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  1. Hey guys, pulled the old suspension out of my e30 touring tonight. But found out its had a repair done on the left hand side, and replaced with a 45mm front strut instead of the 51mm one that they came with from factory.

    So after a replacement for the left hand side. Bare strut is fine.

    Cheers Blair


  2. About time i did an update on my Touring project. Its not taking off like i had hoped yet due to other goals taking priority, and the car taking a back seat, but i have slowly been chipping away to some extent.

    Being brought up with American classic and muscle cars in my blood, it was decided to keep things V8, so the touring will be getting an m62b44 conversion!

    Its time to get out of my comfort zone, as the only place to get somewhere you’ve never been is to do things you’ve never done, right?

    Engine mounts, gearbox crossmember extensions, subframe spacers and an rpm tacho module was purchased from Garagistic.
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    I also snapped up a 2.93 LSD diff, this needed the rear cover to be changed to suit an e30 and a delrin bush was added, cheers to Kerry from Mosen Euro Parts for helping me out there. Then it was filled with Castrol XJ oil and ready to go!
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    My focus changed to the rear end of the car after that and i decided to give it all a freshen up. with the subframe being blasted and powder coated, new bushings from Revshift and a cleanup and paint of the trailing arms, i finally got this all installed yesterday.
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    Another major part of the puzzle is the gearbox, i decided to go with a 6 speed Getrag 420g, this was purchased off eBay along with the shifter, and eventually got to NZ after nearly 4 months of hassles and sh*t communication from Kiwi Shipping, cheers to Troy for helping with this.
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    Still a long way to go but at least the dream has started!

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  3. How'd ya wrangle that? Wait till its an emergency then head on in? I got 4 of the bastards that should come out at some point...

    I want to know too!

    Main reason i have health insurance.... haha

    Impacted/ growing sideways (forward). I wanted them out a couple of years ago but was under the same impression as most people, that they cost a shitload and id need insurance, after putting it off of a few years and not getting insurance or finding a policy suitable, i went to the dentist and got x-rayed and examined, she referred me to the hospital where i got accepted and put on the waiting list that is 4 months maximum wait. May be different for others but seemed pretty straight forward for my case. Going in at the end of the month.

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