Rust goes both ways

[E30FreaK89]

i dont think this car will hold up to testing after market hop ups!! LOL

[aschroeder92]

One Karl later and they are out.

[caffeinatedsoap]

At long last IT RUNS! Sounds terrible because I haven't gotten the exhaust welded back on but I drove it to my new place.

Almost two months from the first post I have a working e30, it only cost me way too much though.

[caffeinatedsoap]

ha ha ha!! that is an interesting use for your E30!

try $50 ebay coilovers, and the IE weld-on spring seats for your front struts. I would be very curious to see how that will turn out.

Link?

[iamsam]

Rust is a virtue. I think I'm going to use this car to test all the bad product out there and write reviews. If anyone wants to have suggestions I'm open. I think I'm starting with cosmo coilovers.

Edit: On a related note e36 m3 eibach lowering springs fit in the back but don't lower the car.

ha ha ha!! that is an interesting use for your E30!

try $50 ebay coilovers, and the IE weld-on spring seats for your front struts. I would be very curious to see how that will turn out.

The E36 eibach springs are meant to carry a much heavier load, so that's why they won't lower the (much lighter) E30.

[caffeinatedsoap]

make this the drift beater, daily the m3. when this e30 craps out, get a nicer one. i know where you come from on the making it owrk.

i did the same for my e30 but my chassis was not even close to being this rusted.

Rust is a virtue. I think I'm going to use this car to test all the bad product out there and write reviews. If anyone wants to have suggestions I'm open. I think I'm starting with cosmo coilovers.

Edit: On a related note e36 m3 eibach lowering springs fit in the back but don't lower the car.

[bataangpinoy]

make this the drift beater, daily the m3. when this e30 craps out, get a nicer one. i know where you come from on the making it owrk.

i did the same for my e30 but my chassis was not even close to being this rusted.

[bataangpinoy]

good effort.

[caffeinatedsoap]

Sounds like history repeating itself.. this is like a line by line recount of my 87e I had a few years ago. It was a rusty pile of shit, the inside smelt like "old car" and it broke continuously.

And it was hands down the most special car to me I've owned. LOL I don't get it.

There are cigar butts in the ash tray and I don't have the code for the radio.

Progress report 7/3/09:
Put new front rotors and pads on. While bedding them in I blew out a brake line.

In other news my M3 still works great though it couldn't make it up a muddy hill in the hills of eastern Kentucky with direzzas.

That is all

[e30slut]

so now that you are familiar working on an e30.....

take off all the good parts like engine and tranny, glass, radio etc
sweep up the body of the car (i'm sure it fell apart after removing subframes)
throw it in the trash
Buy a rust-free30 without an engine and trans
put working parts in it
BOOM you gotz a really nice car nao mayne!

[neighborhood]

With the whity posts that you have been keeping some of us amused , I don't give a fuck what you do to the car, just keep doing it.

[everlast]

Sounds like history repeating itself.. this is like a line by line recount of my 87e I had a few years ago. It was a rusty pile of shit, the inside smelt like "old car" and it broke continuously.

And it was hands down the most special car to me I've owned. LOL I don't get it.

[caffeinatedsoap]

Got the new tank on and it runs great. Haven't tried to fill it all the way up yet but I'm sure it will be fine. Also just like my diff it is now only held in by 3 bolts.

[caffeinatedsoap]

Old tank


Notice the spout for the big hose and how its not there. Oh and the rust.

New tank, less rust!


I touched up any surface rust with paint so it should outlast the car

Fuel sending unit, going to have to reuse this. Any way to clean it up?


Get shafted

[caffeinatedsoap]

Got it.