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Hi men! At first, congratulations for your e36. It's simply amazing. I ask you for your friend's e36, the "all black": This rims are a styling 32, in 17"? Thanks man, a hug from Spain!
I probably should have updated this a long time ago lol..
So I was just kinda enjoying the car and then the inevitable happened. I was driving at night in the rain, and my phone went off and I looked down at it and when I looked at the road this was in the way
So that ended up leaving me dead in the water and it cracked the pan up pretty good. I got it welded up by the best shop around but it still has some slight leaks. It sucks but I mean nobodies perfect.
So after that the car was running great, I had no complaints, the clutch was broken all the way in, I went through some tires. By far my favorite tires where Sumitomo htr a01 but of course they got discontinued. I switched to nankang NS20... I **** them, they wear quickly, the sidewalls are soft and the just feel greasy. But what do you expect for $47 each lol.
Then I broke an axle.. Welded diff and 166k took its toll I guess
Then I totally ruined my fender somehow. Probably backing up.
I broke another axle same side same way. Im breaking the actual shafts not the CV joints, I'm starting to believe that my rear trailing arm bushings are just so shot that they are allowing to much movement and its stressing the axles to the point that they are snapping. So Powerflex bushings are going to be ordered soon to help that out and ill mod my toe adjusters while I'm in there.
Then i made an exhaust after 4k miles of a cut off muffler lol my air filter was literally destroyed so i wasted $50 on a new one
Sooo that brings us up to date. Im back at school, working to hopefully grab another set of tires and bushings before H20i so i can make it down there safe. Here some pictures that make the car look pretty
Well I bought another set of Style 66's so I can run 9's square. Tires have been ordered should be here tomorrow afternoon. Didn't know what to buy so I bought 2 GT radial uhp's and 2 poop-kang ns20's. I wanted 4 GT RADIALS but they only had 2 in stock. Ill post pics tomorrow when I get it all mounted up.
So my brother is deploying for a little while so i can home this weekend to see him and get some time in the shop and get my car ready for h2bro. I ordered tires from Discount tire direct again and they rock like usual. Just make sure your tires meet the weight and speed requirement of your car. I bought 2 GT radial UHP1 and love them Its a 205/40/17 on a 17x9. I picked up another set of style 66's so I'm running 9 square and like it a lot. in the rear I'm running NS-20's and i still **** them lol.
This is the front with the gt radials
In a typical retard fashion.. I blew another axle out.... but it has a life time warranty so it was free, 30 mins later i was back on the road. These new tires and wheels have changed the ride hight so i need to bring it down. I changed my temp sensor and the car is running better than ever. He's some more pcis including my new distraction
Originally posted by philippeoliviergiguereView Post
what is up with your axles haha clean car man keep the updates coming!
Honestly man I'm not sure, my guess is because my rear trailing arm bushings are so bad its allowing to much play. I can't find any results about it when I search.
Well I've been neglecting my post H20 update, school and work have been keeping me busy. H20 was a blast other than the terrible weather, car had a couple issues, I lost a skid plate bolt and had to rig it up on a side street and During the hight of the standing water my car started running rough. My intake goes down by my headlight and i don't have an inner fender so I'm sure my mac got wet. Didn't really get a lot of pics cause it was too windy so I just hid in my car lol
The worst thing that happened was on the last day I went to park and smashed the sh1t out of my bumper on a parking block and basically blew it apart. I ordered a new one and some "high quality" oem paint and 2 stage clear. Like $80 for 3 cans of spray paint so i hope it looks good.
The pics suck, and my car was absolutely filthy it literally hasn't been washed in like 2 months lol enjoy.
PS: I love my new gt radial tires 10/10 would recommend
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