SoCal General Chat

[e30trooper]

^^^ Correct. So is it off, or accurate?

donno. i haz m20

[Robert]

my motor is out of an e34...

[R3Z3N]

True enough. I forget that because I think it was BARd as being from an E36 325i (your engine, when it was in my car) Again, I just have a feeling like I read that it would be inaccurate, but then again, we know how much misinformation is in forums where everyone can be an internet armchair engineer. ;-)

[MR 325]

When doing a swap you use the E34 pan AND dipstick. Therefore it's correct.

[R3Z3N]

Thanks! My self-doubt was just getting the best of me. Can't be having the car run on the wrong amount of oil now can we?

[thebutcher37]

waszzzup......

^ I like seeing problems solved in the chat.

[E30 331is]

must make brackets under the trunk lid next to toolbox to accommodate this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005HAT9SM/uncrate-20

Damn Walkers!

[azael325i]

What's going on guys?

[thebutcher37]

What's going on guys?

Nothing.....
Just heard the GE group buy coils are in.... :razz:




Edit: Just saw this VVV

must make brackets under the trunk lid next to toolbox to accommodate this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005HAT9SM/uncrate-20

Damn Walkers!

LOL... do it.

[tightithrash]

well today was fun!

finally got my rim lock key from BMW (2 fuckin weeks later) so i was amp'd to get my billys and vogtlands installed since my car looks like a monster truck. im new to this area so i drove to a place down the street. they tell me they can do it for 350 im like whatever kinda steep but i want them on now. they put it on the lift, look at it, tell me it might be 450 but if they can get it done faster it wont be so much... im like are you serious.... then 5 min later tell me they cant do it because its to hard...... LOL kthnxbye

drive to temecula and find a german specialists shop with an e30 out front, im thinking this looks good.... guy tells me 475 and 5 hours to do it....... um... lol riiiiight on kthnxbye.

called shant, hes doing it for half of that and in less than half the time.... thanks r3v for hooking me up with peeps like this!

cant wait for tomm.

[einstein57]

Damn. I know people who would drive to you and install your suspension for half of what you were quoted.

[mkcman17]

Damn. I know people who would drive to you and install your suspension for half of what you were quoted.

like me. probably less than half. haha.

[///digitalme]

Sometimes cheap work means cheap quality work.

No mechanic in his right mind (especially when they've got a shop) would ever charge $60 a side to do that bearing. Not only does the axle need to come out, the brakes needs to come apart, the parking brake needs to come apart, and the hub needs to be pulled.

Good luck...

cheap prices not always mean cheap work....ive used them before on my last e30s and my current one...they did a lot of the work on my last e30. never had an issue, plus their prices are great, i cant complain. plus i cant affor to pay 300 per side at places that do "quality work". either way i dropped it off it should be ready tomorrow afternoon and ill see what happens...

[///digitalme]

well today was fun!

finally got my rim lock key from BMW (2 fuckin weeks later) so i was amp'd to get my billys and vogtlands installed since my car looks like a monster truck. im new to this area so i drove to a place down the street. they tell me they can do it for 350 im like whatever kinda steep but i want them on now. they put it on the lift, look at it, tell me it might be 450 but if they can get it done faster it wont be so much... im like are you serious.... then 5 min later tell me they cant do it because its to hard...... LOL kthnxbye

drive to temecula and find a german specialists shop with an e30 out front, im thinking this looks good.... guy tells me 475 and 5 hours to do it....... um... lol riiiiight on kthnxbye.

called shant, hes doing it for half of that and in less than half the time.... thanks r3v for hooking me up with peeps like this!

cant wait for tomm.

475 for springs and shocks??

thats ridiculous, i got my bilstein sport, and springs installed for 95

[ethrtyiS]

i did it myself, without the proper tools, the first time.