Well about 2 minutes into checking the rust in the back of the car, he said that the panels had been replaced. Looking around more it looked like the rear of the car was in some sort of rear end collision at some point in its life. The VIN stickers had been transferred to the new body panels which is probably illegal. It stinks because I checked that the VINs on all the body panels matched.
So we talked over some methods on fixing the issue at some point in time. Hopefully it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.
Now onto the good news. Wes, the auto body guy, also dropped off the Raven exhaust that I bought off him. As well, a set if wheels I got during a trade with a friend. The exhaust is from the headers back. The wheels are powder coated white 16x7.5 bottlecaps off a 740i. I know, I know, bottlecaps on an e30 M3!? That's blastphemy! Hopefully picture below will change your mind.
Sometime last week I went over to a buddy's place and buffed the tips on the exhaust back to shiny.
Mid-pipe
I also got 2 of 4 wheels that I thought looked awesome on another e30 M3. They're Pontiac Trans Am GTA wheels.
So with the exhaust off the car I had to try driving it down the road. What a horrible idea. Besides being a massive ass to my neighbors EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE looks at you. I got about a mile down the road, turned around, and parked the car swiftly in the garage. Also there is even less low end torque with only headers.
After waiting almost 2 weeks for new exhaust gaskets, etc. I got my parts. New bolts/nuts/gaskets for the exhaust, expansion tank cap, and shifter bits for a refresh on that too.
I'll save work for another post.
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