Another e30 bandwagoner.

[SmoresTM]

Nice buy for $800! I always love your projects. I'm sure this will be sick no matter what you decide to do to it... But I'm always so shocked by how high these are stock... Stanceworks is making me lose grip with ride-hight reality

[Madhatter]

Thanks! it means alot! it will be low whenever i have the time, haha and i will try my best to make it something special.

[DannyE32]

nice. the seats are not that bad IMO, but the fart can is even embarrasing.

get low

[MrGL2]

I'd lose the exhaust ... People are stupid nowadays, ricer mods on a BMW

[Madhatter]

I agree, the exhaust is leaving, it was the P.O that did that anyway, i am going to save for the exhaust as a whole, as in headers, test pipe, muffler, so it may be a while, after all this is a budget build

[amichaels]

For 800 bones, that's a nice project

[d.parker]

good buy! i would look into some facelift bumpers.

[Madhatter]

dont worry, i am soon haha

So it was running really bad, it was just sitting, and i got a shitty picture, of it sitting, barely running, lol
What the problem was it sounded like a cam lop, but performed horribly, i was thinking it could be the ecu, it could be the plugs, it may still have some bad gas, maybe water in the gas, i wasnt sure, so i did the most simple stuff to see if it worked, i changed the oil and filter (just for maintenance not to fix the problem lol) then i bought some "performance" bosch plus 4 plugs, and replaced them,


plugs :afro


plug caps


this stuff


gumout, i actually didnt use this yet, i am going to fill up the car with premium and put this in, for now i used the stuff that chevron makes, with techron and stuff, it worked very well on the bus, and i hope to see the same results in this car,

bought this to do the dash, but im just going to buy a cover for it, ill use the bondo for when i remove the rear spoiler i guess.




this for touch up


took it for a test drive, yeah it runs better

[Chuckdee]

Success!!

[Madhatter]

[royalife]

how are you liking those plugs? i was thinking of getting platinum 2s and was curious to why plus 4s? lol

[Madhatter]

they were readily available at the auto parts store, and i love them actually, it is a noticeable difference.

[Madhatter]

o nothing really happening lately, minus fixing dyeing the door cards, and saving for some performance stuff to do, here is a pic of the door cards.


and this little beauty i picked up from a friend.


I plan on doing some paint work (wet sanding clear off), and draining the gas tank ,fuel filter because i think there is Trash in the gas, it runs fine at first, then it starts to run bad, and it cuts off, once it sits, it is fine. I thought it was a over-heating issue at first, but everything in that area seems ok,

[Madhatter]

So, *I'm tired of my car looking bone stock, so i went out side, and cleaned its up some to start, *then i sprayed the wheels with purple power to get all the grime loose, *and then i had to play the waiting game until it dried, *but anyway in to pics. *

I started covering up everything.


first wheel painted, *and the rear being taped up. *


all for painted. *


ohh, and uhh i blacked out the chrome. *

[sally pu]

anymore updates on this, I am looking into buying an e28 or e30, you wouldn't happen to know any of the commmon issues with them by any chance?