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FAQ / REFERENCE => Member Profiles => Topic started by: bimmerlover on July 19, 2006, 08:10:22 PM
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Hello all,
My name is Rachel; I've been a bimmer enthusiast for many years.
I am the proud new owner of a 92 318 cabrio. I began driving in an 84 318, and bought a euro e21 323 for kicks - but this m42 stuff is all new to me!
The cabrio needs a LOT of attention - and I know I'll run into a lot of questions, so I'm glad you guys are here. I know you're gonna hate me, but I don't have any pictures of my latest purchase to show you yet. For now, you'll have to be happy just knowing that it is laguna green with a tan interior - all stock for now.
See ya around!
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Welcome and enjoy your stay.
You'll find this forum to be of great help, no doubt!
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Welcome and congrats on your purchase. You should take pics of your car stock anyway so that we can all admire your progress.
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welcome, pics would deff be nice. bought a euro just for kicks, nice :)
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I'll get pictures this weekend.. as long as the beater makes it to my parents house. :)
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As promised - here are pics for ya.
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/rachel/Cabrio/Cabrioangle.jpg)
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/rachel/Cabrio/Cabriofront.jpg)
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/rachel/Cabrio/Cabriogoodside.jpg)
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/rachel/Cabrio/Cabriorear.jpg)
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/rachel/Cabrio/Cabriointerior.jpg)
My sweety has front and rear bumpers for me that he's currently painting. After I get those on..i've got some mechanical things to take care of and soon to follow that will be shocks and springs. Questions and comments welcome.
Rachel
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Nice, keep us updated on the progress.
Any plans in the wheel department?
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Nice, keep us updated on the progress.
Any plans in the wheel department?
Nothing specific in mind yet. I'd definitely like to do a little larger and ditch the bottlecaps, but it will be waaay down the road.
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[hypnotic voice]You need to sell me your seats[/hypnotic voice]
hey, car looks great! some unsolicited advice:
(feel free to disregard)
- considered euro bumper trim? I think it really cleans up the look of the car;
- euro smiley ellipsoidal headlights
- some kind of a valence lip
- debadge!
- remove the pinstripes
- paint your grilles (SEM trim paint) or, euro grilles!
and then, naturally, change over to a black interior... and sell me your seats!
if sweety really cares... he'll put a new dash in for you too ...actually, it's a really easy job in a cabby.
congrats and again, welcome!
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Sorta reminds me of my cabrio when I first got it (not including the bumpers and dashboard). I've done quite a bit to mine but have lots more planned. Welcome to the club!
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Are there any other women on this site? Rare in the forums. I like the M42club because it is civil and cooperative.
Bimmerlover says it all.
I had to replace the front bumper on mine when I left the car out of gear and did not apply the emergency brake. It rolled into a concrete base of a light pole in the middle of a parking lot. I was in pajamas and house slippers, had not had my coffee yet, and it was 7:00 AM on Sunday morning. I was using a cash machine and turned around to leave and my car was gone! Then I saw it about 50 yards away.
That countryside in your pictures reminds of southeastern Ohio where I grew up. Appalachia to those who know geography, hillbilly to those that don't.
Your first post says,
Hello all,
My name is Rachel; I've been a bimmer enthusiast for many years.
Are you also in that other minority on the forums - people of a certain age?
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I had to replace the front bumper on mine when I left the car out of gear and did not apply the emergency brake. It rolled into a concrete base of a light pole in the middle of a parking lot.
Sorry for getting off topic, but I have to replace the bumper trim on my cabrio for a similar reason. My father in law, the car's P.O. forgot to set the e-brake and the car rolled back and kissed the garage door, leaving a couple of dimples in the plastic trim. While not terribly noticable, it prevents the trim from sitting perfectly flush agaist the bumber on one side. Planning on eventually swapping all of it for euro trim and a 'BMW' filler plate on the front.
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Are there any other women on this site? Rare in the forums. I like the M42club because it is civil and cooperative.
Bimmerlover says it all.
I had to replace the front bumper on mine when I left the car out of gear and did not apply the emergency brake. It rolled into a concrete base of a light pole in the middle of a parking lot. I was in pajamas and house slippers, had not had my coffee yet, and it was 7:00 AM on Sunday morning. I was using a cash machine and turned around to leave and my car was gone! Then I saw it about 50 yards away.
That countryside in your pictures reminds of southeastern Ohio where I grew up. Appalachia to those who know geography, hillbilly to those that don't.
Your first post says,
Are you also in that other minority on the forums - people of a certain age?
I took those pictures in my parents driveway. They live in a real pretty little town in the foothills of the blueridge mountains in central VA. It's a great place to visit.
My statement regarding being an enthusiast for many years.. may be a slight exageration. I got into bimmers about 5 years ago - when I was 13. I bought my first one when I was 14; we drive young out in the country.
So my being a female here does make me a minority.. but I think I'm close to the average age on these forums.
Rachel
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looks good, needs any oem wheels that are not bottlecaps... IMO i love bmw green with smoked lights... oh and any pic of the 323 euro?
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looks good, needs any oem wheels that are not bottlecaps... IMO i love bmw green with smoked lights... oh and any pic of the 323 euro?
Old pics:
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/rachel/pictures/323/DCP01456.JPG)
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/323i/DCP01447.JPG)
More recent:
(http://www.rockmillfarm.com/323i/323-1.jpg)
I don't have any pictures since I put it back together after the paint job (actually, i'm not completely done with it all). Sorry.
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sweet. where do you live?
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sweet. where do you live?
Charlottesville, VA.
Thanks for reminding me to stick that in my profile
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Charlottesville, VA.
Cool, my brother used to live there...now he's in Richmond.
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I took those pictures in my parents driveway. They live in a real pretty little town in the foothills of the blueridge mountains in central VA. It's a great place to visit.
My statement regarding being an enthusiast for many years.. may be a slight exageration. I got into bimmers about 5 years ago - when I was 13. I bought my first one when I was 14; we drive young out in the country.
So my being a female here does make me a minority.. but I think I'm close to the average age on these forums.
Rachel
Man, if the average age is 18, then im way too old.
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Man, if the average age is 18, then im way too old.
me too...turned 37 a few months ago. Anyone here know what a rotary phone is? How about a BetaMax? Anyone remember ALF? How about this one...anyone know what an 8-track is?
Sorry...I had a senior moment there ;)
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Welcome to m42 world. THat coor looks really potent for a nice cruiser. You can get an iS lip along with the moulding and when you get some wheels and drop it - it would be awesome looking. If you want to go with an i lip I think I have one in my parts stash but pricing after shipping might not be too convenient :p
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me too...turned 37 a few months ago. Anyone here know what a rotary phone is? How about a BetaMax? Anyone remember ALF? How about this one...anyone know what an 8-track is?
Sorry...I had a senior moment there ;)
lol, ok you're a little more senior than i am, but I do remember all that stuff. Anyone still have a record player in their house.
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Anyone still have a record player in their house.
I have a turntable and a couple of hundred LP's and 45's but the turntable arm broke during my last move. I have the original soundtracks to Grease, Star Wars and Xanadu as well as some Beatles, Monkees, Billy Joel, Blondie and a bunch of other stuff.
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The forums are definately a late teen early twenty something world. I'm 62 so I should mumble some platitudes about age being.... stop me please. Anyone remember when:
1) you couldn't buy lowering springs, Bilsteins or any of that stuff
2) making a floor shift by cutting down a '49-'51 Ford column linkage
3) the only slicks were recaps
4) the Lotus ran Indy in 1965
5) Mickey Thompson showing up at Indy with wide tires
6) Smokey Yunicks 7/8th's scale NASCAR sedan
7) the showdown at the national drags between the Willys coupes of George Montgomery and Stone, Woods, and Cook in A-Gas Supercharged
8) seeing Junior Johnson race at Darlington in a 1961 Chevy 409 when you were 17 years old
9) living to see Senna, Prost, and Mansell on the track at the same time
Ah, to be old again.
I understand completely about putiing that car back together after the repaint. Mine took three months and I couldn't stop buying new stuff to go with the new paint. I've always loved European bumpers except the part about hitting stuff.
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Bad news update:
I knew that a timing chain guide rail had broken in the car.. but based on what I could see, I thought that all the damage that was going to be done, had been done.
Yesterday, I was on my way to my parents with my new timing chain, new guide rails, gaskets etc. I got about 3/4s of the way there.. and the motor died (no compression). After a little further investigation.. it seems that there was just enough slack in the chain, that it slipped a few links.. and most likely bent valves. I was on the highway going ~65mph, so there could be piston damage as well. I'll try to post when I have the engine apart with some more info. It will be a while before I have it back on the road now I'm sure. :(
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I'm sad!
when you do the teardown, pls. post pics if possible as it will be informative for the rest of us... pls. let us know how we can help!
sounds like a good time, however, to do a bore job and slide some S50 pistons in there! (trying to look at the bright side of all this...)