Partiallypurple
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I've been wanting to do this for a while, finally msportparts.com came out with a replacement piece for the faded M cluster logo! Took advantage of having the cluster out as well and polished it up really nicely and removed all the swirls. It's the small things like this that make a build so much better and satisfying to me. Very happy with this. (The first picture is after)
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(Both sides measured 67.5")
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Finally after 3 delays, my toe brackets came in to hopefully solve my toe out problem. These are made usually to do the opposite of what I need, but they allow for more adjustability both ways. I got them in and I think I'm right where I need to be. very close to 0. Alignment time Monday then time to enjoy hopefully!
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On 2/26/2019 at 3:51 AM, Earl said:
I wish I had the 9.5" rears=(
Here are pictures of an actual rear test fit on a friend's coupe.
hey, this was me 🙂
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I saw it sitting in the front of his shop so sad one day, and I immediately knew it was exactly what I’ve always needed. I ended up selling my s2000 a week later and bought it. I plan to keep this car forever. It’s already come so far in less than a year and I couldn’t be happier
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1 hour ago, B C said:
So here's how its going to go down.
You're going to borrow my E46 M3, then crash it, thus owing me a 10 second car. You will give me yourmarvelously built violet E36old unreliable German car with ill fitting roof spoiler as payment and I can swap the S54 into it and create my ideal BMW.LMK when you wanna do this and I can drop off the keys.
Sounds good. I will be dropping the car off at LKQ tomorrow, you can meet me there if you would like.
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12 hours ago, Rekpoint said:
Looks to me that it was bent when taken off.
They bend really easy and need to be taken off with a heat gun and fishing line.
The thing was wavy before I removed it but yes it was bent when taking off as well. I tried everything possible including heat and a fishing line. Someone used a permanent calk of some sort. I couldn’t get any of it off the window no matter what i tried so I had to glue right over the old stuff. You should’ve seen how hard this thing was to get off. It was insane. I might have a new rear windshield put in soon
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Finally got to getting this ACS rear window wing on and man I'm not happy at all. Wing is very wavy, and doesn't fit very good at all. Also the glass underneath is ruined because someone decided to install this with the worlds craziest glue/sealer I've ever seen so I think I'm going to have to deal with it till next winter and have the whole rear glass replaced. 😡
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hoping to see this car this summer sometime. If you are ever in the Milwaukee area with it let me know!
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Looking for a clean grey e36 sedan headliner! Thanks
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make an offer on whatever you want.
E36 m3 oem front lip (has a bit of overspray on it, could be refinished easily, or possibly removed)
e36 m3 door sills black
Random wood interior bits, front mulberry door panel inserts and rear full panels - I will take pictures if anyone’s interested
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11 hours ago, SteelBlue said:
Were these your control arm bushings? I had just bought new lolli's in the past to avoid these issues for how cheap they are.
RTAB’s. I did the LCA bushings a month or so ago along with adjustable LCA’s, those were terrible as well.
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Toe is still off. Just measured today with some tow plates and I’m around ~1/2” toed out. So 1/4” on both sides. I am out of adjustability so i ended up finding some toe brackets that are available that allow for more adjustability. Hopefully these will solve my problems! Should be here by Friday. Install Saturday :)
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The worst days of owning a BMW will always be the days you do bushings. Rented a $300 bushing removal kit and still ended up having to beat the living crap out of them to get them out. Oh well. Offset bushings in. Toe is a million times better. Alignment Monday! Buffing and wet-sanding continues all week.
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1 hour ago, SteelBlue said:
All the right small details.
Where are those town houses at? Look pretty dope.
Also, going to need a link for the 935 keychain
Thanks! I’m right on Lake Michigan in St. Francis. I got the key chain from a guy in Poland actually. He got it from a 90’s shop that went under in Japan that sold all Momo stuff. It was never never opened from 89’
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Haven’t updated in a while. It’s been a wild few months with the world ending and all that ruckus. Car is finally getting close to being drivable! It’s fully painted, I am currently finishing the wet sanding process. The wheels were fully refinished was planned, I had the chrome removed and powder coated the faces and cage to match, and polished the lips of the wheels. I have gotten very close on my fitment I’m desiring. The rear is a little off still due to some tow issues. I am installing offset RTAB bushings tomorrow from Garagtastic and hopefully that will help me get it to where I want it. The interior is almost finished up for now, I am just a few steps away from mounting and wrapping my metal door panels in alcantara suede. Can’t wait to get on the road! Closer and closer everyday. Alignment is next Monday!
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The car has indeed been parked since 01 though and was imported to New Mexico
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So after contacting International BMW where I know a manager, I got the word that the car was in Germany from 1993-1998. It spent almost all of its miles there and has all the service history of the car documented. The guy I bought it off must’ve been misinformed on the history of where the car was originally from. The service booklet had some really cool brochures in it and a bunch of other stuff like this cool napkin. Super pumped about finding this car.
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On 10/21/2019 at 2:41 PM, Rekpoint said:
I have a decent momo hub for an e36 if anyone is interested in this wheel, A part cracked during shipping. But its still usable!
It would be cheap!
Interested! Text me 414-861-8801
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44 minutes ago, straight6pwr said:
very cool! sad that someone who spec'd an 'individual' didnt upgrade to the painted bumpers.
I personally like the look of the unpainted bumpers. I made my other coupe 2 tone with grey bumpers on purpose
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Did some more polishing today and replaced my brake line I broke. Got the brakes all re-bled and took it down lake drive and hit some boost! I don't know if theres a better feeling than working on a car every day for 8 months straight and then finally getting to drive it. Surprisingly had no rubbing or anything. Can full lock wheels and all. Ignore my door being opened in the video.
There was one issue; my amber corner on my drivers side flew out and got ran over immediately doing about 65 mph. Oh well, thats minor.