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I had an account on here but forgot the pass so I made a new one. anyways I'm Sam, 19 years old from mass, and I go to (live) at school full time (umass amherst until pratt next year). I know some of you guys and follow (creep) some on instagram. username: samuelwebber
being at school 85% of the time means won't be making regular progress on this thing, as I'll be away from it and busy when I'm not on some sort of school break. essentially I'll accumulate cash, which will turn into parts, which will get put on the car. large posts/updates. fun stuff.
HISTORY:
so I had a BMW e28 less than a year ago, and wanted to trade for something smaller. At dubs on defrost 6 (i think 6) I met Taylor Carsch (tcturbo91) who longed for an e28. at that time, he was the owner of this e21 320is. upon seeing it, i knew i wanted it. The trade/deal didn't go through, good thing because taylor's current e28 is sick, and I said goodbye to this e21 for what figured was forever.
Fast forward several months, the e21 was sold off, and I sold my e28. We're in June 2013 now. I'm looking for a car, particularly e30's, when I get a random PM here on stanceworks. It was addressed to a "Sam" but it was about an e21 for sale that I had supposedly had interest in. Turns out I was the wrong Sam, but since I was in the market I figured I'd ask to see the car up for grabs. Sure enough, by some stupid luck or "fate" the e21 that had MISTAKENLY been shown to me was the same e21 I had seen months earlier. now for sale. shit. Told the guy that I'd be down to buy it the next day, as I knew it was a good looking, well performing car. bought it, and now it's here to stay.
I didn't take many pictures from June-September 2013, as I was enjoying the shit out of the car, but I wanted to start documenting now. This is a picture of the car when taylor was selling it, and it pretty much looked like that when I bought it except for that it came with the stock bbs mahle wheels and shadowed trim...
Updates that I don't have pictures for;
-patched some holes in the floor
-painted stuff
-fluids change
-rear bumper tuck
(general **** one does upon acquiring an old bmw)
found a euro front bumper for cheap.
the seller (and now friend, fellow e21 guy) fixed the dents and prepped the metal but the chrome was shot and I was poor. Since the trim was plastidipped because of "bad chrome" I figured I should go with black to match.
With his help, we welded the stock US-spec shock inserts to the euro bumper and bang. fits like a glove.
I took the rest of these pictures today, but here's the car and where I'm at now!
only thing missing from an otherwise mint recaro interior...
while I'm at school, the car will be residing at my friend Peter's house. Peter owns a 400hp slammed wrx. ideal north east monster.
Which is out of commission due to a spun rod bearing. rebuild time.
bought wheels; 15x8/9 with 185/45 all around which are IMO too small for my taste and massachusetts stance.
tested them;
lolgap
It will get there
But to be fair this is "stock" suspension. cut rear springs I believe, I didn't do it. Plans? Well, some m10 performance parts will come into the mix at some point, but my focus is tires and suspension for now. I'd like to hear what you guys think, because I'm at a loss for coilovers (can't afford air) and tires. I'm thinking about doing gc's conversion kit for e21's as that seems like the best deal. and maybe 195's with a slightly wider sidewall? idk.
being at school 85% of the time means won't be making regular progress on this thing, as I'll be away from it and busy when I'm not on some sort of school break. essentially I'll accumulate cash, which will turn into parts, which will get put on the car. large posts/updates. fun stuff.
HISTORY:
so I had a BMW e28 less than a year ago, and wanted to trade for something smaller. At dubs on defrost 6 (i think 6) I met Taylor Carsch (tcturbo91) who longed for an e28. at that time, he was the owner of this e21 320is. upon seeing it, i knew i wanted it. The trade/deal didn't go through, good thing because taylor's current e28 is sick, and I said goodbye to this e21 for what figured was forever.
Fast forward several months, the e21 was sold off, and I sold my e28. We're in June 2013 now. I'm looking for a car, particularly e30's, when I get a random PM here on stanceworks. It was addressed to a "Sam" but it was about an e21 for sale that I had supposedly had interest in. Turns out I was the wrong Sam, but since I was in the market I figured I'd ask to see the car up for grabs. Sure enough, by some stupid luck or "fate" the e21 that had MISTAKENLY been shown to me was the same e21 I had seen months earlier. now for sale. shit. Told the guy that I'd be down to buy it the next day, as I knew it was a good looking, well performing car. bought it, and now it's here to stay.
I didn't take many pictures from June-September 2013, as I was enjoying the shit out of the car, but I wanted to start documenting now. This is a picture of the car when taylor was selling it, and it pretty much looked like that when I bought it except for that it came with the stock bbs mahle wheels and shadowed trim...
Updates that I don't have pictures for;
-patched some holes in the floor
-painted stuff
-fluids change
-rear bumper tuck
(general **** one does upon acquiring an old bmw)
found a euro front bumper for cheap.
the seller (and now friend, fellow e21 guy) fixed the dents and prepped the metal but the chrome was shot and I was poor. Since the trim was plastidipped because of "bad chrome" I figured I should go with black to match.
With his help, we welded the stock US-spec shock inserts to the euro bumper and bang. fits like a glove.
I took the rest of these pictures today, but here's the car and where I'm at now!
only thing missing from an otherwise mint recaro interior...
while I'm at school, the car will be residing at my friend Peter's house. Peter owns a 400hp slammed wrx. ideal north east monster.
Which is out of commission due to a spun rod bearing. rebuild time.
bought wheels; 15x8/9 with 185/45 all around which are IMO too small for my taste and massachusetts stance.
tested them;
lolgap
It will get there
But to be fair this is "stock" suspension. cut rear springs I believe, I didn't do it. Plans? Well, some m10 performance parts will come into the mix at some point, but my focus is tires and suspension for now. I'd like to hear what you guys think, because I'm at a loss for coilovers (can't afford air) and tires. I'm thinking about doing gc's conversion kit for e21's as that seems like the best deal. and maybe 195's with a slightly wider sidewall? idk.
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