Vivek's Vert.

[Vivek]

Got this far:


For anyone with experience with Condor raised subframe bushings, does this look right?:

[decay]

heh... you've done a lot of the same stuff i did to my 318ic, down to candy-store colors underneath.

have you pulled the anvil out of the trunk yet? if not, do so. it's a ~40lb block on the rear passenger side.

anyway, hunted this thread down because i saw you at valley fair a week or so ago. car looks good and the blonde you were with was easy on the eyes too :P

[Vivek]

Thank you! I haven't removed the weight yet, but since I'm on coil overs I think I will now. I just decided for a while that if BMW put it there, it must be there for a reason so I never bothered with it.

I have nothing new to add other than that I bought tires for the 17" borbet type a's ill be eventually getting.

[decay]

Thank you! I haven't removed the weight yet, but since I'm on coil overs I think I will now. I just decided for a while that if BMW put it there, it must be there for a reason so I never bothered with it.

yeah, given how the 318ic came from the factory, i have to think that was a rare error on their part- someone said "this bit goes in all the convertibles" and maybe that production order never got rescinded when they started making M42 verts. i never noticed any tail-happiness, but i kinda have a lot of tire. :D

i forgot to ask last post- was your hardtop painted like that when you got it? i've seen a red mt2 vert around with a similar treatment and i think i want to do the same to mine.

[Vivek]

It was painted when I got it. I've yet to see a perfectly painted e30 hardtop, but hopefully a local who's getting his done will be pretty good. It's decent for Kevlar that was never meant to be painted, but not perfectly smooth.

[RUFFLZ]

the blonde you were with was easy on the eyes too :P

ayeeee young based vivek pimp game strong

[gkurey]

For anyone with experience with Condor raised subframe bushings, does this look right?:

Check my build thread in my sig, last page. I just installed the condor risers and I have mine set the same way...Looks good to me!

[Vivek]

Changed oil and filter, finally got an ebrake boot and handle on, and put on a new registration sticker.

[MattAvino]

nice. How are the rear condor bushings?

[Vivek]

Wow it's been a while. Well I got some Borbet's.
Wow these wheels are a bitch to strip.
Starting out, first coat of stripper:

How we finished:

Steven decided to help out


Gonna work on it more later, may add a thick layer of stripper on it and leave it overnight.

[AbsorbantNut]

Damn man, it's coming along.

[rob&e30]

damn where did you get the A's?


And too bad we didnt get time to kick it at the meet! I found this pic of ya looking for mines lol!

[Vivek]

I got the A's from a forum member from Socal, E30_fiend. I need to get them finished sooner rather than later. Someone suggested a stronger chemical to use in another thread and I think I'll give that a shot. As of now one is stripped and ready for paint, the other 3 still have a ways to go. And thanks for posting that pic, I think it's gonna be my next sig :D

[rob&e30]

I got the A's from a forum member from Socal, E30_fiend. I need to get them finished sooner rather than later. Someone suggested a stronger chemical to use in another thread and I think I'll give that a shot. As of now one is stripped and ready for paint, the other 3 still have a ways to go. And thanks for posting that pic, I think it's gonna be my next sig :D

ohhh man it should be your so cali there! lol And i cannot grasp the fact that you have a hard top too! WOW man i never knew that! I need some a's man shit! I could have had them sand blasted for you ! :(


Any who i am down to buy those when your ready to sell them lol! 16's?



thanks pal!

[mbonanni]

Get them properly stripped, media or bead blasted?

Those look to be a bitch.