Alpine White Zender Kit E24 633CSI

Earl

Might as well throw in a picture of how small 16's look too. Ignore the miles of wheel gap lol

straight6pwr

so i'm thinking m70 twin turbo would fit nicely under the hood.

Jdesign

Those tires are soooo small on the 16's @Earl LOLOLOL

Im picking up the set of 17 style 5's tonight so I will be right in between.

straight6pwr said:

so i'm thinking m70 twin turbo would fit nicely under the hood.

You stop that.

But I like your idea......

https://bmwconceptsarchive.wordpress.com/2015/01/11/bmw-6-series-v12-mule-e24-1987/

But for consistency sake, I would probably put something non-BMW in there.

Daggerty

That steering wheel looks oddly similar to an 80s bikini bottom.

Jdesign

Daggerty said:

That steering wheel looks oddly similar to an 80s bikini bottom.

I mean, thats not a bad place to look for inspiration is it?

Jdesign

Picked up the Style 5's this weekend and test fit them. The tires are way too small and completely destroyed. I plan on refinishing them while the RS's stay on the car. Then once they are refinished I will swap them out and refinish the RS's

I also ordered the last of the front suspension parts last week from FCP and went to install them this weekend.

I got everything apart, go the new control arms in, but noticed the Tie rods were slightly different.... Yup totally an inch too long on either side. I assume its e12 stuff and I will be contacting FCP today to get that situated. Ughhh SO close

I also ordered exhaust piping for replacing the muffler that was rotted out, that has yet to show up so I haven't been able to cross that off quite yet.

Parts to order / find

Tie rods (DAMMITTT)
Steering Arm
Trailing Arms
Suspension Control Arm and Ball Joint
Ball joints
Front valanc
Shift Bushing
Muffler/ rear exhaust
Front springs
Speakers (4 minimum)
Wipers
Tail light surrounds (might need to make my own)
Interior dash blanks @YoungCR -might have these?
fog lights
Door light switch
Right rear window switch (in the rear of the car) @YoungCR -and might have this?
Battery tie down @YoungCR -and might have one of these? I broke the one I got from @m42b32

Labor

Remove tint
Muffler/ rear exhaust
Install v belts
Adjust steering box
Extreme interior detail/ buffing session
New brake pads / Rebuild caliper
Turn signal Relay needs to be cleaned or replaced

Earl

You should add some 50mm spacers to that list too

Jdesign

Earl said:

You should add some 50mm spacers to that list too

I know!!! I haven't yet because I might just have some in a box.....

Jdesign

I know @m42b32 It was sad. I had a battery in there, and I needed it for another car I bought, and when I removed it, the long bolt snapped halfway out. Really annoying because now I have to figure out a new means of securing the battery.

jc43089

Bungee time, Git-R-Dun

m42b32

Jdesign said:

I know @m42b32 It was sad. I had a battery in there, and I needed it for another car I bought, and when I removed it, the long bolt snapped halfway out. Really annoying because now I have to figure out a new means of securing the battery.

I get a little scared every time I need to take one of those out, its such a long/thin bolt!

Jdesign

m42b32 said:

I get a little scared every time I need to take one of those out, its such a long/thin bolt!

Exactly. And I was in a hurry and didn't think about it

Jdesign

Exhaust piping came in. $26 shipped for 7.5' of mild steel seemed like a really cheap price. This will be the replacement for the muffler that was completely destroyed. Surprisingly the car isnt ungodly loud without a muffler so I figured this would help to wake it up a little.

Still waiting on the correct steering components to get here so I can finish that up.

Daggerty

Jdesign said:

Exhaust piping came in. $26 shipped for 7.5' of mild steel seemed like a really cheap price. This will be the replacement for the muffler that was completely destroyed. Surprisingly the car isnt ungodly loud without a muffler so I figured this would help to wake it up a little.

Still waiting on the correct steering components to get here so I can finish that up.

Is it galvanized? Kinda hard to tell

Jdesign

Daggerty said:

Is it galvanized? Kinda hard to tell

Aluminized steel. Its what most basic exhaust systems are made out of. It can take to heat very well.

Jdesign

I got the right tie rods and installed them early last week. Since I bolted everything up, I have yet to drive the car. I really wanted to weld the exhaust before hand and I don't have an Argon tank at my shop and I am too lazy to load one into/onto my car from my work. Maybe this week I will get to it....

I also split the Style 5's I bought and have since tossed the hardware into the tumbler. I still need to find tires, paint the faces, and polish the lips. Once these are built I can start on the RS's!

Oh! I also bought a new battery because one of the cars I bought a few months ago didn't have one, so it got salvaged from this car. So now with the new battery, I was also able to make a new battery hold-down bracket. So that's crossed off the list again!

Jdesign

Exhaust installed and hung! Looks really weird seeing pipes stick out the back of this thing again. I plan on putting some nice tips on it to clean it up a bit.