The shaferbm's lame eta progression

[Chriskbmx]

you will learn to love those big rear arches. to be honest thats the only reason i like early models. when you slam them they look appropriate becasue they do not have the rake anymore. But on the other hand i also scrape alot more because of the extra low in the rear end. either way car looks good! wish i could find some lach panels for my car :/

[JCarp90]

I don't like early models and I like the look of your car. I wish I had a stock early model sedan now. :(

Nice work man.

[shaferbm]

you will learn to love those big rear arches. to be honest thats the only reason i like early models. when you slam them they look appropriate becasue they do not have the rake anymore. But on the other hand i also scrape alot more because of the extra low in the rear end. either way car looks good! wish i could find some lach panels for my car :/

Appreciated, I don't mind the rear arches, I'd just like to get some better fitment going. I've got a set of borbets sitting pretty unmounted in my basement at the moment.

Funny story, when I got the car I though the silver made it look much older. Now that most of the trim has been refreshed, I'm pretty proud to have a lachs e30(it's amazing what a difference cleaning up worn trim will do). I don't see too many.

I plan to stick with the lachs over black trim look with maybe a rear plate filler, is spoiler.

I don't like early models and I like the look of your car. I wish I had a stock early model sedan now. :(

Nice work man.

Thanks, good to hear! I don't mind it all all - though that may have a small bit to do with myself owning it :p

[Bimmer_man]

Love the dog bro. and keep up your work.

[pantelones]

Good work so far :up:

The rear sub-frame isn’t that hard to do, especially since you have a lift... Just support everything and raise the car up! A few helpful things that I learned... Pull the e-brake cables by disconnecting them from the handle, and then just pull them out, no need to disassemble anything! If the sub-frame bushings are giving you trouble, take a piece of 5/8ths threaded rod and grind part of it down so it will pop up into the rear seat area, and hit it with a hammer. You need to thread the aluminum sleeve in the bushing of course... And don't burn the bushings out, use a sawzaw to cut out the centers then use a hack saw to cut a relief in the metal sleeve and they will come out. The trailing arms just need a long piece of 3/8th's threaded rod and make your own press using an impact gun, a socket (relief for the busing), washers, and nuts. You do need the cut the flanges off the bushings though; when you get around to it you will see what I mean. On install, through the bushings in the freezer(take ONE out at a time, they NEED to be cold), and the ONLY use soapy water for lubricant. Sub-fame bushings need to be pressed in with a 50ton press if they are oem... I think I have all of the threaded stuff lying around if you want to use it. Good luck!

P.S. Give me your hood hahaha not really, but I really don’t like the red one I got as a replacement… Lachs is a great color!

[sector6]

looks like a solid platform to start with! Good luck with her bro...

[shaferbm]

Thanks for the feedback everyone, especially pantalones. I've got a write up on the subframe, I've just been putting it off for a bit.

[shaferbm]

O2 sensor came in the mail today, will be going in this weekend. Notice that it came from Bosch with anti-sieze already on the threads, a nice touch. Also, high quality phone photos


Changed to actually show photos, because no one clicks on those attachments.

[millsamus]

Looks good. See it next time during the day!