About Schmidt...

[YUNOstance]

Moar Low...now!

Wenn du die Breyton loswerden willst....PN.

Ansonsten nette Basis.

[SemperHumilis]

I feel like theBborbets look at home on Schmidt...

[OrangeBlue]

Hahaha geil!
Ich erkenne meine alten Felgen.
Hätte jetzt echt nicht gedacht, dass du die auf den Opel schrauben willst.
Kommt bestimmt geil! Viel Erfolg!

Cool, danke.
Ja 'nen gescheites E36 Coupe findet man
halt nich' so leicht...
Deswegen muss ich erstmal damit vorlieb' nehmen

Moar Low...now!

Wenn du die Breyton loswerden willst....PN.

Ansonsten nette Basis.

Das kommt nächstes Jahr
Die Breytons werde ich erstmal behalten, vllt iwan...

Die Basis is wirklich ganz gut, mein Arbeitskollege hat
seinen schon komplett geschweist, und sagte das
der teilweiße schlechter war.

I feel like the Borbets look at home on Schmidt...

Feelling this too, but the set i have is 8,5/10x18, the rear arches are radiust/lightly
flared tough, but i don't think this gonna fit.
Maybe if i redo the arches in the future...

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So i got myself these today...

dbcde74f-e7fe-429c-801a-06e66790c178_zps7585e53f by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Next month or so, coilovers...

[Bystrov]

Borbets all the way man.... would look proper

[OrangeBlue]

I feel like the Borbets look at home on Schmidt...

Borbets all the way man.... would look proper

I checked how they would fit, it's possible...
The rear pokes about 10mm, front 5mm...
P1040310_zps67a3c124 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

[OrangeBlue]

So, onto the real sh_t...

My new torque wrench showed up a few days ago, so the real test fit happend today...

P1040318_zps8fa7dc13 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P1040321_zpsa3dc12ca by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P1040314_zpsf6a2cabf by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P1040315_zpsfdb44e13 by Dominic ., auf Flickr


The rear fits like a glove.., math save the day...
P1040312_zpsf05f6a58 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P1040316_zpsc58e0986 by Dominic ., auf Flickr


The front, maybe a 5mm spacer...
P1040311_zps3f2ff59c by Dominic ., auf Flickr

[OrangeBlue]

And i tryed these to...

P1040309_zps23d700fa by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Front:
P1040307_zps03a14f8d by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Rear:
P1040308_zps38468092 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

[zhoulis_LV_EU]

look's like a bit:
"Never skip the leg day"

[OrangeBlue]

look's like a bit:
"Never skip the leg day"

Like i said rears going to be 225/45 atm its 225/35...

[Zic]

I remember seeing one in a German tuner magazine like 15 years ago or something like that, and i fell for it right away. Loved the idea of a cool wagon.

[OrangeBlue]

Time for update i guess...

Since the last time i did the 150000 km maintenance and because i didn' knew
anything about the service history i did a lil' more...

Oil
Oilfilter
Airfilter
Fuelfilter
Valvecover gasket
Distributor/Rotor
spark plugs
spark plug wires
P2030326_zps907ad4c3 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P2030329_zps70a0da44 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P2030337_zps232e0124 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Everything was much needed, i think they only changed the oil, every other part
looked like it was from 1992...

And the car runs stronger than ever.

I put the correct size tires on, removed the remains of the old wheel weights
that almost cover the whole inside of the rim and balanced them.
P2060338_zpsfcc440fc by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P2060342_zpsc0b7aff0 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Very mild stretch, 225/45...
P2060340_zpsb6a25d29 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Got somekind of a short antenna for 1€ from the junkyard, the old one was missing...
P2060343_zpse1c36fd8 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Scored some recaros, because you know, i NEEDED them, to hold me when i
unleash the mighty 115 HP..

*Pic got lost while changing hosts, they where Recaro Sprotster CS*

Have to figure out how to mount them/build brackets.




Now onto the bad news...


The coilovers have to wait another one or two months...


First i need a new batterie, not much of a problem, already ordered one.
But since a few weeks my transmission doesn't work how it' supposed to be,
sounds funny, shifts to early or to late sometimes it doesn't shift at all..,
first i thought its the cold weather but it warmed up this week and fault is still there...
Also the idle is a little rough...

So i need it to be rebuild.., f**k that almost 1k out of the window...

But on the upside of the downside i can get the diff rebuild too or even put a LSD in.
More stuff to pay for, thats good right?
We'll see maybe i do some overtime, to get the coils earlier...

Adios amigos...

[Puntoevo]

Nice work on the bmw rims! What happend to your rear arches? These arent Original, are they?

Those Breytons also look rather nice.

I happen to also have one of these Caravans, I simply love it. I want it lowered so bad

[mrNitroSleeper]

bag it if you can't find coilovers for combi

[OrangeBlue]

Nice work on the bmw rims! What happend to your rear arches? These arent Original, are they?

Those Breytons also look rather nice.

I happen to also have one of these Caravans, I simply love it. I want it lowered so bad

No, the arches aren't original, the second owner had a bodyshop an fitted the
arches of a Opel Senator, don't now why, maybe rust...
If i redo the arches i'll go back to strait ones.

The Breyton need to be rebuilt first, after that i'll swap rims from time to time...
I love these caravans too, don't realy know why...

bag it if you can't find coilovers for combi

Coilover are avalible for the caravan, but i would love to bag this thing,
i think it would be pita to get all the airride stuff TÜV approved..,
also it would have to be full custom.

Maybe when i restore the whole car i try to figure something out to get it approved.

[OrangeBlue]

Update of sorts...

Still not low, but better driveability...

Since the last time i got a new/old batterie, and i talked to a old opel empoly about
the trans problems, they're caused by the gearstickpostitionsensor (if this is the right term),
so no new trans needed!
Diff change is on hold because there are like a million different ones, 4 zylinder, 6 zylinder,
automatic or stick, with or without LSD, and so many combinations of that...


Today was also productive..,

last time the car was on the lift i checked some bushings since i had a pretty
bad knock noice from rear axle.
It was the main axle bushing on the passanger side...

Lets just say it needed to be replaced soon, and by soon i mean NOW...

Got the bolts out, they looked like new even after 22 years.
P3280381_zps3087dfb5 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

After that the inner part fell right out...
P3280382_zps17a27853 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P3280380_zps2ec1d86c by Dominic ., auf Flickr

With that this came out as well.., rust...
P3290387_zpsc8ca57e9 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P3290395_zps5a520359 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P3290394_zps6b9a65e2 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

The outer part was kinda stuck, had to beat the shit out of it to get it out.
P3290385_zps310f8b2b by Dominic ., auf Flickr


Old on left, new on right.
P3280383_zps9c337271 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P3280384_zps26e65685 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Got the new bushing in, i grease it and pushed it in with the jack no pics of that
because i was pissed.
It slipped out several times.., so i went inside and eat a piece of cake.
After that it slipped right in.

Passanger side done.
P3290388_zpsf72df1c0 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

After that, money!
Sold some tires to a lokal bimmer guy...
P3290390_zps7e31ee75 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Did the driver side bushing as well.

Witout the bushing
P3290386_zpsb39c6b2e by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Driver side bushing.
P3290391_zpsdb52a88f by Dominic ., auf Flickr
Not that bad you think?

Well...
P3290392_zps62ece27b by Dominic ., auf Flickr
I could push the screwdriver thru and almost completely around.

Greased the bushing and pushed it in...

Driver side done.
P3290393_zpsa298832a by Dominic ., auf Flickr

So i went on a testdrive, drives smooth as fu..
P3290397_zps92bc8c69 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Steering wheelssssss
P3290398_zpsb4a11f12 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

Had to buy all of them because of this.
P3290400_zps29f0beb3 by Dominic ., auf Flickr

P3290399_zps3fa267e1 by Dominic ., auf Flickr
Michael Schuhmacher collection!


On a side note

Last weekend lost my front indicator on the autobahn.., i needed a new one anyway.
450km/280mi with about 180 km/h/110mph seems to be to much for a singe zip tie...

Anyway, i'm now the proud owner of a pretty nice set of BBS Bugattis.
17x8 ET12, a little rough but no bents etc.
P3290401_zpsecc0247e by Dominic ., auf Flickr
All the original paperworks from 1995, the wheel bolts came with them.
And the best thing all of that for only 120€/165$.


See ya'll next time...
And again sorry for the pics...