consolation was seeing some of the parts end up with good homes. Crazy that was a few years ago. Are you dropping the subframe as well? Could be a good opportunity to do RWD subframe bushings now that the car is lowered to correct some of that rear toe.

I def plan on dropping the rear subframe, but not at the moment. I haven't even had a chance to fill enjoy the car in it's current state. I had an oring fail on my oil filter relocation kit and I'm waiting for some better quality Viton orings to show up. I wanna enjoy the summer in the car then work on it some more. Feels like it's always on jacks.

[mike.bmw]

Looking great! Wonderful backdrop for the photos. Glad to see I'm not the only one that brings along the little ones for drives and photos. :-)

[AWDBOB]

Thanks Bobbie! I'm glad to have made it this far. I recently took apart that diff you sent me a few years ago and getting ready to freshen it up with some new seals and powder coated cover. That will be a nice little nugget.

Nice!! I still remember the car that drivetrain came out of like it was yesterday- it was so nice/so sad it was wrecked- the only consolation was seeing some of the parts end up with good homes. Crazy that was a few years ago.

Are you dropping the subframe as well? Could be a good opportunity to do RWD subframe bushings now that the car is lowered to correct some of that rear toe.

[jeenyus]

Can't wait to see the new looks with the new wheels. My uncle is actually looking to get this 325IX as the next project after we finished installing the suspension and kmc wheels on the current Silverado project. Looks like the Ground spring and Koni shocks is a good combo.

Thanks man! Probably going to go with some lightweight 5 spokes I'd I can find some. IX isn't the easiest car to buy wheels for, that's for sure.

[jeenyus]

That thing is looking great- also, wow, what an incredible backdrop!

Thanks Bobbie! I'm glad to have made it this far. I recently took apart that diff you sent me a few years ago and getting ready to freshen it up with some new seals and powder coated cover. That will be a nice little nugget.

[AWDBOB]

That thing is looking great- also, wow, what an incredible backdrop!

[jeenyus]

I couple pictures today I took during a drive for tuning. Car is lowered now. I think I'm gonna raise the rear a little bit.

[jeenyus]

Here is a better angle of how low it sits now. It's low enough for me. Now I just need some new wheels for the upcoming summer. I also smashed my vband clamp coming out of my complex on a speed bump. So I fixed that and we are good to go again!

[jeenyus]

Been working on coilovers the last little while. It has never been my plan to slam it down to the ground, but something a little better than 4x4 status is really nice. I've only swapped out the front. I also found some e28 UUC adjustable endlinks for a killer deal here locally that worked out perfectly! I also am replacing my front driveshaft seal coming off the transfer case and that's why there aren't any good pictures of the cars height. I'll post some beautiful pics when I can.

[AWDBOB]

I think your car would look great with the 16” Alpina Reps now being sold by ClassicEuroParts, IE, and a few other places.

16x7, et28. They’re calling you

https://www.iemotorsport.com/product/alpina-style-wheel-4x100/

[jeenyus]

Here is a recent front end picture from yesterday. I am wondering if anyone can give me some direction. I am having the hardest time finding wheels in the size and offset I need/want. Does anyone have websites to look? I want something new. I really wanted to get some 7Twenty Wheels - Style51, but the offset is et20 and on an ix, although it's possible, it's pretty stance boi and would require fender rolling, etc. I'm not in the mood for that. Anything in the ET30 realm is doable though. Thank you.

[jeenyus]

Why isn't this thing lowered yet

Soon. I gotta take everything apart. Remove the entire hub assembly, cut off the perches and weld in new ones then paint it and put it back together. I was looking at it last night and realized how much work it is going to be. I'm ready though.

[DrJosh]

Why isn't this thing lowered yet

[jeenyus]

At least get out there and give us another snow pic! ... Take advantage of that ride height while you still have it

I'd love to! Utah has been so dry this winter though. Seems like right now is our first snowstorm of the season down here in the valley. I'm not gonna slam it, but try to just balance out this crazy rake and wheel gap. I'm getting too old for a slammed car. I need one that doesn't require me to slam on my brakes anytime there is any type of dip in the road. Here is a pic if our conditions last week.