Andrew's 1989 325i Project

[5Toes]

Well yes they are going upfront. Who cares if my soundstream will blow them.. only $23 shipped. I know that is a bad attitude but it is true

[Danny]

I like this thread.

[5Toes]

Thank you Danny. I cant believe this shit is 20 pages long.. I post too much

[5Toes]

Oh forgot to add trunk car coming out Saturday. Lol going to get my buddy from out of town to help me cause he is staying for the :)

[E30 Wagen]

Oh forgot to add trunk car coming out Saturday.

Don't waste your time...

So, $500 budget... Did you get a job or something?

[5Toes]

No, I have filled out plenty of applications though. Just waiting.

$500 budget means total, not all at once :p

And trunk does need to come out, need as much space as possible for maximum volume

[E30 Wagen]

And trunk does need to come out, need as much space as possible for maximum volume

Your ears won't notice it. You're better off spending time giving your car a proper detail job.

[5Toes]

Lol I would, but I dont have a machine polisher.. and I not interested in doing it by hand. lol

Trunk tar is easy to remove. I literally almost pried some off with a flat head screwdriver, in the rain. Just stuck it under and pried. Not hard.

I have an old flathead with a LONG handle I do not care about. It is worthless.. except for this task. lol

[5Toes]

DO WORK TODAY!

Picking up plywood off CL

Trunk Tar Coming Out

Fixed my stereo yesterday my radio keys came... pretty nice for $2.50 off ebay. The cord was weird and took some wiggling, but now it works.

[5Toes]

4 and a half hours later... trunk tar removed. Filled a hole 5 gallon bucket... shit is heavy!

Pics later, and I am making the rest pretty tomorrow.

[5Toes]

Pics!!!

My crappy stereo before I started work. I had to pull it out because the cheap thing needs the cables wiggled for ipod connectivity to work :(



Single speaker stereo... because racecar?



Trunk got cleaned out, duh





First part I tackled:



This part was the biggest bitch... :(



Other side:



I dont have any after pics, I finished an hour after sunset and didn't want to take pics.

If I could do it over again, I would DEFINITELY had chosen the dry ice method, this left scratches and shit in my trunk... but big deal. I believe I might spray the trunk in bedliner in the spring or Summer. Masking everything off will be a bitch, but it will look way nicer under that carpet! Where I got the idea.. his turned out great!

[Pantless Spency]

sure you lose weight, but throw anything riddled with snow back there and your begging for rust. snowboard, ski's, snow shoes, snow boots, wet shit? yourfooked. i say spray the exposed areas with rubberized coating.... it wont add much weight and you wont have to worrie about your shit falling out of the floor of your trunk.

[5Toes]

Well washington has no snow..

I am sort of regretting this.. oh well :)

[5Toes]

Been dreaming of a 24V swap... I know it cant happen now... but one day

M52B28
S52 Cams
M50 Intake Manifold
Mega Squirt
eBay headers to 3 Inch Exhaust to a Vibrant or something

Oh man..

[5Toes]

Saturday morning my starter went out. It wont even click on. Some beating on it and it still wont do anything... so Im in a pickle. ugh

Regardless... I am going to check all my engines grounds and then if they are good replace it. I am dreading this for sure