My '89 325i Project

[RLloyd]

Weather has finally cooled down and I was able to polish the rest of the car, so that was good. Still waiting for driveshaft stuff, much harder than I thought it would be to be honest. So the last couple days I went to work on the trunk tar. Words cannot describe how astounded I was when I felt how heavy this stuff was...


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It was stupid dirty/dusty in there

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Removing all the spare parts that came with the car:

Spare G260

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Trunk liners, 325is radiator, and spare alternator

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My tools for the job :shifty

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It liked to come up in two layers versus all at once

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Eventually got it all up

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Bravo team suffered casualties though

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After A LOT of mineral spirits/paint thinner/brake parts cleaner and paper towel mop up

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I then labored for hours doing prep work.......not.

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And so, finally, a before and after:

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Its back to being a parts hauler for the time being

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And just for fun, I found a place for my old front fascia

[RLloyd]

Been a while...got my first full-time job out of college and been working like crazy...biggest news was selling my M3 for my 335.

Old:

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New:

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But on with the E30, got a few things to get it back on the road...

First package was the must-have: New driveshaft from Driveline Services of Portland.

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This was the want-to-have: 3.73 LSD from an automatic 88 325is.

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Getting the exhaust outta there

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After much struggling finally got the old shaft out with the super-PITA damper still attached...

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And the blown to crap U-joints

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Luckily the spare G260 that came with the car had a good guibo and three bolts so I didnt have to bother with the old ones still attached to the damper

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No photos after that becasue I was way too dirty to touch my camera, but the new shaft is in and clunk free. Only thing waiting is new exhaust manifold gaskets to replace the ones I ripped to shreds. I tried to take the diff out, but I was failing. I think I'll just take it somewhere to have it installed.

[AbsorbantNut]

Sweet! Can't believe thats the same paint!

[N2MYE30]

Nice resto!