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thanks man, I am hoping the looks mute the ride quality delta #r3versover30




The quiet calm of a clean tail light stack overlooks the chaos

Jake said he'd...

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It really is- takes a lot of the fun out of it. I disassembled the s14 in my car and started working my way down the list and hit 10k almost immediately. Water pumps are $500, thermostats are backordered...

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It appears you've made the right choices- how's the rust repair coming along?

For the price of a few consumable s14 parts you can buy yourself an s52 dropout these days...

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muffler baffling isn't stainless and rusts- also the actual stainless used isn't great so it'll eventually surface rust

fine for the price compared to alternatives IMO...

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my thoughts exactly lol acid coolant perhaps? It was leaking under the seat in the pressure test, started light cleanup in the area to investigate and that revealed itself.

Silver lining...

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Killer progress! I mentioned needing a new blower motor/heater core on the phone as they become "consumables" when you're in that deep (originals in that box were tossed), but I don't think...

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The 84 318 has been a huge help for part testing so I rewarded it with an $8 valve cover gasket to hopefully fix/slow some profuse leakage in the interim.

It still doesn't have a left floorboard,...

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^^^ How about that fuel tank lol

Seems to quite a bit of low hanging fruit on it. Reinforced trailing arms and just left them bare. So odd...

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Is your profile location accurate? If so I grew up 30mins from you and have likely seen your car at some point. I was in town often for JMFab, the Sellersville Theater and the Perk for cheesesteak night...

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Cruise runs through firewall grommet yes. Clutch switch is present and plugged in re: that photo...

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Too funny, report back in 5yrs and let us know how it's holding up!...

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Two things, if it helps. Unfortunately I've only used OE sport fronts with drophats so I don't have data.

1) There is a 15mm rear spring pad, 33531094754

2) phreshkid is selling...

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It's the catback IE has been selling for years. I've used it, slightly louder than stock, fitment is fine. Solid cheap option

Muffler rusts out internally relatively quickly (think 5+yrs),...

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Tach is the same, coding plug is different. Riverfront could just swap his coding plug over if his 318i is an m42 car. Different story if he has a rear coding plug m10 318i cluster...

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I don't see any photos.

50406 vs 50404-55 H&R's website states the OE Sports will give you 0.3" less drop f/r. If you're saying they are visually the same coil number/size, I wonder...

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From what i can tell they batch paint springs. I've had 50404.55 springs in both silver and blue. Fun fact, front iX H&Rs are stamped 50404.55 as well.

I went digging for you, my last...

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I better get to see this thing before you move!

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You used to be able to get Autopal/Noyka H1/H4s for super cheap, but in a quick search it looks like they dried up. There has to be some alternative to Hella because they're used a ton on various old...