hakhawks cosmos e36 coupe

[hakhawk]

i picked it up off ebay, theres a few places selling them. i quite liked it aswell, but took the accident as an opportunity to go the high rise wing.

[hakhawk]

wheels are painted, getting the old man to get tyres fitted friday for me if all goes well.

[Oxer]

doing work.

[hakhawk]

received a box of bits today, pretty much all the stuff to redo the rear suspension and diff. need to get some bushes pressed out, so i can blast and paint the rear arms and subframe, then put new bushes in.





and i picked up a spare shifter arm, so i can fit the UUC short shifter ive had sitting in the cupboard properly. the screws they provide to hold the sleeve in tend to break, because theyre small and only hold on one side of the hole.

[hakhawk]

so while dad started removing old bushes from the subframe



i went and purchased supplies, in the guise of a big fuck off axle/balancer/whatever puller, so i can get these hubs and axles out of the trailing arms for new bearings




was going to sandblast the arms and subframe, but its really not worth it, so theyre just getting a clean up and hit with a bit of black paint before the new bushes go in

[hakhawk]

this thing did an awesome job, finally popped the axles free, then the hubs and bearings hammered out once the circlip was out. just have to replace the pissy piece of steel they call a handle, it bent like spaghetti





need to give the trailing arms a bit more of a clean and pull the rest of the bushes/ball joints



been considering a bigger whiteline rear swaybar, and since e36s have a habit of tearing or bending the swaybar mounts, i welded in some reinforcements. you can buy kits for them, but i cant see why mine wont work just fine.(only one way to find out :p)





tomorrow will be putting new bushes in the subframe and arms.

[Queef|Chief]

Looks siiiiiiiick! Cars badass man

[hakhawk]

all subframe bushes and the bushes, limiters and ball joints on the trailing arms are done



need to repack cv shafts and clean up the axle ends, install the rear wheel bearings. ordered adjsutable lower control arms last night

[hakhawk]

so i had some time to play with the car during work today, so i tackled the amplifiers.

the bracket i made up when i put them in was rushed, and i never liked it, so today i worked out another mounting setup. i'll see how it goes before i neaten up the wiring some more.

before:



after:

[hakhawk]

headlight dress rings turned up today, still waiting on rhd cutoff before i put them in though, will also hit them with some more polish

[Australian Stance]

My brothers got an e36 aswell, and we live in vic. What area you from?

[Australian Stance]

Wow, I just noticed how creepy I sound..

[hakhawk]

My brothers got an e36 aswell, and we live in vic. What area you from?

Wow, I just noticed how creepy I sound..

soooo creepy :p

lets just say east of melbourne

[hakhawk]

neatened up the amp wiring and put the amp trim ring on. need to get new carpet and dye it black one day.

[hakhawk]

new lower control arms turned up today, they look the good, plenty of camber adjustment



and i put the new cutoff in my right headlight and installed the alloy trim rings





just need some matching parkers and high beam globes