Malik's 87 325is build (DAILY DRIFT E30)

[bmwstudent]

Thanks for the heads up I'm going with the akg poly motor mounts. That extra stud on your strut tower was originally for a bracket for grounds. Some cars had them some did not, but as long as you still have all the ground wires in place you should be ok. My car has it my brothers does not.

[ROLLingKING]

Thanks for the heads up I'm going with the akg poly motor mounts. That extra stud on your strut tower was originally for a bracket for grounds. Some cars had them some did not, but as long as you still have all the ground wires in place you should be ok. My car has it my brothers does not.

Haha. thats weird. i literally just sent this guy kershaw a pm about it. we thought the PO had it welded on. then I saw in someones pic they had one also. confusing. so you are correct.they were just in some cars and not in others.

And niice. Youre gonna like the vibrations from that set up. Its really smooth. And you cant go wrong staying OEM whenever possible. at least thats what I think. oh and make sure u keep the heat shield on the passenger side motor mount. I dont know if its JUST turbo m20's but ive heard polyurethane can melt from exhaust heat if no heat shield. post pics of the install!

as soon as you start the car youll notice the motor slightly stiffer and when u go to drive shifts are smooth as butter. I love it. Did you go with the aluminum cups from AKG? theyre really optional but i think they will prolong the life of the bushing. it keeps it from squishing with the weight of the tranny. and it looks sweet

[bmwstudent]

havent ordered anything yet i just sent my driveshaft out for rebuild when i get it back ill order everything up. I'm going with the cups though.

[ROLLingKING]

Dumped some Chevron fuel system cleaner in the tank. Then ordered some replacement vacuum hoses/oil filters from blunt, and got some oil from autozone.
Vanilla air freshener? sure come along for the ride

[ROLLingKING]

So i havnt been making to many updates. Ive been saving money for some much better parts to be ordered.
In the meanwhile though, ive had a few small things ive wanted to do. So i felt like replacing the crank case ventilation hose. The one on the car is hard, crusty and had some signs of leaking. I got a nice new hose and looked inside the both. the old one was groossss





I also started a project my car desperately needed done. Getting rid of the chrome trim. It took a while but i finished it after about a week of lazily doing it.

[ROLLingKING]

And the trim finally painted

[mRodiek]

Soo much better, I did the shadowline as well, what did you use to do it?

[dnick]

hahaha because newspapercar

[FunfGan]

Wow. Never realized how horrible the chrome looked on db cars, great work!

[dnick]

damn i kinda wanna do this now... yeah what paint did you use??

and lol that old hose looked gross as shit!

[ROLLingKING]

damn i kinda wanna do this now... yeah what paint did you use??

and lol that old hose looked gross as shit!

yea it was nasty. im not sure if its cause it was that old, but either way it gives me more reason to want to do compression tests and pistons/rings.lol

but the paint was duplicolor flat black trim paint. I read can after can of paint in auto zone and went with that. I also used 100 sand paper to get rid of the chrome. and so the paint had something to stick to. i messed up in a spot on the roof but was able to use gas & a rag to rub off all overspray. there were a few spots on the car that got hit with overspray but thank god for the gas takin it off


next i plan to paint the bumper with duplicolor bumper paint and get that lookin fresh

[ROLLingKING]

Wow. Never realized how horrible the chrome looked on db cars, great work!

whats db cars?
and thank you. sanding it took like 30min a side. Taping it all up was like 3hrs making sure it was flush and shit

[dnick]

db = diving board. aka the huge metal bumpers lol

[ROLLingKING]

db = diving board. aka the huge metal bumpers lol

aaahh. speaking of DB's....should i paint the bumpers black? i feel like it only looks good when theyre tucked. But I dont really like the bumpers tucked. Yea it shortens it but it looks bad to me. Its not worth the gaps you get in the sides of the bumpers once its pushed in.

Plus I spun out drifting a few weeks ago and the shocks/hard ass bumpers allowed me to just bounce off the guard rail. scary. but if it was tucked it would have been much more damage. soooo paint bumpers black or no? thoughts...

[dnick]

MEH imo they dont look good painted idk..to each his own i guess. but yeah i guess they come in handy!!! i want euro bumpers lol. my ffront is like semi tucked and the rear is a bench hah