Lachs Silver 1988 325 Sedan

[Metallated]

Congrats on the new parts Toby! I'm looking forward to seeing the ronals on the car!

[TFJR]

Cylinder head is installed & the car is running quite well! Many thanks to my friend/mechanic Roman (Bareminimumbandit). The car had a bad misfire thanks to some junk injectors I purchased off the forum. Luckily I got another set of 19# injectors from a friend, Greg Perez (Gregolas) here locally. Just some fine tuning details at this point but the car absolutely rips. Engine bay has been heavily de-cosmolined, but still a work in progress.

Before:




After:


Some other things still coming are:

• New OE Kick Panel/Knee bolster + all hardware
• New coolant expansion tank
• CAtuned Silicon Coolant Hoses
• Coolant level sensor
• New distributor cap & rotor
• Distributor dust cover
• Condor 70a Trans Mounts
• OE M20 motor mounts
• Rebuilt driveshaft. U-Joints aren't in good shape on my current one
• Engine wiring harness - car still has the issue where it will cut off on WOT high up in the rev range
• Lots of other little trim pieces, clips, door switch etc etc.

Got my Ronals mounted last night + an alignment. Feels great! I love the look & it's so nice to drive an E30 with good tires.

Hartge's are for sale.

[2mAn]

how do you like the new setup?

[TFJR]

how do you like the new setup?

I'm really happy with it. It feels about ~10-15% more powerful than my old '88 325iS which is exactly what my goal was! For all that I invested, I could've gone the route of a 24v swap pretty easily but I am personally a big fan of a very well sorted M20.
Also - having an extra 1500rpm of usable rev range has been great. I swapped the cluster as well + installed that 370mm MT2 steering wheel. The driving experience has transformed and I'm really excited about the future of the car. It has reignited the passion I have for these cars. That is good as I almost bought an '09 LCI E91 Touring to use as a DD and to park this thing most the time.

I feel like its a car thats meant to be driven & that is exactly what I intend to do with it :D

[2mAn]

Very cool. I look forward to having a bigger baby6 in my E30 ... I feel a little more torque goes a long way in a daily driven E30

[TFJR]

New high-res pics

This past Saturday I woke up early and took the E30 for a nice drive. These photos were taken near Golden Gardens park in Seattle, WA. That same morning I also picked up a nice rebuilt driveshaft from Gregolas with greasable joints.

























Imgur does a great job of greatly reducing image quality :(

[2mAn]

Car looks great!... I really need fresh paint on mine

[e30austin]

Looks great, sir. The Ronals are such a nice wheel.

[e30_troy]

The car is looking fantastic. As a fellow owner of a lachs 4-door, you're providing me with some serious inspiration.

[TFJR]

Car looks great!... I really need fresh paint on mine

Thank you!

Looks great, sir. The Ronals are such a nice wheel.

Thank you, Austin! I agree, the Ronals are a great looking wheel, especially for the price.

The car is looking fantastic. As a fellow owner of a lachs 4-door, you're providing me with some serious inspiration.

I'd love to see some updates on your car as well!

My wife is 39 weeks pregnant & I am very anxiously awaiting our first born :D
Knowing I won't have much time to dedicate to the car over the coming months I went to town detailing the car & giving it some nice protection over the winter months. Here is what I did:

• Snow foamed using Griots Garage foaming spray wash
• 2 bucket method wash with Griots Garage Brilliant Finish Car Wash
• Clay Bar'd using Griots Garage Paint Cleaning Clay
• Compound, using Griots Garage BOSS Correcting Cream
• Two passes of wax, using Griots Garage Poly Wax & Meguiars Gold Class Carnuaba Wax.

IMGUR sucks for image quality (if anyone has recommendations please let me know!)... I digress, here are the finished results. I'm still a little sore lol.

[Metallated]

Congratulations on expecting your first child Toby!!

And wow that detailing looks incredible. I'm jealous, I don't think I've ever seen lachs look that good.

[wworm]

hot damn that looks great. Have you tried using flickr? I feel like it might do a better job for image quality...not totally sure though

[mike.bmw]

How do you like the S drives? Any rubbing with the Ronals and 205/55/15s? Looks great by the way! :D

[AC_Schnitzel]

That looks amazing... great job. Was this done by hand???

If not, what machine did you use?


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[TFJR]

On December 15th we welcomed our baby daughter Isabelle to the world! She is beautiful & healthy. Here she is with my E30 and wifeys Alltrack



I ordered lots of goodies around Black Friday for the E30 including a brand new kick panel, coolant expansion tank, CAtuned silicon coolant hoses, new OE motor mounts & Condor 70a Trans mounts, distributor dust cover, ignition components (distributor cap & rotor, spark plugs) plus a bunch of little things I'll detail out later.















My continued efforts on making the engine bay prettier. It's got a ways to go but looks heaps better than before

hot damn that looks great. Have you tried using flickr? I feel like it might do a better job for image quality...not totally sure though

I should give it a shot the next time I upload photos. Definitely worth a try!

How do you like the S drives? Any rubbing with the Ronals and 205/55/15s? Looks great by the way! :D

The S. Drives have been terrific so far. Certainly a substantial upgrade from the rubber that was on there. They do a nice job in the rain which was important for me here in Seattle. They have a fairly stiff sidewall so turn-in bite and road feel are greatly improved. I was cross shopping these with the Dunlop Direzza DZ102 and folks here on the forum + the team at Tirerack urged me to go with the S. Drive for their superior wet (and cold) traction over the Dunlop.
No rubbing at all on H&R OE Sport springs/Bilstein B6

That looks amazing... great job. Was this done by hand???

If not, what machine did you use?

Thank you very much! I am a big advocate of Griots Garage products and their car cleaning classes and instruction at their Flagship location in Tacoma, WA. I've learned a lot from them.

I use a Griots 6" Random Orbital buffer. https://www.griotsgarage.com/product...rPicks&from=fn



The machine is very user friendly for beginners as the random throw helps to mitigate the risk of burning through paint. After using their Poly Wax with the machine, I buffed out the wax and applied another layer of Carnuaba Wax from Meguiars by hand.




Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to everyone!