Sold my Fit, starting on my e30 ;)

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How the car looked the day i got her home.




1986 325es, got it for $1800 and its unbelievably clean for being an ohio car. so far i love it especially since i got it running on all 6 just today

edit: heres what it looks like currently:

13 by Jeremy J King, on Flickr

[e34///M]

Very nice platform , good luck with build

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Update: yeah i know this is a really slow build. I also suck at remembering to update my threads.

the car has some rust on the drivers side door and rocker. i cant complain though since thats pretty much all ive got on the car.




some of the plastic bumper trim was faded so i plasti dipped it all for the time being, ill probably replace the rough pieces and paint all of them with flat black as a permanent solution eventually. I also tucked in my diving boards



I picked up some wheels a few weeks ago, and i think i got a pretty good deal on them $120 for some e38 style 5s in great condition. only bummer is the $385 ill need to spend for adapters, unless someone has some for sale


just set them up on the hub to kind of an idea, with the adapters they'll be poking jussst enough


I also did the yellow fogs, got some ellipsoids and detailed the heck out of it. as well as removing that awful trim on the door bottoms and removed the black rocker panel paint as well, but i dont have pics of that now ill post more tomorrow. for now, enjoy:




and my favorite...

[milano_red]

looks good man, Im looking forward to ccw classics!

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looks good man, Im looking forward to ccw classics!

Thanks man! yeah i would looooove classics, but for now they're more of just a dream. my current job wont support that kind of spending lol

[milano_red]

I get that, They are 1 of my top 3 wheels I will own one day. Even if I have to buy a car to put them on hahaha

[IGOR989]

I subscribed, so don't mess up.

Love those style 5s. I have them on one of my E36s.

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I subscribed, so don't mess up.

Love those style 5s. I have them on one of my E36s.

haha alright ill try not to mess it up. im most likely gonna always be running bmw oem wheels since theres plenty for me to choose from. hopefully i cant go wrong there

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got around to taking a couple more pictures. as i was removing the adhesive left over from a 3 inch piece of trim the P.O. put on, i saw the adhesive remover that was dripping down was taking the paint off with it. so i decided to go ahead and take all the black off the rockers. i like the result a lot:





the rust was also bothering me a lot so for the time being until i buy a new door and get my rockers done i bought a can of rustoleum regal red. it matches the zennoberrot near perfectly works for me!

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An update actually worth sharing
I finally got it low. I ordered cosmo racing race spec coilover sleeves, i did that instead of ground controls because for the time being the 440/560lb spring rates will be hard enough, so i didnt see the need to go with the $400 gc coils. i plan next year to go with BC extreme lows anyways so this is more or less temporary.

i also got g60 corrado front shocks and 80s camaro rear shocks. just kybs for now but theyre much better than my blown stocks bouncing everywhere.

i had a friend help me with the strut housing welding, we took about 95mm out of the housing









and the fronts installed:



and rears also



after a drive the rear settled. this is with the fronts all the way up and no adjusters in the rear, i already know ill need shorter rear springs but thatll come after winter



and im in love with it right now, i originally had the fronts all the way down, and this was the result of that:

i plan on eventually being this low, but ill throw some washers under the motor mounts and get a skid plate before then.

also i tried to move the car when it was all the way down and the fenders were sitting on the tires lol. looks like 195/65s are way too big, ill fix that soon.

as for the ride, its actually incredible. not too stiff, and not very bouncy either even with stupid kybs on there. overall im really satisfied, all i need now is fenders rolled

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oh yeah, i also got this for christmas early, they were having a black friday sale


now just waiting on my hub from china

[Byron]

Countdown to broken pan in 3...2...1...


The height looks good, but 95mm is way too much to take out of the tubes lol. With that much travel, those big tires and the soft springs/struts you're just asking to break something.

It's looking way better then what you started with though, and you're pulling off the body color rockers very well.

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Countdown to broken pan in 3...2...1...


The height looks good, but 95mm is way too much to take out of the tubes lol. With that much travel, those big tires and the soft springs/struts you're just asking to break something.

It's looking way better then what you started with though, and you're pulling off the body color rockers very well.

don't worry, its much much higher than that now haha, my friends told me i wouldnt drive that low. i told them i would, but my tires stopped that and actually its really not that soft, i mean its not as stiff as i would love, but id be comfortable going lower with smaller tires.

[Rob&co]

He didnt read ^ lol

oh yeah, i also got this for christmas early, they were having a black friday sale


now just waiting on my hub from china

yeah nice wheel i have a diff twist on my GR! Nice choice!

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yeah nice wheel i have a diff twist on my GR! Nice choice!

thanks man i love it!