FuturisticConcept Art BMW E36 with a V8 on a bottom dollar budget

[Jdesign]

I finally did something...ehh bought something. 

I purchased some adjustable rear control arms as the ones in the car are factory, and I wrecked the old bushings as you saw earlier in this thread. 

These were $50 on eBay, and to my surprise, the quality is way better than I expected. I assume they were cheap because no one wants purple control arms.

[GunMetalGrey]

Install mirrors near the underbody so you can see the purple.

[Jdesign]

GunMetalGrey said:

Install mirrors near the underbody so you can see the purple. 

Thats silly.

[stealthbimmer]

Jdesign said:

Thats silly.

So, what your saying is, to go with the current state of the car it would be perfect.

[stealthbimmer]

Time to step up your game 

[Daggerty]

Those toe arms are solid for the price. I bought a set 4 years ago the bushings are starting to crack but $50 for a set, sore Dick deal.

[Jdesign]

stealthbimmer said:

Time to step up your game 

Holy shit, challenge accepted.

[B C]

he sure 1-upped the lumber jetta

[Jdesign]

Snap said:

he sure 1-upped the lumber jetta

For reference:

For future reference:

(Looks like I need stiffer rates in the rear)

[Earl]

Is that second one in Africa? The only place I can think that would have a MK2 taxi lol

[Earl]

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[Jdesign]

Oh MY. I didnt know Mythbusters proved that!

[Jdesign]

Finally made some bushings for the control arms last night. Delrin with aluminum inserts on the lathe. I made them in CAD first, and I think next time I make a set, I will just CNC them. It took me about 3 hours to cut everything out on the lathe, and the CNC would have taken about 5mins...Oh well. I will install them this week and button everything back up. I want to make new sub-frame bushings too, but I dread removing the sub-frame seeing how destroyed the bolts are from someone welding washers to them. ughhhhh.

I also started mocking up how I want to route the exhaust. Currently its super hacked together and hangs really low under the car. I want to go lower but cant because of it.

[YoungCR]

Side exit through the rocker?

[stealthbimmer]

[Jdesign]

More like this:

[Jdesign]

Finished installing the bushings and new control arms last night and got it back on the ground. I still need to bleed the brakes again, but I will need to do that this weekend. I needed the car off of the lift so that I could work on a pile of shit Volkswagen I bought. 

I also sprayed the tire letters red on one side of the car to get an idea of how it might look on the Centerlines.

[KaiserRolls]

Flat style side exit exhaust. NASCAR style

[KaiserRolls]

[KaiserRolls]

Or this