the Aluminum Monster. a 318 with a special 24v

[2mAn]

Hey you can get rid of the pinstripe with the maguires rubbing compound it worked for me in case anyone was wondering

that stripe has been gone for years! hahah

[2mAn]

Yea i figured once i saw the date lol but seriously it works really good

1989 E30 325i Sedan Alpine

no worries, lmk if you see anything else I may have missed over the years. you never know.

[staysideways]

You got a nice build tho i like it. I may go either m30 or m52 with obd goodies but all depens on what my budget is as a 17y/o

1989 E30 325i Sedan Alpine

[2mAn]

time to go dumpster diving aka junkyard searching. when I was your age, I used to pocket the small things that I could turn around and sell and eventually I had money to buy Ireland Engineerings springs. You can cross that off your list though ;)

[2mAn]

ugh my biggest fear... especially living in LA.

[2mAn]

Q: you know what I hate?
A: people who people post pics of their car on my thread

[staysideways]

Q: you know what I hate?
A: people who people post pics of their car on my thread

Ok ill stop not sorry lol

1989 E30 325i Sedan Alpine

[Hooffenstein HD]

Hey you can get rid of the pinstripe with the maguires rubbing compound it worked for me in case anyone was wondering

I've always had success with a "caramel wheel"

318IA !!!

Does the A actually mean automatic? I've had a bunch of 323iA that were all manuals.

[2mAn]

haha its a clean car, you should start a thread about how you lowered it

Does the A actually mean automatic? I've had a bunch of 323iA that were all manuals.

thats how I have always understood it.

[dereliiict]

Arent e46s notorious for that kind of rear subframe failure, but I believe in those cases the body panel is torn out due to metal fatigue. I think you lucked out when you think about how bad it could of been.

You know, I had a 2000 328Ci once upon a time. Albeit I WAS in the auto industry at the time, but I got the local stealer to take care of that little issue for me.

Best of all they gave me a brand new e90 loaner that I promptly drove to the Keys for a week to save the miles on my car. They covered it under a Service Bulletin. Somehow never quite made recall status.

It may hold no bearing this many years later, but it's worth checking out for anyone in that position. Especially since my '46 had over 180k on the clock at the time.

Not a dime from my pocket.

[kristov]

Were these mounted when the subframe failed?

[dereliiict]

Some version of that^ and then eCoated over.

[2mAn]

Were these mounted when the subframe failed?

On my car they were missing. When I bought the car there was a "Colin Chapman" style weight reduction thing going on where a bunch of stuff was missing that seemed to shave ounces. Ive been adding those parts as I come across them. This was one that I had planned on adding when I did the rear subframe.

[2mAn]

I've been waiting a long time to stare at this thing...



I'll get better pics with a better camera during the day, but after owning the steering wheel for2 years and waiting almost3 weeks since I paid fur the hub I finally got to install my Italvolanti steering wheel. Still need to figure out the horn situation because it's got a mind of it's own whether it's connected or not...

[LJ851]

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