My newest car, '89 325is

[325ix]

I realized I never made a new thread for my car. I joined here with an '88 325ix. I loved the car but it had many problems and was eventually parted out. I ended up buying a '97 540i/6. Hell of a car but, it's no e30 ;). Back in November I traded it for an '89 325is.








The new car has quite a few nice parts.

-GC conversion with shortened housings, 375f/550r springs, race camber plates and tall rear mounts. No M3 swaybar mounts but that will come later.
-M3 front cab's
-96 M3 steering rack and no p/s
-ss brake lines
-Sparco front strut brace
-Mark d chip
-Evo steering wheel
-z3 1.9 shifter and wooden shift knob
-Luke box and pioneer HU, new front speakers and tweeters all around
-fresh AWIII paint
- OZ futura's








And my bro's 5.7 Dakots, awesome truck.










I have since added new rear speakers, 19lb injectors, a skid plate, ix wheels and 15mm spacers up front ( I have the rear spacers just not on). and removed the Futura's which now grace Lambo's car.


With the gf's '90 crx






Plans are to replace all the bushings. A new exhuast and rebuilding the m20. It needs a lot and unfortunately it is rusting apart.

[RUFFLZ]

spraying the rocker panel, bottom valence bit, and side trim with some SEM would do this car some justice.
congrats on the pickup

[word is bond]

Great bunch of cars! I always like when couples both drive cool cars.

[325ix]

spraying the rocker panel, bottom valence bit, and side trim with some SEM would do this car some justice.
congrats on the pickup

I personally hate the black trim along the bottom. It has always looked odd to me when you have an is lip which I need to replace. I plan on some side skirts of some sort at some point.

Great bunch of cars! I always like when couples both drive cool cars.

Thanks, it's a fun little car, decently quick with the 5-speed.

[lambo]

Been busy bringing this car back from the dead



I'd say this car embodies the college-budget lifestyle complete with random parking lot repairs; no garage in sight.

Replacing the radiator and front left wheel bearing.







Panda status.



More parking lot car work, only this time in a new location.



We learned that doing a rear wheel bearing in a parking lot sucks massive ass.

[JCarp90]

I've heard that rear wheel bearings suck, so I can't imagine having to do it in a parking lot lol.

[lambo]

I've heard that rear wheel bearings suck, so I can't imagine having to do it in a parking lot lol.

It definitely wasn't fun. We ran into a lot of stupid bullshit that extended the job time two fold... But, now that I've done it in a parking lot I'm comfortable doing it anywhere lol

[325i]

haha awesome!! sounds as miserable as putting stock suspension back in a b5

[lambo]

haha awesome!! sounds as miserable as putting stock suspension back in a b5

At least you don't have to cut and weld strut housings for decent coilovers lol

[jharrel]

nice work! i did a rear wheel bearing in my parents driveway on my first e30. made a homeade wheel bearing press with a 4 inch pice of pvc pipe. and yes it sucked ass. having almost no tools back then.

[lambo]

nice work! i did a rear wheel bearing in my parents driveway on my first e30. made a homeade wheel bearing press with a 4 inch pice of pvc pipe. and yes it sucked ass. having almost no tools back then.

Interesting... I'll have to check out Lowes and see if I can make my own wheel bearing press for cheap. Don't really want to drop $360 on the BMW one or even $100 on the Harbor Freight one if I'm only going to use it a few times...

[jharrel]

here are the links to the video i watched. he shows how to remove and install wheel bearings using no special tools. i did this on my 91 325i and it works. took me awhile to find the right washers to use, and it dented the pvc pipe a little. but it for sure worked. it was pretty awesome when it only costs about 10 bucks for parts total lol. oh yeah you could definetley use this a few times. it just depends on how bad the wheel beearing is stuck in there. but even with the right tool it still can be a pain in the ass to come out.

removal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKYL9_4mXRI

installation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX9iCZIVgFY

[JCarp90]

It definitely wasn't fun. We ran into a lot of stupid bullshit that extended the job time two fold... But, now that I've done it in a parking lot I'm comfortable doing it anywhere lol

Sweet. I've got you on speed dial for when mine take a poop. :D

[325ix]

In other news i've done some boring things to the car. New rear wheel bearing, front hub and half-shaft. Also got some new tires as well. I do have one of these coming in for it though.



As well as a few of these:
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[freeride53]

is your shell not clean? i thought you bought it in socal?