picked up a 33 year old MILF - non-e30 content

[kronus]

Took a pic of the euro bumper front valance. Needs paint, but is complete and too rare to junk. No foglight holes though.

Awesome. I'm going to check on fitment and get back to you.

I haz a wheelz!



Plan is to refinish the lips, get 225 front 245 back.

[browntown]

^^ which front valence? I obviously have the US one, and want a euro one with foglight holes. However, it is lower priority than fixing the car to work correctly.

I am ok on the other bits, though. Heater works, oilpan is intact, coil is the same as on later M30-powered cars (and M20s).

Took a pic of the euro bumper front valance. Needs paint, but is complete and too rare to junk. No foglight holes though.

[kronus]

A clever man would have looked at the huge mess of electronics in the car, concluded that it worked just fine (it did), and left it alone. I am not a clever man.

As a result, I now have 3 lb less wires/alarm boxes, and the car no longer starts.

Could really use that ETK I don't have and can't find anywhere right about now. The ACC/ON positions works fine, fans work, windows work, cluster works, but the START position does not signal the starter.

On the positive side, I'm heading out to go pick up a set of 17x8.5 Rondell 58s.

[frankenbeemer]

Lol @ that shifter. That can't be OEM, can it?

[kronus]

Evening update!

Changed out air filter and both intake boots to new ones.



Fixed the dome light door triggers - they needed some contact cleaning. Found out that the trunk one is broken and I need a new one. While tooting around in the trunk, found these in the trunk lid. Any idea what they are?



This is what I'll be dealing with tomorrow. Two old alarm and stereo installs. Fun.



Any idea what this is? It's a reservoir of some sort with three hoses coming out, above the fuel filler neck in the trunk.



Current interior. Clean, crack-free dash. Not-so-clean floor. Weird shifter, which also spins around, which is unhelpful.



Straightened out the tailpipes with some yankin'.



Tomorrow is passenger door and electronics cleanup. The leak is somewhere in the driver's footwell, so it's nasty under there. If I have time and figure out how to pull the rear part of the interior, will also be wire-wheeling the floors and primering the rust spots (and other spots).

[ldsbeaker]

Oh gosh it's actually fast. I took it to a pretty wide open road and got it above 40, finally. The M90 still has some pep to it. The car, on the other hand, feels scary at speed, not like the e30 at all. It makes spaceship whooshing noises above 70, and has very strong but hilariously squirrely brakes with no ABS.

ha! Fun, isn't it?

I had to remind myself that I didn't have ABS...

[kronus]

Oh gosh it's actually fast. I took it to a pretty wide open road and got it above 40, finally. The M90 still has some pep to it. The car, on the other hand, feels scary at speed, not like the e30 at all. It makes spaceship whooshing noises above 70, and has very strong but hilariously squirrely brakes with no ABS.

[8380 Labs]

I'm keeping it as original as possible, OEM+. The coilover plans are just because it's impossible to find aftermarket suspension for E12-based E24s.

i was actually referring to the interior, coilovers are great. :)

[kronus]

Hey man, nice find!

I had a 1980 US 633 that i picked up in similar shape and for similar money, and I loved working on it. one of the sexiest cars ever. too bad mine was totaled.

I've got some beefy sway bars that fit the early 6 if you're interested, I think I may even have some lowering springs.

Let me know if you're interested!

Very interested, PM-ing.

[ralph325e]

early e24 suspension parts

Hey man, nice find!

I had a 1980 US 633 that i picked up in similar shape and for similar money, and I loved working on it. one of the sexiest cars ever. too bad mine was totaled.

I've got some beefy sway bars that fit the early 6 if you're interested, I think I may even have some lowering springs.

Let me know if you're interested!

[325ix]

Do you have some you'd like to give me for my birthday? :D

I'm hunting for a set of Style 32s, actually.

I wish! But then I would be keeping them. Style 32's would look great as well.

[kronus]

Got the car back, as well as the little chunk of metal.

Here is a shot of the ref sticker:



My cell can't take a decent shot of the metal fragment, I will take one tonight with my housemate's SLR. It looks like a bit broken off a circular plate a bit less than a millimeter thick, and it is non-ferrous.

[frankenbeemer]

Subscribed for pics of "chunk" and other things.

[MR 325]

I would definitely check/replace water pump and thermostat.

[chadthestampede]

I've had the thermostat housing fall apart on me. Check under the hose for disintegration.