///The Euro I4 Project

[Dirbatua]

good buy bitch, gurry up and finsih one already u ****.

 

[hakhawk]

moved it into the shed today and started pulling some parts off.ripped the rear side windows and trims out, along with rear seat(mainly to check inside of window area for rust)

theres 2 places where rust has penetrated through and theyre tiny, rest is all surface rust, so wont take much to fix up the window areas.

car seems to be running better today even, poor thing hasnt been run in a while though. should have this thing registered pretty quick by the looks.

start swapping brake system over tomorrow.

 

[Dirbatua]

get the SR-20 into it already.

 

[Morton]

Excellent. That's what I like to hear - progress!

Also glad the car's mostly there, and you won't have to peel away the rust and rebuild half the thing

 

[Jo3_Blo]

Good to hear you're making good progress.

Sooner you get it regoed the sooner you can get the SR20 in there. What a sleeper.

 

[hakhawk]

yeh, its gonna be on the road pretty quick.

for rego i think i need:

-basic service, oil, filters, tappet adjustment
-fix rust in doors
-new lhs mirror(broke it today trying to pop it out to push out a dent)
-fix loose seats/drop in new ones
-brakes
-maybe fix split in rear muffler
-couple bubbly bits of rust around tail light area(theyre nothing, drill it out, weld, grind, paint)
-new front window seal(yay for mastik sealed windows, these suckers just pop in and out, no sikaflex!!)
-chuck the old 323i shocks in all round

once its registered, heres most likely the way things will go

-drop in coilovers
-remove deadening, stick in thinner carper
-boot mounted battery
-make boosterless brakes work and drop them in
-sr20
-fresh coat of paint(same colour)

there will most likely be other stuff in between though.

 

[Zuicider]

what are parts like to get for beemers are they pretty expensive ?

 

[hakhawk]

what are parts like to get for beemers are they pretty expensive ?

dunno about beemers, but bimmers arent too bad. being such an older model doesnt make it easy, but if you shop around, prices are pretty reasonable. theres always going to be odd parts that cost a fortune, purely because theyre big or dont break often.

performance parts for this car are almost non-existant and motor hot up parts i wouldnt bother in aus(hence dropping in the sr). in retrospect, i should have gone the e30, but the e21 looks a hell of a lot nicer than the e30 and is lighter from memory.

 

[Jo3_Blo]

You could just use the mirrors off the red one (you're gonna be swapping the door over anyway).

 

[Dirbatua]

BAH HUMBUG, GET THE SR20 in there already , U HAVE 24 HOURS BEFORE UR LEFT TESTICAL EXPLODES!