my 1990 325iS Build. Doc. Whatever you wanna call it.
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So i picked this car up in madison last friday from a guy that i sold it to a few years back. Originally I bought the car in Austin Tx back in 08 and had it for about 3 years. As soon as i signed the title over i instantly regretted it. He gave me a call about a month ago asking if i wanted to buy it back so i sold my 89 iX and here we are.
The day I picked it up. The girl friend, clearly stoked with me buying another car.
The car needs some work but the body is in really good shape 99% rust free! Sorry for the crappy iPhone pics
Except for the rear bumper.
The car was absolutely filthy so i spent about 3 hours taking the interior about and cleaning it up.
And the seats came out...
The carpet looks ten times better but probably could use a shampoo job or possibly be dyed black. If anybody has any experience with this feel free to chime in.
The PO parked under a bunch of trees so there was dirt all over the car. So next was the grille.
Overall i was happy with the progress i made for the day. i would have done more but it was raining buckets that day.
Next on the list were the tires. The previous owner sold me the car on 195/75 snow tires (seen in previous photos) that were the definition of monster truck status. A coworker had a set of 185/60r14's on his stock miata wheels. I know they are kind of undersized but i needed tires and he sold them to me for a good price. They look so tiny!
Thats all for now. As far as plans go for it, i just want to fix a few things on it to make it a reliable daily for the summer like the t-belt, a new shifter, an iS lip and a euro rear plate filler.
Thanks for looking.
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Just what the doc ordered! Haha I'm gonna try and scoot out of work Saturday at 10 to meet you guys at Brookfield square.
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No thanks! Unless you want to trade motors too? Haha
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thanks brian. yeah i was really bummed when i first saw the condition of the car but its a work in progress. for the price of the car i couldnt go wrong considering how bad most of the e30's are out there for sale.
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It's crazy how much of a difference just cleaning it makes.
lookin' good so far
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thanks guys. it still needs alot of work but its worth the effort. does anybody have anyone they would recommend to adjust my valves? my car sounds like a sewing machine thats 3 quarts low on oil. i asked matt at matts foreign car in tosa he gave me a quote as if he were doing a motor swap/parts and labor. haha that guy is good but holy hell is he high on drugs!
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A valve adjustment is a matter of 30 minutes, a set of feeler gauges, and a new valve cover gasket+rocker shaft plugs.
Between having a newborn and buying a house I cannot figure out when I would be able to help you but I would be happy to help and could give you instructions over the phone if needed.
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thanks alex. im really pumped to be back in a rwd car again and sorry to hear about your subaru issues. i showed a guy at work that has a 09 wrx your post and he wants to get rid of it even more!
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So heres a small update but nothing too exciting. I ordered tie rod assemblies, an inner door handle, a lower temp thermostat and a valve cover gasket so i can adjust my valves. I also picked up an iS lip from Jake. I painted the grille so the lip would match. Here is a bad pic that i took without any sun light of my car with said lip. If anybody has a set of kidneys they would like to sell PM me. Mine are in terrible shape.
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The increased aerodynamics due to the lip will surely help you save big money!!! possibly up to 11%!
2% instant rebate
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I haven't updated this since last year because my photobucket wouldn't upload photos from my phone. I've done a lot of boring maintenance in the past month since pulling it out of storage. I'll post a everything I've done so far this weekend. This is the way it sits as of now.
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