Bronzit 4-door Swap... Wait what??

[DrLeadFoot]

Keep it up!! Looking good!

[nickflic3]

More tires!

Got the Kumhos the other day





Need to finish sanding already!! :firehop:

[nickflic3]

Thank you sir!

[jaywood]

I am digging the headlights!

[nickflic3]

Current Events

Now that all that is out of the way, lets get on with current events. I promise updates will be a little more consistant and "as they come"

Now is time for your participation lol

First off, I found these for 20 bucks

Full set of early model mudflaps with no mounting hardware and the passenger side front is ripped.

How have you guys mounted these? I hear the factory method involves crappy clips...










Some of you have also seen my thread where I test fitted these AC Schnitzer reps

17x8.5





Fitment











Rears not compressed all the way





Working on them, currently sanding the lips down.



My buddy came through on some used Continentals!

215/45/17





During the test fit I noticed my spring was in upside down... Could this be why my car always squeaks on this corner? Every little bump sounds like a chick chirping :firehop:



Probably just need new bushings...


Anyway that's my last update until I actually do something ;)

[nickflic3]

Thanks! And I still have a long way to go too :P

[dougie30]

wow this is a nice thread, alot of work that i wish i could do to my car

[nickflic3]

Holy crap, you do work my friend.

haha thanks man, these are just all the pics I've been hoarding and too lazy too post. But now we are just about caught up; fun updates tomorrow and then it will be teh slowz

nice little thread you got here. keep up the work homie

Thanks man, and thank you for all the help!

[CHIF8008]

nice little thread you got here. keep up the work homie

[FunfGan]

Holy crap, you do work my friend.

[nickflic3]

To complete the front end transformation I smoked the headlights Like so

Fuk it, lets just run no grills



Phase 1: Low bems

Heat gun did the trick





Detour!!







lol jk



How e30's achieve superior cut off haha









vs.







Phase 2: High beams







Painted them at some point





It was a little bit too bright outside and the lights were on lol







More tomorrow...

[nickflic3]

It's against my car's nature to run right at any given point in time...

Fuel pump was cutting in and out and left me stranded close to home. Buddy gave me a push with his wagon and kind of tucked one side of the rear bumper



Changed the fuel pump with no difference



Problem ended up being loose fuse box harness wires and fouled spark plugs from running rich





Gaps all over the place





Care was fixed but still had the paint rubbed off and had never installed the new lens. Pulled out my bumper using a wire hanger inside a plastic tubing haha





Also got this for really cheap from my buddy Dustin. We were laughing at how useless this was but decided to give it a shot. It works surprisingly, better than it should haha









Painted and drying. Just sitting on the towers in t he pic. Installed it later that night.



Got more stuff from Dustin





Sanded





Mocked up







not really feeling it... Sitting in my garage now

Came really close to going with the factory is valance...







Buuut I've always dreamed of installing a sport lip and finding one is near impossible. However, through some poking and pestering, I found one at a price I couldn't refuse. It's rough but it gets the job done for now. May try to repair it in the future; of course always looking out for another one out there.











Part number?



Commence prepping





It was minty, think it was a factory replacement.










Could not wait...





Don't even attempt to sand 4 layers of paint with 600 grit LOL
The middle white spot is he original primere. Radiating around it are the various layers of primer and paint





Exacto knife FTW





Paint



Getting ready to swap valances





vs.



Tucked and painted the front bumper while I was at it

[nickflic3]

Stopped by Terry's house (recipient of my BBS RG's) on the way back from Archiesfest 2. Hooked me and Kadeem up with some wheels!









The plan was to respray them and paint them black but after seeing them on an e30, decided against it and my buddy eventually picked them up to put them on a Honda

We took Ortega HWY to Archiesfest and my car couldn't really hang (really awkward shifting between 2nd and 3rd lol)

So on the way to have my exhaust welded up I swooped up an open 4.10 diff from JakeP for 20 bucks. Best 20 I've spent!!



Exhaust is i manifolds>eta exhaust>Random (OBX?) muffler







My buddy AJ gettin down lol











Done for the night



It sagged a bit so I put this extra hanger to good use (modified below)


Need to grind it off a bit





Sounds alright, my old system sounded like a hybrid...
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Loooooong geeeeeaaaaars
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Back to Brandon's house to do the diff

2.79 is a big case and the 4.10 is a medium case I believe.







WHEEEEEE!!!:giggle:



vs.



:twisted:

[nickflic3]

In between then and now

Since I got it running, I did a few things to it.



And it did a few things to my wallet that I'm too scarred to talk about


All joking aside, went to a friend's house and got the rear bumper tucked (stage 1 lol)





Chillin at Adams Motorsports Park with another e30 I found (still don't know who owns this)



Gwaro stopped by day after bimmerfest



Yup, the one that got hit

Clean garage after the swap... Felt so weird looking at that space again lol





Messing with the lights

Clear lenses



Sealed beam high beam



JDM tight yo!







Swapped my bulbs; high beam bulb in the low beam and vice versa. Look at the difference! (high beam bulb on the left)



My buddy backed in to me at church :/ Busted my minty tail light and warped the metal there...



Less than perfect replacement, but it's something plus you can't beat free



New wheel



Correct 44" fairing





Some stickers I collected



"Amikay" because it's a replica of a Yakima fairing lol





Tic Tac Toe lol



What could be the problem...



My brand new oil filter :hitler:



Back to the garage...



Wait, Coolant too??



Check out that sexy radiator



Other side...



Lets fix that...



Found those bolts on the floor; looks like they backed out and ground in to the radiator and punctured it :(



Picked up a free radiator from Mike and traded it for an early model one to match my cooling system



Zip ties don't last forever LOL



Neither do sunroof cables apparently...



My car gave life to another e30! (Kadeem's drift car)





Just in time for Archifest 2!

[nickflic3]

Bump from the dead!!

Oh hai, let me bump that for you :giggle:

Just about everything is in place now



Dad helped me out and traded my old starter for a refurbished one





Wiring it up...



lolstarterbolt



Next finished up the exhaust







She was all done! However it too me 2 days of trouble shooting to figure out 2 crossed plugs.



However on May 5, 2011 she started up and created a hell of a smoke show :D









And she passed smog first try :alright



Not too shabby for an 18 y/o with no job aye? ;)