Thought I'd finally start a build thread! I will catch you guys up from when I bought the car to now! Open to all recommendations/offers/help! I have a 89 325i bought the car with 105,000mi, the car started out in overall good condition. No rust, no leaks, maintenance was up to date, interior extremely clean! Only thing I could find wrong was the driveshaft support bearing was bad and left front wheel bearing was bad.
I'm already quite far into the build but far from done I'm sure.
So far I have:
Disassembled car and painted the car in a custom mix me and my uncle made.
New rims/tires brand-avid 1 unsure of model kinda forget. They are just a cheap rim I threw on it for the meantime but I actually love the way they look and didn't really have to do any fitment!
Bilstein shocks/H&R spring combo. They actually came with the car but never installed. They seem to do a very good job!
Replaced windshield (has been a bitch to find one not cracked. Ordered two brand new ones and they both have a small little chip in the bottom) called the company and he said he would need to do some looking and give me a call back and we all know that he doesn't call back so I said screw it and put the chipped glass in. It mainly gets covered by the glass weather seal. I'll need to follow up on that soon!
About a month ago I noticed that typical m20 tic get louder and louder. I couldn't find anything so to be honest I just kinda ignored it and sure enough it starts misfiring and hardly running so I took the valve cover off and two rocker arms broken. So I pulled the head off and was going to fix it and I examined the head and noticed it was cracked! I just bought a new reconditioned stock 885 head.
So I wasn't planning on going this far with it, but I ended up pulling the rest of the engine to examine it and clean up the engine bay. One thing turns into another now I'm getting ready to stroke the engine. Eta crank. Eagle rods. JE pistons. (Haven't ordered yet but getting ready to) and what I'm working on now is shaving the engine bay. Making some templates, deleted brackets.
I also scrubbed/de-greased the block and took a scotchbright disk to it and painted the oil pan/block (you can see where I got carried away with the scotchbright disk) that's kind of a quick sum up of where I'm at right now. Here's some pics:
When I bought car:
Started to paint:
Getting it buttoned up and on the road:
Gridlife!
New head:
Pulling engine:
All I have time to do tonight will keep you posted as I move along.
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I'm already quite far into the build but far from done I'm sure.
So far I have:
Disassembled car and painted the car in a custom mix me and my uncle made.
New rims/tires brand-avid 1 unsure of model kinda forget. They are just a cheap rim I threw on it for the meantime but I actually love the way they look and didn't really have to do any fitment!
Bilstein shocks/H&R spring combo. They actually came with the car but never installed. They seem to do a very good job!
Replaced windshield (has been a bitch to find one not cracked. Ordered two brand new ones and they both have a small little chip in the bottom) called the company and he said he would need to do some looking and give me a call back and we all know that he doesn't call back so I said screw it and put the chipped glass in. It mainly gets covered by the glass weather seal. I'll need to follow up on that soon!
About a month ago I noticed that typical m20 tic get louder and louder. I couldn't find anything so to be honest I just kinda ignored it and sure enough it starts misfiring and hardly running so I took the valve cover off and two rocker arms broken. So I pulled the head off and was going to fix it and I examined the head and noticed it was cracked! I just bought a new reconditioned stock 885 head.
So I wasn't planning on going this far with it, but I ended up pulling the rest of the engine to examine it and clean up the engine bay. One thing turns into another now I'm getting ready to stroke the engine. Eta crank. Eagle rods. JE pistons. (Haven't ordered yet but getting ready to) and what I'm working on now is shaving the engine bay. Making some templates, deleted brackets.
I also scrubbed/de-greased the block and took a scotchbright disk to it and painted the oil pan/block (you can see where I got carried away with the scotchbright disk) that's kind of a quick sum up of where I'm at right now. Here's some pics:
When I bought car:
Started to paint:
Getting it buttoned up and on the road:
Gridlife!
New head:
Pulling engine:
All I have time to do tonight will keep you posted as I move along.
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