I'm new here, go easy on me <3

[Wh33lhop]

I missed M20s so I bought a thing

Auto, salvage, 1989, stock, working AC and no leaks, PO had a thing for using the wrong fasteners but it felt strong and it seemed it was well taken care of until the latest owner.

Apologies, I am inconsistent with pics. I may have a ton of some stuff and none of others.





And it has paint



gg PO





I got all happy when I finally got it home



Some stuff from a parts car



Old vs. new gas cap, some chucklehead bent the hell out of the old one



Timing belt before I drove it to the picnic in Washington





Belts on


New cap and rotor, plug wires are functional if not pretty or consistent


Buttoned up, coolant bled


First gas stop on the way to the picnic


Rest stop!


Made it to Criv's house


Final stop before Eric (Cabriolet) and us part ways


Home safe


H&R Race arriving tomorrow. Lots of stuff done, lots left to do.

So far:
Timing belt/water pump/cap/rotor
Turner chip
Bilstein HDs (thanks Wanganstyle for hookup and FredK for install)
Fixed ABS, tossed awful autozone pads for OEM
Fixed cruise control
Fixed odo/gauges, by swapping working cluster
Sport steering wheel

Needs:
Sprangz/strut mounts
Fogs/brake ducts
Wheels/sticky tires
Crack free dash
5 speed and S3.73
Sports interior
New front bumper
New hood

chipping away slowly...

[ak-]

Welcome to r3v. Nice car.
You should lower it. Lip too. Join our FB page?

[george graves]

[Balleristic31]

Needs IS lip and a drop noob.

Nice car buddy. Looks like a great platform.

[kronus]

is that one of those e30s i keep hearing about

[Northern]

Congrats on your first e30. You should totes hit up some autox or track days to learn to control all that m20 powah

[tak7]

You're doing it all wrong noob...

[MikeK]

Needs a drop and some euroweaves. Welcome to R3v.

[ST1G]

Get yourself a Bentley Manual. Don't be afraid of using the search feature, it's in the top right.

[CorvallisBMW]

Make sure you change your t-belt and water pump ASAP

[phenryiv1]

He can has car.

[dirty30]

it says you bought a thing, but all i see is this bmw

please post pics of the thing asap

[FredK]

Oh, so changing a timing belt = build thread?

Cool.

Kids these days.

[Wanganstyle]

Oh paint!

[Wh33lhop]

Oh, so changing a timing belt = build thread?

Cool.

Kids these days.

:giggle:

brown did a thing for me


stock spring, stock spring compressed to where I could get it out, h&r raec spring


another reason not to get crap parts: one side of the car has a cheap "karlyn" control arm on it and it blows. it won't articulate enough to get the spring out. took about 3 times as long to get the spring out on that side.

rear spring comparison


how I got the rear springs out, apparently they're a pain


new strut mounts, old ones are toast


that's normal


slapped the track shoes on for funsies... front's a bit high. maybe I can remove the spring pads or grab some drop hats.




with whee30!


someone's gonna ask about struts.. bilstein HDs. not sure if they're bottoming out or not but they'll ride me over until I get Konis or the like.