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Your S13 was gorgeous. Im not usually a fan of the hatch but your was extraordinarily clean!
Good progress on the dirty, keep it up!!
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Love that S13, are those kouki taillights I see? Sedan looks like a nice pick up.
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Hey all, recently just picked up another e30. I knew I'd find myself back here some how lol. I'll do my best to keep this thing updated so bare with me.
I couldn't keep up with all the wants and needs of the rx7 so I sold it and picked up another 240sx. Not sure what it was but it just didn't hit the spot with me, so I decided to sell that and here I am with an 1991 318I.
Rx7 before I sold it:
240sx before I sold it:
The day after I picked up the E30
My buddy hooked it up with varrstoens and found some GE Coils here on the forums..
With a buddy's 325es
That pretty much sums it up for now haha.
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Welp at least you slammed the Mazda
But salvage title cars can be just fine
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NOOO!!
Wait, YEESSS!!
Augh, I'm confused... Sucks your not in another e30 but at the same time nice new whip! I'd probably be in one of those if I didn't get my e30 for free. I know the e30 would have turned out sick! Good luck with the new project man, might even see you around ;)
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I thought this thread would be lost and never be brought up again lol. So I'll go ahead and update you guys.
Well story is...the guy that gave it to me swore it was clean title. I asked him several times and he responded saying that it was clean title. But of course when I got my registration it was salvaged. Dumb on my part to have bought parts before hand just to cut a project short. I didn't want to deal with a slavaged car, so I bought another car. Although I wanted another clean E30, I ended up with a Mazda RX7 and sold the e30 soon after. If you're interested here are some pics of the mazda...
The day I got it smogged and registered, bone stock. :D
Got coilovers, wheels, taillights, etc.
I wasn't kidding when I said I like wheels haha.
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I know I've been a little slow with updatess. Just waiting on a few things and next 50% at the junkyard haha. I still need to get this thing registered and insured. That's why I havent been able to put on the coilovers yet. Also waiting for the rear bearings to come in, then I can drop the subframe.
All this waiting and little do left me repainting the window trim. Whoever painted it before, painted it black and failed horribly. So I thought I'd tackle that today. After getting one side done I realized how long it took doing all that paint stripping and masking, so I figured I'll do the passenger side some other time lol. Happy with result, I wiped her down and decided to take some pics.
(don't mind the tire lacking air :roll:)
Sorry, no pics of the rear. I don't find it that nice to look at yet ;) haha.
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Got a chance to upload some pitcures. I didn't get too much done , but its something. Btw, this is something I've been working on for the past few days, I didnt do all of this in one day haha.
Finished up the front calipers. Cleaned, replaced seals, and repainted.
Pic of the front with the rear
Like most things, I took apart the lsd to check everything. Everything looks fine and went through a good cleaning. Still need to shoot a fresh coat of black on the main case. Diff cover is all done though and everything is sealed.
Freshly painted diff cover
Went to my buddies house to pull and press the bearings in. Ran into a few problems but was able to get the hub and bearing out. I didn't get a chance to install the new bearings because the ones I was sent are too big. I need the 72mm outer diameter, I was sent the 75mm.
I was hoping I really hoping that it didn't happen, but of course it did. The inner races of both bearings came off with the hub. Luckily my buddy had a tool to easily take them off.
Pushed the old bushings out and pressed the new ones in. The originals looked fine, but I changed them out anyway for piece of mind.
Last edited by _Mac_; 07-19-2010, 08:21 AM.
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Originally posted by E30 F34R View PostI love the S13, I am sure you will take care of that e30!
I think you should tuck the dive board bumpers and swap in a i motor.
Originally posted by xwill112x View Postlots of progress so quickly! nice!
Originally posted by drumad View Postsomething about 240 guys who turn to e30s..
I still have my 240 tho. Yours was nice!
Originally posted by Roysneon View PostReally nice looking 13. I'm digging the 318 too. I have the same idle problems with my 84 318i, I'm just going to fix it with an engine swap in a few months though.
7/11/10
Well anywho, after a little camping trip with the family. I came home to some more goodies. Well boring stuff, but it needs to be done...
New emblems, caliper seals, rtabs, and rear wheel bearings.
7/12/10
Woke up and I got bored so I decided to throw on the new emblems for some sort of motivation to work on the car.
New Emblems, nothing too exciting...
Finally grabbed a buddy of mine to go with me to buy some paint (im not old enough lol). Picked up some paint for the calipers, diff, and trailing arms. I couldn't help but get started on the rear calipers so here that is..
I was dumb enough to paint the calipers before I rebuilt them. I completely forgot what brake fluid does to paint. Wasn't a big deal, but something I didn't want to deal with.
I have never taken apart calipers, but I'm pretty sure its not a good thing when you have gunk build up in there. :???:
After a little bit of cleaning
Here's everything put back together, I'm really happy how everything turned out. I just hope I did everything right, I guess we'll find out once its on the car.:nice:
As of right now, I'm waiting on a buddy of mine so I can use his hydraulic press for the bushings and bearings.Last edited by _Mac_; 07-13-2010, 12:56 AM.
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Really nice looking 13. I'm digging the 318 too. I have the same idle problems with my 84 318i, I'm just going to fix it with an engine swap in a few months though.
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something about 240 guys who turn to e30s..
I still have my 240 tho. Yours was nice!
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