It's technically a Bmw... My daily build.

[lambo]

Worst build thread lol

[jalopi]

Lol why? Regardless, smart move. Buy a honda or something for a daily... whatever's easiest/cheapest to maintain (read: not a MINI :p)

[FunfGan]

Car is up and running perfectly now, no real updates, other than that it's now for sale :/

[FunfGan]

I highly suggest that you invest in some Strut top plates as to not tear these ones out.

I also have a Front strut bar that is off my wifes R52 S that is sitting around if your interested.

Luckily (and quite surprisingly) there strut towers haven't mushroomed. However, there is a VERY small stress fracture on one side, so I will be welding that up.

And I very well might be, I will let you know, thanks!

heh this is a silly build you got goin here sonny

Got a new radiator to FINALLY fix the "no my car isn't on fire" issue I had at stoplights with steam billowing out the front of my car.






Started taking the front apart, figured out there was only about 2 of 6 or so bolts holding the bumper on. Which seems like something I'd do, but it's not my fault this time. Also discovered the bumper has been repainted at some point. Oh well, got the bumper and everything else off.








Remove all this









And you get






Packaging was awesome for the Mishimoto






And a lame picture after I got it in and bled, thanks to Spencer for the help.







Oh and I finally got my Circuit Soul stickers ^_^ They sent me the wrong colorway for the club stickers, but I don't really care.

[lambo]

heh this is a silly build you got goin here sonny

[Bglad]

I highly suggest that you invest in some Strut top plates as to not tear these ones out.

I also have a Front strut bar that is off my wifes R52 S that is sitting around if your interested.

[FunfGan]

So I raised the car 1 1/2" just for inspection, will be going back down afterwords.




Decided to tackled the ugly strut towers and make them look a bit better for the time being. In the coming months, I will be cutting the rest of the cut-up bits out, and welding in a 3"x1" piece of tubing to recreate a new center circle. But this atleast makes them look semi- decent for now.








Trimmed and evened out slightly








Taped up








Done(for now)









Before/ after

[FunfGan]

Cute car! :p

JCW exhaust sounds pretty awesome and it's not too loud. A buddy has one on his Mini he drives daily as well as AutoXs.

Cool, I'll check those out! I'm actually looking at getting a JCW wing, I really like the look. Just difficult to find.

Says Mr.Xb

Shots fired

[Roysneon]

Cute car! :p

Says Mr.Xb

[JCarp90]

JCW exhaust sounds pretty awesome and it's not too loud. A buddy has one on his Mini he drives daily as well as AutoXs.

[MR 325]

Cute car! :p

[Bglad]

lol they don't fit well. there's a thread somewhere on bimmerforums about some dude using lugnuts as spacers... as in, he installed long ass studs, ran open lugnuts all the way down, then put wheel on, then another set of lugnuts. shit's hilarious.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?970586-MINI-wheels-on-a-E30&p=12580362#post12580362

What a tard.

[wazzu70]

Dang, was hoping they were 16s. Spacers would not be an issue as I already have long studs for track use.

[jalopi]

lol they don't fit well. there's a thread somewhere on bimmerforums about some dude using lugnuts as spacers... as in, he installed long ass studs, ran open lugnuts all the way down, then put wheel on, then another set of lugnuts. shit's hilarious.

[Bglad]

What size are the stock mini wheels on there. Might not look all that bad on an E30.

17x7 +48. You will need some hefty spacers.