DirtE30 - 1990 BMW 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Interesting weeekend! Colton Ringgold (iBeJeepin) got married this weekend so I went down to Harrisonburg for that. On my way down I grabbed a trailing arm, new rear seats, a bumper, a lip off what I believe was an e34, full is suspension off of Dave's MCognito, glovebox, some other parts, and also a Dakar m3 trunk. (Why?)

The parts in the 4runner thwarted my plans of getting trashed and sleeping in my car, so at least I was fresh when I woke up this morning. Joey and I went to Leesburg C&C and took my car. So far, I've made a point to improve the car every time Joey rides in it and today was no exception!



After that I headed home and decided to spend the day in the garage. I planned on doing fresh fluids in the trans and diff, but I realized I don't have the huge 14mm allen key to get the plugs out, so I spent some time inspecting the bottom of the car. It seems that some of the mess on the underside is the power steering reservoir/rack and the other half seems to be a combination of the oil pan gasket and the oil filter housing. Engine mounts and other front end bushings look good, except it looks like the driver side sway bar link may be cross threaded, so we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Dave was kind enough to give me that lip for free on top of the other parts I bought from him (and will in the future) so I decided to tackle that. I'm not sure what the proper way to install this would be, but the best solution I found was the break the mostly broken clips off the valence and then used the holes they used to bolt the lip up. What a difference this thing makes! Also took the chance to rig up this glove box with a broken latch so it stays up and closed. I'm really glad I bought that bag of 500 m6x100 bolts a few years ago. I also took the roundel off the M3 trunk and put it on my trunk. I also threw in the new vinyl rear seats previously and Joey helped me clean them properly. Overall, the car isn't looking too bad! I'm moving this weekend, but if I have time, my new RTABs and front top hats should come in the mail and I can install all of these suspension bits. If not, at least I'll be moved over to my new garage and can let it sit for a while. A few leads on a new speed sensor have fallen through, but at least my body side plug has shipped, so I'll splice that in and see if I can get it to work with the current speed sensor that has a broken clip. Other than that, I got the brake ducts zip tied back in there and did some other general tidying and straightening. Once I'm a little more financially responsible for a while, I'll probably drop it off at Mach V to get looked over and have Deren figure out why I'm blowing Fuse 23 and leaving me without half of my lights including the dash.


Sorry for the snapchat photos, when I'm in the garage, I use my phone for music, so I don't take as many photos as I should.







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