WIBIMMERS

100% same page.

bright side is getting home projects done that i thought were 10+ years down the line

when this shit is over, open bar at my place!  

The Duke of Earl's Del Sol

Pre-cruise stop at Jason's shop.

This would have been a cool shot if you could see the hills and miles of colorful trees...

Represent!

Still beautiful out there even with the rain.

It cleared up a little on my way home so I found some color.

@Jdesign the forecast i found online looked a little different

REKIII said:

I opted out this year as I didn't want to threepeet being a deadbeat santa.  Maybe next year I'll have my act together.

that's too bad, I was going to send you cyber truck nuts.

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happened to find the moon out last night

This middle german 'style' building seemed appropriate. Fachwerkhäuser! 

Milwaukee buildings are displaying red white and blue colors as a display of hope that we will get through this pandemic. 

city lights

white on white

i_love_cars said:

if you drive a classic BMW every day, it doesn't feel as special.

i've been driving e30s for over a decade and when I drive mine I still grin like a fricken teenager who's just touched his first pair of boobs.

i wish my second car could also be an e30.

if you could snort e30s, I would.

long live e30s.

GunMetalGrey said:

Stincils! lol
Those are pretty sweet!

Rich didnt post the card I sent with the gift:

The Full Banana said:

Psh, non-insulated crimps with high-quality adhesive lined heat shrink over the crimps is the way to go. Insulated connectors are for the birds. Nice work, Gabe! Looks great.

Raychem heatshrink 4 lyfe

OEM++

i'd agree except:

stopped at a couple spots while running errands and snapped a few more photos since the car was clean. tried to go to places that are now empty due to the situation where normally cars and people might be in the way. 

my photo variety has been boring lately (lots of 3/4 wide shots), but whatever. 

 

what is this, the 2016 election? you've only included the two worst candidates in the poll.

although you're trying to teach algebra to a toad, i applaud your effort.

i vote for the spray stuff.

take a big sheet of cardboard, and cut a hole the size of the area you want to spray. judging based on the photo you posted, something like this would suffice:

welp, I finished some projects finally.

i used a 3rd cluster to steal the display LCD and finally got the cluster 100% working again

glued one of the door panels back together

got the ebrake unseized

new console surround installed

aux pump and heater valve rebuilt and installed in the car. new coolant added.

Steering components 100% replaced. new idler arm, new tie rods, new center drag link. 55mph shimmy is finally gone again. 

the remaining three brake calipers (replaced one in spring) all seems to be at different levels of 'stuck', so I just replaced everything.

bottom of the ocean or winter wisconsin car? I think the partial seizing led to extra heat which accelerated the rust on these. 

before:

new parts:

after:

then, I took some pictures to be used for selling the car:

then, before I could blink, the car was sold. gonna miss this one, we had a lot of great adventures.

/thread

some things never cease to be useful. for example:

castle door crossbars

enjoyed the warm weather from 5 till 6. cleaned up the subrame and installed the new bushings. i'm happy with the condition, so no paint is needed. that fricken poly bushing lube is nasty, its almost as tacky as sap!

also got the trailing arms done, same story applies. no rust on the brake dust shields, which is very telling of the overall condition. 

lastly, i got the new ebrake cables and SS brake lines installed

i've ordered some remaining small parts and fluids, and should be able to start reassembly of everything once they get here.

hey guys smokin deal here. $275 for super fucked up e30 front bumper and valance. even comes with pre-smashed fog lights so you dont have to go searching for rocks on the highway.

https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/pts/d/bmw-e30-front-bumper-with/6367698219.html

loved the rear fenders, mike.

big thanks to badger bimmers for putting this together.

more pictars:

got ya back, dave!

pulling up to @TCD and unknowingly challenging him to a race is like jogging up to Usain Bolt and unknowingly challenging him to a sprint. even if he's unprepared in a tuxedo and dress shoes, it won't end well for you.