Bassboy3313

My appointment at Big Bear is today at 1pm. Getting excited for sure!

My appointment at Big Bear is today at 1pm. Getting excited for sure!

I had my car cleaned by Reuben at Endless Detailing yesterday before it rained and I can honestly say that my expectations were FAR exceeded by him.  It was a simple wash and spray wax but man he fucking killed it!  I was most excited about how clean he got my wheels since that might be my least favorite part of the car to clean.

beautiful e30, welcome to the forums! 
sorry you have to live in Illinois. there are support groups out there if you need it.
 

Coolshirt has been the MVP of the trip
 
 

I got my pictures back from Nvus this week and i'm pretty happy with them!  That's @B Cchasing me down in the 2nd photo.  I also noticed something that i'm happy about which is that my head is actually looking through the corner to the next.  I remind myself on track to look through the corner i'm in at the next 1 or 2 moves but it's weird actually seeing my head doing it.

Turns out I'd be pretty easy to kidnap

 
Thanks a ton for the parts!!

I’d say they’re still an inch or two too high, but it works for me... I wouldn’t want to be much taller or bigger since the steering wheel isn’t adjustable. Comparing it with my E30, there isn’t too much difference.
 Way more comfortable than the original seats though!

Update:
Family members were called in to say their goodbyes last night. He passed this morning at 10a. He was a head chef at a number of restaurants, most recently Lucilles BBQ in AZ. He was 49 and leaves behind his wife and 4 teenagers. 
 It's so easy to feel entitled to live long enough to see your kids grow up. 
 

Since BMW used red locktite on the strut bolts from factory and these are definitely original struts, lots of pb blaster and a torch were needed to remove the lower strut bolts. I eventually got it all done and went for a cruise. Feels good! 


Sun didn't help the pics. Rear seems like a good height especially for just guessing on the adjuster position. Front can maybe come down just a tad still. All in all, I am very happy with it. 
Still have to install the interior back together, but again, waiting for the paint/dye to show up. 

Looks much better. Alignment/corner balance time! 

My god I love it.  I want one.

Nice difference!
 
 

Rears are done.


started on the front passenger side. After some struggle with balljoint, got the control arm replaced with new poly offset bushing. Couldn't find my stupid 18mm socket or wrench, so waiting till tomorrow to install coilover. Then on to driver side.
Also, had to install a window ac unit because why not!

Rears are done.


started on the front passenger side. After some struggle with balljoint, got the control arm replaced with new poly offset bushing. Couldn't find my stupid 18mm socket or wrench, so waiting till tomorrow to install coilover. Then on to driver side.
Also, had to install a window ac unit because why not!

for the rears? The Rogue Engineering reverse mount plates act as reinforcement plates while also allowing the nuts to be accessed from wheel well

Picked up a set of H&R coilovers

Started tearing into the coilover install today. The coupe requires to take pretty much the entire rear interior out to access the rear strut mounting nuts. I went through this with my e46 touring, so I had an idea of what was involved.
Took about an hour to have it looking like this...

Got it up in the air and got the rear struts and springs out. Struts were original and both were completely blown and leaking.


I'll take more pics tomorrow when I continue. Also, while I have the interior trim removed, the carpet pieces will be getting the SEM black dye treatment and the plastic bits will be getting the Colorbond bmw black trim paint treatment. 

A girlfriend I had in high school drove a white tempo. Brings back memories.....

turned out awesome! good work.

I just opened my print file back up. Says that it used 32.09 meters (or approximately 95 grams) of filament to print. The filament spool I am using cost me $23 for 1kg. We all know that 1kg equals 1000 grams. So dividing $23 by 1000 grams gives you 0.02 cents per gram. Multiple that by the 95 grams and it cost me $2.19 to print this wrench. I'd say this juice was worth the squeeze for sure!

Figure I should start updating here. First thing done besides small things was changing out the stereo for a Continental bluetooth/usb/aux unit. 


One of the main reasons I did this is due to the next thing I've been working on. And that is a Z3M center console swap which would eliminate the clock due to the guages i want to run. I got a set of used Z3M consoles, disassembled them, wrapped them with brushed steel vinyl wrap, eliminated the chrome and popped in some new VDO guages. 



Ultimate end goal is to also switch out the tan interior for black/cinnamon to complement the Montreal blue exterior more. 
Other than getting these console pieces in the car as well as painting/dying interior parts that need to be removed in process, I also picked up a set of H&R coilovers that will soon be installed as well. 
Also, bringing this over from my other post, had to 3D print a BSS RC wheel center cap wrench that works like a charm!



 

Well, it was successful! The PLA material I printed the wrench from is actually pretty damn strong. I'm surprised.

Love this. This is going to be great with cinnamon. 

Figure I should start updating here. First thing done besides small things was changing out the stereo for a Continental bluetooth/usb/aux unit. 


One of the main reasons I did this is due to the next thing I've been working on. And that is a Z3M center console swap which would eliminate the clock due to the guages i want to run. I got a set of used Z3M consoles, disassembled them, wrapped them with brushed steel vinyl wrap, eliminated the chrome and popped in some new VDO guages. 



Ultimate end goal is to also switch out the tan interior for black/cinnamon to complement the Montreal blue exterior more. 
Other than getting these console pieces in the car as well as painting/dying interior parts that need to be removed in process, I also picked up a set of H&R coilovers that will soon be installed as well. 
Also, bringing this over from my other post, had to 3D print a BSS RC wheel center cap wrench that works like a charm!