Chav car project, scrapped. (terminal rot) THE END

[Ranchero]

Fail! Only me then! haha

I dunno, I have grown slightly attached....

I've been following the thread for a while and have been meaning to add that I like the colour aswell.

[E30BeemerLad]

E30's are gay

The way I'm feeling

It'll come good again mate, peaks and troughs

[Duke137]

Hot stick to move the nut, the faffing is part and parcel innit

Care to elaborate, I whacked an Allen key in to stop it spinning and stil don't want to budge.... I was close to cracking out the most used tool I own.... The angle grinder

Oh, have you uncovered your ball joint press yet!!!

[Duke137]

E30's are gay

The way I'm feeling

It'll come good again mate, peaks and troughs

Your feeling gay?

[DanThe]

Ha, no

If you think an E30 can be a ball ache to work on you should try some 80's BL or ford scrap

[Dezzy]

These car's are sent to try us.

Trust me a good one is worth the effort. I say that even after my donk needed building twice.

Stick with it mate.

Hot stick = Burning gear FTW

[Duke137]

Cheers for the comments!

One thing I forgot to mention is there has been a cat living in this for what looks like some time! Little fecker has been getting in through a hole in the floor pan!

I tried to get a photo the other day as I walked past the car and noticed it in there but by the time I grabbed the camera it did a runner LOL

I suppose it may as well be a useful driverway aunement....

[DanThe]

A cat got in through the footwell?

[Duke137]

It's where I cut the rot out to be fair

[deanocool]

great work keep it coming!

[Duke137]

Right getting back on track so I am a bit happier....

Got some new outer ball joints pressed in this morning at a local garage



Then proceeded to remove the struts and get the top mounts changed as they were dead, one had a sheared stud from putting them in the other day, even though I was going to do them anyway.


Old fooked one, grim.

Then it was basically re install the steering rack after my mishap with the E36 one it now rocks an E46 one, and other than the strut it all looks nice and shiney shiney, should make a nice drive when it sees tarmac.


Then got some reconditioned 325i callipers bolted up, goodridge lines, greenstuff pads and power discs, quite pleased with them for 2nd hand off another zoner


All thats left now is to test fit the new wheels..... hmmm, tie rods are fouling? Any ideas people? The are commonly used on E30’s 16x7.5 ET13 and ET25 and still fouling tie rods? 14 BBS fit ok


You can just make out the tie rod touching the inside of the rim????
Below, is the 14 BBS its well clear lol


Do I need hubcentrics to make the MiMs work? What is everyone else with MiMs running?

Well, thats your lot for today but got to face facts soon that I’m going to have to have another bash at welding so I can think about putting the dash board/engine bay back together, urgh...

[Duke137]

Went past the car on the drive this morning 7.00am and noticed the night shift was asleep on the job



It's not my cat LOL

[E30BeemerLad]

bless

[DanThe]

Haha, dont take it the wrong way but I always seem to get squatters in my scrap

Im sure there were about 3 cats living in this 2 storey, luxury apartment, the chinese economy evicted them, poor sods

[Duke137]

Tell you what boys, its not on the road yet and its already attracting the pussy

Dan is that how your 2.8 moredoor ended up?

[DanThe]

Yep, thats the one

[Duke137]

Well I've done nothing on this car for weeks except try fitting a 16" Hartge Rim on the front end....

Look Cool, but I don't think this car will be good enough to grace them?

[ultralinear]

That is one happy cat!!

[pandaa]

Well I've done nothing on this car for weeks except try fitting a 16" Hartge Rim on the front end....

Look Cool, but I don't think this car will be good enough to grace them?

looking good ferg, likeing the hartges

[Ranchero]

That is one happy cat!!

Wait till it starts using the driver's seat as a scratching post.

[SpencerLavery]

Keep the Hartges, they look superb. If you can manage to de-chav as much as possible I reckon that colour could actually look quite good. It certainly does in the photos of just the front arch.

[mercdriver]

Get a steelie on before you start getting ideas! Hartge's belong elsewhere, MiMs only on the chav - you know that you sh!t stain

[town325i]

are you still messing with this get that IS done

[Duke137]

Did you get my text mark?

[SpencerLavery]

Also chuck a cheapo black heck spoiler on instead of that blue monstrosity for now

[Duke137]

Problem with that monstrosity is it was sprayed whilst on the boot lid making it an utter bastard to fit anything else without looking even more shyte than it already does.....

It would be gone don't worry about that but it may have to stay for the time being as I have no idea what the paint code is. I was actually thinking today that it would probably fail an MOT as that built in brake light doesn't work and am thinking that if it has one it may have to work?

Its such a GAY spoiler but its the least of my problems at the minute!

[town325i]

No ferg i never got your text

[SpencerLavery]

Haha worst comes to worst paint over the brake light with a rattle can so you can't tell it's meant to be one. Should pass then.

Sprayed whilst ON the boot Did stevie paint it?

[Duke137]

No ferg i never got your text

Thats also gay

Will send you one now

[mercdriver]

Problem with that monstrosity is it was sprayed whilst on the boot lid making it an utter bastard to fit anything else without looking even more shyte than it already does.....

It would be gone don't worry about that but it may have to stay for the time being as I have no idea what the paint code is. I was actually thinking today that it would probably fail an MOT as that built in brake light doesn't work and am thinking that if it has one it may have to work?

Its such a GAY spoiler but its the least of my problems at the minute!

MOT rule - if its there / got it... it MUST work/function I was told. Just swap the lid with the brilliant pink number you have Why are we talking about MOT's when you've got ccat flaps still at the bottom of that shell!

[Duke137]

Haha worst comes to worst paint over the brake light with a rattle can so you can't tell it's meant to be one. Should pass then.

Sprayed whilst ON the boot Did stevie paint it?

Probably, or his clued up mate....

[mercdriver]

Problem with that monstrosity is it was sprayed whilst on the boot lid making it an utter bastard to fit anything else without looking even more shyte than it already does.....

It would be gone don't worry about that but it may have to stay for the time being as I have no idea what the paint code is. I was actually thinking today that it would probably fail an MOT as that built in brake light doesn't work and am thinking that if it has one it may have to work?

Its such a GAY spoiler but its the least of my problems at the minute!

MOT rule - if its there / got it... it MUST work/function I was told. Just swap the lid with the brilliant pink number you have Why are we talking about MOT's when you've got cat flaps still at the bottom of that shell!

[Duke137]

Why are we talking about MOT's when you've got ccat flaps still at the bottom of that shell!

Cheeky coont

[mercdriver]

It's not my cat LOL

Well how else do you explain this!

[Duke137]

I welded it up (let the cat out forst obviously )