Author Topic: My car is a beater.... (Read 11019 times)

1991318is · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2006, 12:07:38 AM »

Mine has a chunk of paint missing off of the pass. side fender and has a dent on the left and has horrible color. But it runs like a bat out of hell so i don't mind 2 bad.

///Motorsport · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2006, 03:38:55 PM »

i'm more concerned about how it drives, especially since that is the most fun part anyways, and when you are driving, you cant see door dings!

OT, but i see a lot of white e30s here with a black front 'is' lip and sideskirt.. factory or personal touch? like e9ine's.

e9nine · « **Reply #17 on:** April 01, 2006, 06:05:28 PM »

Quote from: ///Motorsport

OT, but i see a lot of white e30s here with a black front 'is' lip and sideskirt.. factory or personal touch? like e9ine's.

Personal touch, I can't avoid scraping my lip everynow and then. On mountain and highway drives, debris pits my lip a lot. The black lip deflects debris and is easier to touch up.

M42boy · « **Reply #18 on:** April 05, 2006, 05:11:49 PM »

Quote from: Choking Hazard

I love reading about the member's cars, but I gotta ask: am I the only one who doesn't have a "better than pristine" example? I bought this car for driving in the real world.

First off, I saw some pics of your car and it looks great! One man's beater is another man's "pristine example".

Either way, rubbing it with a diaper and Q-tips ain't no fun; these are driver's cars! I wanted to find a straight car (i.e. hadn't been wrecked real bad!), but didn't want a mint one.

Personally, I LOVE beaters as you can just drive them and have fun with them. Granted, my car needs lots of mechancial work, and I take pride in cleaning up and improving things here and there... that's part of the fun IMHO.

Just drive it like hell and enjoy it!!!

D. Clay · « **Reply #19 on:** April 05, 2006, 10:53:25 PM »

It was just out of the paint shop and didn't have quarter window trim yet because the glass guy screwed up and I had to R&R them again. It will probably never look as good again.
It's now back together and has been dropped 2" with coilovers. It also has a small dent on the RF fender. I found a set of sway bar links left behind at the fab shop where I used to work. They are from a NASCAR sedan and are perfect for M3 type front links. They were free! Unfortunately I also need all the rear bushings as the stiffer springs show up a lot of litte irregularities and the mufler has a loose baffle that sounds like (insert 4 letter word of choice). From now on Photoshop will be my friend - and you can't see the interior from where you're at.

Gunni · « **Reply #20 on:** April 06, 2006, 04:12:26 AM »

You guys would be scared coming close to my car, it was hand painted!!
it�s seriously nasty, but drives nice and is a work in progress.

I don�t even have a radio yet

318iEnthusiast · « **Reply #21 on:** May 09, 2006, 07:36:52 PM »

i bought my car for $1500, bought a can of detail paint ($8), washed it, detailed the scrathes, and it came out really nice...the camera I have (Cannon Digital Elph 4mega pixel) hides a lot of stuff.. but from certain angles tends to make my car look stout...

any advice on camera angles.. i wanna do a photoshoot, but i idk where or what angles to take from..

e9nine · « **Reply #22 on:** May 09, 2006, 09:20:13 PM »

Quote from: 318iEnthusiast

any advice on camera angles.. i wanna do a photoshoot, but i idk where or what angles to take from..

Trial and error, not forgetting patience.

tiato · « **Reply #23 on:** May 16, 2006, 11:11:32 AM »

Daily Driver is a supercharged '98 M3 Sedan.

The 318is is the track car.

That logic works for most part, but sometimes I will drive the 318 on a daily basis for a while.

Obviously the paint on the M3 is better than the 318is, but it has it share of scratches as a result of daily use. Cosmos black paint just shows everything.

While the 318 has less scratches, it has a hell of a lot more chips on the hood, fenders, fender edges, air dam, is lip, rocker panels and associated rust specs. I suppose it is par for the course as its primary purpose is spirited driving and fast lapping.

KidneyBoy · « **Reply #24 on:** May 18, 2006, 11:47:25 PM »

Hell yeah its the daily! One and only now that i sold my e28. Drive it in the winter, in the rain, off road, anywhere!

Like anything, its old. Im having a bit of a fight on my hands with rust; the door seams are about to go to shit! Be that as it may, the rest of the car is just about as nice as the pictures. Dings here and there, no major paint issues, no major anyhting issues. Its all about keeping up on the damn thing. Kills your bank account and social life, but its worth it.

///Motorsport · « **Reply #25 on:** June 07, 2006, 08:21:35 PM »

what about rust? the one i am looking at has a rust spot in front of the driver's side rear wheel, where on the body a flap of the body is kinda hanign off, like 6 inches long by three high or so... i forget...

RMachucaA · « **Reply #26 on:** June 14, 2006, 05:05:14 PM »

rust... my nemesis

My car overall is in good condition, both exterior and interior, nothing mayor. BUT, the rockerpanels are getting a beating from rust pretty badly, under my rear bumper too, and it needs a new paintjob (still has original pain!).

Will post a pic soon, dont worry beaters, im right there with ya!

Mechanicals though, im anal. I bought the car last week, mechanically its A1, it still didnt stop me from instantly investing 1500$ in preventive maintenance and some new rubbers (toyo proxes 4, this car will become a track car in the future, for the meanwhile its my DD)

Choking Hazard · « **Reply #27 on:** June 15, 2006, 07:46:47 AM »

Speaking of preventive maintenance- you should definately consider the "oil-pan drop" in the thread about "engine failure due to pan shift". I just finished this process (replaced motor mounts too and now I don't get the SS HHHH AAA KKKK EEE SS every morning). I was surprised all my bolts were there and tight even but It is worth knowing. Also will give you a chance to clean out 2 or three decomposed dinos worth of sludge.

RMachucaA · « **Reply #28 on:** June 15, 2006, 07:07:27 PM »

I've already put it into my todo list.

Unfortunately, since i live in a building and have to park my car on the street, im not at the freedom of just going out there and jacking the car up and having my legs run over :\.

I have to wait till i see my mechanic.

RMachucaA · « **Reply #29 on:** July 15, 2006, 02:47:17 AM »

As promised, behold the nastyness of original fading paint and rust.....

Author Topic: My car is a beater.... (Read 11019 times)

///Motorsport

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///Motorsport