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Got some parts in to repair the rear end situation. My auto 330 diff stubs along with both the axles I found in ebay showed up. 
Unfortunately the driver side one (which has proven to be more difficult to find) isnt in the greatest of shape, it has some play but I guess we will she if she decides to leave the party at any point. 

 
Going down to gurnee this weekend to pick up a 3.38 diff which should be fine although I would like to find another 3.46 as well. And I'll also be snagging another set of axles while i am down there as well.
Also have one more set of axles on the hook once i hear back about shipping from the guy 🤙
NO MORE BEING UN PREPARED!
In the mean time heres a few photos from in the rain at DD75 

oooh tire sprayers. there were a lot of dirty windshields among the fwd crowd in high school.
looks like youre having a lot of fun, i love it!

If my subframe mounts crack we got big problems lmao. Shouldn't happen if you saw what was done to brace the rear end earlier in this thread haha

Soooo first for the pre-drift day update I did then I will follow with the carnage from drift day lol.
Sam and I decided to add tire sprayers to out cars. In an attempt to cool down tires after each run to prolong their lives. 
Ordered a $18 amazon universal windshield washer kit to get started.
Mounted the tank first.

Sorry to disappoint but I didnt go crazy with wiring until I decide if this is worth it for sure.
Then I made some brackets and mounted the sprayer nozzles.


Both are mounted behind the tires level with the bumper slides which I had off for the install.
Then came the switch, which is a bit cheap but works for now.

 
Now unfortunately the weather on Saturday was short of pleasant. Rain for all but 2 hours of driving meant there wasnt much need for testing the tire sprayers so this is to be determined. Also we both decided that some new sprayer nozzles that spread out the path of the water over the entire tire would be more beneficial.
Now sunday brought some beautiful weather. I started the day out on the intermediate track and got about 4 runs in. On my fifth time around I clutch kicked in a spot that I normally do and heard an odd noise, then kicked it again because I was still trying to party lmao. And the second kick she cracked harder and straightened out. This was then followed by a rotational clunking noise so I headed for the pits.
Assuming that I snapped and axle or broke the diff. 
And I was kinda right...


As you can see the the stub snapped. Driver side. 
Luckily I had a spare diff in Sam's trailer, unfortunately it was a 2.93 and the one that was now rendered useless for now was a 3.46. The next issue was that I needed a stub. I also lucked out and another e46 friend at the track that had an auto 330 stub and an auto 330 axle. So I had to swap in a new axle as well since the auto 330 stubs are different. 

Got everything swapped back in the car and took it for a lap. Which proved to be very difficult with the 2.93 along with 3 piece 18" wheels. It required alot more clutch kicking and high high rpms, the clutch stunk a little after that run. So I decided to throw in the towel for the day in hopes to not damage more of the car including the borrowed parts. 
I must say the drive home with the 2.93 was alot more comfortable though 😂
 
Soooo now that I have talked to a few people and done some research the plan is to convert to auto 330 stubs with auto 330 axles. I found stubs on ebay for 50 bucks and a passenger side axle for 33 bucks lol. Now all I need is a driver side axle unless I can get my buddy to sell me this one along with another 3.46 diff.
 

Better to toast a diff than to find out the noise is a cracked floorpan 👍🏼

Update on the rubber covered quarter panel.
She cleaned up quite well! Some denatured alcohol to get most of it off then some light rubbing compound to get the deeper shadows out. Pretty pleased with it. 
Note: wheels are extremely dirty and need to be polished I know lol

Been a hot minuate. Still waiting on insurance stuff but dd101 was so much fun! Killed pleanty of tires and fun was had 🤙



delaminated a tire pretty good and she marked up the side of the car, but no worries it comes off pretty well. Will post pictures once it's all off 👍
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Looks like an epic good time. I need to make it out there again soon!

To all 3 of you Haha yes I am very happy there was a good samaritan and honestly it could be sooo much worse. I'll keep everyone updated of course. And in all honesty I've been going for 8 years now and staying at a hotel on the strip every time and this is the first time anything has happened to any cars in our group. It is what it is and it can be fixed! Working on a quote now. Luckily I have a friend that works at a body shop 😉

Update.
In preparation for automotion this weekend I washed the car and used my new wrap detailer on the car and wow it looks even better after a proper wash and seal. Although pics are hard to tell. We have a tent at the BOTI show on Saturday so we had make the drift cars ready for show hahah

 
Also got a new set of drift spares. Wheels I only dreamed of owning and finally have a set! 
Weds kranze cerberus 2


 
Made it to automotion with the boys and it was a great weekend!




First time Sam and I have had our cars together since the color change and man... HYPED on how these two look together.
 
Unfortunately late Saturday night after we went to bed something happened. Woke up to a officer's card on my car and also found a dent on the passenger door. It's quite the story that the officer told me but long story short a good cemaritin called in the person who hit my can and 3 others. They were arrested for hit and run and resisting arrest. The car was not owned by the driver but the vehicles owner had already been contacted and does have insurance so things sound like they will pan out okay.
I am grateful for the kind person who called it in since I was in bed and I am also grateful that there isnt much damage.

When more photos roll in I'll share a couple from the weekend!

Update.
In preparation for automotion this weekend I washed the car and used my new wrap detailer on the car and wow it looks even better after a proper wash and seal. Although pics are hard to tell. We have a tent at the BOTI show on Saturday so we had make the drift cars ready for show hahah

 
Also got a new set of drift spares. Wheels I only dreamed of owning and finally have a set! 
Weds kranze cerberus 2


 
Made it to automotion with the boys and it was a great weekend!




First time Sam and I have had our cars together since the color change and man... HYPED on how these two look together.
 
Unfortunately late Saturday night after we went to bed something happened. Woke up to a officer's card on my car and also found a dent on the passenger door. It's quite the story that the officer told me but long story short a good cemaritin called in the person who hit my can and 3 others. They were arrested for hit and run and resisting arrest. The car was not owned by the driver but the vehicles owner had already been contacted and does have insurance so things sound like they will pan out okay.
I am grateful for the kind person who called it in since I was in bed and I am also grateful that there isnt much damage.

When more photos roll in I'll share a couple from the weekend!

Had a low beam go out on me yesterday right when I got in my driveway. Pulled it apart and found that where the igniter plugs into the bulb melted itself. Pretty sure the clips were wore out and it caused the poor connection. 
Luckily I had one spare one left. So I pulled out the headlight, disassembled it and swapped out the igniter with harness. 


ALSO luckily I had a spare xenon bulb.
Was a pretty easy job since everything was clean.
That's about it for the excitement lately. Put a few hundred miles on the car over the past 2 weekends as well and everything seems to be good.

UPDATE.
yes @Jdesign I ended up putting in some LEDs for the brake and running lights. I'll be getting some stealth blinker bulbs as well. I dont have photos of the new LEDs yet, also need to get on the closing band wagon so they dont flicker and throw a code.
Secondly I went up to Sam's shop with the car and modified my street faction bash bar with a Jack point 😁

Turned out pretty well.

then on Sunday I slapped some paint on it.


 

UPDATE.
yes @Jdesign I ended up putting in some LEDs for the brake and running lights. I'll be getting some stealth blinker bulbs as well. I dont have photos of the new LEDs yet, also need to get on the closing band wagon so they dont flicker and throw a code.
Secondly I went up to Sam's shop with the car and modified my street faction bash bar with a Jack point 😁

Turned out pretty well.

then on Sunday I slapped some paint on it.


 

Been slacking on updates since it's only been buttoning up some small things. Got my new bulb tray and threw it in the car.

 
I currently have red incandescent bulbs in the running and brake positions and amber in the turn signal. Might convert to LEDs sooner than later so theres better light output and so it actually shows up red lol. It's kinda pink when the brakes are on.

I wouldnt go so far as to say daily drive. But I do want to drive it more this summer than I did last summer. I do drive to the track, thrash for one or 2 days straight then drive it home Haha. So its 100% not a track only car. 

Looks damn skippy. 😍

Close but not exactly haha

I spent far too long working on the paint/swirl marks last night.
wash>Clay 2.0> Meguiars fine cut compound>Meguiars Ultimate Polish> Meguiars wax
Detailing is not my forte but I enjoy spending 4 hours getting carpal tunnel and cleaning things up to the best of my ability .
Photography is not my forte but I enjoy taking pictures of things with my phone to the best of my ability.
 

Small update after the productive weekend.
Took the car for a drive down the street and everything seems good and normal like before. Speedo works correctly and that in itself makes me excited to no longer need to use a GPS Haha. 
Threw the quarter windows in after I took the pics on Saturday and on Sunday i put the grill in the front bumper. 

 
The car needs a solid wash, lots of dust from sitting in the garage. 
 
 

Update: 
Got all fluids in and started up with no problems. 
So since it was nice today in had to pull it out in the sun! It's almost hard to look at with the sun and no sunglasses Haha


 
And here's a pic with the rear bumper on. I have a buddy that has offered up his mtech2 bumper for a really good price. Just not sure if I should go that route or get a lip for this bumper. 

 
Was checking lights and such and found that my left running light in the rear is partially lit on the brakes even when the brakes aren't pressed. Through process of elimination using a socket from my sedan I found that it's the socket holder itself. Luckily a new OEM one was only 30 bucks plus some shipping. So that's on its way.
 

Update: 
Got all fluids in and started up with no problems. 
So since it was nice today in had to pull it out in the sun! It's almost hard to look at with the sun and no sunglasses Haha


 
And here's a pic with the rear bumper on. I have a buddy that has offered up his mtech2 bumper for a really good price. Just not sure if I should go that route or get a lip for this bumper. 

 
Was checking lights and such and found that my left running light in the rear is partially lit on the brakes even when the brakes aren't pressed. Through process of elimination using a socket from my sedan I found that it's the socket holder itself. Luckily a new OEM one was only 30 bucks plus some shipping. So that's on its way.
 

Wrapped the rear bumper tonight. Turned out better than the first time I tried. If you guys see the car in person you'll know what I mean.
Also as you can see I opted for the clear reflectors.

Also my DME showed up today as well, from getting a few modifications to the tune. So the goal for the weekend is to finish getting fluids in the car and have it up and running. 😁

These are close but not what I have, I have a actual brand of mirror lol

Finally put in the driver side kickpanel/dead pedal that I've had sitting around since last summer. It required a little modification because of the floor plate.

 
Also got some new harnesses, the blue ones are fine but looked wack with the red steering wheel and white car lol.


super hyped on the interior again with the rear decklid and block off being complete along with getting those rear panels in earlier this winter.