DirtE30 - 1990 BMW 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Joey came over this morning to help me button the car up. I got the front sway bar links off and realized the drive side one was 1) Not even connected and 2) Completely destroyed. I ordered the bottom bracket piece that is bent, so the car has no front sway bar for a few days. Joey helped be bleed the brakes with some nice DOT4 and the brakes feel great. They don't throw you through the windshield, but they certainly inspire a lot of confidence.

The rear suspension, now having new-ish sport shocks and a functioning sway bar feels WAY tighter than it did before. The car also does not pull to either side under acceleration and both wheels seem to paint straight forward with a tiny bit of toe in. I didn't expect to feel such a difference, but the speedbumps leaving my apartment were a good test of the shocks rebound and stiffness.

The next time I touch this car (after doing the front sway bar links) I will be putting the rear springs in, front shocks and springs (I need the right tool to separate the strut from the housing, and doing tie rod ends on the front. I'm going to see how far I can get without replacing the RTABs as they don't function the same way E36/46 suspensions do and don't seem to fail as often. I've also narrowed down some of my leaks to the Power steering lines from the reservoir to the rack and the oil filter/pan gasket.

Big thanks to Joey, Brandon, and Jake L for the help this weekend! The car is well on its way to feeling great.




New arm with caliper, hub, and axle. Centric rotors and Hawk HPS pads. New sway bar end link and new (to me) bilstein HD shock pictured.