Granny's E12 build, general nonsense

[bennkishh]

Lol sup. forgot about having a build thread. And about this car all together. It's been stupendously cold here, with plenty of ice and snow for good measure. Weather like this is really only good for drinking beer, but I managed to get some wiring done, and got my radio/speakers functioning again. I've actually been trying to sell this thing because broke college student, but it hasn't been going well so I've been making plans to ruin my life via cutting another coil. I also plan to clean up my bay, custom stain my interior trim, refinish my wheels, and do the rust repair as best I can around the windshield. Maybe this Saturday I'll have some good updates since I'm trying to get in to the shop for the weekend and get to work (read: drink beer and attempt mechanical ingenuity).

[bennkishh]

I vote tuck the bumpers. Keeps the seat but they aren't huge. Plus I think no bumper won't fit the rest of the car since it's so clean where no bumper is more for a beater or track car. Just my opinion. Looks good so far man, keep it up.

I think i've decided on removing the front bumper, doing a custom fabricated wrap-around front trim piece (universal truck door molding from autozone) and tucking the rear bumper.

[99sil-teg]

I vote tuck the bumpers. Keeps the seat but they aren't huge. Plus I think no bumper won't fit the rest of the car since it's so clean where no bumper is more for a beater or track car. Just my opinion. Looks good so far man, keep it up.

[bennkishh]

progress looks good, but i think coilovers are needed.

Cut springs do or die

[ryanjblajda]

progress looks good, but i think coilovers are needed.

[bennkishh]

Happy thanksgiving assholes

[bennkishh]

not sure how I missed this one before, looking good on the new wheels

Thank you! Your work truck was seriously fucking cool.

[hinrichs]

not sure how I missed this one before, looking good on the new wheels

[bennkishh]

https://vimeo.com/112811537

smokey burnouts or something, I don't fucking know


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[bennkishh]

dengg! look at you flexin' now....lower it.

Yeet boiiiii

[tylersaywhat]

dengg! look at you flexin' now....lower it.

[bennkishh]

Yep basically. Also are you keeping them diving boards?

I vote keep them just to get the bmw crowd mad.

Here's the thing, i don't know what I want to do with the bumpers. They're nice to sit on, and they're in great structural shape, no dings or bends or rust, but they're faded and cloudy. I was thinking about taking off the front, putting universal truck door molding over the holes where the bumper would have been, and running some sort of duckbill front lip, As for the rear, i'm undecided. I'd atleast do a tuck. I basically want this thing to look really old school, almost like some sort of period correct racer. Also, i fucking love my fog lights that are mounted to the bumper, they light up the road like no other.

Also for anyone who could help me, could the common man such as myself perform a valve adjustment on this thing? It's an M30B28. There's a really cool BMW shop in my town that does really nice work for a lot less than most specialty shops that could do it for me. They're super nice dudes too, I go in and talk to them from time to time about cars. I'd just like to take care of it sooner rather than later, the valves are really starting to sing their song once she warms up.

[SnazzyQ]

Definitely, gotta hack another coil out of her for sure. Probably one more up front and one and a half out of the rear.

Yep basically. Also are you keeping them diving boards?

I vote keep them just to get the bmw crowd mad.

[bennkishh]

Cool.

Now lower it.

Definitely, gotta hack another coil out of her for sure. Probably one more up front and one and a half out of the rear.

[SnazzyQ]

Cool.

Now lower it.