e34 Touring

[straight6pwr]

replaced front thrust and control arms yesterday. pretty straight forward except i dont know how people fit the 22mm box wrench on the nut near the front crossmember. i refused to modify my snap on 22mm so i cut up an old generic 7/8 to make it fit, and it worked like a charm.

i was in a hurry so i kept forgetting to take pictures.  heres the modified wrench:

and heres the steering plate.  for the e34, its bolted to the bottom of the front strut assembly, then the control arms/tie rods are bolted to it. easiest procedure is remove tie rod, remove control arms from car, then remove steering plate.  bring the plate to your bench vise and hammer the ball joints out with your fork and reassemble.

[straight6pwr]

did a full detail today (wash, clay bar, polish, wax, trim restore) and was able to take some shots. wish i had finished my style 5s for this, but the stock wheels are clean, at least.

[Earl]

Car looks great in person Dan;) On style 5's it'll look perfect.

[alexw]

I saw you in Kenosha the other day. I thought, who's that cool dude in a E34 touring... I'd like to be his pal. Little did I know it was you!

You should call me some time when you're in town. I can drool over your car and stuff.

[straight6pwr]

thanks guys.  will do alex, during the summer i get down there often enough.

[KaiserRolls]

lookin' good

[wasnt m3]

Nice pictures! Cant wait to see it on style 5's

[The Full Banana]

Looks awesome. Good work, Dan.

[straight6pwr]

thanks guys.  finally got around to finishing the style 5s.  (5 months later)

they're not perfect, but they are going to be daily driven so that would be a pointless endeavor in the end.

will hopefully get them mounted this week.

[Earl]

Good job Dan:) Those will look great on the touring.

[straight6pwr]

thanks. i decided to not use any fancy products on the lips, just waxed them and they kept the same shine.

[Earl]

Good. Sharkhide is a pain to apply and it still doesn't go on absolutely flawlessly=\

[KaiserRolls]

those are going to look great.

in4morepics

[straight6pwr]

finally mounted.  was 10 min early to work so I stopped and snapped a shot or two:

[Earl]

There you go Dan;) Plan on getting coilovers or h&r's with billy shocks?

[B C]

Looks pretty terrible, bro. you should really consider a 4-lug swap and throw some bottlecaps on it.

.....said no one ever.

[straight6pwr]

Snap said:

Looks pretty terrible, bro. you should really consider a 4-lug swap and throw some bottlecaps on it.

.....said no one ever. 

lol

Earl said:

There you go Dan;) Plan on getting coilovers or h&r's with billy shocks?

my budget for 2013 has gone up in a poof of smoke. definitely next summer though

[B C]

straight6pwr said:

 budget for 2013 has gone up in a poof of smoke.

You should be a politician.

[straight6pwr]

Snap said:

You should be a politician.

only if i keep spending...

[Earl]

Any news Dan?