I think I win for best cheap car!

[etta325]

very very nice buy and I am kind of jelouse not really though. I still have the best buy

a 84 325e for free! all i needed was a radiator and bi pass the heater core and I was ready to go. it has come a long way and now I am putting in a new heater core so that I will have a heater when i drive to tahoe in a week or I am going to freeze to death

[nickpdx]

Damn, what a steal! I wish deals like that would just fall into my lap!

[SamE30e]

Update!!

Well, as some of you may have followed. I did a NV M50 into this car because of some previous owner neglection the 2nd week I was driving it. The timing chain tensioner was shot, it skipped a couple teeth and ate a valve. So in went the M50.

Now the front ball joints are gone along with the front shocks and LCAB's

Sooooooo!!



I also have a new set of Tokico HP's and H&R sports. Since I got a winter car now this one is going to sleep for the winter and coming out with new paint and maybe a snail.

[Danny]

Wheretf have you been?

[SamE30e]

I was a BMX instructor at a sports camp up north. I got back last week with a job at parts source (I work with ricers). Didn't have very readily accessible internet. And the dirt road killed my e30 suspension.

For those that missed the swap

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=130129

[SamE30e]

Well, it was a bitch!

I did the inner and outer ball joints, shocks struts and springs.

I got Tokico HP's all around for 100$ (wicked deal) and a set of H&R sports for 130$. I didn't get around to the LCABS but they can be done while the lower control arms are in the car.

I used one of those rent a tool ball joint service things to remove the old ball joints. It's essentially giant c-clamp with a cup, you need to destroy the old ones by pressing the stud out of the housing to get them out. 3 of them came out fairly easy, but one of them had to be a whore and get stuck, took 2 people standing on the control arm and me jumping on the breaker bar to get it out, it made a pretty loud pop.

I never got around to putting the rear springs in tonight, it was too late by the time we finished. So tomorrow afternoon I will, they should go in fairly quickly. I'll post pictures once I'm done.


Sam

[SamE30e]

Front isn't low enough for me.

[namsayin]

nice progress!

[SamE30e]

The front looks wonky. I have 195/60/14's. It should have 195/65/14's. So I might grab some tires and chop like half a coil out.

[85ShelbyC]

I'd like to think I got a good deal on my 88 iX for $800

[SamE30e]

Been a while since I updated. The car is currently off the road due to having no insurance. So I've been collecting parts, I picked these up yesterday for 100$ with tires. One has a small crack in it that I'm going to get welded. And they're +35 offset, so I'm going to run a 15 or 20mm spacer (I only need a 10mm for them to clear)

They're 16x7.5 with 205/45/16's on them.

[HarryPotter]

Front def needs a bigger drop. Those late model arches are such a PITA.

[SamE30e]

The front looks not as low because the front tires are undersize. I'm going to get drop hats once I see where it sits with the new wheels.

[Danny]

WTF Sam. You disappeared again.

[Chabs]

that interior is worth 300 alone