my first e34

[mr.vang]

I bought her yesterday night (10/1/12) and here is some morning pictures, as is out of the dealer from last night.





it need some love


















yummy, very old tootise roll


goof off should take care of this


need new glasses for the front end










FU old tar, luckly its only on one side




bent plate is bothering me


so this morning i woke up early and got some work done.

vacuum time


very dirty and hairy


I pulled some of the junk out


after a good wash, give it some new oil and filter


during the oil change, i test fitted my OZ vega.


giving m50 some love, see the difference, top and bottom


the spare was edirty so i give it some love


tada!!!


last picture of the day, before heading out to school



more to come: going to order some new parts tomorrow from blunt
new belt
a/c recharge
new transmission fluid
new p/s fluid
new brake fluid
new cabin filter
hood shocks
need new exhaust hang asap

[e30m20TurbO7]

keep it comin
and if you keep that motor in that car ,
the car has to be slammed
end of story

[future rs]

congrats! love the looks.

If you don't mind me asking. What was the dealership asking?

[mr.vang]

its going to be lowered once everything is sorted out. i bought it for 2400 out the door, which is pretty good since i don't have to deal with smog and dmw fees paid for.

[mr.vang]

getting some work done

removed plate frame and cleaned the plate




i noticed i had missed some spot so i went back and got the dirt around the screw


lovely without the frame


shit happen, smacked the front windshield while removing the wiper from the arm.


removed two windows decal




bye bye decals




detail it some more








replaced a non oem fuse




i took the wheels off and give it some good scrub




look new again, not really






edirty power steering resevior cap


my hand is much cleaner now


found these in the glove box

[BoostinEuros]

Loving the simple restoration! This looks like it would be a great DD! Plans for any mods, or leaving it stock?

[be34st]

Nice I love when people pay attention to detail, because I dont.

[canakami]

Damn, that was quick!

[mr.vang]

Damn, that was quick!

hey Robert, yes i need a car for school asap thats why. hows the car treating you so far? i miss my e30 . an e34 is not as fun as an e30.

[canakami]

Car is doing well, ordered some stuff to replace what was necessary, just need to find time to work on it =/

[mr.vang]

before the night light up, i tackled the dash, vents and center console. it was getting dark so i couldn't get any good pictures of the aftermath.

on to the dirty vents












see the difference


ear swabs does the job


also my trunk was missing a lens for the lamp so i went to pnp and got one + many other small items.


more like it


tomorrow or so i'll give the egine bay a good detail

[mr.vang]

while trying to figure out the ews2 bypass, i replaced couple things

i got some clips for the door sill as they were missing when i bought the car, although the sill did came with the car.



look much better now



the clutch pedal cover was in bad shape. i had an e36 one laying around and it fit like a charm.





PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU DO ANY CUTTING
dam ews system. don't mind the cut green wire, it was solder back together. to bypass the ews2 system, locate the ews module, its under neat the driver side dash. cut the two big blk/yellow and connect them together. go to the engine bay and open up the round plug next to the brake fluid reservoir. cut the small green wire (you'll see a small #7 print on the black housing). from this point it should crank but won't start. once you sourced a red label 413 dme or a red label 413 chip (plug it into your existing ews2 dme), it should start right up.

[mr.vang]

i wanted to weight the car so today i went to the local recycling center and recycled some metals. after calculation, the 525i is at 3320 lbs without me inside, no spare tire and 1/4 tank of gas.

[squidmaster]

looks good!

man these cars are heavy.

[canakami]

A 1 series coupe weighs nearly that much...