E36 is just a second option. I only want a clean late model if so only. As for e30 I'm lookin for a 325is/i no eta's and no m42s and definitely no m10s. Not looking to spend more than 1500 I know thats low. But I'll gladly take a project as long as it starts up and runs. Just no gutted interiors or ones with completely ruined engines. But broken parts or non detrimental engine work needed I'm down. It's a tall order but I'll hide out in the sticks till I find one. The zhp keeps me and my wallet entertained for the meantime.
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And who ever Jeff is , props. That exactly how I want my e30 to look.
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Slowly. There's is a beautiful stock 318is e36 in my range. But. It really looking for another m42 at all. We'll see.
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The grey 90e30 is soooooo clean. I see it around town sometimes. [emoji1374][emoji1374][emoji1374][emoji1374]
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I gave Ruby a bath today, and washed the car cover in my washing machine. It rained out of nowhere on Saturday, and all that dirty rain got caught in the cover, and then put a bunch of dirt on the car. It feels like I'm washing this car every few days lol. Either way, she's clean as a whistle and under a clean cover now. I even took some pics because she's looking so good :)
Also, I finally finished editing some video footage from thr last E30 Coalition meet. It's just a short music video, but I hope you like it. https://youtu.be/JxKQ6E830SE
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Well Lindsay and I had a great big day going down to Austin for an Austin E30 Coilition meet today!
We were the first to arrive, so I took the chance to refill my tank. Notice the missing headlight....the new one is on the way! Everyone showed up, and Andrew had to try putting wheel spacers on. It didn't work out for his new wheels, so he just kept the originals on.
We roasted in the sun in the parking lot for an hour or 2, swapping stories and advice, and then we rolled out for our long route to Jester King Brewery. Zach was leading, and his GPS goofed on him. We all pulled over to use our collective brain power to figure out Google Maps, and then we were back on the road.
We got to Jester King, had beer and coversation for another hour or 2, and everyone headed out together.
Andrew lead Lindsay and I back through Bee Cave, and up Lime Creek road, then we pulled over to talk some more before heading home. Thanks for that, Andrew!
On the way back, we stopped at Bucee's in Temple for some Icees, beef jerky, and CheezIts to finish the day.
Good times, guys!
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Lindsay and I went to go see my parents today. On our way through Laguna Park, TX, they were re-paving the road with that bullshit method where it's just "tar + bigass chunks of gravel" instead of asphalt like the rest of the civilized world. Well, some genius in an E39 went hauling dick around the bend going the other way, and going left of the tracks in the new road where all the other cars had more or less secured the gravel chunks in the tar. Well, as you can imagine, the 5 series genius flings a piss load of rocks all over Ruby as we pass going the other way.
FFS. Bosque County, TX can kiss the blackest part of my ass. At least the high beams aren't too expensive or rare to fine used, but still...
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Here's the strut brace (I can't decide what to call it anymore) installed, looking all pretty and gold! Of course, cheap beer since I spent all my money on coolant and gas these past few weeks.
Does anyone know who made this strut brace? I'd like to either get new brackets for it, or just repaint the current ones because their paint is chipping.
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Don't listen to what I said about leaning it to minimize contact with freshly painted metal. The paint peeled, and I had to fashion these little stands from a coat hanger to hold it off the ground via the bolt holes.
I think the paint part is done. Just need to clear coat it and the anti roll bar will be all done!
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Here's the back side after one layer. I included the close up so you can see the color, and a close up of the weld to show that the black pain that was there after the sanding seems to be mostly covered up after the first coat of a few passes.
I had to find a way to paint the bottom side because details like that bug me. I put a bunch of layers of painter's tape on the box it's leaning against, which stacked up higher in the middle and reduced the contact patch. I used a bucket of spackling to hold it in place at the bottom for that same reason, and the spackling is dense, so it keeps it from sliding away. Just a little tip for anyone wanting to paint their anti roll bar!
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One coat of 5 passes done so far here. I'll probably do 3 coats on each side, and try to get the rounded sides of the anti roll bar a little each time
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Today we went to harbor freight and got a low profile 3 ton jack, some 3 ton jack stands, wheel chocks for the rear, a sander, some sand paper, and some sanding masks.
I didn't put the skid plate back on at Dave's cause I just wanted to get Ruby back home, and I was feeling paranoid rolling around with a naked oil pan. Ben from Red46.com was super polite and helpful, told me the bolt sizes for the skid plate since mine got lost during the swap, so I got some new ones at Lowe's yesterday.
Lindsay came out to help me put the skid plate on, which turned out to be a huuuuge help! We were under the car together, and she held the skid plate up while I got the steering rack bolt secure on the passenger side, then I held it up and she got the driver side steering rack bolt secure, then we got the front one done together. Whoever drilled the holes for the front of the skid plate sure did a butcher of a job. Only one bolt lines up with a hole, and the other holes for the bracket don't line up with the piece of the car the holes are drilled in. That explains why the skid plate only had one bolt on the front [emoji14]
Anyways, I also picked up some gold spray paint (Rust-Oleum Pure Gold paint and primer in one) for the anti roll bar. I've been wanting to paint it gold for a while, so I sanded as much of the back paint off as I could, and I'm spraying it now. I'll post pics of the painting progress later.
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