Colorado general chat...

[downforce22]

Was planning to get the old alarm system out this winter among other projects, so hopefully that'll fix things up. So far, as long as I drive it at least once a week the battery hasn't been dying and its been ok.

I'll be in the garage all day detailing if you feel like stopping by to check out the 190. PM me if you need the address.

Damn, I just saw that and I was up in parker today too... I'll send ya a PM next time I'm up there.

[325i]

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[tehwickerman]

the silver s50 swap was replaced with bad ideas...

yea, that was a bad idea.

[Cloudbase]

Anyone work at the airport. I have seen a pretty clean alpine ix late model in the landside parking lot the last few times I have been there.

I've seen a super clean alpine ix late model parked on the air side quite a few times. I always park my alpine late model up against the air side fence, but it's not an ix. There is a super nice alpine E36 that frequents the air side lot too. I had a talk with an alpine E39 M5 when I was in the track car at the Jackson light last weekend. He went into landside also.

[Cloudbase]

Excellent choice Hansel!!!

[Roland H]

the silver s50 swap was replaced with bad ideas...

One of the best cars I've ever owned.

[red baron]

I've seen a super clean alpine ix late model parked on the air side quite a few times. I always park my alpine late model up against the air side fence, but it's not an ix. There is a super nice alpine E36 that frequents the air side lot too. I had a talk with an alpine E39 M5 when I was in the track car at the Jackson light last weekend. He went into landside also.

I will keep an eye out for yours.

Mines a red es. I try and park around F3.

I have definitely seen that Alpine E39 M5

[red baron]

I was pretty sure I snapped a pic for my buddy.


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[L-ucky-S-ix]

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[Zreberlcoe]

I'd like to say I have the 12,731st post on this thread, that's a lot.

Anyhoodle, has anyone ever done a E36, Z3, or any other kind of rack swap here? I need a new rack and I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for another regular OEM E30 rack but I am way too inexperienced to do a rack swap on an airbag car. I heard you can raise the rack and not notch out your firewall but if I have to notch it out I don't have the tools and I don't know where I would get another plate to seal it in.

[ltz Viper]

I'd like to say I have the 12,731st post on this thread, that's a lot.

Anyhoodle, has anyone ever done a E36, Z3, or any other kind of rack swap here? I need a new rack and I don't want to pay an arm and a leg for another regular OEM E30 rack but I am way too inexperienced to do a rack swap on an airbag car. I heard you can raise the rack and not notch out your firewall but if I have to notch it out I don't have the tools and I don't know where I would get another plate to seal it in.

It's actually not that hard, you need a dremel to cut out the firewall, and there is numerous guides on how to cut the knuckle down. the hard part is making a plate to seal it like you said I don't know how you would go about doing that. Dropping the rack is actually easy if you bend the two tabs holding it up, after that its pretty straight forward, also it was a pain to put the rack back on the splines.
edit: also you wouldn't want to raise the rack, because your going to change the geometry of the tie rods, there is also spacers a guy on E30tech made which help

[Roland H]

The job isn't too hard, but it's not my favorite either. Especially if your E30 is like every other E30 and has a million gallons of oil smeared all over the underside of the car. Did one for brad a few years ago and it made a world of difference in how the car performed.

[Eric]

if your E30 is like every other E30 and has a million gallons of oil smeared all over the underside of the car.m.

[downforce22]

Especially if your E30 is like every other E30 and has a million gallons of oil smeared all over the underside of the car.

Its good rust prevention :woowoo:

[Zreberlcoe]

The job isn't too hard, but it's not my favorite either. Especially if your E30 is like every other E30 and has a million gallons of oil smeared all over the underside of the car. Did one for brad a few years ago and it made a world of difference in how the car performed.

Well if I gather the parts would someone lend me a hand?