"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
04/01/2018 at 22:12 • Filed to: E30 content | 8 | 10 |
Went over to help my friend change out his cracked front subframe for a good used one. One of the bolts holding it to the frame rail broke off.
Went to Home Depot, got an extractor set and cobalt drill bits.
Went to another friend’s place to borrow a butane torch and vise grips that neither of us had for some reason.
Despite fire, penetrating fluid, bolt extractor, etc. That bolt is very much staying put. We gave up for the day, I think the new plan is to just drill it out, but there was no point getting into that until we got a tap set. Fun stuff.
Bonus photos of the car before the subframe cracked and it got parked for the winter.
Extra bonus photo of my other friends neon blue vert with like 39k kms on it or something crazy like that
bingham123
> gmctavish needs more space
04/01/2018 at 22:30 | 1 |
last few times i changed/repaired a subframe 2 bolts snapped and i tried everything to get them out, eventually i just drilled it out and re taped it. from then on i never bother fighting them i just go straight for the drill.
good luck pal, also tell your friend his car is sweet
Steve in Manhattan
> gmctavish needs more space
04/01/2018 at 22:33 | 0 |
C3 ... clearly you have to blast. Send me before and after photos ....
gmctavish needs more space
> Steve in Manhattan
04/01/2018 at 22:50 | 0 |
C3?
mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
> gmctavish needs more space
04/01/2018 at 23:01 | 0 |
beautiful e30s... though the latter is a bit too blue for my taste haha
gmctavish needs more space
> mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
04/01/2018 at 23:08 | 0 |
Yeah it is very blue. When he runs different wheels that aren’t also blue, it looks better
mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
> gmctavish needs more space
04/01/2018 at 23:38 | 0 |
I was thinking maybe some gold wheels
gmctavish needs more space
> mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
04/01/2018 at 23:47 | 0 |
Like an E30 Colin McRae Edition
Spasoje
> gmctavish needs more space
04/02/2018 at 01:26 | 1 |
New format Collector plate! Haven’t seen it in the wild yet.
gmctavish needs more space
> Spasoje
04/02/2018 at 01:38 | 0 |
Oh it is I guess, I hadn’t noticed it was different
Steve in Manhattan
> gmctavish needs more space
04/02/2018 at 19:23 | 1 |
Oh wait ... C4. Got my ‘splosives mixed up! Damn.