....and so it begins, project Turtle Farts.

timmer

It’s a few months late, but the cars finally have their new home.... in a few weeks, the wife and I will be moving in to our new home as well.

Pretty excited to have a place to wrench on the cars somewhere other than the small garage at the duplex we’ve been renting for the last year!

Now that there is more room; I’ll have to plan a wibimmers get-together, cookout, and cruise this summer! We have some nice roads around here, and I can make sure the fuzz don’t give us any trouble, lol!

-Tim

SteelBlue

Whats the square footage on that place? Looks very nice.

timmer

SteelBlue said:

Whats the square footage on that place? Looks very nice.

Thanks! It’s 40’ wide by 32’ deep. 1280 soft. The door is 20x10

Jdesign

Nice Set up! cant wait for a nice get-together!

straight6pwr

hilarious how close in size a side-by-side is compared to an e30.

YoungCR

Nice shop! Is it heated?

timmer

YoungCR said:

Nice shop! Is it heated?

Thanks! No, I decided not to heat it now, but the trusses are set up for a ceiling if I decide to do it later... My main garage is heated, so if I need to do any work during the winter, I can always put things in there.

timmer

Well, the wifey wasn’t too thrilled about her Mazda CX-5, so we decided to replace it with an F30 and officially became an all BMW family! .

We had talked about another E70, but felt we didn’t need another SUV. 2015 328i x-drive, nicely equipped, just off lease with 38k miles. Pretty happy with it.

Back on topic with “project turtle farts”; I’m over ready for spring and am planning on what the car needs next. I am thinking it needs proper suspension and am looking at coil overs...

Fitment industries in Appleton carries Silvers brand, but I want to check out BC and other options.

Hopefully we can also sort out the annoying clunk/rattle when I drive over bumps.

-Timmer

YoungCR

Nice looking fleet! I always liked the metallic bronze x5’s

SteelBlue

I love my F30. Have a 14' 328Xi.

Does it the have big screen?

Jdesign

BC coils are the best bang for your buck IMO. Contact them directly and they can get you custom spring rates if you want to go that route!

Congrats on the full family conversion

timmer

Post E30 picnic update....

Car is up on jack stands, Chinese GSP axles are out. Took some time to tidy up the undercarriage, fix some little things, and add some upgrades.

Cleaned and painted the brake calipers, and ordered stop tech pads/rotors all around.

Parts should be here when I get back from Canada and she will be back on the road doing Smokey burnouts!

Also added a euro front plate to let the other bimmer heads know there is something lurking under the hood...

Till next time!

-Tim

YoungCR

Love the plate!

wasnt m3

Your car looked amazing at the picnic. Here's to a speedy recovery!

timmer

wasnt m3 said:

Your car looked amazing at the picnic. Here's to a speedy recovery!

Thanks, She is back on the road!

I can’t believe how much smoother the GNK axles are... no more rear end vibrations, or chattering.

Dropped her off today at the paint shop to have some paint correction done to fix a few spots on the hood, trunk and roof that developed since the respray last spring.

When she gets home, it’s time for an oil change, and install an oil level sensor to get rid of that pesky oil light on the overhead console.

I think I’m done with the old girl for now... time for deletes/tune on the X5 35d

-Timmer