Ever Leave a Note on a Windshield ?

[Snowflake87]

Awesome find man! I've left lots of notes. Never heard from the owners. Until the last note I left, which happened to be left on a Salmon Silver 88 M3. Once I get it back from the shop that's doing some preliminary repairs I'll post about it.

[jeenyus]

Thanks for sharing this with us. Such a fun read.

[TimeMachinE30]

There do not appear to be any STRs in the country and according to Koni that won't change until November :(

I had mine on special order via TireRack around April. I got three different reports all unique. Koni was right. I got them within the month. Reading old reviews, it appears the fronts were the issue.
The other time frames offered were late this year.

TR had a lovely deal on them with free shipping and 25% off.

[jeffnhiscars]

What are those two little stud/nut/bushing pieces on the box beside the endlink?

Steering knuckles adapters for the e36 RackDr rack I just ordered :D

[jeffnhiscars]

I had mine on special order via TireRack around April. I got three different reports all unique. Koni was right. I got them within the month. Reading old reviews, it appears the fronts were the issue.
The other time frames offered were late this year.

TR had a lovely deal on them with free shipping and 25% off.

I actually placed an order with TR for the Konis and the H&Rs. Did the deal on the phone last Thursday w an estimated ship date of 7/21 as they were "in transit" from Koni. This was also on my order confirmation. Whe I called Tuesday to check they said "November". After speaking to Koni and learning they were indeed not around, I cancelled my orde with TR on principal.

I grabbed the springs from LTB. Louis is a good guy and he matched TR and they arrived in 2 days. I then gave Turner (really allshocks) the back order for the STRs.they guaranteed the sale price which was slightly less than TR and since I'm a repeat customer they didn't ask for a credit card (can't beat that). They also offed me Bilstein Tourings for the front in case I can't survive til the Konis arrive.

[jeffnhiscars]

Awesome find man! I've left lots of notes. Never heard from the owners. Until the last note I left, which happened to be left on a Salmon Silver 88 M3. Once I get it back from the shop that's doing some preliminary repairs I'll post about it.

Look forward to seeing that. This is the one and only note I've ever left..so I'm batting 1.000

Thanks for sharing this with us. Such a fun read.

Fun to write too :)

[GDA]

Great story man and even better to be able to see the car!

Very cool and getting better by the day.

BTW - the fuel filter mounts.... BMW air pump mounts are same part as those on Land Rovers. You can get the same part through a LR parts distributor such as Atlantic British for about 1/4 of the BMW price.

[george graves]

This. She needs to drop an inch. H&R OE Sports and Koni STRs should do the trick. The rear Bilstein Tourings are new but I think will come out

An Inch? M3 springs would most likely drop an inch(ok - 3/4" or more) - you need 2- 2.5" drop. I know it sounds crazy, but it's ok to almost tuck a little bit of tire.

Not too many people know this, but BMW actually installed taller springs in US market cars because at the time they were worried about road conditions in places they would normally test. Like old cities like Boston. And Americans weren't use to driving cars with limited suspension travel. Anyways, the point is U.S. bound e30's were actually "lifted" from the factory by about an inch.

[jeffnhiscars]

We have a sedan with the same setup (mild drop and stock + dampers) and it sits right and rides great. Not high performance but fun anyway for a DD and this is an eta after all.

If I need drop hats or to play with the spring pads to tweak how she sits that's fine but I want some suspension travel on this one so sports are off the table.

Those are also 45s on the RXs. 50s will close th gap a touch

[jeffnhiscars]

Great story man and even better to be able to see the car!

Very cool and getting better by the day.

BTW - the fuel filter mounts.... BMW air pump mounts are same part as those on Land Rovers. You can get the same part through a LR parts distributor such as Atlantic British for about 1/4 of the BMW price.

Great tip. Thank you. I won't ask how you figured that one out lol

I'm afraid it's a bit too late since they are sitting at the dealership waiting for me. They are so nice to me that every now and then I don't mind paying more.

I will check out that source though for future reference.

PS..I did check British Atlantic and found nothing even similar for fuel system parts up to $15. If you can post a link that would be useful.

[GDA]

Great tip. Thank you. I won't ask how you figured that one out lol

I'm afraid it's a bit too late since they are sitting at the dealership waiting for me. They are so nice to me that every now and then I don't mind paying more.

I will check out that source though for future reference.

PS..I did check British Atlantic and found nothing even similar for fuel system parts up to $15. If you can post a link that would be useful.

Hmm, AB raised the price on these... they used to sell for 3 or 4 bucks

http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/WYD100040G

But..... Ebay still has them at the cheap price

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RANGE-ROVER-4-0-or-4-6-SAI-Secondary-Air-Injection-Pump-Rubber-Mounts-NEW-SET-/252001892078?hash=item3aac7bb6ee&vxp=mtr

[3ionCa]

Very nice! I actually bought my first e30 from an older lady who had it sitting in her garage for close to 10 years! 87' 5 speed 325i sedan. You can see it on my build thread! Schwarz paint looked like it was just freshly painted. I totally found it on accident when I was in a random town far from home and decided to check craigslist. Lady cried when she sold it cause she had it soo long. Gotta love OG e30 owners.

[jeffnhiscars]

Hmm, AB raised the price on these... they used to sell for 3 or 4 bucks

http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/WYD100040G

But..... Ebay still has them at the cheap price

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RANGE-ROVER-...7bb6ee&vxp=mtr

Thanks for the research. You can see a very clear difference in the 2 links. That's what makes eBay eBay :)

Call me a purist or a snob, but I'll stick w genuine.

[GDA]

Thanks for the research. You can see a very clear difference in the 2 links. That's what makes eBay eBay :)

Call me a purist or a snob, but I'll stick w genuine.

Fully agree.

I go with OEM parts all the time. There is a big difference.

[jeffnhiscars]

We did a little radio action the other day.mthe factory cassette took the code but had no output. This is where we started



Which turned in to this. Sorting the wiring wa actually very easy. Absent premium sound, it's a 2 channel setup with both speakers on one side sharing a common ground, hence only 6 wires. I used a 9v battery to isolate the rear pairs then ran a new ground to each front speaker. Done and done


Which then became this