Mission 310: South Bay LA e30

[2mAn]

Theres the South Bay one thats once a month, on a sunday night. Thats about as close as it will get for you

[DDKing13]

get it done and bring it out the Ireland Engineering BBQ on Saturday. Join us on the drive too! Perfect way to break in the new suspension

daaaammnnnn thats pretty damn far bro! haha
is there a fb group or something for our area?
maybe i can catch one of these get togethers when its a little bit closer lol

[2mAn]

get it done and bring it out the Ireland Engineering BBQ on Saturday. Join us on the drive too! Perfect way to break in the new suspension

[DDKing13]

FINALLY


Drop mounts, dust sealing gaskets, and guide support washers.

Now I can finally raise this car to a drivable height.

[DDKing13]

3 months is a lot of instagram posting, and not too much destroying haha. I have a very similar setup. IE3 springs (one coil cut) and Bilsteins and I bought the same rebuild kit. I love how my car drives, a little stiff but nothing crazy and good around turns. Its a good balance for a daily driver

Awesome, that's what im going for. Thanks man!

[2mAn]

3 months is a lot of instagram posting, and not too much destroying haha. I have a very similar setup. IE3 springs (one coil cut) and Bilsteins and I bought the same rebuild kit. I love how my car drives, a little stiff but nothing crazy and good around turns. Its a good balance for a daily driver

[DDKing13]

Welcome aboard dude, sadly enough that poor car fell into the hands of a previous 240 owner, I seen him post on FB.

He owned the car for about 3 months and, after 2 weeks of ownership, he was trying to flip it. :D

Ahhh that bastard! He told me he had it for over a year now!
But ya that's definitely him. He was telling me about all the 240s he's ran through.
My poor car :( Hopefully as I go through the rebuilding process, I wont run into any other cheap jobs that he managed to do within 3 months, like I ran into with the suspension.

Very nice. I have M3 H&R Race springs on Bilstein Sports - you will love it.

Do E90 front drop hats and call it a day.

I hope so!
And im way ahead of you bro. Drop hats are part of the package I have coming in tomorrow! :up:

[freeride53]

Very nice. I have M3 H&R Race springs on Bilstein Sports - you will love it.

Do E90 front drop hats and call it a day.

[IRON-E]

Welcome aboard dude, sadly enough that poor car fell into the hands of a previous 240 owner, I seen him post on FB.

He owned the car for about 3 months and, after 2 weeks of ownership, he was trying to flip it. :D

[DDKing13]

So over the weekend, I bought these off a guy on CL for $150.
His front strut housings (since mine were chopped), and his spring set.
He also threw in his KYB shocks as well, that I didn't even ask for.
The 2 fronts are H&R Race springs with 1 cut loop.
The rears, he didn't know what they were.
But I figured for the price, it wouldn't hurt to try em out.


But I wont be needing the KYB shocks, cuz this came in the mail today



Bilstein sports, and a Turner Motorsports Strut/Shock Mount Kit.
Now I just have to wait for 1 more package of misc suspension components, which is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, and i'll be able to finally install my new suspension, and get this car out of the driveway finally.

I also bought a lot of other stuff in the past few days that i'll post later on.

Stay tuned! :pimp:

[DDKing13]

Something to hold me over for now.
Ordered an adapter for my TWM Specter knob. I highly recommend one, if you have the cash laying around. Or if you get a little spending happy sometimes, like I do lol

Before (I already yanked it off before i took the pic. I was anxious lol)


After

[DDKing13]

Those rims....I like!

I'll sell them to you when I get new ones? lol
I'm not the biggest fan of them. They're like brand new. Previous owner put them on like 2 weeks before selling the car.

[Nats88M3]

Those rims....I like!

[DDKing13]

Yea coils let you dial the height exactly where you want it, but after that... you're done. I have Bilsteins with IE3 race springs because I wanted something firmer. What kind of springs did you get? Good call on the Bilsteins

Im actually meeting up with this guy from CL this sunday. He's gonna sell me his stock strut housings, and his springs for $175. The 2 front springs are H&R Race springs with 1 loop cut. The rears...he has no idea haha. But I figure for the price, what do I have to lose by just trying it out? lol

Good luck, that will be the first of your mickey mouse finds...

If you find something basic like that mickey moused, you can be assured that the entire car is going to be full of all sorts of mickey mouse surprises... ask me how I know (don't actually, since i'm sure you now know the answer)...

GL - it seems like a decent starting point. I hope you didn't over pay for it (I did with mine). Prices are ridiculously OP here in SoCal.

I don't think I overpaid....but I also know there's better deals out there from time to time. Average pricing I guess you could say.

Judging by the plate, he didnt own it for very long. Lets just hope that he wanted to slam it and was done with it.

He said he owned it for about a year - year and a half.
Other than the fucked up suspension, the big ass motor mounts, and the aftermarket intake, everything else is stock. As far as I know so far....lol

[2mAn]

Judging by the plate, he didnt own it for very long. Lets just hope that he wanted to slam it and was done with it.