PNW Chit Chat thread

[bmwm42]

if you throw them in the trash ill take them lol

[5Toes]

ebay.de

[PNWDan]

Where is the best (and cheapest) place to buy new OE Smileys (NOT DEPOS.) Sick and fucking tired of dealing with fucking garbage. About ready to throw my current ones in the trash.

I like my Depos. Lol

[PNWDan]

Anyone know where I can get a front wheel bearing tomorrow or Monday ?

[OldDrunkenSailor]

Hey guys, anyone interested in this vert? Friend's car, $2200 obo. It's either 200k or 240k (or something in between). Low compression but it runs. Interior is beyond flawless, looks like it has projectors, fogs with frames intact. We only saw one little hole in the top (pictured), though there was some fraying. The inside of the top looks to be missing a layer (I imagine, not an expert in verts). Non-cracked dash, straight body.

Anyone interested? The dude wants to get rid of it.

[Wschnitz]

So I messed up, well not really, I did what you guys do. Removed bolt and jacked it up, problem is that the stock spring still has tension on it, and the stupid new spring compressors that AutoZone and o reilleys carry don't work on E30 struts. Anyone have the old spring compressors? That tighten from bottom up? With the screw tightening going down?

[Wschnitz]

That interior, wtf? I have 120k but I've got more cracks then a glacier...

[OldDrunkenSailor]

He's motivated to sell, lets put it that way. Take it for the interior, probably would be worth it.

[iansane]

So I messed up, well not really, I did what you guys do. Removed bolt and jacked it up, problem is that the stock spring still has tension on it, and the stupid new spring compressors that AutoZone and o reilleys carry don't work on E30 struts. Anyone have the old spring compressors? That tighten from bottom up? With the screw tightening going down?

...Did you turn the spring compressor upside down?

[BraveUlysses]

Sucks, but that's the way it goes. I hope whoever buys it (not I as I don't play fucking bullshit bidding war games) will sell me a good amount of body panels from it! lol

Hah! lol'd at that, yes it's not the way to do things.

[e30austin]

Hah! lol'd at that, yes it's not the way to do things.

It's the truth though. Seriously. If you want to sell something for a certain price, just throw it out there and sell the damn thing. We're not mind readers. This isn't eBay, don't waste my time and I won't waste yours. /rant

[1craze30]

Quick Q. Would a weak battery cause an engine to run poor?

[Wschnitz]

...Did you turn the spring compressor upside down?

Yes if you put it upside down the screw tightens up into the wheel well and can't tighten more, if you have it right side up you can't tighten the screw... Its dumb, they need the old spring compressors back.

[bmwm42]

Your trying to do this with the strut still on the car......wtf

[Wschnitz]

... Yes, isn't that how a normal person goes about this? You have to decompress the spring to take the strut out...

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/techarticles/E30-Front_Suspen/E30-Front_Suspen.htm