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Thread: Colton's $38 per Cylinder Restoration: A Probable Financial Disaster

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    FR: Yokohama YK420 235/55
    FL: Continental Touring Contact 235/60
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    RL: Fuzion Touring 225/60

    Not a single one of the tires are the same size.
    Not a single one of the tires are the same model
    There are three different brands of tires on this car


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    On a better note, other than struts, everything on the front end is in better condition than my 740il. Center tie rod looks nearly new. All bushings look okay. Lower control arm looks to be the oldest piece, and it doesn't even look terrible. Brakes on the front are nearly new, so it must be the rear that are squeaking and have worn through the sensor. I'm pretty thrilled with this purchase, overall, the car is in pretty good condition. It just needs some love

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColtonBH View Post
    FR: Yokohama YK420 235/55
    FL: Continental Touring Contact 235/60
    RR: Continental Sport Contact 235/50
    RL: Fuzion Touring 225/60

    Not a single one of the tires are the same size.
    Not a single one of the tires are the same model
    There are three different brands of tires on this car


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    There's your problem lol.

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    Use same wheels at leas on the rear axle, or it can kill the differential ,
    ...
    with all that problems with 750 you better start making 8-10k a month
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    Quote Originally Posted by NordmanMg View Post
    Use same wheels at leas on the rear axle, or it can kill the differential ,
    ...
    with all that problems with 750 you better start making 8-10k a month
    He has a parts car lol.

    Colton, watch KTMP 24\7. 105C stat leaves absolutely no room for failure.
    Last edited by XAlt; 06-25-2017 at 12:52 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XAlt View Post
    He has a parts car lol.

    Colton, watch KTMP 24\7. 105C stat leaves absolutely no room for failure.
    Is there a lower temp stat available for the m73? 105 is worryingly high

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    Quote Originally Posted by NordmanMg View Post
    Use same wheels at leas on the rear axle, or it can kill the differential ,
    ...
    with all that problems with 750 you better start making 8-10k a month
    They will be swapped tomorrow. Like XAlt said, parts car

    The only money I've spent on the car so far is registration, and I already have tires and front suspension sorted

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    Nice, the V8 guys do not know what they are missing! A chromeline as well!
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    Quote Originally Posted by xboss View Post
    Nice, the V8 guys do not know what they are missing! A chromeline as well!
    I have wood trim nobody else ever seen, who needs a chromeline lol,
    and if I remember then there was something you was planning to mail to me? haha
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    Quote Originally Posted by NordmanMg View Post
    I have wood trim nobody else ever seen, who needs a chromeline lol,
    and if I remember then there was something you was planning to mail to me? haha
    Me or xboss?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ColtonBH View Post
    Me or xboss?

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    X know what I'm talking about lmao
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    Quote Originally Posted by ColtonBH View Post
    Me or xboss?

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    I have some wood tissue holders coming out, I promised Nord one of the first since he sent me a wood part.
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    Quote Originally Posted by xboss View Post
    I have some wood tissue holders coming out, I promised Nord one of the first since he sent me a wood part.
    Lol I thought it was a secret OMG
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    Quote Originally Posted by ColtonBH View Post
    I meant to type $58 XD
    If a mod wants to fix that it would be greatly appreciated

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluptgm3 View Post
    You can edit your own post…


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    I didn't think I could edit my title. Over 2000 posts and I still have no idea how to use a forum.

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    Lol. You look like the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine.



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    Quote Originally Posted by auaq View Post
    Lol. You look like the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine.
    I've been told quite a few times I look like Jim Morrison XD

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    I'm gonna start keeping a lookout for Orient Blue partouts, while I would love to repaint the car and get the dings out, being completely realistic, I'm gonna have to settle for replacing the passenger door and both bumpers, and giving the entire car a good wetsand and polish.
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    Dreams for interior. This has to be my favourite e38, I don't know who owns it, other than their Flickr is dominant_engineering. Since I would need to re-dye the interior black anyway, Might as well do a combo black and chocolate interior.

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    Alright, so I have an incredibly loud squeaking coming from the engine engine bay. Seems to be coming from the distributors. From what I can tell, it's more from the driver side, but there is some from both. I'll pop those open asap and check for play. Are the bearings replaceable, or are we looking at a whole new unit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by franco90 View Post
    wow that's hot and love the color and steering wheel
    I'm gonna try to go sort of OEM+. I like the steering wheel, but I would miss the heater in it way too much to even put a sport wheel in it. My plan at the moment is to try and find some Canyon Brown dye to match one of the newer BMW colors. I plan on doing center console, lower dash, and seats to start with, leaving everything else black, and I might do black alcantara on headliner, pillars, and setbacks, but that is $$$. If that turns out well, I might do some of the leather on the doors in the brown as well. For the trim, I have some badly cracked e39 trim lying around, I want to see if I can strip the clear off that and stain it black. If results are sub-par, I will just go gloss black on the trim.

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    Seems the passenger rear wheel bearing is shot. I think I might pull the whole rear apart on my 740il, rebuild that, and then transfer it over to the 750il so I have minimal time with it out of service.

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    Unless your 740iL has SLS, there might be some differences.
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    The sls will be leaving my 750il shortly, I will run through realoem to check PNs, but I think most things should be the same

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    Main things to fix right now are rear suspension, distributor seals, and tires

    Tires, I have a few options, none of them are good.
    I have a set of 15s with good tires, which obviously don't fit
    I have the 16s that came with the car, but all mismatched tires
    I have the 16s from my 740il, but they are badly flat spotted from my accident
    I have 18s with bad tires, and 74.1 center
    I have 18s that I need to finish refinishing, and I have a set of good tires for those
    I have a couple assorted 16s from my e39

    So out of all that, I don't have a single good set of wheels and tires at the moment :/
    I'm running the flat spotted tires right now, which is fine because my I don't go over 50 going to work, but over 60 they are a nightmare. Considering buying snow tires while they are fairly cheap and running those until my 18s are done, at least they will be round

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