Ruby's Thread

[Levy3Poop]

I have Ruby a bath yesterday, and realized I didn't have any pictures of my front plate mount! It's a bracket that screws into the tow hook hole, so you don't have to drill any holes into the bumper. It's on there solid, but it changes angle if you bump it. It'll stay level if you make it level, but moves if you bump it. I kinda like that though, because I can give it a little attitude when it's parked and looking pretty, but then I can make it level when I drive so I don't look like some sort of dick lol.

Here's a link to the exact one I bought:
Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/332041217855

Notice how the eBay page has no pictures from the side? ... That's because it honestly looks goofy as fuck from the side lol. This plate mount definitely favors straight on views lol.

[Levy3Poop]

Hey Man!!

Great intro of your car with the Video.
Love the vids, and enjoying the thread and the pics too.

Keep on posting, and thanks for sharing!!

I'm glad you like the thread! I figured even if this thread doesn't gain any traction, at least i have a log to look back on in the future :)

[IceWhite]

Hey Man!!

Great intro of your car with the Video.
Love the vids, and enjoying the thread and the pics too.

Keep on posting, and thanks for sharing!!

[Levy3Poop]

Yesterday, I bit the bullet and had a new head unit installed. The one that came with the car was a shitty old Blaupunkt head unit. It had almost no real EQ control, would cut out some times, and was overall a general POS. I got a Pioneer DEH-X2800UI, so now the sound system is all DONE and I can finally stop spending money.

Except, you're never done spending money on an E30. On the way home from getting the new head unit, Ruby was idling rough, and had a huge loss of power. It'd smooth out and gain power back once I revved it up above 2500RPM usually, but I was freaking out. I googled the problem, and found a post from BimmerForums that was so similar to my situation that I seriously thought I'd blacked out posted it. The guy from BimmerForums said his spark plugs were gnarly, he replaced them, and it fixed the issue, so that's what I did.

I went to AutoZone and replaced the spark plugs with the best ones they had, and she runs smooth again! $30 in plugs and the problem is fixed, which was a HUGE relief :)

[Levy3Poop]

Out with the old, in with the new! The Old rear speakers got replaced with Rockford Fosgate Prime R1525x2 speakers. The problem with the rear is that the stick speakers hardly fit, so there's NO extra room. I got the Primes from a local car audio shop so I could test fit them, and these speakers actually had a little extra room. They're smaller than stock, but sound MUCH better.

Ruby actually came with an amp already installed in the trunk. It was some shitty old Dual amp, so I replaced it with my Rockford Fosgate Prime (150 watt, 2 channel) amp. I had to have a new ground wire installed professionally because I've never done that, and the ground wire from the Dual amp had NO EXTRA cable at all. I was swearing at that cable for 2 hours trying to get it to fit in the ground connector on the amp before I gave in and took it to a pro.

I bought my amp and 10" JBL sub from a friend years ago, and they've just been sitting around since I upgraded the system in my other car. The sub box is *just* too tall to fit under the roof box standing how they normally do, but if I slide it in horizontally, it works well! :D If i didn't always have my tool kit, a few parts, and my car cover in the trunk, I'd actually still have a decent amount of trunk space!

[Levy3Poop]

Next upgrade to the stereo was to get rid of those bunghole blasters under the front seats and replace them with some ACTUAL speakers! The speakers i chose are the Rockford Fosgate Punch P-152 (Amazon link https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001P85IZI..._kGGdzbJYPCH2R).

I started the install and got the passenger side done, then I had to go and do the whole graduation thing. After all the celebration was said and done, I wanted to get the driver side installed. I didn't get done until after midnight because in order to take the kick panel off, you have to remove the door trim, door sill, lower dash panel, hood release latch, and then the kick panel. They were a little big, but the kick panel fit back over them easily enough.

The front speakers sound SO much better now.



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[Levy3Poop]

The stereo sounded like ass when I got her. It wasn't so much as listening to music as much as it was "oh yeah, I remember that melody." I'm a huge music lover, so the stereo was at the top of my list.

The front speakers were removed and replaced with these crappy 6x9s that were under the seat. They seriously sounded worse than any car speakers I've ever heard. Unfortunately, the 6x9s were the only speakers with sound; nothing from the rears. I took the rear door cards out and reconnected the rear speakers, and got them working. Not the best sound system at all, but at least I had a little more highs from them. Believe it or not, it actually sounded better!

After I got the speakers working and reinstalled, I cleaned up some of the dirt with some Lysol wipes.

[Levy3Poop]

Locking wheel studs all around. I can't afford to replace BBSs, so these were a no-brainer of a purchase.

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What's the point of getting a sweet car unless someone bashes into it within a week? Dallas is the worst. Notice how I was way over the line and totally had it coming? Oh wait, I was practically perfectly centered.

Well anyways, I went to AutoZone and got some stuff including oil, scratch remover, and a new battery since the one that came with it was 6 years expired.

After I got the new tail light in, I installed it and fixed up the scratches n' stuff

https://youtu.be/0qlvyFkxCjY

A couple weeks later, I finally got around to making the tail light match in color. Super easy mod, and it looks good as hell IMO [emoji106]

https://youtu.be/779i5iq8vR0

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[Levy3Poop]

The first thing I had to do was reset that pesky service light. Easy peasy!

https://youtu.be/J9-F5qWU24Q

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[Levy3Poop]

Hola, peeps! I was told I should make a thread for my E30, so that's what this is. Any updates I have on it or anything I do to her, I'll post in here. I don't know how much of an interest there is, but screw it. Maintenance, mechanical upgrades, creature comforts, I'll post whatever I think to take pictures of in here.

We'll start with a video I made when I first got her

https://youtu.be/Ux3VMsPsHaM

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