Basic E30 project. ok, not that basic.

[MattAvino]

Haha yeah man ithaca is like 30-40 minutes away

Not too bad, do you go up to Ithaca often?

[Swanny]

Haha yeah man ithaca is like 30-40 minutes away

[MattAvino]

Dash stripped from the 88.

[MattAvino]

Thanks.
Maybe I will pour salt into your m20. But seriously, I might actually have a buyer, but he didn't call me again like he said he would

Im actually kinda close to you right now, I just finished moving my bro into Cornell. Ithaca is about an hour from Binghamton I believe.
Yeah, just let me know when your on your way into the Buff.

[Swanny]

Matt...NICE


and unfortunately for you my m20 is running like a champ currently.


I'll probably be up in Buff visiting once colleges start back up next week. Would like to see what you've gotten done!

[Rodiek]

awesome work!! Wish I had your budget! my 85 needs a whole lot of tlc, and $$$, ill be there one day :D

[MattAvino]

Thank youu

[Bimmerguy91]

Man you are doing good work! Keep it up.

[borgey]

A budget build like mine! Looks nice, man.

[20gmr]

Nice work so far man. You remind me of me when i used to give a f*ck lol. Now I just like hunting deals and occasionally working on my shit. Working on other ppl's cars has killed my drive!

[MattAvino]

Awesome work so far. Early models look better with euro bumpers anyways!

What did you end up doing to prep the inner fender for the paint?

Thanks. I wire brushed everything especially little rust spots then wiped it all down with acetone to get rid of any grease then wiped it down with some thinner then I lightly primed over stock coating and I heavily primed over bare metal spots then I throughly sprayed it satin black.

[oldskool3]

Awesome work so far. Early models look better with euro bumpers anyways!

What did you end up doing to prep the inner fender for the paint?

[MattAvino]

Classic:



Pulled out the black one on some dollies. Been on jack stands for about two years in the garage. Nice to have some more indoor space




Before:


And after:

[MattAvino]

Ok thanks

[jt223539]

[/COLOR]Also, I found these dried out bearing balls and bracket sitting loosely in the crank hole. Toasted pilot bearing?
these...

found in here:

Yea man you need a new pilot bearing, you also need to make sure you take the silver ring out that is inside of the crank, in the last picture. That will make installing the new one quite a bitch if you don't take that out first.