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revmoo posted:It's funny how impossible it is to get an LSD in BMW late-model cars. With their older models you just grab one of the millions floating around for 300 bucks and chuck it in. Ultimate Driving Machine indeed. You can kinda do it... requires a M3 rear diff, M3 axles, and a M3 driveshaft which then needs to be cut/combined with the front half of the current ds. Not as simple or cheap... yet. Terrible car stuff: When you start messing with older cars and changing parts one at a time causes other parts to operate differently than they used to and start making noise / break.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:03
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hot sauce posted:
Where can I buy those.
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Aug 18, 2014 18:13
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BlackMK4 posted:You can kinda do it... requires a M3 rear diff, M3 axles, and a M3 driveshaft which then needs to be cut/combined with the front half of the current ds. Not as simple or cheap... yet. This is my experience owning an E30 as well.
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Lightbulb Out posted:This is my experience owning an E30 as well. It never ends. 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The kit diagram lays it out in the terrifyingly mundane way usually reserved for autopsies and accident scene restorations: Today, on "Behind Phy's Keyboard": the cult horror classic, The Man With The SCREAMING BRAIN! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH RIVETS AND TEK SCREWS OH MY GOD WHY
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Aug 18, 2014 19:04
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Pop rivets and three sheet metal screws. Yes, that will hold the weight of the front corner of a minivan no problem.
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Just so we're all clear, while M3's are loving rad track and street monsters... M135/M235/M335's can get real bonkers on normal roads as well. I think BMW is being excessive with the M badging on everything but... I get it. Slapping any badge on a car that did not roll off the line with one is stupid car stuff though. With the notable exception of maybe Dinan... sometimes... FlerpNerpin fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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Aug 18, 2014 19:42
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Having driven both, I preferred the 135i over the e90 M3  Lack of LSD or no, it felt compact, hassle free and fun and had a real sweet clutch and gearbox. The M3's engine was great, it felt like a motorbike engine, but it seemed wasted on that car, I dunno. MrYenko posted:An automotive repair should never, ever, EVER involve three self tapping sheet metal screws and a dozen pop rivets. I see you've never seen a GM window regulator.
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Aug 18, 2014 19:50
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Since we're talking about springs+rust recently, I posted this in the Miata thread when I switched to my summer tires. Explains the thunking creaky sound I was having.LeftistMuslimObama posted:Well, I figured out where my creak was coming from while switching out my snows I'm broke so I'm still driving on it.
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Aug 18, 2014 20:34
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Spiffness posted:Slapping any badge on a car that did not roll off the line with one is stupid car stuff though. With the notable exception of maybe Dinan... sometimes... I know what you're getting at, but if you do crazy things like drivetrain swaps and actual radical performance changes then I think you get a pass. People who stick ///M, GTR, Si, timbo, etc badges on their bone stock or riced out buckets should be ridiculed to the full extend it warrants, but tossing on tasteful badging on something as a homage to what's been done to it I think is alright. And speaking of terrible car stuff, it's always fun to see a southerners reaction to a rusty undercarriage 
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Aug 18, 2014 20:42
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Honestly might not even be "terrible" because the car will probably NEVER see a track day but still... if you haven't spotted it right away:  tow hook attached to a paper thin metal grille. if this were used to pull the disabled car around it would rip right off
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Aug 18, 2014 21:03
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I have seen exactly 0% of 'lifestyle' tow hooks being on valid tow points, and if they were, weren't of suitable strength themselves.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:08
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:Honestly might not even be "terrible" because the car will probably NEVER see a track day but still...
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Aug 18, 2014 21:11
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Bajaha posted:
Is it obvious that I'm originally from Northern Wisconsin when I think, "That doesn't look too bad..."
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Aug 18, 2014 21:12
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For awhile there was a trend to attach a tow hook to the strut tower and then cut a slot in the hood so it sticks straight up. A friend of mine had that until he needed to use it, and it bent and mangled up the hood.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:18
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Emblems should never be added to a car, emblems are merely to annoy people when they buy a new car and have to remove stupid poo poo that should have never been attached to the car.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:21
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How do you feel about a partial debadging? I'm thinking of taking off every emblem other than the Mazda "M"s and the "M-Edition"s on my miata. Or maybe only keeping the "M-Edition"s.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:35
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InitialDave posted:That's not a towhook. It's a subway car grabhandle. It's a thing. hahah what why
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Tactical Bonnet posted:How do you feel about a partial debadging? I'm thinking of taking off every emblem other than the Mazda "M"s and the "M-Edition"s on my miata. Or maybe only keeping the "M-Edition"s. Do you mod your car for other people or because you enjoy it? There is your answer.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:51
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Lamar Smith R-TX posted:hahah what One of those things Japanese people do as a bit of a laugh that gets taken deadly serious by idiot ricers in other countries, to the point of them being elitist about people with "fake" ones.
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Aug 18, 2014 22:01
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Guys guys guys, everyone shut up and RESPECT WHAT SOMEONE DOES WITH THEIR VEHICLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXjzXODJAz0
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Aug 18, 2014 22:03
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Wasabi the J posted:Fun fact that is also terrible car stuff. This is from a zillion pages ago but I think it's important to point out that not only was "Corinthian leather" made in New Jersey, it also wasn't actually leather (it was a synthetic made from vinyl), and Corinth has never been known for the quality of its leatherwork. veedubfreak posted:Emblems should never be added to a car, emblems are merely to annoy people when they buy a new car and have to remove stupid poo poo that should have never been attached to the car. Say, what do you think of the dealers who glue their own 3D faux-chrome plastic emblems to every car they sell? Personally I like them because otherwise there's no way my neighbors would know I bought the HANK TAYLOR AUTOMALL edition. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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Aug 18, 2014 22:06
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InitialDave posted:One of those things Japanese people do as a bit of a laugh that gets taken deadly serious by idiot ricers in other countries, to the point of them being elitist about people with "fake" ones.  I just cannot imagine having that much free time on my hands that something like that could ever be important to me.
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Aug 18, 2014 22:34
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Ricers are loving stupid, what do you want me to tell you?
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Das Volk posted:
I'm really hoping that it's more along the lines of the guys who are turning huge profits from selling the "real" ones getting a two-for-one deal by convincing the idiots to spend however much for the "real deal" while keeping them happy by making them feel superior/elite. I really hope whoever manufacturers this crap doesn't honestly believe the claims they use to market it. I wish I could make/sell useless overpriced crap for ricers but I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face trying to sell it. Anybody got that link to the hilariously overpriced vanity tow hook, I remember it being something like $2000.00 or so, billet aluminum maybe? Can't remember if it was maybe made of some exotic metal or not.
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Aug 18, 2014 23:19
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http://www.gotuning.com/product_info.php?products_id=1185
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Aug 18, 2014 23:23
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You know it's expensive when they show you close-up shots of the bolts.
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Astonishing Wang posted:You know it's expensive when they show you close-up shots of the bolts. Babbys first tilt shift and babby's first attempt at bokeh.
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Only 10 sets will be made guys, better hurry!
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Duralumin? What's that, it's got a weird name so it's probably one of those elements in the extra rows, like Uranium or somethimg! It probably has negative weight.
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Fart Pipe posted:Only 10 sets will be made guys, better hurry! It was added to their store in 2009, i'm sure they down to 8 by now.
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xzzy posted:Duralumin? Aluminum-alloy
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Powershift posted:It was added to their store in 2009, i'm sure they down to 8 by now. They sell one and they've made $2475 profit.
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Spiffness posted:Guys guys guys, everyone shut up and RESPECT WHAT SOMEONE DOES WITH THEIR VEHICLE I can not stand people who act like destroying a car is some sort of basic human right, and that giving negative feedback of any sort is basically like spitting on Jesus or something.
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... Destroying, really? Yeah, some of the mods aren't gonna match everyone's taste, but he's by no means destroying it. Hell, I like it! That hood is pretty rad. And in no way is he disallowing negative comments, he's just saying he doesn't give a gently caress. Hate it all you want, dude likes his car and he's happy with it. I'd rock it.
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Spiffness posted:Aluminum-alloy 7075 to be precise, probably T7351 or some variant of since it's machined out of one block
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MrYenko posted:An automotive repair should never, ever, EVER involve three self tapping sheet metal screws and a dozen pop rivets. The screws are there primarily to hold the cap in place while the rivet holes are drilled. The kits we used to get from Chrysler also came with a large tube of industrial strength JB Weld type epoxy to slather all over what's left of the tower prior to dropping the cap on and riveting it down. It was messy as poo poo and the fumes were horrid even with the shop doors open. I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make without it (if any at all), but it at least made pre-placing all the rivets a bit easier.
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Spiffness posted:Aluminum-alloy  I'm not sure how much more obvious I could have made it.
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