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87Shark wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 12:24 am Who did you order the tires from?

I ordered them through Tirerack and had them delivered to a local tire shop. Made things super simple. Not many street tires in that size anymore, so I'm happy to have a (so far) good experience with them. More miles will tell, but I'm a fan so far

Lots of stuff over the weekend! First up was replacing the Pitman arm bushings that were nothing more than metal dogbones at this point. Probably original to the car, there was no bushing material left. You could shake and twist them around however you wanted with the car on the ground :shock: How i...

To adjust height, I decided to re-position the lever arm that clamps on to the anti-roll bar. By rotating it forward or backward, you effectively "trick" the control module into thinking the ride height is higher/lower than it needs to be, and will adjust the fluid pressure to achieve the ...

Thanks Onthefritz. I may look into your option. So it dropped the front and then you adjusted the rear to match? Did you upgrade front strut inserts to make up for the slightly ‘softer’ e30 spring? That's basically how it happened. At the time, I was experimenting with the rear ride height trying t...

MrE wrote: ↑Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:46 am Stunning looking car.

Thanks! Of course I know every single blemish on every square mm, but even I'm in shock sometimes that the car is as clean as it is for its age. It cleans up well, for sure. At least the previous owners did something right

Car looks great, I'm sure it fells great driving it again. My car is in for a respray, I hope to get it back by mid October. You decision on gold pin strips looks great. Question, what bulbs are you running in the projection head lights? How well lit is night driving? Roger Thank you! I wasn't quit...

I'm back!! https://i.imgur.com/y7J9nHe.jpg All fixed up, in even better shape than it was before! Got the car back Wednesday night, and had to wait until the weekend to give it a good wash and super thorough wax. The paint match is amazing between the 30 year old paint and fresh stuff; the old paint...

I guess there's always some oil hiding away somewhere or something.. #-o You might wanna look into removing and manually flushing your engine oil cooler behind the front bumper. It sounds like it's completely clogged with 20 y.o. oil that is slowly turing into coal. Oil cooler? I thought that was m...

Fritz, if you're only putting 5 quarts in, better check your dipstick, as mine takes 6.25 quarts, per the manuals and dipstick [-X I remember reading that and buying 6 quarts the first time I did an oil change on it. I started pouring oil in until it rose up to smack dab in the middle of the dipsti...

brickwhite wrote: ↑Mon Aug 13, 2018 1:14 pm Valvoline VR1 20w-50... comes in 5 quart jug now!

Finally! Won't have to awkwardly waddle to the counter anymore with 5 bottles and a filter

I use Valvoline VR1 20w-50, even with my cat still in place. I hardly burn oil, so I don't think it's going to be an issue for a while. I also put in a quart of Lucas oil stabilizer as added protection against cold starts, especially in winter. Temperatures swing massively between summer and winter ...

The last time they would've been lubed would be when the disks and pads were replaced last October, but I don't remember if they were lubed or not. They at least weren't wiggling around when I checked them last, but that might have changed since. What kind of grease is best to use there?

Waud, No need to worry, these are just the regular 15in OE wheels for the E24. I’ve double and triple checked my pig bolts being tight, tire pressures, etc. I get more symptoms through the brakes (e.g. a pulsing squeak while driving, speeds up/slows down with speed, changes while cornering/going ove...

Definitely go gold stripes on that colour scheme you've got going on there. Or better yet go the full house John Player Special Gold Leaf racing colour scheme! Believe me, that JPS livery is definitely an inspiration! I'm definitely leaning toward gold though, I think it'll add that extra "pop...

I think I'm the kind of person that would buy a beater and get so attached to it that it becomes just as important as the pristine car :P Anywho, the process has begun. Dropped the car off at a shop owned by a great family friend who we met through kart racing. It also just so happens that he's an a...

Still I love to throw my girl into sport mode, damn she eats the highway up like it's nothing. I think it's funny when people assume oh that old BMW has no power. Then the "S" puts em to the rear view mirror. I must say though since running the Chevron 94 octane(zero ethanol) Sonja is run...

I can completely empathise with you! You would find it exactly the same here. The only 'safe' thing you can do is drive slightly faster than everyone else so you're not constantly surrounded by idiots for extended periods, but obviously the police and revenue tax earning cameras have put an end to ...

I can hardly begin to describe how common this ridiculous behavior is. Among my family and friends, we have nicknamed this phenomenon the "Tulsa turn" with how often it happens where I live. Basically, imagine someone driving on a multi-lane road. Say they're in the far left lane (or far r...

Had a "fun" day on the road today... :evil: https://i.imgur.com/ubQFV2j.png (Front left corner. Damage speaks for itself. The hood is also ever so slightly mis-aligned now, but is probably easily repairable judging by how nothing under the hood looks misplaced, broken, or even really bent)...

My problem has actually somewhat subsided and my symptoms have narrowed down. My bushings are all still good, but now I have a slight grinding/chirping sound coming from the front brakes like they're not fully disengaging (indicitive of a dying master cylinder). I haven't been driving as much over t...

Have an odd conundrum. My lower radiator hose started leaking a little while ago, enough to take the car off the road until I could fix it. I decided to order a set of Ireland Engineering silicone coolant hoses for half the price of ordering a full set of Genuine BMW hoses. But it turns out, IE's ho...

Adjusted my valves! Process was super easy, took less than 2 hours from taking the cover off to putting it on and starting the car. Most valves were pretty close to spec already, so the adjustments weren't large (some I didn't even need to). both banjo bolts for the oil spray bar were also still sec...

I recently installed OE blue-stripe springs from an E30 (PN 31 33 1 127 503) in the front and lowered it by about 1-1.25in. They were the same size overall (height and diameter) but the coils were marginally thinner. Same number of turns. I also opted to retain the SLS since we somewhat recently got...

Sprayed the tail light housings a nice silver finally! Got sick of having the lights so dim without any reflective paint or tape or anything Also had to repair a chunk of plastic that broke of well before the car came to our care, which turned out reasonably well. I'd say the result speaks for itsel...

I am wondering if I can mount LED-filaments in the E30 smiley lights, this would imply shaping the outside of the lamp to fit into the shroud and maybe the glass would need to come off and be replaced with new. FWIW, granted I have ellipsoids, but I installed LED bulbs a while ago and didn't have t...