Welcome to the slow, boring build thread that will document my progress on my 89 Alpine.
Currently I have a 90is Bronzit and an 89is Alpine. Bronzit will be up for sale soon once I sort a few things out.
Over the past 3 years I had been collecting parts for the Bronzit, but then stumbled across this Alpine on craigslist. I had to have it - even purchased it on my wife's birthday (9/8/2016) haha. I have been sharing some pics on R3v FB due to ease, but decided to create a thread for documentation and feedback.
I'll let the pictures do the talking:
First day or two of ownership - IS lip on with splitter
Red tails
Now on to the good stuff..
All the parts I have been collecting - Nasieg 5-Lug, Ground Control Coilovers, m3 Brake calipers, z4 hubs, e46 purple tag rack, all new bushings, stainless steel brake lines, motorsport hardware lugs, Chase bays power steering line, Condor steering coupler, bearings, etc, etc, etc ($$$)
Progress pics:
Staggered Style 32 junkyard steal
Test fitting wheels (already media blasted)
Rear coming out
Empty Rear
Everyone knows this already, but do not use non-impact rated tools for an impact gun. This sheared off and went through my glove into my finger. I have a pretty gnarly scar from it.
Mating the e46 dust shield to the e30 inner for the rear
Painted up - Smeared JB Weld around the seam
Rear ready to go back in - fully reinforced with Garagisitic parts and painted
Front ready - reinforced with e46 rack and 21mm vert sway bar
Coils in
Rear is in
Garage War zone
Fronts on - waiting on reman axles
Sitting Pretty
Wife and I bought an Explorer (her vehicle)
...and a new house.
As of today here is what the Alpine looks like!
I still need to button up a few things:
Rear needs to be rolled (roller i just ordered from amazon is a piece. Weld broke off the securing nut..so TBD until I re-weld it)
Fix power steering leak - can't seem to get a wrench in there to tighten the -AN fitting on the chase bay's line.
Re-bleed the brakes - put in a new 25mm master cylinder and ordered a power bleeder. Just need time to do it.
Future plans
M30b35 is sitting on the stand waiting to be torn down swapped.
5-speed swap at the same time
Exterior painting and touch-ups - IS side skirts, Mtech 2 front valence/splitter, lots of SEM black
Replace sunroof (Rust) - already have it - picked it up from a local guy
Heated Seats - pulled the harness and switches from the yard yesterday
ETC
ETC
ETC
More to come!
Currently I have a 90is Bronzit and an 89is Alpine. Bronzit will be up for sale soon once I sort a few things out.
Over the past 3 years I had been collecting parts for the Bronzit, but then stumbled across this Alpine on craigslist. I had to have it - even purchased it on my wife's birthday (9/8/2016) haha. I have been sharing some pics on R3v FB due to ease, but decided to create a thread for documentation and feedback.
I'll let the pictures do the talking:
First day or two of ownership - IS lip on with splitter
Red tails
Now on to the good stuff..
All the parts I have been collecting - Nasieg 5-Lug, Ground Control Coilovers, m3 Brake calipers, z4 hubs, e46 purple tag rack, all new bushings, stainless steel brake lines, motorsport hardware lugs, Chase bays power steering line, Condor steering coupler, bearings, etc, etc, etc ($$$)
Progress pics:
Staggered Style 32 junkyard steal
Test fitting wheels (already media blasted)
Rear coming out
Empty Rear
Everyone knows this already, but do not use non-impact rated tools for an impact gun. This sheared off and went through my glove into my finger. I have a pretty gnarly scar from it.
Mating the e46 dust shield to the e30 inner for the rear
Painted up - Smeared JB Weld around the seam
Rear ready to go back in - fully reinforced with Garagisitic parts and painted
Front ready - reinforced with e46 rack and 21mm vert sway bar
Coils in
Rear is in
Garage War zone
Fronts on - waiting on reman axles
Sitting Pretty
Wife and I bought an Explorer (her vehicle)
...and a new house.
As of today here is what the Alpine looks like!
I still need to button up a few things:
Rear needs to be rolled (roller i just ordered from amazon is a piece. Weld broke off the securing nut..so TBD until I re-weld it)
Fix power steering leak - can't seem to get a wrench in there to tighten the -AN fitting on the chase bay's line.
Re-bleed the brakes - put in a new 25mm master cylinder and ordered a power bleeder. Just need time to do it.
Future plans
M30b35 is sitting on the stand waiting to be torn down swapped.
5-speed swap at the same time
Exterior painting and touch-ups - IS side skirts, Mtech 2 front valence/splitter, lots of SEM black
Replace sunroof (Rust) - already have it - picked it up from a local guy
Heated Seats - pulled the harness and switches from the yard yesterday
ETC
ETC
ETC
More to come!
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